PECHA KUCHA, BABY: Presenters are given six minutes and forty seconds to display and discuss twenty images (twenty seconds each), sharing works and ideas on a host of subjects, mediums, experiences, practices, and more. This volume’s title is "What Was Old Is Now New." Expect the eleven presenters to make motifs of recycling and reinvention. Pecha Kucha, a sort of short but sweet, everyman's TED series of varying presentations, is free and all are welcome to become future presenters. Started by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham in Tokyo in 2003, the inspirational and enlightening series now has homes in over 250 cities worldwide. Tonight’s presentation will be an intimate affair at Ouch My Eye. Though it doesn’t always occur on the first Thursday of the month, this one happens to be occurring on First Avenue tonight, making it a great stop for art walkers. more ›

CINEMA: You could see The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries so you can hold up your end of conversations about Swedish film. Or you can see them so you get all the cultural references in Deconstructing Harry and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. more ›

Seattle needs real world, technology-focused get togethers. Desperately. Microsoft does some things and so do some of the other larger shops in town but they tend not to be general attendance-type events. There's Mindcamp. There's the Penny Arcade thing, sort of. There might be a few others we're not thinking of right now, but come on, we feel like we should be able to name a dozen or so events. more ›