Soldiers of Conscience documents eight soldiers wrestling inner demons wrought by their military duty to kill. Four of the soldiers respond to a “call of conscience,” refusing their responsibilities. Tickets $10. Thurs., June 7 at 7 p.m. and Sat., June 9 at 1:30 p.m. Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at McCaw Hall 321 Mercer St., Seattle Center. Info: www.seattlefilm.org or www.socfilm.com.
Thursday 6/7
Journalist, pundit and professional provocateur Christopher Hitchens discusses his latest book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Patently denouncing religion as “violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children,” Hitchens’ contentious criticisms guarantee to spark lively debate. Tickets: $5. 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Info: www.ubookstore.com, www.townhallseattle.org or 206-634-3400.
Friday 6/8
Forty Years Too Long: a Weekend of Events to End the Israeli Occupation. The films In the Spider’s Web and Dying to Live portray the personal narratives of occupation in Palestine. 7:30 p.m., Seattle Central Community College, Room 1110, 1701 Broadway. Info: http://www.palestineinformation.org, [email protected] or 206-633-1086.
What do “Gaybian Flu,” Dolly Parton, and George W. Bush all have in common? The answer is the spectacular production of Stonewall Youth Drag Cabaret, now showing in Seattle. Stonewall Youth “battle the corporate media for their right to be free and fabulous” with drag performances of talk-show hosts Flip Fabulous of HOMO4 News and Ronald Straighthand of BOX News; Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton; and George W. Bush. Tickets: $5 Youth - $15 Adults. 6 p.m., Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Info: 360-705-2738.
Saturday 6/9
Net Loss: the Storm over Salmon Farming, a documentary on the global and local impact caused by new farm-fishing technologies. The film depicts the disparate cases for supporting salmon farming and the warnings against farm-fishing due to reasons of environmental, health, and cultural dangers. Presented by Queen Anne Movie Guild, Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, co-directors, partake in dialogue following film. 7 p.m., Queen Anne Manor, 100 Crockett Street. Info: http://www.queenannemovieguild.org.
Sunday 6/10
A secret genocide is oppressing an ethnic minority group, the Karen people, in Thailand, unbeknownst to the world. To raise awareness of the atrocity, director Alexandre Dereims filmed A Secret Genocide to document the Karen people’s struggle for autonomy. Tickets: $7. 11 a.m., Harvard Exit, 807 East Roy. Info: http://www.seattlefilm.org.
Monday 6/11
Afghan-American author of the bestselling novel, The Kiterunner, Khaled Hosseini reads from his acclaimed second narrative, A Thousand Splendid Suns. The story illustrates the fates of two young women married to an abusive older man set against the chaotic backdrop of the Afghan Civil War, anti-soviet jihad and Taliban dominion. Elliott Bay Book Company. Tickets: $5. 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Info: http://www.elliottbaybook.com.
Thursday 6/14
At the apex of the Seattle Film Festival’s musical curriculum is the much anticipated Face the Music Rock Party 2007. Celebrating the sounds featured in Face the Music films, the party will treat music lovers with a rocking Northwest program starring Viva Voce, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, and Siberian. Tickets: $18 at door. 8:00 p.m., Neumos (21+), 925 East Pike Street. Info: http://www.seattlefilm.org.
Friday 6/15
The Gage Academy of Art is Seattle’s furtive wealth of artist virtuosity. But today, the academy will throw open its doors for the 15th Annual Student Show, a reception showcasing the stunning compositions of Gage students. 6:00p.m., Rosen Gallery, Third floor, 1501 10th Ave. E. Info: www.gageacademy.org or 206-526-2787.
Saturday 6/16- Sunday 6/17
Hippies unite! Unearth the tie-dye, Birkenstocks and patchouli and mosey down to the Fremont Street Fair. Benefiting the Fremont Public Association, the Fremont Street Fair is a Seattle tradition that summons the free-spirited inner child from within any reformed earth mamma or papa. Begins at noon. Info: http://fremontfair.org.
Calendar compiled by Ariel Snyder. Have a suggestion for an event? Email it to calendar@realchangenews.