Can't Miss It: Tuesday
MODERN STRING QUARTET: The Brooklyn-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider will be playing at Town Hall tonight. Originally forming after playing in Yo Yo Ma's traveling ensemble, The Silk Road Project, "Brooklyn Rider was born out of a desire to use the rich medium of the string quartet as a vehicle for borderless communication." The quartet is said to have a "wildly" eclectic voice along with an incredible ability in taking the 300-year-old form of the string quartet and making it contemporary enough to be vital, relevant, and interesting in the 21st century. Tonight they will feature classics from Debussy, Phillip Glass, Giovanni Sollima, and more.
7:30 p.m. // Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Avenue // Tickets: $15-25
AGE OF THE AQUARIUM: The Greater Seattle Aquarium Society is holding their annual plant and fish auction tonight at Seattle Pacific University. So if you have been just dying for that one rare plant to go with all of your favorite fishies in your home aquarium, tonight is your night. This year promises to bring an even larger variety and, "The Plant Auction can always be counted on for smoking deals on both young and established plants." Ah, aquarium plants... so lovely.
Registration at 6, auction at 7:00 p.m. // SPU's Royal Brougham Pavillion, Falcon's Lounge, 2nd Floor // FREE
WHEN LIFE FALLS APART: A Single Man is still showing at the Harvard Exit and we have heard nothing but great things about this beautiful film. Based on Christopher Isherwood's classic 1964 novel of the same name, A Single Man features Julianne Moore and Colin Firth (nominated for Best Actor) as main character, George. George's well-maintained and structured life begins to fall apart after the death of his longtime partner and he struggles with trying to find closure though he can't seem to let go of the past. Directed by Tom Ford (fashion extraordinaire and all-around genius), this film has won numerous awards and is a definite must see.
7, 9:20 p.m. // Harvard Exit, 807 E Roy St. // Tickets: $7.50-10.00
