CONCERT Following the success of Feist’s blockbuster 2007 solo album The Reminder—with its ubiquitous iPod commercial single “1234”—the Canadian singer-songwriter was burnt out in a big way. She took a few years of radio silence, and last month, released Metals, a raw, plainspoken ode to solitude that’s warmer musically than the title suggests. Hear Feist tonight at the Moore. Nov 17.

Bellingham-born power pop stars the Posies return from an exhaustive world tour to headline an all-local showcase at the Neptune. Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs and Curtains for You join. Nov 19.

Funky, fleet-fingered pianist Herbie Hancock is perfectly suited for Gershwin’s jazz score Rhapsody in Blue at Benaroya this Friday. Seattle Symphony joins. Nov 18.

VISUAL ART For his first museum exhibit, award-winning Seattle photographer Isaac Layman examines our desire to escape the ordinary with carefully constructed images of mundane household objects. His pile of soggy tissues seems to glisten like a slice of an imperfect paradise. Nov 19–Jan 22.

Seattle artist Katy Stone describes her work as “Rorschach tests of natural phenomena.” A painted Glade of Mylar flowers cascades down a wall, while twisted steel in bold oranges and reds clings to surfaces like flattened tumbleweeds. She shows new work at Greg Kucera Gallery. Nov 17–Dec 24.

BOOKS & TALKS Did your dad ever tell you nothing good happens after midnight? Hear new musings on the theme “While You Were Sleeping” by Sherman Alexie; Portland author and publisher Kevin Sampsell; Nicole Hardy, author of Fallen: Memoirs of a Latter-Day Virgin; and Rachel Flotard of rock band Visqueen during the Hugo House Literary Series. Nov 18.

BENEFIT SHOW Rainn Wilson comes home for a music-and-comedy benefit show at the Paramount, and brings along funny friends from Hollywood (Mindy Kaling, Anna Faris) and the Seattle music scene to keep him company. All proceeds support the Mona Foundation. Nov 19.

THEATER Four NYC cops suffer the slings and arrows (or handguns) of the city streets in gritty film-theater piece Newyorkland by New York ensemble Temporary Distortion. They’re at On the Boards all weekend. Nov 17–20.

DANCE Alonzo King Lines Ballet company performs Scheherazade, a rapturous 40-minute interpretation of 1,001 Nights with a score by tabla master Zakir Hussain, at Meany Hall. Nov 17–19.

BOOK RELEASE PARTY Writing center 826 Seattle—launched by best-selling author Dave Eggers—celebrates a national award and the release of its second anthology What to Read in the Rain with readings by Eggers, David Lasky, and student authors. Nov 20.

Bonus! SPONSORED EVENT Join Seattle Met in an evening with ski movie mogul Warren Miller at Benaroya, as SIFF presents him the Golden Space Needle Award. The event includes an on-stage interview with Warren, hosted by Seattle’s Neal Thompson, and a screening of one of Warren’s favorite films, The Gods Must Be Crazy. Nov 20.