Thousands of pinball and arcade game fans from across the U.S. will be attending the 2009 Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show this June at the Seattle Center. The show is the biggest of this type of event in the Northwest. The 2008 show featured more than 100 games and drew 2,000 visitors. 2009 promises to be twice as big, with more than 200 pinball and arcade games, the most ever seen in one place in the entire Northwest. Featuring games from the 1950s to today, attendees can play all the games for free with the price of admission. The event will also include tournaments, raffles, guest speakers and more than a dozen top level players competing for new world record scores. The show will be held in the Northwest Rooms of the Seattle Center, at 305 Harrison St. For information about tickets, hours and what games will be at the show, visit www.nwpinballshow.com
THEATRE
ACT Announces 2009 New Play Award: Sweet Maladies by Zakiyyah Alexander. Two staged readings, 7:30 p.m., June 6 and 2 p.m., June 7. There will be post-sghow discussions and a champagne toast and reception June 7. There is no charge and no reservations required; seating is first come, first served. ACT Theatre Ticket Office: (206) 292-7676; 700 Union St. www.acttheatre.org
Book-It Repertory Theatre presents Night Flight by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. The story is set as a new operetta by Myra Platt with music by Joshua Kohl. The show runs June 4-14 at the Moore Theatre at 1932 2nd Ave. Visit www.book-it.org for more information.
5th Avenue Theatre presents Catch Me If You Can. A precocious teenager with a silver tongue, Frank Abagnale posed as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor and a lawyer...and made off with millions! His remarkable true story, based on the DreamWorks motion picture, now comes to thrilling new life on the stage. Created by the Tony Award-winning team who brought us Hairspray, this truly promises to be the theatrical event of the season. July 23-Aug. 16.
Comedy at the Bathhouse Theater with A Wedding Story runs through June 7 at 7312 W Greenlake Drive N. Bathhouse Theatre. Call 206-524-1300 or visit www.seattlepublictheater.org.
A Thousand Clowns, a drama/comedy plays the Intiman Theatre through June 17. Set against the backdrop of live childrens television, A Thousand Clowns takes place in 1962, when the agents of Eisenhower era conformity first began to clash with the freethinkers who would one day change the world. Visit www.intiman.org. 201 Mercer St.
LIVE MUSIC
The ZooTunes concert line-up has just been announced. There are 12 concerts June 17 - The B-52s, $27
June 24 - Mavis Staples with special guest Allen Toussaint, $19; July 1 & 2 - Three Girls and their Buddy (Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin & Buddy Miller), $36; July 15 - Ladysmith Black Mambazo, $19; July 19 - Los Lobos, $22; July 22 - Cowboy Junkies / Son Volt, $22; July 26 - Indigo Girls, $24; July 30 - Jewel, $28; August 13 - Joan Baez, $22; August 16 - Nanci Griffith, $19; August 19 - Susan Tedeschi with JJ Grey and Mofro, $22; August 26 - Amos Lee, $22. Doors open at 5 p.m. Music starts at 6 p.m., and shows end at approximately 8:30 p.m. For more information visit www.zoo.org.
KEXP and Seattle Center Present Concerts at the Mural: A Summertime Series of Free Outdoor Music. KEXP and Seattle Center Present Concerts at the Mural, a free summer concert series curated by KEXP, 6-8 p.m., every Friday, July 31 - Aug. 21 on the lawn of Seattle Center Mural Amphitheatre. Included in this series is the annual KEXP barbeque, a free-entry event offering a great line-up of bands, 2-9 p.m., Saturday, at Seattle Center. The four Friday evening concerts, presented free-of-charge, will offer an innovative and eclectic blend of artists and performance styles, showcasing up and coming artists alongside long-standing national acts. The series is intended to attract residential neighbors, families, downtown workers and music lovers from throughout the greater community.
VISUAL ARTS
Deporting Cambodians: How Immigration Policy Shapes Our Communities, will be the newest visual exhibit through Oct. 18 at the Wing Luke Asian Museum in the International District at 719 S. King St. For more information visit www.wingluke.org.
READINGS
Open mic at El Diablo coffee house. Poetry readers are encouraged to join the fun the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month The event is co-hosted by Margaret Roncone and Lainne Dexter. This series is getting a trial run every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Show up to listen or bring poetry to read at this all open mic venue that can continue if enough people want to make it happen. ... tell others about it.... always good to have more places to read and help indie business survive in these hard times.... 8 p.m., at El Diablo coffee house 1811 Queen Anne Ave. N.
CINEMA
The 35th Annual Seattle International Film Festival continues more than 200 movies playing at locations in Seattle and on the Eastside. To see venues, tickets and times, visit www.siff.net.
OTHER STUFF
Festival of the Fountains - Pacific Science Center's 42nd Annual Festival of the Fountains is Friday, July 24. Scott and Sarah Armstrong are chairpersons for the annual fundraising gala that supports science education in Washington. For more information, visit pacificsciencecenter.org/festival or call 206-443-3642, or email festival@pacsci.org.
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