CONCERTS

Feb 23–26
Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival
Break out the banjo: Nearly 30 bluegrass, gypsy jazz, and old-timey bands descend on the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue for the annual festival. Ricky Scaggs—now in his 53rd year making music—and his band Kentucky Thunder headline Friday night. $20–$170.

Feb 24
Craig Finn of the Hold Steady
On a four-month break from his indie band, front man Finn teamed up with producer Mike McCarthy to craft a solo album of storytelling guitar rock that hints at pre-mumbles Bob Dylan. Alt-country quartet Mount Moriah opens. The Crocodile, $15.

CLASSICAL & MORE

Feb 25–Mar 10
Seattle Opera’s Orpheus and Eurydice
A distraught Orpheus, played here by strapping tenor William Burden, journeys to the underworld to rescue his bride in Gluck’s classical drama, first seen in Paris in 1774 and last seen in Seattle in 1988. McCaw Hall, $25–$203.

FILM

Feb 24–Mar 1
Noir City 2012
Gangsters. Femmes fatales. Backstabbing and plunging necklines. It’s the return of SIFF’s annual film noir binge hosted by the “czar of noir” Eddie Muller. Each double feature boasts a new 35mm print—including 1949’s The Great Gatsby —or a rarely seen mid-century American noir. SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, $11–$12 double features; series pass $60.

THEATER

Feb 23–Mar 11
Pygmalion
Seattle Shakespeare Company takes its first crack at a George Bernard Shaw work—his much beloved, oft adapted story of Professor Henry Higgins and Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle. The show is in previews tonight, with an official opening Friday night. Intiman Playhouse, $22–$48.

Feb 24–Mar 18
Red
Theater and art collide at Seattle Rep when John Logan’s Tony-winning drama opens. Denis Arndt stars as abstract impressionist Mark Rothko, stuck in the midst of his 1958 mural commission for the Four Seasons’ new restaurant; rising Seattle actor Connor Toms costars as Rothko’s young protégé, Ken. In previews, opens February 29. Seattle Repertory Theatre, $12–$64.

FAMILY

Thru Feb 27
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The Broadway musical takes its dancing candlesticks and teapots on the road; even if you’ve outgrown Belle and her hirsute suitor, the Alan Menken score keeps things lively. Paramount Theatre, $25–$95.

Feb 23–Mar 18
A Single Shard
In this adaptation of the Newbery Medal–winning novel set in 12th-century Korea, a 12-year-old orphan named Tree Ear tries to prove his worth to master potter Min, whom he greatly admires, by delivering Min’s fragile work to the emperor. For ages eight and older. Seattle Children’s Theatre, $29–$26.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Feb 24
SAM Remix
Seattle Art Museum’s late-night art party returns with longer hours and a blockbuster Gauguin exhibit to check out. First 50 wearing yellow get in free. Note: This event is sold out, but you have until 5 today (Feb 23) to enter to win two tickets. Seattle Art Museum Downtown, $12–$25.

Feb 26
84th Annual Academy Awards
It’s been an eventful Oscar season—and the awards show hasn’t even aired yet (remember Oscargate?). Now safe bet Billy Crystal is hosting for the ninth time, and The Artist is all but assured trophies with 10 nods, including best picture. Spice up the evening at any of these Seattle area Oscar-viewing parties. Oscars start at 7e/4p, ABC.