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Gentle Snark
Seattle Erotic Art Festival Gala
Seattle's premier exhibition of contemporary erotica celebrates its sixth year with a gala show featuring the award winners of its previous five -- plus live performance art, dance and more.
More visual arts events

Restaurants
Between breakfast and lunch, there's Moxie
The popular Queen Anne bistro serves up a weekend brunch that'll put hair on your chest, little man. Who can resist Frangelico French toast and duck-fat-fried potatoes? Who would?
More brunch spots

Movies
'Popeye'
Though it has long been considered (unfairly) the worst of Robert Altman's films, the time has come to reappraise this charming 1980 musical comedy. It screens at Northwest Film Forum this weekend. Bring the kids.
More movies opening this weekend

Outdoors
Seattle Roadster Show
Feast your eyes on more than 300 hot rods, muscle cars, customs, choppers, dragsters and other candy-colored pavement burners. They seem to be going fast even standing stock-still.
More hobby shows and events

Outdoors
The Japanese Garden re-opens
One of the city's most tranquil spots re-opens this Sunday with a blessing ceremony and a Taiko drum performance. A new waterfall has been added to the garden, making it all the more peaceful.

Nightlife
Lee Oskar and Friends
The former harmonica player for 1970s funk band War leads a hand-picked powerhouse outfit of local jazz, blues and funk players at Highway 99 Blues Club. You may hear it from your car.

More in NWsource
The one and only New York Dolls take out the "Trash" at El Corazon.
Hear and see this magic new dimension: Queensrÿche plays the Paramount.
Catch the 25-million-year-old ichthyosaur fossil at the Burke's "Dinosaur Day."
Artist Ashley Bennett remembers Kurt Cobain with a series of dreamlike pencil drawings.

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