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Met Picks: All My Sons, Pete Yorn, Seattle Rock Orchestra with Special Guests

The top 10 things to see or do this weekend.

By Laura Dannen March 31, 2011

Photo courtesy Ben Blood.

Songstress Kaylee Cole joins Seattle Rock Orchestra at the Triple Door on April 2.

CONCERT Shenandoah Davis is an opera singer–turned–indie musician; pianist Kaylee Cole can silence the rowdiest crowd with her soulful vocals. For this weekend’s show at the Triple Door, the lovely locals front the 60-piece Seattle Rock Orchestra. Apr 2.

For his latest work, a self-titled 2010 album, LA singer-songwriter Pete Yorn trades in catchy pop for rock with the help of Pixies frontman Frank Black. Yorn shows off his new side at Showbox SoDo; Ben Kweller opens. Apr 1.

THEATER Intiman Theatre opens its new season with a powerful production of the Arthur Miller drama All My Sons. Check back for a recap of opening night. Thru Apr 17.

FILM Northwest Film Forum will hold a special screening of Yosuke Fujita’s comedy Fine Totally Fine on Saturday, with all proceeds going to Japan relief efforts. Apr 2.

Call it a guilty pleasure: SIFF screens a newly edited, extended version of The Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson’s series about that now-infamous girl with a dragon tattoo. Apr 1–7.

BOOKS & TALKS After writing 30-plus books and working as editors at publishing companies, Kerry Colburn and Jennifer Worick know the secrets to getting published. Get a free lesson on the Business of Books at Seattle Public Library. Apr 2.

DANCE One of Washington’s legendary modern dance exports, Trisha Brown and co. return with a revival of 1980’s Opal Loop and new work Pygmalion. Don’t miss Brown’s preshow chats. Mar 31–Apr 2.

SPECIAL EVENT The cherry blossoms are right on time this year. Celebrate Seattle’s Japanese heritage and the coming of spring at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Seattle Center. Apr 1–3.

CLASSICAL & MORE Seattle Men’s Chorus performs Falling in Love Again: Act One features the highs of Weimar cabaret, with songs by Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Weill. Act Two considers the lows of being gay in Nazi Germany, with a performance of For a Look or a Touch, the story of two men torn apart by the Holocaust. Apr 2–3

TELEVISION Seattle in the spotlight? Sort of. AMC’s new crime drama The Killing is set in Seattle but filmed in—where else—Vancouver, BC. Scour its premiere episode for fake Seattle shots. Airs Apr 3.

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