SPECIAL EVENTS

Opens June 2
America’s Car Museum
Jay Leno’s cache of hot rods is nothing compared to the record-setting stash of vintage cars amassed by Tacoma’s Nancy LeMay and her late husband, Harold. At its peak, the fleet boasted over 3,000 four-wheeled beauties: Model Ts and Roadsters, a 1963 Chevy Corvette and an ’83 DeLorean. It was Harold’s dream to turn his passion project into a museum, and this month, the LeMay hot wheels move into America’s Car Museum—a new four-story, 165,000-square-foot facility by the Tacoma Dome and one of the largest auto museums in the world. America’s Car Museum, Tacoma, $12–$14.

CONCERTS

Thru June 3
Bellevue Jazz Festival
Now in its fifth year, the fest continues to showcase a wide range of performers, from National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master flutist Hubert Laws to local high school jazz groups. Various venues, Bellevue, free–$78.

June 2
Noise for the Needy: The Thermals
Five records into its existence, Portland’s The Thermals have yet to make a bad album, from the lo-fi brattiness of the band’s debut More Parts Per Million to the infectious power pop of their latest, Personal Life. To make things even better, proceeds from this benefit concert support the Seattle Community Law Center, which provides legal aid to people with disabilities. Neumos, $13.

CLASSICAL & MORE

May 31–June 3
Marvin Hamlisch’s American Songbook
Seattle Symphony’s pops conductor isn’t the only one making a homecoming for the show tune-and-jazz concert; locally born baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell, who’s since won a Tony and guest starred on Glee, returns as well. Benaroya Hall, $17–$93.

THEATER

June 1–23
Riddled
Seattle’s own gun-toting stage star, Marya Sea Kaminski (who was handed a carbine on her fifth birthday), dissects “love, firearms, and Bonnie and Clyde” in her new play Riddled, backed by local rockers Landlord’s Daughter. Richard Hugo House, $15–$20.

June 2
Idina Menzel
Glee made a brilliant move when it added this Broadway star to its cast. Menzel set the gold standard for misunderstood antiheroes as the original Elphaba in Wicked, and now she hits the road for a national concert tour of some of her favorite songs, plus new material. Paramount Theatre, $35–$75.

Thru June 2
Red, Black, and Green: A Blues
This full-length multimedia performance brings together artists from the critically acclaimed hip-hop piece the break/s – a mixtape for stage —including drummer/beatboxer Tommy Shepherd, writer/spoken word star Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and visual artist Theaster Gates—to muse about environmental justice.. Intiman Playhouse, $25.

DANCE

June 1–10
Seattle International Dance Festival
Performers from around the globe take to the streets of South Lake Union and invade Cornish College with modern dance mania. The 10-day program features shows and workshops highlighting contemporary artists from Finland, Switzerland, and West Africa, plus Seattle trendsetters Olivier Wevers, Tonya Lockyer, and Dan Mayer. Various venues, $15–$50.

June 1–10
Coppélia
In 2010 PNB gave a fresh coat of paint to Balanchine’s comic story ballet about a dancing doll, with sets and costumes by Italian designer Roberta Guidi di Bagno. The ballet is back for another go, and the pastel-colored 19th-century Eastern European city shares the spotlight. McCaw Hall, $28–$168.

VISUAL ART

June 1
SAM Remix
The late-night party that is SAM Remix returns to celebrate the opening of Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan and Levi Collection and the last month of Theaster Gates: The Listening Room. Seattle Art Museum, $12–$25.