The Stranger presents:

Town Hall
8th & Seneca
7:30pm to 9pm
Debaters:
City Council member Mike O'Brien, Mayor Mike McGinn, and Drew Paxton of Move Seattle Smarter. Basically, intelligent people who have questions about the tunnel study.
Everyone else declined.

The Stranger presents:

W/ Super Secret Guests
8pm doors
21+
$10 adv

$10 ticket gets you entrance to a kick-ass performance by one of Seattle's top bands (who could it be?), PLUS cost of ticket includes two drink tickets (on select beverages) and a special holiday gift for you.
Buy tickets now at thestranger.com/winterparty.

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with WINTER PARTY in the subject line.

The Stranger presents:

Pick of the Week
Tiger Lounge
Pinball, booze and pizza! Tiger Lounge has live entertainment nightly -- open mic, karaoke, comedy, burlesque, a wide range of music and live theater/performances. Tons of pinball downstairs, plus a front and back patio, a burn barrel, a "living room" lounge and a cozy bar. Delicious food to boot... Check out our funky house-turned-bar; perfect for happy hour, late nights or your next party!
2 $10 Gift Certificates to Tiger Lounge
Your Price: $10.00
Get yours here NOW! strangermart.com

Waziga, Maraire.net and The Stranger announce that a compilation is being recorded and released by year end 2010, with 100% of sales benefitting the Rainier Vista Boys & Girl's Club Music Program.

The compilation, 4 the Love of Music, is being released December 21st and features many of Seattle's Hip Hop best and brightest, ranging from Sir Mix-a-lot and Shabazz Palaces to Thee Satisfaction and Fresh Espresso. Artists are creating all new material for this once in a lifetime line-up.

4 the Love of Music recording artists include:
Champagne Champagne
Cloud Nice
Draze
Fresh Espresso
Macklemore
Mad Rad
Mash Hall
Meez
Parker of the Parker Brothers
Run-a-Way Slaves
Shabazz Palaces
Sir Mix-a-Lot Stay Hi Brothers Thee Satisfaction

Northwest Film Forum presents:

A new documentary about the plight of the honey bee.
An award winner at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Colony combines exquisite cinematography with a passionate call for action.
The Seppi family has recently set up an apiary business in the lush orchards of California. With their tightly-buttoned shirts and belted pants, the God-fearing family toil many hours to ensure their bees are kept healthy and fit for the long haul around the fruit trees of the west coast. Yet the outlook for their business isn’t good: all across America bees are vanishing. The so-called Colony Collapse Disorder is emptying the nation's hives, whether because of pesticides or a virus, no one is sure.
This gorgeously shot film contemplates the tiny but powerful industry at the heart of modern farming, and how its failure could mean the collapse of food production as we know it.

More info & tickets at nwfilmform.org/live

Send an email with COLONY in the subject heading to win a pair of tickets.

The Stranger and Easy Street Records present:

with Olof Arnalds
$20.00 ADV at Ticketmaster
$23.00 DOS
Doors at 8pm
All Ages

Showbox at the Market
1426 1st Avenue
Tickets and info

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with BLONDE REDHEAD in the subject line.

Northwest LeatherSir, Darian and Lady Linda host

Feel The Rosy Glow With Us!
9pm-12am

A Benefit for CHAC & GLPW

The Cuff Complex
1533 13th Ave
Seattle, WA
http://www.cuffcomplex.com

The Tractor & The Stranger present:

Ziskis
Yukon Blonde
9:30pm
21+
$12
Tickets also available at Sonic Boom!
tickets at ticketweb.com

To win a pair of tickets shoot us an email with DUTCHESS & DUKE in the subject line.

Neumos presents:

White Boss
HPP
Doors at 8 PM
$12 ADV
Advance tickets on sale at Moe Bar, etix.com
[Buy Tickets Online]
All Ages
Bar with ID

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with NO AGE in the subject line.

47th Parallel Films presents:

WASTE OF TIME is a documentary film about garbage, food, fashion, suburbanization, consumer capitalism, and the search for sustainability at a time of conspicuous consumption and the prodigious, if tragic, use of natural resources. It is the sophomore effort from filmmaker Shaun Scott, features the photography and visual-stylings of Toryan Dixon, and showcases the narrative voice of Aiko Akers.
WASTE OF TIME poses distorted, manipulated, rare archival footage--from the past and present--alongside local music from USF, Speak, and THEESatisfaction. It premiers November 26th, 2010 at Healthy Times Fun Club.

Northwest Film Forum presents:

A special 50th anniversary screening on a new 35mm print!
In 1960 Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he unleashed on unsuspecting moviegoers and forever changed the face of cinematic horror. From its first scene, in which an unmarried couple enjoys a lunchtime tryst in a cheap hotel (hardly a common moment in a major studio film in 1960, a moment made even more scandalous by the titillating appearance of a matching black bra and slip), announced that it was taking the audience to places it had never been before.

Hitchcock's legendary, blackly comic shocker vaulted its title into the non-Freudian mainstream and forever turned comfy shower stalls into places of terror-a feat greatly aided by Bernard Herrmann infamously shrieking all-strings score and a slashing opening credits sequence designed by Saul Bass. Endlessly parodied, imitated and analyzed, Psycho still retains its terrifying power fifty years after it first stunned the world.

More info & tickets at nwfilmforum.org/live

Send an email with PSYCHO in the subject line to win two tickets.

Black Friday is Flash Sale Friday at Babeland Seattle!
Shop our Seattle boutique on Friday, Nov 26 to get 40% off four of our most popular toys. For a limited time only you can get the bestselling couple's toy the WE-Vibe II for only $42 (regular price is $99). The featured sale toy changes every few hours though, check out the details here and plan your trip accordingly!
Cornucopia of Deals: Nov 27-28 If you missed us on Black Friday, we still have treats for you: stop by Saturday or Sunday and get a free gift or discount with your Babeland Seattle purchase.

Stranger Readers' Special: get 10% off your Babeland purchase!
Use coupon code 70205 at checkout. Offer valid in stores and on babeland.com expires 12.12.2010 Find more sweet Black Friday deals on babeland.com >>
Check out our sexy Holiday Gift Guides >>

Parlor Live presents:

"SNL" "Weeds" "Happy Gilmore" "Anger Management"
Two Nights Only!!! Actor and comedian Kevin Nealon is best known as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 1986-1995. Currently he plays Doug Wilson on Showtime's hit series "Weeds" and is a favorite of Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. You have seen him in films such as "Happy Gilmore," "The Wedding Singer," "Anger Management," "Get Smart," "Grandma's Boy," "Joe Dirt" and "Little Nicky," amongst many more. The Parlor is a 21+ facility.
Sponsored by the Hyatt Regency Bellevue.

For tickets visit www.parlorlive.com and enter the promo code "STRANGER" for a $5 discount on each ticket purchased!

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with KEVIN NEALON in the subject line.

The Stranger, KEXP and Infinite Productions present:

Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. Together Grinderman have forged a distinctly different way of working, having cast off musical baggage, shrugged off accepted wisdom and tested pre-conceptions about who they are as musicians.
At the historic King Cat Theater, 2130 6th Ave in downtown Seattle .
21+
$25.00 adv. & tickets are available at eTix.com, Ticketswest, Singles Going Steady and all Sonic Boom locations.
Doors: 8:00 p.m
Show: 9:00 p.m

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with GRINDERMAN in the subject line.

The Stranger & Can Can Cabaret present:

The Can Can Castaways are ready to bring Seattle audiences their most daring and energetic show to date just in time for summer! A frenzy of fringe, rocket rides, albino tigers, show ponies and so much more ignite a show already bursting with brilliantly colored costumes and creative contraptions. SHOW PONY will feature classic concepts of burlesque, circus, popular and abstract dance crazes reworked and reconceptualized. Introducing all new characters; Jonfried & Benroy, emcee Frau Doppelganger, the bearded lady and many more. Featuring a cast of Seattle's best cabaret all-stars including Benihana, Faggedy Randy, Fiona Minx, Jonny Boy, and Rainbow (principal dancer and choreographer).
Showtimes 7:30pm & 10:00pm
Buy Tickets!

To win a pair of tickets to the 7:30pm on Saturday night, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.com with SHOW PONY in the subject line!

The Stranger & STG present:

Special Guests:
Mister Heavenly
We Barbarians
Pepper Rabbit
The Moore Theatre
8:00pm
$27.50
Purchase Tickets
1-877-784-4849

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with PASSION PIT in the subject line.

The Stranger & The Tractor present:

Y La Bamba
Hooves and Beaks
9pm
$12
tickets at ticketweb.com
The Tractor
5213 Ballard Ave NW

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with HORSE FEATHERS in the subject line.

Photo by Tarina Westlund

Sub Pop Records presents:

Featuring:
A-Frames/AFCGT, Fruit Bats, Mudhoney, Michael Yonkers, Pissed Jeans, Shabazz Palaces, Vetiver, and Wolf Eyes.

$20 ADV
Doors at 7pm
All Ages
Tickets on sale Friday November 12th at noon.

More information on the Andy Kotowicz Family Foundation: http://www.subpop.com/andy

For Tickets & More Info visit:
http://showboxonline.com 

Neumos Presents:

With
Steel Tigers of Death
Absolute

Neumos
Doors at 8 PM
$20 ADV
Advance tickets on sale at:
Moe Bar
Etix.com
BUY TICKETS
21+

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with LES SAVY FAV in the subject line.

The Stranger and Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce present:

Blitz, the Capitol Hill Arts Walk, showcases the neighborhood's visual, literary, and performing arts in over 50 galleries, cafés, restaurants, and retail stores. Check out paintings in a cupcake cafe, listen to lounge rock in an art gallery, and ponder original art in a 'zine library. Grab a map and stroll around the Hill on the second Thursday of every month!

For more info, go to www.blitzcapitolhill.com

Showbox, The Triple Door, KEXP 90.3 and Easy Street Records present:

with special guest Aqueduct
$22 ADV
$25 DOS
Doors at 8pm
Showbox at the Market
1426 1st Avenue
21+
More info & tickets

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with THE POSIES in the subject line.

Questionland presents:

What is the best cocktail recipe ever?
That is the question.

If you know the answer, you could win $100 and have your drink go down in cocktail history.

Go to Questionland.com, click Cocktail Contest & add your recipe The finalist's best drinks will be served at Havana on December 14 in a cocktail tasting extravaganza. Of those, one will be voted as the very, very best.
The winner gets to name their drink, and have it served at Havana for a month. There's also that handy $100 to consider.

The deadline to add your recipe is December 7. For more info go to Questionland.com.

The Stranger and Easy Street Records present:

with SMP

Showbox at the Market
1426 1st Avenue
$20 ADV
$22 DOS
Doors at 8pm
All Ages
More Info & Tickets!

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with KILLING JOKE in the subject line.

We break more records than bones! Rat City Rollergirls, the Northwest's Premier Women's Flat Track Roller Derby league, sold out the KeyArena during their 2010 Season and are back to do it again. 2011 Season Tickets are on sale November 22 through December 15 through Ticketmaster.com. Give the gift of derby to the one you love with a season ticket package that provides plenty of high-octane, hard-hitting roller derby action! Don't get left in the dust for 2011, buy your season tickets before it's too late.
Visit ratcityrollergirls.com for our 2011 schedule and more!

Three Imaginary Girls present:

It's time to rig up the mistletoe, unpack your bejeweled reindeer sweater, and ring in the holidays with Three Imaginary Girls at the The Imaginary Holiday Office Party!

The Columbia City Theater will be decked out in holiday cheer and an exciting line up: The Trip Wires, The Young Evils, Jose Bold {John Osebold of "AWESOME" fame} and a special guest that is going to knock this town's socks off. In the Bourbon Bar, DJ Greg Vandy will be supplying the best in soul and roots starting at 7pm.

Of course it wouldn't be an imaginary holiday party without our very own Indie-Rock Santa! This year the legendary John Vanderslice will ride his merry sleigh to Seattle and take the throne with photographer extraordinaire Laura Musselman at the ready to take your photo on his lap.

All proceeds from the holiday party will benefit Teen Feed, a Seattle non-profit who helps homeless youth as they meet their future off the streets.

More info at threeimaginarygirls.com/blog

Presented by The Action Pack and co-presented by The Stranger:

SIFF Cinema
321 Mercer St
Special Engagement Pricing: $12
$11 Students and Seniors with valid ID
$7 SIFF Members
Vouchers are not accepted for this special engagement
More info & tickets: www.siff.net
In 1986 Muppets master Jim Henson and creature creator Brian Froud followed their classic fantasy film The Dark Crystal with something truly bizarre and thoroughly exciting. Labyrinth is a musical fairy tale about a Goblin King (David Bowie) who kidnaps the baby brother of a young damsel (Jennifer Connelly in her first leading role) and thrusts her into an impossible universe of talking animals, mythological creatures, super-tight pants, and synchronized goblin dancing. As young adults we dreamt soooo hard of being lost in the Goblin King's world, and with this special screening The Action Pack is making that dream come true. We're taking you INTO the Labyrinth with quote-along subtitles for all of your favorite lines ("You have no power over me!") and sing-along lyrics for every single song. Plus, before the show, we'll have a sock-puppet station in lobby so that everyone can make their own little goblin frenemy.

To win a pair of tickets, shoot an email with LABYRINTH in the subject line.

NoDepression.com, The Stranger and Easy Street Records present:

with special guests Drew Grow & The Pastors' Wives
Doors at 8pm
21+

Showbox at the Market
1426 1st Avenue

More info & Tickets at showboxonline.com

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with THE MALDIVES HOLIDAY in the subject line.

It is a week from Thanskgiving. You must cook food. It should taste good.

Fortunately, you are not alone. Joining us is a dream team of chefs, bakers, wine experts, and an actual turkey farmer. Don't panic. Ask.

Reader Reviews for almost all of Seattle's Restaurants: www.thestranger.com/dining

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This app is loaded up with 5 years of Dan's columns. Search by keyword (what word just popped into your mind?) or by category. Where else can you search for "Adult Babies?" A fresh, new question/answer of the day is delivered each afternoon. It also has all his podcasts, a treasure trove of videos, a private moment with Dan that you will dearly cherish and more.

Wedding season is upon us. The Savage Love app makes the perfect gift.

$1.99 in the iTunes store.

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