Weather pending, these are your best bets for the weekend:

CONCERT

Jan 20 & 21
Fitz and the Tantrums
Ever since the release of their debut album Pickin’ Up the Pieces (2010), front man Michael Fitzpatrick and his LA soul band have had a touring schedule that would exhaust James Brown. There isn’t enough of their dance-friendly funk to go around. Showbox at the Market, $25.

THEATER

Jan 19–22
Rabih Mroué: Looking for a Missing Employee, and The Pixelated Revolution
Lebanese performance artist Rabih Mroué has an eye for political theater, using monologues and video to probe his country’s troubled past. He gives audiences a glimpse of his latest work in progress, The Pixelated Revolution, a monologue about the role of mobile-phone photography in the Syrian revolution, and showcases 2003’s Looking for a Missing Employee, a series of videos investigating the disappearance of a low-level member of the Ministry of Finance in Beirut. On the Boards, Jan 19–21 (Employee), Jan 22 (Revolution), $25. UPDATED 3PM. The Jan 19 performance has been postponed until Jan 21, 4pm. Call 206-217-9888 to switch your tickets.

Jan 20–Feb 4
A Short-Term Solution to a Long-Term Problem
Stranger associate editor and consummate funny man David Schmader examines his life post-9/11—including new love, a scary diagnosis, and marrying a Mormon man in California—in his new solo show on Capitol Hill. Richard Hugo House, $15–$20.

DANCE

Jan 20–29
Seattle Dance Project and Inverse Opera Present Project 5: Brahms Afoot
For its fifth season, modern dance company SDP teamed up with Inverse, a new collective of classically trained vocalists, to create a lyrical dance set to Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes. Founding Mark Morris company member Penny Hutchinson is slated to choreograph. ACT Theatre, $20–$25.

Jan 20–22
The Bridge Project
Four emerging choreographers enjoy a three-week incubation period at Velocity—working with its artist in residence and using the center’s rehearsal space to create all-new dances in just three weeks. Witness the finished product this weekend. Velocity Dance Center, $12–$18.

Whim W’Him: Cast the First Rock in Twenty Twelve
Olivier Wevers’ modern dance company performs two new comedies— La langue de l’amour and Flower Festival with an all-male pas de deux—and and the premiere of tragic thrown, invoking a stoning with sets by local sculptor Steve Jensen. Intiman Playhouse, $25.

SPECIAL EVENT

Jan 21–28
Lunar New Year 2012: Year of the Dragon
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon during the Wing Luke Museum and the ID’s annual Lunar New Year festival. The fun starts this Saturday with a lion dance, and culminates in the second annual food walk—20 restaurants offering $2 menu items—and the third annual children’s parade and costume contest. International District, free–$5.

ART PARTY

Jan 20
BAMignite: Mad Men and Martini Party
Bellevue Arts Museum—now showing a retrospective of industrial design guru George Nelson’s bubble lamps and marshmallow sofas—hosts a late-night Mad Men–themed party with lounge music, blackjack, and martinis. Attire is WWDDW: What Would Don Draper Wear? Bellevue Arts Museum, $10.

CLASSICAL & MORE

Jan 22
David Garrett
The young German violinist indulges his Nirvana impulse (he already has Kurt Cobain locks) on his Rock Symphonies II tour, performing hits by Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and Beethoven’s rhythmically rockin’ Fifth. Paramount Theatre, $37–$62.

EAT & DRINK

Jan 22
Free Rigatoni Day at Tavolàta
Read it and eat: Ethan Stowell will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Tavolàta by handing out gratis bowls of rigatoni with spicy Italian sausage. Tavolàta, dine-in service required.