THE SPORTING LIFE

Mar 3–6
Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament
The best women's college basketball players on the West Coast battle it out for a guaranteed spot in the NCAA Tournament when the Pac-12 Tournament hits the KeyArena hardwood. Star guard Kelsey Plum—holder of the single-season scoring record at UW—hopes to lead the Huskies past conference powerhouses like Stanford and Oregon State on the road to a title. KeyArena, $15–$40

Sun, Mar 6
MLS Opener: Seattle Sounders vs. Sporting Kansas City
Is this the year the Sounders finally break though and win the MLS Cup? One can only hope. While the unexpected departure of striker Obafemi Martins won't be easy to stomach, stalwarts Clint Dempsey and Brad Evans still remain to anchor the club. The real reason for excitement and hope the season comes from the addition of 21-year-old hometown forward Jordan Morris, last year's NCAA player of the year and a rising star for the national team. The Sounders kick off the 2016 campaign against two-time champs Sporting Kansas City. CenturyLink Field, $30–$105 (Televised on Fox Sports 1)

THEATER

Thru Mar 20
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
After delivering a masterful theater experience at the Paramount in 2013 with the Iraq War drama Black Watch, the National Theatre of Scotland returns with another uniquely staged show. The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart transforms Factory Luxe into a Scottish bar where Gaelic music fills the room, prose is delivered in rhymed couplets, and audience participation is demanded in order to tell the wild tale of a folk-loving academic held captive by the devil. Factory Luxe, $45

Thru May 8
Assassins
There’s music in all of us, even those with homicidal tendencies. Stephen Sondheim explores this darkness in the musical revue Assassins. From an initial carnival shooting gallery setting, the show stitches together scenes that assemble a selection of our country’s successful (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald) and failed (“Squeaky” Fromme) assassins to analyze the psyches that led them to pull the trigger. ACT Theatre, $49–$74

VISUAL ART

Thru May 1
Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley 
Anglo American painter John Mix Stanley mixed his love of exploration and artistry to become one of the foremost documenters of the American West in the 1800s. His vivid scenes of its varied landscapes, the Native Americans who called it home, and the settlers who made it home helped establish the mythos of the West and offered a glimpse of its beauty to East Coast Americans. Tacoma Art Museum, $14

Mar 3–Apr 2
Camille Rose Garcia
If Walt Disney had an extended bad acid trip, his studio’s classic animated films might look a bit more like Camille Rose Garcia’s scenes of gothic cartoon horror. The Los Angeles lowbrow artist even illustrated a version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Her new collection of paintings at Roq La Rue drips with neon color while retaining an inherent creepy darkness. Roq La Rue, Free

Mar 4–June 26
Atoms and Bytes
An essential part of art has long been the physical work that goes into each handmade piece. So what happens when tech advances get involved? Bellevue Arts Museum’s Atoms and Bytes gathers work from 30 local and international artists using computers to further their creative process. From preternaturally undulating wooden chairs and digital calligraphy on porcelain to a virtual potter’s wheel that scans hand movements and 3D prints the results in ceramic, each diverse work gives a glimpse into the artistic future. Bellevue Arts Museum, $12

Mar 5–June 12
Journey to Dunhuang: Buddhist Art of the Silk Road Caves
For nearly a millennium, the Chinese city of Dunhuang thrived as a hub for the Silk Road, connecting the West with East and Central Asia. In 1943, photojournalists James and Lucy Lo traveled to the former cultural gem to document the stunning ancient artwork found in Dunhuang’s caves. Asian Art Museum’s Journey to Dunhuang: Buddhist Art of the Silk Road Caves brings together their black and white photographs, manuscripts, and colorful artist renditions of the murals to preserve and showcase the spirit of the Silk Road. Asian Art Museum, $9

SPECIAL EVENTS

Mar 6–May 18
Anne Frank: A History for Today
The story of Anne Frank has humanized the horrors of the Holocaust for generations of children. By reading The Diary of a Young Girl, kids continue to vicariously experience what it would've been like to live in fear while hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Families can further explore Frank's life and the toxic culture of prejudice she had to face when the Holocaust Center for Humanity hosts Anne Frank: A History for Today, a special touring exhibit organized by the Anne Frank Center. Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center for Humanity Museum, $10 (suggested donation)

COMEDY

Mar 3–Apr 22
Solid Is the New Stripes
Can’t wait until Orange Is the New Black returns for its fourth season in June? Escape that mental prison by distracting yourself with Jet City Improv’s humorous send-up of the Netflix series, Solid Is the New Stripes. The combination of the women’s prison setting and audience suggestions should provide plenty of fertile comedic ground for madeup crimes and hilarious hard time. Jet City Improv, $12–$18

CONCERTS

Thur, Mar 3
Bowie Night
David Bowie artfully said goodbye to all of us with his final album, Blackstar, but it didn’t make the icon’s death hurt any less. To honor the musical legacy of the man who inspired generations of outcasts by making it cool to be a weirdo, Neumos hosts a night of covers featuring the Maldives, Star Anna, Vox Mod, Prom Queen, and other Seattle acts. Neumos, Sold out

Fri, Mar 5
EMP Sound Off! Finals
The city's biggest 21 and under battle of the bands competition culminates at EMP's Sky Church as the finalists musically duke it out for a prize package that includes a spot on the Bumbershoot lineup. This year's final four consists of indie psych rock quartet Animal Camera, doo-wop pop crooner Paris Alexa, and hip-hop groups Cosmos and Dre’zy and Too Smoove. EMP Museum, $14

BOOKS & TALKS

Thur, Mar 3
Work Works: Daniel Handler
Writers can be thieves without being plagiarists. Just ask Daniel Handler (better known by the pen name Lemony Snicket). For the latest edition of Hugo House’s Word Works, the children’s novelist explains his process of reading other authors to pick up structures and literary style details while maintaining his own voice. Hugo House, Sold out