DANCE

Feb 5–14
Roméo et Juliette
Love birds can get a head start on some passionate Valentine’s Day romance as Pacific Northwest Ballet interprets Shakespeare’s timeless tale with Roméo et Juliette. The combination of Sergei Prokofiev’s score and Jean-Christophe Maillot’s choreography imbues the classic tale of heartbreak with tender grace. McCaw Hall, $30–$187

THEATER

Thru Feb 7
Bullets Over Broadway
Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning film Bullets Over Broadway becomes a mildly meta experience as it morphs into an actual stage musical. The story follows a young playwright in the 1920s who secures funding for his show by casting a gangster’s talentless girlfriend (whose bodyguard turns out to be a theatrical savant). The soundtrack sets the sonic scene, employing (slightly adapted) jazz tunes and popular standards from the era. Paramount Theatre, $34–$114

COMEDY

Feb 4–6
Kyle Kinane
“I want to age catastrophically. I just want to be fine, and then one day I go to the doctor and they’re like, ‘Yeah, we gotta give you all metal bones.’ Yeah, that sounds like something cool, I’ll do that.” -Kyle Kinane. It’s worth a drive down south as the delightful, whiskey-soaked comedian (and voice of Comedy Central) brings his brand of gruff humor to Tacoma. Tacoma Comedy Club, $12–$22

CONCERTS

Thu & Fri, Feb 4 & 5
Kris Orlowski
Seattle musician Kris Orlowski wants music to be a gateway to the soul. With more thought-provoking lyrics than most modern rock, Orlowski sometimes comes off as an American Coldplay with catchy tunes, soulful words, and a touch of nostalgia. While his band’s new album Often in the Pause doesn’t drop until April, there’s bound to be plenty of new tunes on the set lists for this two-night stand at the Sunset. Sunset Tavern, $15

Sat, Feb 6
Black Sabbath
How about a little dark music for the darkest season? Black Sabbath might be the most influential band in rock history. Black Sabbath is metal. With its pure heaviness and paranoid howling, the group created the template for an entire genre. Throw up the devil horns at the Tacoma Dome as Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler rock out one last time on the band’s farewell tour. Tacoma Dome, $35–$150

Sat, Feb 6
Seattle Rock Orchestra Performs Motown
Seattle Rock Orchestra’s volunteer ensemble transforms into Motown’s legendary house band the Funk Brothers for one night only to perform tunes by icons like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Jackson 5, the Temptations, and more. Think of it as a winter booster shot of soul and funk. Moore Theatre, $24–$45

VISUAL ART

Feb 4–March 12
Fabrice Monteiro: Maroons
Belgian-Beninese photographer Fabrice Monteiro’s pictures pack a punch. Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the 100 Global Thinkers of 2015 for his series The Prophecy, which depicted people as monsters of future environmental destruction. With his new collection, Maroons, Monteiro photographs Beninese men wearing replicas of the torture devices used by French slavers in the seventeenth century. Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Free

CLASSICAL & MORE

Thur & Sat, Feb 4 & 6
Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 2
Prepare for a night of disparate sounds at Benaroya Hall. For starters, the Seattle Symphony teams up with pianist Yefim Bronfman to play Beethoven’s dramatic Piano Concerto no. 2.  To counterbalance that classic composition, the Grammy nominated genre-defying vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth join the fray to perform the sonic mashup that is Berio’s Sinfonia for Eight Solo Voices and Orchestra. Benaroya Hall, $21–$121

Sat, Feb 5
[Untitled] 2
The New York art world gets a lovingly orchestrated tribute in the latest edition of Seattle Symphony’s stripped down Untitled series. Christian Wolff honors Robert Rauschenberg with the world premiere of For Bob II, which pairs with the Mark Rothko tribute Rothko Chapel by Morton Feldman. Pieces by New York School composers John Cage and Earle Brown round out the evening’s programming. Benaroya Hall, $15

BOOKS & TALKS

Sat, Feb 6
Suzanne M. Wolfe
Before laying the groundwork for the Christian Church, St. Augustine was in love. Seattle Pacific University writer-in-residence Suzanne M. Wolfe crafts historical fiction out of Augustine of Hippo’s true-life romance with the woman (whose name history has forgotten) who bore his child. It’s a story of passion suppressed by Augustine’s ambition and the era’s rigid class system. Elliott Bay Book Company, Free