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More SIFF must-sees.

Seattle International Film Festival opens tonight with a blowout at McCaw Hall. And no matter how much Friday morning hurts, don’t forget about these nine other galas and openings.

PLUS: A primer to the full lineup of flicks at this year’s festival.

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Hide/Seek Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Theaster Gates: The Listening Room Seattle Art Museum 10:00 AM

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 AM

The 10th Northwest Biennial Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

Asian American Arcade Wing Luke Asian Museum 10:00 AM

MOHAI: Celebrating Century 21 Museum of History and Industry 10:00 AM

Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Cinema 10:00 AM

Avatar: The Exhibition Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins G. Gibson Gallery 11:00 AM

Gary Hill: Glossodelic Attractors Henry Art Gallery 11:00 AM

Robert Yoder: DILF! Platform Gallery 11:00 AM

John Irving Town Hall 7:00 PM

SIFF 2012: Your Sister's Sister (Opening Night Gala) McCaw Hall 7:00 PM

Bluebeard’s Castle Benaroya Hall 7:30 PM

Cafe Nordo's Cabinet of Curiosities Washington Hall 7:30 PM

Million Dollar Quartet Paramount Theatre 7:30 PM

Trimpin On the Boards 8:00 PM

First Date: A New Musical ACT Theatre 8:00 PM

Lauren Weedman: SRO-Single Room Occupancy Northwest Film Forum 8:00 PM

The Producers Village Theatre 8:00 PM

Hide/Seek Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

KEXP's Hood-to-Hood 2012: Ballard Day Bergen Place Park 10:00 AM

Theaster Gates: The Listening Room Seattle Art Museum 10:00 AM

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 AM

The 10th Northwest Biennial Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

Asian American Arcade Wing Luke Asian Museum 10:00 AM

MOHAI: Celebrating Century 21 Museum of History and Industry 10:00 AM

Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Cinema 10:00 AM

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Avatar: The Exhibition Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins G. Gibson Gallery 11:00 AM

Gary Hill: Glossodelic Attractors Henry Art Gallery 11:00 AM

Robert Yoder: DILF! Platform Gallery 11:00 AM

UCLA Festival of Preservation Northwest Film Forum 7:00 PM

Approaching Ecstasy Intiman Playhouse 7:00 PM

Trimpin On the Boards 8:00 PM

Million Dollar Quartet Paramount Theatre 8:00 PM

First Date: A New Musical ACT Theatre 8:00 PM

Lauren Weedman: SRO-Single Room Occupancy Northwest Film Forum 8:00 PM

The Producers Village Theatre 8:00 PM

Deep Sea Diver and Ravenna Woods Neumos 8:00 PM

Cafe Nordo's Cabinet of Curiosities Washington Hall 8:00 PM

Hide/Seek Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Theaster Gates: The Listening Room Seattle Art Museum 10:00 AM

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 AM

The 10th Northwest Biennial Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

Asian American Arcade Wing Luke Asian Museum 10:00 AM

MOHAI: Celebrating Century 21 Museum of History and Industry 10:00 AM

Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Cinema 10:00 AM

Avatar: The Exhibition Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Century Ballroom Indoor Flea Market Century Ballroom 11:00 AM

Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins G. Gibson Gallery 11:00 AM

Gary Hill: Glossodelic Attractors Henry Art Gallery 11:00 AM

Robert Yoder: DILF! Platform Gallery 11:00 AM

The Producers Village Theatre 2:00 PM

Million Dollar Quartet Paramount Theatre 2:00 PM

Approaching Ecstasy Intiman Playhouse 7:00 PM

UCLA Festival of Preservation Northwest Film Forum 7:00 PM

Madama Butterfly McCaw Hall 7:30 PM

Lauren Weedman: SRO-Single Room Occupancy Northwest Film Forum 8:00 PM

The Producers Village Theatre 8:00 PM

Cafe Nordo's Cabinet of Curiosities Washington Hall 8:00 PM

Trimpin On the Boards 8:00 PM

Million Dollar Quartet Paramount Theatre 8:00 PM

First Date: A New Musical ACT Theatre 8:00 PM

Theaster Gates: The Listening Room Seattle Art Museum 10:00 AM

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 AM

The 10th Northwest Biennial Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

Asian American Arcade Wing Luke Asian Museum 10:00 AM

MOHAI: Celebrating Century 21 Museum of History and Industry 10:00 AM

Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Cinema 10:00 AM

Hide/Seek Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Avatar: The Exhibition Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins G. Gibson Gallery 11:00 AM

Gary Hill: Glossodelic Attractors Henry Art Gallery 11:00 AM

Million Dollar Quartet Paramount Theatre 1:00 PM

First Date: A New Musical ACT Theatre 2:00 PM

The Producers Village Theatre 2:00 PM

Madama Butterfly McCaw Hall 2:00 PM

Million Dollar Quartet Paramount Theatre 6:30 PM

Approaching Ecstasy Intiman Playhouse 7:00 PM

First Date: A New Musical ACT Theatre 7:00 PM

The Producers Village Theatre 7:00 PM

UCLA Festival of Preservation Northwest Film Forum 7:00 PM

Loudon Wainwright III The Triple Door 7:30 PM

Trimpin On the Boards 8:00 PM

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 AM

MOHAI: Celebrating Century 21 Museum of History and Industry 10:00 AM

Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Cinema 10:00 AM

AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Avatar: The Exhibition Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins G. Gibson Gallery 11:00 AM

Chihuly Garden and Glass Chihuly Garden and Glass 11:00 AM

UCLA Festival of Preservation Northwest Film Forum 7:00 PM

AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 AM

Asian American Arcade Wing Luke Asian Museum 10:00 AM

MOHAI: Celebrating Century 21 Museum of History and Industry 10:00 AM

Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Cinema 10:00 AM

Avatar: The Exhibition Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins G. Gibson Gallery 11:00 AM

Chihuly Garden and Glass Chihuly Garden and Glass 11:00 AM

Best Coast The Neptune Theatre 8:00 PM

Hide/Seek Tacoma Art Museum 10:00 AM

AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Theaster Gates: The Listening Room Seattle Art Museum 10:00 AM

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 AM

Asian American Arcade Wing Luke Asian Museum 10:00 AM

MOHAI: Celebrating Century 21 Museum of History and Industry 10:00 AM

Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Cinema 10:00 AM

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Avatar: The Exhibition Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 10:00 AM

Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins G. Gibson Gallery 11:00 AM

Chihuly Garden and Glass Chihuly Garden and Glass 11:00 AM

Gary Hill: Glossodelic Attractors Henry Art Gallery 11:00 AM

The Producers Village Theatre 8:00 PM

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