New Year’s Eve revelry on the Ave in the University District got a little out of hand with cinderblocks thrown through Orange King, Magus Books and Starbucks’ windows. Not, by far, the most traumatic event to go down in the University District during the holiday.

photo by brenda / culinary fool [flickr] via our group pool [#].

• A UW student was shot by Seattle police early yesterday morning [p-i], making it a rough day [slog/komo] for comments sections. [seattlest]
• Starting this weekend, an array of local bands begin an impressive series of benefit shows to pay tribute to and help cover the medical expenses of John Spalding, who died late last year. [lineout]
• Maybe the snow will return this weekend, in wetter form. [myballard]
• Get a preview of Merriweather Post Pavillion with fellow Animal Collective obsessives tomorrow at MOE. BYO trippy album art. [threeimaginarygirls]
• A welcome reminder that Seattle is home to lots of small stages graced by great shows. [seattlesubsonic]

1. Kick off the new year with an old film: Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries at the Grand Illusion. This is the movie that shot Bergman to international reknown and for good reason – Wild Strawberries is a thoughtful, deeply felt story of coming to terms both with one’s past and with one’s encroaching mortality.
2. Late nights this weekend at the Grand Illusion check out Cinekink, a selection of hot shorts from the “really” alternative film festival CineKink, dedicated to the exploration of positive depiction of sexuality in all its forms in film and television.
3. SIFF Cinema also offers up a classic film from a noted director. Amacord is Federico Fellini’s lush remembrance of his childhood home by the seaside, a town whose colorful inhabitants permanently shaped the boy who would one day grow into one of the world’s best known and most celebrated cinematographers.
4. 20 Seconds of Joy is a documentary that takes a look at the thrills and challenges of BASE jumping, one of the most dangerous sports on the planet. Using only a parachute, participants leap from great heights into the air, risking their lives with every new attempt. The Feature examines thrills of a different sort, being a biography of artist Michael Auder, a member of Andy Warhol’s factory and a key figure in the Soho movement, strung together from the man’s own videotapes connected with new footage shot by Andrew Neel. Both play at NWFF; while you’re there, be sure to take a look at their 21 Landings installation, a looping video of multiple attempted landings by a bird-like creature onto an icy, futuristic surface.
5. Midnight at the Egyptian: Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in Seven, a suspenseful mystery-horror about a killer who models his crimes on the seven deadly sins.
6. Rocky Horror fans won’t want to miss The Rocky Horror Picture Show midnight at West Seattle’s historic Admiral Theater, a charming and wholly appropriate setting for the king of all audience participation films.