Seattle Twist

Join a Glimmer performer for a pre-show cocktail. Talk about dance and creativity. Talk about life. Talk about the weather. Anything goes. This opportunity is reserved for only 24 ticketholders per show (six per dancer). Get a group of friends together and shake up your regular pre-show routine.

How it works: Call ACT once you’ve purchased your tickets and tell the representative you’d like to sign up for a pre-show cocktail. (If other ticketholders will be joining you, let ACT know.) We’ll contact you directly as to where to meet. It’s a dutch date–you pay for your drink, we’ll pay for ours. From there, you and your performer will take a Seattle spring stroll over to ACT’s Bullitt Cabaret together.

Tickets: FREE with paid ticket to Glimmer performance
Reserve with ticket purchase, phone only (206) 292-7676
www.acttheatre.org

Pre-Show Cocktails with Glimmer Cast
Lingo’s version of a V.I.P. backstage pass
April 22-May 15, Thurs-Sat, 6pm (pre-show)

A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light
Commissioned by ACT Theatre’s Central Heating Lab
Presented by ACT, Seattle Art Museum and Lingo

In 2006, KT began investigating the relationship between audience and artist with the primary goal of creating a more tangible intimacy between the two. This search has led her to seek out more potent environments that ask the performer and the witness to confront each other as unique individuals who bring to the exchange their personal histories and desires. A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light, in all its forms, is an outcropping of this search.

The amazing German Artistic Cycling Team will be performing 15-minute demonstrations at the Seattle Bicycle Expo this weekend, taking place at Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 91 located at 2001 W. Garfield St..

There will be 300 exhibitors related to bikes, gear, travel, health and fitness, plus a Kids’ Bike Zone that will have an assortment of interactive activities including the Seattle Cirque and Acrobatics Team (S.C.A.T.S.) Unicycle Stunt Team, a treasure hunt, bicycle arts and crafts, bike-themed carnival games and Learn to Ride sessions. For more information, visit www.cascade.org

This just in from Kurt of Cafe Racer:

Come on down to Cafe Racer!

The fun starts Thursday, of course, it’s always thee best show on the planet, Gods Favorite Beefcake, along with a couple of more artist, Whitney Flynn and Spillway….

Friday night, it’s Spoonshine!

Saturday is a packed full day!
Brunch, of course… always fabulous, and as a bonus, the jokes are FREE this weekend!
AFTER brunch, head to Comicon, highly endorsed by Cafe Racer…. But afterword, there is art and music galore to be had at Cafe Racer!
Art: Opening for Seattle Mural Arts artist John Osgood, Kevin “Sensei23″ Sullivan, and Zachary Bohnenkamp.

Music for Saturday night will be ADHD and Sidesaddle Cowboys…

Sunday, Brunch again, who can’t get enough corn beef hash? And ask about our newest tasty treats, Biscuits and Gravy… They are veggie, but if you really need the meat, they go great with bacon! damn it’s good. really.

Sunday night, it’s the excellent Jazz night! Listen to what’s going on at racersessions.com Yes, it’s so cool that it’s got it’s own page! Check it out!

That’s it for the weekend… and you know what’s coming NEXT week… St. Patricks day! OOOH boy. Come on down for some corn beef and cabbage… a tradition at Cafe Racer…. So better make your reservations now. And since it was so popular the last few years, we are going to do it Wednesday AND Thursday! RSVP if you can… We’ll save you some!

And one more thing… You MUST look good for all these events, so you better get on down to see Mallory at Cafe
Razor… oh man can she set you up in a Mullet! Damn she cuts hairs damn fine!

And don’t forget to visit the Official Bad Art Museum of Art too!

“Lush Life 2″ Group Invitational

New works by Joe Sorren, Chris Berens, Marion Peck, Kris Kuksi, Travis Louie, Brian Despain, John Brophy, Martin Wittfooth, Ryan Heshka, Michael Brown, Charlie Immer, Mandy Greer, Gail Potocki, Laurie Hogin, Boomer, Madeline Von Foerster, Ryan Heshka, Andrew Arconti, and more TBA.

Roq La Rue Gallery

Opening Night Friday, March 12
Show runs to May 07, 2010

Don’t miss this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 12:30 pm, Saturday, March 13, 2010, starting from 4th Ave at Jefferson in downtown Seattle.
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The Parade travels north on 4th Ave starting from Jefferson to the Reviewing Stand at Westlake Park, and officially ends at the Seattle Center with Closing Ceremonies at 2 PM. The Monorail will be free from 1:30 - 2:30 pm for travel from Westlake Park to the Seattle Center to participate in the 2010 Irish Festival.

Sponsored by the Irish Heritage Club.

Northwest fans of fine art and low brow culture alike are in for a treat this Saturday, March 13. Get your geek on at the Emerald City Comicon, and visit the Fantagraphics booth for a look at a carload of brand new books. Meet stellar cartoonists including legendary Love & Rockets co-creator Gilbert Hernandez.

Take a break from the convention madness to greet the lovely and talented Los Angeles artist Camille Rose Garcia at Roq la Rue Gallery in Belltown. She’ll be signing her timely new book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and ever-popular Magic Bottle from Fantagraphics Books this Saturday afternoon.

Then head down to Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Georgetown from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for an adult beverage at the opening of Gilbert’s HIGH SOFT LISP exhibition and book launch event that serves as the after-party for the Emerald City Comicon. Expect cameos from visiting pros, exquisite art, and DJ Russ Fallout spinning classic punk platters. See you this weekend.

Yes, it’s that time once again, where puns run free and all types of poop jokes are acceptable.

It’s Fecal Fest at the Woodland Park Zoo! Fecal Fest is a twice yearly event where the community gets the ability to purchase larger quantities of our famous Zoo Doo compost product.

When:
Dr. Doo accepts entry cards for Zoo Doo or Bedspread on the announced dates in September and March only. Entry cards will be randomly selected according to supply and demand. Dr. Doo will contact the lucky drawn entries only. The Fecal Fest traditionally sells out.

Pick-up dates are in October and April. The lucky winners load the compost, using shovels provided by the zoo.

How:
Only one postcard per person is eligible for the drawing. Phone orders will not be taken. Send a standard postcard to Zoo Doo, Woodland Park Zoo, 601 N. 59th St., Seattle, WA 98103. Include the following information:

Name
Day/evening phone numbers
Preference: Zoo Doo or Bedspread
Amount of Zoo Doo or Bedspread you’d like to purchase (anything from a garbage bag to a full-size pick-up truck load)
Weekday or weekend preference for pick-up

Go to the Woodland Park Zoo website for more information.

From a common Leopard Gecko to a rare Boa morph, you will find a great selection of high quality, captive-bred reptiles and amphibians for sale at the Northwest Reptile Expo. Arachnids, feeders, supplies, cages, books and educational tables will be setup to allow one-on-one interaction with these “misunderstood” creatures.

Seattle Metro Reptile Expo
La Quinta
1425 E. 27th St. Tacoma, WA 98421
Saturday - March 13, 2010

It’s time to get your (naked) geek on!

Naked Girls, Reading or Girls Reading, Naked will be taking on

Science Fiction, 7pm Sunday, March 7th

West Hall in the Oddfellows Building

This month’s salon features nude nerds from near and far, reading selections from their favorite works of Science Fiction!  From Octavia Butler to Ray Bradbury to Isaac Asimov, these ladies will take you with them on a fantastic (naked) journey wearing antennae, Starfleet Communicator badges, and little else!

March’s readers will include regular readers Polly Wood, Jesse Belle-Jones, Heidi Von Haught, special Seattle guest  Violet Tendencies and welcomes back from San Francisco none other than Vienna La Rouge!!

Naked Girls Reading pictured are Polly Wood, Heidi Von Haught, Michelle L'Amour and Jesse Belle Jone

Naked Girls Reading has started a Book Drive, so bring new or slightly used books to donate to the Seattle Public Library! You can also bring a check to make a monetary donation.

Purchase a general admission seat for the price of $15 advance/$18 at the door, or a seat at one of the front tables for $20 advance/$24 at the door. Tables seat up to 4 people.

Doors open at 6:30, show runs 7-9pm.
West Hall, Oddfellows Bldg, 10th and E Pine
West Hall is Wheelchair accessible. Please email “ngrseattle at gmail” for accessibility needs or wheelchair seating.

Please be aware that all readers are fully nude! If you are uncomfortable with this, please reconsider purchasing. No one under 18 will be admitted, and we will ID at the door.

http://nakedgirlsreading.com/

NOTE: No one under 18 years old will be admitted.

LEONARD NIMOY, best known for his role as Mr. Spock in the original Star Trek series, will be visiting Seattle for Comicon on March 13th and 14th and he’ll be speaking and signing autographs both days.

Nimoy also directed the films Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (for which he also co-wrote the story)

He recently returned to television with his role as Dr. William Bell on Fox’s sci-fi series Fringe.

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