Catch This: Leonard Cohen at Northwest Film Forum and other suggestions

It's probably going to be a cold and rainy one tonight, so it seemed fitting to recommend seeing Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight, 1970 at Northwest Film Forum in Capitol Hill.

Here's a synopsis from the press release:

On August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2am and brought onstage to perform at the third annual Isle of Wight Music Festival. An estimated 600,000 people were waiting, energized by a legendary set by Jimi Hendrix. As fellow festival headliners Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and others looked on, the Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet-novelist quietly tamed the crowd with an equally spellbinding mix of songs and stories. Interwoven with Murray Lerner’s (Festival! From Mao To Mozart, Message To Love) live footage, never before shown, are brand-new interviews with Baez, Collins, Kristofferson and others, fashioning a fascinating and timely portrait of the artist as a young man.

NWFF, March 12-13, 9pm, $6-$9

For the dedicated and the brave (or the rubber-booted): Art Up in Greenwood; a new show at pun(c)tution gallery; and of course, in Tacoma, the annual RAGS Wearable Art Sale kicks off today (10am-6pm Friday and Saturday, 10am-4pm on Sunday). Get down there and shop for a good cause (proceeds go to YWCA's domestic violence prevention and intervention programs).