COMEDY When Jerry Seinfeld isn’t producing the so-bad-it’s-good TV show The Marriage Ref, he’s hitting the road with 30 years of stand-up material. See him at the Paramount this Saturday. Oct 1.

Comedy Central regular Demetri Martin boasts a “gay Beatles” haircut and a steady stream of deadpan one-liners: “Nothing wise was ever printed on an apron.” “Let no man’s deathbed be a futon.” He’s competing for Seinfeld’s air space with shows at the Neptune on Friday and Saturday. Sept 30 & Oct 1.

THEATER Broadway charmer Lorenzo Pisoni stars in Humor Abuse, a warmhearted solo show about his less-than-average childhood as the son of a professional circus clown. It’s in previews at Seattle Rep Theatre. Sept 30–Oct 23.

ELECTRONIC MUSIC In the U.S. debut of of his visually stunning ISAM tour, Brazilian-born DJ Amon Tobin spins from within a trippy 3D matrix of glowing cubes at the Paramount tonight (watch the preview below). That’s only the beginning of this year’s Decibel Festival. Sept 29-Oct 2.

FILM Smooth-talking detectives and sultry femmes return to Seattle Art Museum for the 34th annual film noir series, Heart of Darkness. It runs Thursday nights through December; tonight’s opener is Phantom Lady (1944). Sept 29–Dec 8.

Enjoy a rare opportunity to watch 70mm and Cinerama three-strand films (including 1962 frontier epic How the West Was Won) in all their super-wide-screen glory at the Cinerama Big Screen Film Fest. Sept 30–Oct 16.

Mysteries of Lisbon —a four-hour saga worthy of Bronte, where noblemen and busty countesses seduce and swindle in Old World Portugal—opens Friday at SIFF. Sept 30–Oct 13.

NW Film Forum’s Local Sightings showcase of regional filmmakers delivers experimental shorts, features and documentaries by rising stars, panel discussions, and raucous parties. It kicks off Friday with a screening of horror film The Oregonian. Sept 30–Oct 6.

EXHIBIT Peek through your fingers at EMP’s collection of horror movie clips and artifacts—the creature suit from Alien, Jack Torrance’s axe from The Shining—in its new exhibit Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film. Director John Landis (Animal House, An American Werewolf in London) will be in town for a monster talk with curator Jacob McMurray (Sunday, 1pm). Opens Oct 2.

And did we mention the Real World casting call at Seatte’s Pacific Place on Saturday? Free comedy! Oct 1.