FILM
King Corn
Then catch a screening of King Corn at Pacific Lutheran University next Thursday. Three years ago, two Yale graduates set out to show that most of the Midwest’s corn isn’t the sweet eat-with-supper variety but instead it’s something the Terminator might grow. In the film, Cheney and Ellis relocate to Iowa to plant and grow one acre of corn and then follow its journey through the food-processing system, where it’s made into such products as high-fructose corn syrup and livestock feed. â€" Jake de Paul
[Ingram Hall, Thursday, March 20, 7-9 p.m., free, Pacific Lutheran University, Eighth Avenue South and Wheeler Street South, Parkland, 360.931.3534]
ART
Impractical Luminescence
Then bask in the glow of Galen McCarthy Turner’s art. I’m talking neon here. I’m talking palette, inert and noble gasses, charged ions and welded tubes. I’m talking channels of plasma interacting with the electrical conductivity of your body. But I’m just talking. See for yourself tonight. Don’t be left in the dark. â€" Suzy Stump
[Fulcrum Gallery, March 20-May 11, opening reception March 20 6-10 p.m., no cover, 1308 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma, 253.250.0520]
ART
Bad Girls and Bold Boys
Mother Goose is dead.
She lies peacefully in the bare woods of winter. Her head, still crowned by a flowery bonnet, has been crushed and now rests face-down on the cold, leaf-strewn ground. Her arms and legs have been ripped from her body, which rots in its faded petticoat. Her severed limbs â€" as well as her faithful pet gander â€" are nowhere to be seen.
I could almost guarantee this image will be a part of Bad Girls and Bold Boys: 24 Artists Take On The Brothers Grimm opening tonight at The Lark Gallery. Each artist drew a Grimm Brothers story out of a hat for inspiration. Knowing Ryan Loiselle, James Hume, Huston, Tim Kapler, Gretchen Bailey and a few of the other artists’ styles â€" guaranteed Grimm! Oh, and sweet pea from King’s Books co-curated the show. Grimm! Grimm! Grimm! â€" Ron Swarner
[The Lark Gallery, Thursday, March 20, 5-9 p.m., show runs through April 13, free, Sanford & Son Antiques Middle Floor, 743 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.383.3168]
MUSIC
Suzanne’Silver
Suzanne’Silver â€" who have definitely been infected by the rock and roll bug and call Italy home â€" will play Le Voyeur tonight. They’ll be joined on the bill by Olympia’s equally inspiring math rock masters, Wisdom Teeth. The show will be a display of indie ethos at its best, and proof of rock and roll’s potential the world over.
Suzanne’Silver started in 1998 and was created by four teenagers enthralled by the early ’90s Seattle sound (Susan Silver was both Soundgarden's manager and the wife of lead singer Chris Cornell). How’s that for grunge touching the world? At this point, however, the Seattle sound is only a small starting point for their recipe. As 10 years have transpired since Suzanne’Silver came to be, the band’s influences are now varied â€" ranging from said grunge to blues roots to current indie vibrations. â€" Matt Driscoll
[Le Voyeur, Suzanne’Silver, Wisdom Teeth, Jetty Cats, 10 p.m., no cover, 404 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, 360.943.5710]
LINK: Circle Of Deception and others in the clubs tonight.
LINK: Third Thursday Art Walk galleries and museums.
LINK: Let’s eat Chinese.