FILM Oscar winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire) directs Frankenstein for the National Theatre in London—and we get to see it on the big screen at SIFF. Apr 9 & 11.

Bonus! Catch Danny Boyle double features all weekend, including Trainspotting and 28 Days Later on Friday night. Apr 8–10.

Seattle Art Museum kicks off an an eight-week Jeff Bridges film festival tonight, starting with a screening of The Last Picture Show and moving on to Starman and The Big Lebowski (naturally). Apr 7–June 2.

COMEDY Reigning queen of crass Sarah Silverman does stand-up at the Moore, with Todd Glass opening. Expect a few stories about bedwetting. Apr 8.

Lewis Black, raconteur and regular Daily Show guest, stops by the Paramount with his ever-impassioned comedy act. Apr 9.

CONCERT Longtime rap master, film producer, and Barbershop alum Ice Cube returns to his West Coast rap roots with new album I Am the West. He’s at Showbox at the Market with Seattle’s Fatal Lucciauno. Apr 7.

VISUAL ART Celebrated street artists NKO and NTG take their vibrant work indoors at Gallery4Culture. Dan Hawkins’s documentary photographs accompany the installation. Apr 7–29.

DANCE We get the best of all worlds with PNB’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream choreography by George Balanchine, a magnificent Mendelssohn score, and the wiles of Willy Shakes. Apr 8–17.

CLASSICAL & MORE To close its inaugural run of Rush Hour performances, Seattle Symphony plays a 75-minute, no-intermission after work concert featuring Rachmaninoff’s soaring Symphony No. 3. Apr 8.

BOOZE It’s heaven in a cask: more than 70 unfiltered beers, brewed locally, for sampling at the Washington Cask Beer Festival. Don’t miss Herbert’s Legendary Cask Festival Ale and other top picks by Sauced blog editor Jess Voelker. Apr 9.

BOOKS & TALKS Paleontologist Donald Johanson, aka the guy who discovered the 3.2-million-year-old “Lucy” fossil, leads a discussion on our evolutionary roots at Benaroya Hall. Apr 10–12.

SPORTS Seattle Mariners’ opening day is Friday against the Cleveland Indians; I’m trying to cling to the memory of Felix Hernandez pitching a five-hitter last week rather than the M’s 2-4 record and Adam Moore’s torn meniscus. Apr 8.

Last chance! To see The Time That Remains, the final installment of Elia Suleiman’s darkly comic trilogy, at Northwest Film Forum. Apr 7 at 9pm.