DANCE Testing the theory that less is more, 10 choreographers (including local standouts Donald Byrd, Dayna Hanson and Ellie Sandstrom) create dances for a four-by-four-foot platform at Ten Tiny Dances. Feb 11-13.

Ten more of the area’s leading modern dance choreographers—including the visually stunning Zoe Juniper and emotionally charged Stone Dance Collective—head East(side) for the fourth annual Chop Shop Dance Festival in Bellevue. Feb 12 & 13.

FILM Starting Friday, SIFF kicks off Noir City —a week of classic film noir (Feb 11-17) with 14 films, multiple double features, and one young ingenue, Ms Marilyn Monroe. Also opening Friday, at Varsity Theatre: Oscar-nominated Short Films 2011, the year’s top animated and live action shorts. You play the judge before the Oscars air on Feb 27. (Our money’s on Pixar).

THEATER A small-town girl (living in a lonely world) finds love on the Sunset Strip in the Broadway rock musical Rock of Ages, now at the Paramount Theatre. We’d go just to hear the live band rock out to ’80s hits by Journey, Bon Jovi, and White Snake. Check back later for our interview with Tony-nominated star (and American Idol finalist) Constantine Maroulis. Thru Feb 13.

Currently homeless, Balagan Theatre stages its top-selling comedy Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog at ACT—the perfect place for this story of an aspiring villain who loves to blog, written by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Final weekend! Thru Feb 12.

VISUAL ART Japanese immigrants and American housewives bonded in early 20th-century West Coast camera clubs, sharing Eastern and Western aesthetics as they photographed their growing communities. Examine their efforts in the Henry’s new exhibit, Shadows of a Fleeting World. Opening Feb 12.

EXHIBIT Only a few days left to go inside Hogwarts, examine Hagrid’s hut, and toss a Quaffle. Harry Potter: The Exhibition closes Feb 13, but it will stay open until midnight for its final days.

CONCERTS Named after a radio repair shop in their hometown Lund, Swedish trio The Radio Dept plays beautiful, minimalist indie pop at the Crocodile on Saturday. Feb 12.

Social Distortion is back! And even though front man and songwriter Mike Ness has traded heroin for fatherhood, he leads the So-Cal punk rockers on a gritty new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, and tour. They’re at Showbox SoDo all weekend. (These shows have sold out, but there’s always StubHub.) Feb 11-13.