Korean BBQ Cook-Off
It doesn’t take much to make me hungry. (All that Trump-related talk last week about taco trucks on every corner got me craving some soft chicken tacos with extra onions and cilantro). So consider the title of this event: Korean BBQ Cook-Off. Now imagine the aroma of grilled kalbi and that first sweet taste as you gnaw it off the bone. It’s a cook-off but, seriously, it’s really all of us feasters who win.
If you go: Korean BBQ Cook-Off, Seward Park (Shelter #1, adjacent to playground), 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10 ($15 tasting fee)—F.D.
Bad Apples

If you go: Bad Apples, ACT Theatre, Sept. 7-25 (Tickets start at $35)—F.D.
Seattle Design Festival

If you go: Seattle Design Festival, all around Seattle, Sept. 10-23 (Free)—N.C.
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
If the names Nell Pickerell or Marsha Botzer don’t mean anything to you then here’s your chance to learn some history about the local transgender community. It’s an exhibit meant to document and acknowledge a community whose history is spotty because it hasn’t always been recognized. The show is organized by Bellingham artist Chris E. Vargas, whose Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art is an imaginary museum that takes form in a series of autonomous events. A related Sept. 15 panel will focus on local transgender narratives; panelists will include Aleksa Manila, Luzviminda Uzuri Carpenter, Calvin Gimpelevich and Botzer.
If you go: Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, Henry Art Gallery, Now through June 4 ($10; free on Sundays)—F.D.
One More Time with Feeling
When you’re a star, you can turn the release of your album it into a one-night-only cinema event. However, only if you’re Nick Cave can you release your 16th studio album alongside a film as beautiful, raw and meditative as anything you’ve done. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album Skeleton Tree officially comes out Friday, but on Thursday, listen to the album and see the one-of-a-kind film One More Time with Feeling, directed by Andrew Dominik. Dark, ruminating and unforgettable, the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival to rave reviews from both Cave fans and newbies. It originally began as an album promotion and led to Cave being at the forefront of public eye. The 110-minute film illuminates Cave’s creative process, but largely shows him working through the 2015 death of his 15-year-old son and the grief that reverberates throughout the album. If you can’t make Thursday, the film will also be showing Friday, Saturday and Sunday — though I expect all will sell out.
If you go: One More Time with Feeling, SIFF Cinema Uptown, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 ($15)—N.C.