FILM

May 17–June 10
Seattle International Film Festival
The 38th-annual cinema ­smorgasbord—showing nearly 400 films to over 155,000 attendees—returns with more shorts, docs, features, and celebrity appearances. Various venues.

CONCERTS

May 18
Deep Sea Diver and Ravenna Woods
After spending the past few months touring with her other band (a little group called The Shins), Jessica Dobson returns home to front Deep Sea Diver (whose debut LP was our album of the month for February) and play a show with KEXP favorites Ravenna Woods. Neumos, $10.

DANCE

May 18–20
Whim W’Him: Approaching Ecstasy
Composer Eric Banks and ­choreographer Olivier Wevers weave the stories of ancient Greece into a new “vocal dance creation” based on the poetry of Constantine Cavafy; St. Helens String Quartet and the Esoterics choir accompany, marking the first time singers will perform with Whim W’Him. Intiman Playhouse, $15–$20.

THEATER

May 17–19
Lauren Weedman: SRO-Single Room Occupancy
For her latest debauched monologue, the writer-comedian of Daily Show and Hung fame recalls the time she spent living in a single-room-­occupancy setup in Seattle, and all the sex, noise, and lawn care that came with it. Northwest Film Forum, $12–$15.

May 17–20
Trimpin: The Gurs Zyklus
Seattle kinetic sculptor Trimpin—he of Fire Organ fame—showcases his instruments-as-art in The Gurs Zyklus, a new libretto based on found letters from a Jewish internment camp. On the Boards, $20.

Thru May 20
Million Dollar Quartet
Village Theatre hosted an early version of this Broadway musical about a legendary Sun Studio session with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins. The show comes home a Tony winner. Paramount Theatre, $25–$85.

BOOKS & TALKS

May 17
John Irving
The best-selling author and Academy Award winner reads from his latest novel, In One Person, which chronicles the identity struggles of a bisexual man. Town Hall, free.

EAT & DRINK

May 19 & 20
Seattle Cheese Festival
This festival offers educational seminars, cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, and fresh mozzarella-making demos. Oh, and cheese eating. Plenty of cheese eating. Pike Place Market, free.

CLASSICAL & MORE

May 17
Bluebeard’s Castle
Sets for the concert staging of Bartók’s opera were designed by Dale Chihuly; his rainbow of blown glass makes the wife-murdering plot go down a little easier. Benaroya Hall, $17–$74.

May 18 & 19
Mozart’s Requiem
The mysteries surrounding Wolfgang’s last composition were so lurid that a Hollywood flick, Amadeus, was made about it; more than a hundred chorale singers will join emeritus conductor Gerard Schwarz for the classic elegy. Benaroya Hall, $17–$110.