![]() ![]() I have a firm stiletto planted in the streets and in those clubs with those girls." RICH SMITH "I came from that world and I was built by that world," Mock told the Los Angeles Times about her time as a stripper and sex worker. The PR copy for Janet Mock's new memoir, Surpassing Certainty, about her life as a twentysomething sex worker is too unapologetically salacious not to partially reproduce here: "Under the neon lights of Club Nu," the copy reads, "Janet meets Troy, a yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, who becomes her first." But this encounter with Troy was only the maiden voyage on Mock's long, rough, and ultimately affirming journey to becoming the person she is today. Knute Berger of Crosscut will also attend, and Joni Berger will moderate. Join Nikkita Oliver, Stranger publisher Tim Keck, and former King County executive Ron Sims in what will no doubt be a lively discussion of Seattle's current leftist movements and their future. Civic Cocktail: Seattle's Shift to the Left They'll be flanked by Seattle expat group Tangerine (now in Los Angeles). DAVE SEGALīleachers, Jack Antonoff's latest project, will unleash its brand of synth-driven, nostalgia-heavy party rock in support of their recently released second album, Gone Now. ![]() Seun Kuti has kept one of music’s heaviest legacies thriving long after its progenitor’s death, maintaining rigorous quality control, with help from several members from Fela’s era. Fela’s earnest offspring is furthering his pop’s dictum to keep the rhythms sizzling and the lyrics sociopolitically trenchant. But 34-year-old Seun has taken the reins of his father’s large ensemble, Egypt 80, and guided it into the 21st century with authority. Being the son of Fela Kuti-revolutionary pioneer of Afrobeat and a powerful political force feared by the government in his native Nigeria-cannot be easy. Imagine the pressure saxophonist/vocalist Seun Kuti must experience. This 35th annual event, benefiting Neighborhood Health at Pike Market Clinic, includes a wine and appetizer reception plus access to more than 20 restaurants like Matt's in the Market, The Pink Door, Red Cedar & Sage, Radiator Whiskey, The Pike Brewing Company and more. Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app-available now on the App Store and Google Play. ![]() Click through the links below for complete details, and, as always, find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar. Below, we've rounded up the 130 biggest events that you should know about, including the 13th Annual HUMP! Film Festival, the opening of Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect at SAM, Earshot Jazz Festival, Lit Crawl, food events like the Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival and Seattle Restaurant Week, BenDeLaCreme: Beware the Terror of Gaylord Manor, Depeche Mode, and FreakNight. In Seattle, October means not only cooler weather and changing leaves, but also a robust arts season, plenty of big-name concerts, and Halloween parties. ![]()
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