This is the opposite of a complete list of everything going on around town. It’s only what intrigues one weirdo, me, by being at least A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY while also being FREE or AFFORDABLE. I’ll be the fat old fart in the back row.
You are not allowed to have any fun whatsoever until you have AT LEAST contacted your elected reps to demand Donald Trump’s impeachment and Elon Musk’s arrest, and been to AT LEAST one protest against the coup.
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Free First Thursday at most Seattle museums
• Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
• Henry Art Gallery
• Museum of Flight
• National Nordic Museum
• Northwest African American Museum
• Seattle Art Museum
• Seattle Asian Art Museum
• Volunteer Park Conservatory
• Washington Park Arboretum walking tour
THU MAR 6 — FREE — EVERY FIRST THURSDAY
Film at the Beacon
• Inland Empire (2006)
THU MAR 6 thru THU MAR 13 — $12
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Rat Film (2016)
THU MAR 6, 7:00 PM — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Bona (1980)
THU MAR 6 thru SUN MAR 16 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Play at the Northwest School
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
THU MAR 6 thru SAT MAR 8 — FREE
Film at Broadview Library
• Nosferatu (1922)
THU MAR 6, 1:00 PM — FREE
Decent Social Skills at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
• Facing Rejection
THU MAR 6, 6:30 PM — FREE
(but it’s a bookstore, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
Concert at The Royal Room
• Lincoln High School Jazz Band
THU MAR 6, doors 6PM, show 7PM — FREE
(but it’s a lounge and restaurant, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
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Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Eraserhead (1977)
FRI MAR 7 thru SUN MAR 16 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Concert at Benaroya Hall
• Seattle Symphony: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land
FRI MAR 7, 7:30 PM — FREE (registration requested)
Films at Uptown Cinema
• Sea Slug Animation Festival
FRI MAR 7 and SAT MAR 8 — $16 and up
Concert at Anderson School (Thorndike Room) in Bothell
• Dain Norman
FRI MAR 7, 7PM — FREE
• Festival of Frogs at Brightwater Center in Woodinville
FRI MAR 7, 6:30 PM — FREE (registration required)
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Concert at Broadview Library
• Live experimental musical arts with video projection by Rob Angus
SAT MAR 8, 3:30 PM — FREE
• Tour the Moore Theater
SAT MAR 8, 10AM — FREE
Lecture at Vashon Library, by Robert Horton
• Un-American Activities: The Blacklist Era and Hollywood
SAT MAR 8, 4:30 PM — FREE
Soccer at Husky Soccer Stadium
• UW’s women’s soccer team vs Seattle Reign FC
SAT MAR 8, 6PM — $15
Film at Rainier Beach Community Club
• Free for All: The Public Library (2024)
SAT MAR 8, 7:00 PM — FREE
Beat the Freeze at Town Hall Seattle
• Seattle Welcome Day
SAT MAR 8, 10AM-2PM — $20
• Georgetown Steam Plant Open House
featuring poetry by Xochitl Clare
SAT MAR 8, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM — FREE
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Concert at West Seattle Library
• Ladies Musical Club
SUN MAR 9, 3:00 PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Niagara (1953)
SUN MAR 9 and MON MAR 10 — $12.50
• Open mic (music) at Conor Byrne Co-Op
SUN MAR 9, 7:30 PM — FREE (age 21+ only)
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Lecture by Betsy Pingree at Folio
• How labor got screwed in Seattle and Spokane in the early twentieth century
MON MAR 10, 6PM — “Pay what you can”
• Rare, random, reasonably priced day at Woodland Park Zoo
MON MAR 10 — $14.95
Collide-O-Scope at The Crocodile
• Collide-O-Scope
MON MAR 10, doors 7PM, show 8PM — $15 (age 21+ only)
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Play at UW’s Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre
• Late, A Cowboy Song
TUE MAR 11 thru SAT MAR 15 — $10-22
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Concert at Central Library
• Ladies Musical Club
WED MAR 12, NOON — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Secret Cinema
WED MAR 12, 7:30 PM — FREE
Comedy at Clock-Out Lounge
• Joketellers Union
WED MAR 12, doors 8:00 PM, show 8:30 — $12
Concert at Sunset Tavern
• The Disorderlies with Boar Spear, North by North, Wearing Hats
WED MAR 12, 7:30 PM — $15.45 (age 21+ only)
Lecture at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Priced out of the American Dream, by Yoni Appelbaum
WED MAR 12, 7:30 PM — $10 and up
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Decent Social Skills at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
• Starting the Conversation
THU MAR 13, 6:30 PM — FREE
(but it’s a bookstore, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
Adult story time at Fremont Library
• Love Out Loud
THU MAR 13, 4PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• David Lynch’s Dune (1984)
THU MAR 13 thru THU MAR 20 — $12.50
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Concert at Anderson School (Thorndike Room) in Bothell
• TwoMacs & Friends
FRI MAR 14, 7PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• George Romero’s The Crazies (1973)
FRI MAR 14 and SAT MAR 15, 10PM — $12.50
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• Tour the Neptune Theater
SAT MAR 15, 10AM — FREE
Concert at Mirabella Seattle
• Ladies Musical Club: Songs for Soprano by Mozart & Strauss
SAT MAR 15, 2PM — FREE
Festál at Seattle Center
• Irish Festival Seattle
SAT MAR 15 and SUN MAR 16 — FREE
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• The Misfits (1961)
SUN MAR 16 thru TUE MAR 18 — $12.50
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Girls Town (1996)
SUN MAR 16 thru WED MAR 19 — $12.50
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Lecture by Aaron Goings at Folio
• Radicals in the Community: Wobblies in the Pacific Northwest
MON MAR 17, 6PM — “Pay what you can”
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Readings at Lapis Theater
• Works in Progress
TUE MAR 18, 6PM — FREE (registration required)
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Lecture at White River Valley Museum in Auburn
• Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty
WED MAR 19, 5:30 PM — FREE
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Decent Social Skills at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
• Conversation Cafe
THU MAR 20, 6:30 PM — FREE
(but it’s a bookstore, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
Concert at Rabbit Box Theater
• Dirty Sidewalks with Bow & Yarrow, Michael Ray, and the Plastic Sheets
THU MAR 20 — $12
Film at Beacon Cinema
• David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful And Strange (2025)
THU MAR 20 and SUN MAR 23 — $12.50
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Play at Annex Theater
• Blue to Blue
FRI MAR 21 thru SAT APR 12 — $5 and up
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Concert at Baba Yaga
• Weep Wave with Family Worship Center and Little Venom
SAT MAR 22, doors 8:00 PM, show 9:00 — $15 (age 21+ only)
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Crash (1996)
SAT MAR 22 thru SAT MAR 29 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
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Festál at Seattle Center
• Seattle’s French Fest
SUN MAR 23 — FREE
Concert at Highline High School
• Highline Community Symphonic Band: Every Person is Connected
SUN MAR 23, 2PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Laura (1944)
SUN MAR 23 thru THU MAR 27 — $12.50
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Lecture at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Lollapalooza — The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival
MON MAR 24, 7:30 PM — $10 and up
Film at Northwest Film Forum (Grand Illusion event)
• The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
MON MAR 24 thru TUE APR 8 — $12
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• Secret Cinema
TUE MAR 25, 7:30 PM — FREE
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Comedy at Clock-Out Lounge
• Joketellers Union
WED MAR 26, doors 8:00 PM, show 8:30 — $12
Concert at Rabbit Box Theatre
• Halls of Justice
WED MAR 26, doors 6PM, show 7PM — $5 advance, $10 door (age 21+ only)
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Film at Pacific Science Center IMAX
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
FRI MAR 28 thru WED APR 2 — $7.77
You are not required to purchase separate tickets to the Science Center.
Monologues at Highline Heritage Museum
• Seven Stories
FRI MAR 28, 7:30 PM — $?
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Jazz at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Émile Parisien, Vincent Peirani
SAT MAR 29, 7:30 PM — $15 and up
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• King/Snohomish County Regional Spelling Bee at Town Hall
SUN MAR 30, 1PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950)
SUN MAR 30 thru TUE APR 1 — $12.50
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• Smooth Talk (1985)
TUE APR 1 and THU APR 3 — $12.50
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Lecture at Greenwood Senior Center
• Wonderful, Weird, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State Museums
WED APR 2, 1:00 PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Secret Cinema
WED APR 2, 7:30 PM — FREE
• Transit Riders Union Monthly Social at Owl 'n Thistle
WED APR 2, 5:30 PM — FREE
(but it’s a restaurant, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
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Free First Thursday at most Seattle museums
• Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
• Henry Art Gallery
• Museum of Flight
• National Nordic Museum
• Northwest African American Museum
• Seattle Art Museum
• Seattle Asian Art Museum
• Volunteer Park Conservatory
• Washington Park Arboretum walking tour
THU APR 3 — FREE — EVERY FIRST THURSDAY
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Film at Pacific Science Center IMAX
• Blue Velvet (1986)
FRI APR 4 thru WED APR 9 — $7.77
You are not required to purchase separate tickets to the Science Center.
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
FRI APR 4 thru SUN APR 13 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
SAT APR 5 — $12.50
Films at Japanese Baptist Church
• Reel Memories: Asian American Home Movies Screening
SAT APR 5, 1PM — FREE (registration required)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• Mon Oncle (1958)
SUN APR 6 and TUE APR 8 — $12.50
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Carnival of Souls (1962)
SUN APR 6 and MON APR 7 — $12.50
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As the nincompoops say, “Do your own research.”
Click the links. Check the times. Maybe I made a typo.
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ALWAYS FREE
• Art Walks
• Artists at Play (at Seattle Center)
• Ballard Locks
• Center for Wooden Boats (Wednesdays – Sundays)
• Center on Contemporary Art (Thursdays – Saturdays)
• Low tide on the Sound— great for crab, snail, or starfish hunting
• Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center (closed Mondays)
• Festál (at Seattle Center)
• Frye Art Museum
• KEXP Gathering Space
• Klondike Gold Rush Museum (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
• Kubota Garden
• Ladies Musical Club
• Log House Museum (Fridays & Saturdays)
• Museum Pass from King County Public Library
• Olympic Sculpture Park
• Pike Place Market
• Seattle Center
• Seattle Chinese Garden
• Seattle Free Walking Tours
• Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets
• Seattle Parks & Recreation
• Suzzallo Library
• Washington Park Arboretum
• Woodland Park Rose Garden
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NOT FREE BUT WORTH THE PRICE
• Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
• Archie McPhee
• Charlie’s Queer Books
• Connections Museum (Sundays only)
• The Couth Buzzard
• Elliott Bay Books
• Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
• Highline Heritage Museum (closed Mondays-Wednesdays)
• Left Bank Books
• Metro Transit
• The Monorail
• Open Books
• Paper Boat Booksellers
• Scarecrow Video
• Queen Anne Book Company
• Seattle Japanese Garden (closed for winter)
• Seattle Pinball Museum
• Sound Transit
• Third Place Books
• Underground Tour
• Washington State Ferries
• Water Taxi
• Wing Luke Museum (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
• Woodland Park Zoo (random days are reasonably priced)
• Ye Olde Curiosity Shop