CONCERTS

Apr 20
Little Big Show 2: Real Estate and Poor Moon
After the resounding success of February’s sold-out Pickwick concert supporting Arts Corps, the Little Big Show concert series returns with Brooklyn indie band Real Estate and Seattle’s own Poor Moon, the side project for Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott of Fleet Foxes. Best of all: The show’s ticket sales go to local youth arts organization Coyote Central. Neptune Theatre, $15.

Apr 21
Yonder Mountain String Band
By blending traditional bluegrass sounds with prog-rock instrumental flair, the quartet has grown the type of devoted audience usually reserved for jam bands. Showbox SoDo, $25.

FILM

Apr 19–21
Metropolis with the Alloy Orchestra
Boston’s Alloy Orchestra, which Roger Ebert described as “the best in the world at accompanying silent films,” will accompany three screenings of 1927 sci-fi classic Metropolis as part of Cinerama’s first annual Science Fiction Film Festival. Seattle Cinerama, $30

CLASSICAL & MORE

Apr 20
Pink Martini with Seattle Symphony
Lead singer China Forbes has fully recovered from vocal surgery—in fact, she says her voice is better than ever. That’s great news for fans of Portland’s little orchestra, back for more pop and jazz covers. Benaroya Hall, $35–$175.

DANCE

Apr 19–22
Kyle Abraham: Live! The Realest MC
What does it mean to be a “real boy,” anyway? Inspired by Pinocchio’s quest to fit in, the New York choreographer and his ensemble use street dancing, set to an industrial score, to paint a portrait of being gay in the hip-hop community. This is the show’s West Coast premiere. On the Boards, $25.

THEATER

Apr 20–29
Spring Awakening
After a sold-out run of Spring Awakening in January, Balagan Theatre decided to remount its gutsy production. Leave it to a Tony-winning rock musical—with its classroom of repressed 19th-century German schoolkids trying to understand sex—to get butts in the seats. Erickson Theater Off Broadway, $20–$29.

Thru Apr 22
Or,
Allison Narver directs the madcap Restoration comedy about England’s first female professional playwright—a former spy—who struggles to finish her debut script thanks to a flurry of attention from playboy King Charles II and saucy cross-dressing actress Nell Gwynne. Seattle Repertory Theatre, $30–$59.

Thru May 13
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Book-It’s stage adaptation of Garth Stein’s best-selling novel presents a dog’s-eye view of life, love, and family. Seattle actor David S. Hogan has big paws to fill as loyal mutt Enzo, a not-so-ordinary pooch who dreams of being reincarnated as a man and yearns for opposable thumbs. Book-It Repertory Theatre, $22–$44.

EAT & DRINK

Apr 20
Arcade Lights
Pike Place Market’s North Arcade turns into a tasting paradise this Friday. More than 60 artisans will offer up bits and sips of their wares, to the music of the market buskers. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of, and they get you 10 tasting tokens. Pike Place Market, $25–$30.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Apr 21
Next Fifty Opening Day
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Seattle’s World’s Fair with John Keister of Almost Live!, a Tom Skerritt dramatic reading, zip-lining, food trucks, beer gardens, and loads of other Seattle-centric activities. Seattle Center, free.