Recommended this weekend

I’m out of town this weekend enjoying the rainy charms of Squamish, BC. Meanwhile there are great things happening in Seattle and elsewhere.

Thursday (today!) 5:00-8:30pm there’s an Energy Efficiency Open House and BBQ at 1317 Dawson St, Seattle, WA (map), where a “green home” is available for public touring and organizers share all kinds of info about updates and energy saving.

Saturday (Friday is sold out already), Tim Minchin, the rationalist skeptic satirist songwriter and musician from Australia, is performing in Seattle’s Neptune Theater in the University District. 8pm. $24 for tickets, 21+ floor, all ages balcony.

Also on Thursday (today!) in Portland OR at the Aladdin Theater.

Dan Savage has a great interview with Minchin in The Stranger this week. And here’s Storm:

For other events, see the calendar, as always.