Can't Miss It: Thursday

SUMMER SCULPTURES: You know how sometimes there's this brain/body dichotomy where sometimes it feels like you have to pick between nourishing one or the other? Yeah, that's stupid. Take care of both by viewing the summer installations at Olympic Sculpture Park. Your body will thank you for spending time outside during the second wave of summer we're currently experiencing, and your mind will thank you for exposing it to "experimental and ephemeral" sculptures from Seattle-based artists Gretchen Bennett, Nicholas Nyland, and Carolina Silva. Win-win.

All day // Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave // Free

OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL: Neutral Milk Hotel may be the most lauded band to come from the fabled Elephant 6 music collective, but Olivia Tremor Control deserve a place in your heart as well: their discography explores sprightly fuzz-pop and lo-fi sonic experimentation with equal aplomb. Live, the band promises to deliver a set that will have you both nodding your head eagerly and heading deeper down the rabbit hole. With fellow E6 conspirator The Music Tapes and local fey-popsters Megabog.

Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8 // The Vera Project, Seattle Center (Corner of Warren & Republican Ave) // $15 adv, $17 at the door

NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD RE-PACK CHALLENGE If you're feeling the need to do some good in the local community, the Food Lifeline of Western Washington is hosting a competition to see which political district in the Seattle area can repack, sort and process the most food to fill the shelves of our local food banks. Local legislators are slated to be there as well, so you can simultaneously earn some serious karmic credit, grab the ear of your representative (maybe you'll finally get that pothole filled), and show those jerks in every other voting district who's the boss. What's not to like?

1:30-4:00pm // Food Lifeline Volunteer Center, 1702 NE 150th Street // Free. In fact, you get bonus points. At life.