Seattle Twist

Come up north on Saturday Feb 13th to celebrate the rebirth of a great neighborhood dive, Darrell’s Tavern at 18041 Aurora.

DarrellsTavern.com - 18041 Aurora Avenue North

excerpt from the Moonspinners MySpace page

2/13/2010 9:00 PM at ORIENT EXPRESS w/ LES ESTRANGERS party in the train cars!
2963 4th Avenue South, SEATTLE,
Cost: $5
Hi Gang We MoonSpinners have an especially fun show coming up on Feb. 13th, not only the eve of Valentine’s day but also the start of Chinese New Year (The Year of the Tiger for those of you scoring at home). So what better venue than The Orient Express restaurant and bar in SODO (the train cars on fourth avenue once known as the beloved Andy’s Diner)? And just to make it more cross-cultural, on the slate with us are Les Étrangers - a Portland-based group that specializes in 60’s French garage-pop classics, plus the soulful stylings of DJ Miss Lilli’s scratchy 45’s. The kitchen stays open late, the drinks will be bold and the beer will be cold - come for fun & great music!

Take a midweek break this Wednesday at the coolest place you’ve never heard of, the Tiger Lounge (412 So. Orcas). Enjoy great food and drink specials, and groove to the tunes put down by DJ Ace Face and DJ Vodka Twist during “All Mod Cons” that starts at 9pm. Wednesday Feb 10th and again on the 24th.

Van Dyke Parks

One of my favorite musicians and songwriters, Van Dyke Parks, is appearing Tuesday 2/9 in Seattle at The Triple Door.

Best known for his collaboration with Brian Wilson/The Beach Boys, but also as a session musician, composer, arranger, lyricist, and singer, he’s contributed significantly to several decades’ worth of masterpieces credited to other artists, as well as generating two or three masterpieces of his own.

You can view just a sample of his music on his website.

He was a session musician and worked with Sonny & Cher, as well as playing sessions for producer Terry Melcher on records by Paul Revere & the Raiders and other artists.

Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson

In 1998, he released a live album, and in the next decade he collaborated anew with Brian Wilson, who finally released a finished realization of SMiLE with new recordings on the Nonesuch label in 2004. Two years later, Parks began contributing lyrics to another Brian Wilson project, That Lucky Old Sun.

Information on The Triple Door website.

STUDIO 66 tonight at Lo-Fi Performance gallery featuring The Purrs, The Black Orchids, Go-Go Dancing by The Tangerine Tonic, DJ’s Chrispo, Gort, Ace Face and Vodka Twist (me). 2 rooms, 2 bands, 2 bars, 4 DJs, dancers, groovers.

Saturday February 6, 9PM Doors

STUDIO 66 myspace.com/studio66

At Lo-Fi Performance Gallery (429 Eastlake Ave E, 2 doors down from the Victory Lounge thelofi.net at Eastlake and Republican.

A night of 60’s mod, psychedelic and garage rock, vintage soul, Brit-pop, acid jazz and international pop.

FEATURING:

Local faves -
THE PURRS myspace.com/thepurrs

And the Studio 66 debut of Vancouver’s –
THE ORCHID HIGHWAY myspace.com/orchidhighway

As always with Resident DJ’s DJ CHRISPO, DJ GORT, DJ VODKA TWIST

SPECIAL GUEST DJ - DJ ACE FACE

Plus Go Go Dancing by TANGERINE TONIC

$8 cover

21 + admitted

Bank of America will be sponsoring a free museum weekend in Seattle as part of their Museums on Us program. It gives cardholders free access to the Museum of History & Industry, The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Northwest African American Museum, and Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma February 6-7 and the first weekend of every month until December 2010.

The nationwide program provides cardholders free access to 120 of the nation’s finest arts, cultural and educational institutions during the first full weekend of every month.

Offer valid the first full weekend (Sat. and Sun.) of the month. Photo ID and any valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card must be presented.

Museum On Us by Bank of America

Oregon Shadow Theatre returns to the Northwest Puppet Center with their brilliantly colored shadow puppets and exuberant live music for this performance of the Mexican folktale, The Green Bird.

Join Luisa on her quest to save her boyfriend, Miguel, who has been transformed into a green bird by a magician. On her journeys, Luisa encounters fantastic scenes and characters including the revolutionary hero, Pancho Villa, an Aztec eagle and dancing skeletons at the festivities of the Day of the Dead. The adventures come to an exciting finale at the most famous bullring in Mexico!

NW Puppet Center presents The Green Bird by Oregon Shadow Theater

Colorful and intricate shadow puppets combine with live music, voices and sound effects to create delightful family entertainment.

Now showing at the Northwest Puppet Center

located in the Maple Leaf neighborhood
9123 - 15th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115-3111

SHOWTIMES are:     Saturdays at 1pm & 3pm,  Sundays at 1pm & 3pm

TICKET PRICES:
$8.50 Child, $10.50 Adult, $9.00 Senior

For advance tickets, click here or call:
1(800)838-3006

If you have any questions or would like more details please call, or email, the NW Puppet Center   (206) 523-2579     info@nwpuppet.org

Guitarist Shane Mac makes an encore performance Saturday 2/6 starting at 9pm at McGilvra’s down in Madison Park, one of our favorite nightspots on the shores of Lake Washington.

Peter and Adrianna Johnson opened this night spot last year, and the menu is an eclectic mix of American and Continental favorites with a full bar and dozens of beers on tap.

The address of McGilvra’s is 4234 E. Madison at the foot of Madison Street, right across from the beach on Lake Washington.

Seattle-based artist Michael Leavitt is involved an ongoing 8-year project sculpting figures for his fanciful “Art Army.” Inductees include Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Mark Ryden, Robert Williams, Ron English, Shag, Banksy, and countless others. His latest recruit is none other than underground comix legend R. Crumb.

This fully articulated wood-carved sculpture was commissioned by an out-of-state collector. Before it ships off to the private collection, the piece will be put on public display at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery for one night only during the reception for Gahan Wilson on Saturday, February 13. If you can’t make it then, you can view Leavitt’s recent work, including collaborations with Fantagraphics friend Charles Krafft, at Stolen Space Gallery in London May 13 through May 30.

St. Mark’s Cathedral had a very special event last week, a fundraiser and benefit for the Gage Academy of Art.

We were guests of the very fabulous Christine and David Gedye and a bevy of glamorous swells, and enjoyed an elegant feast, incredible music, acrobats, dancers and a special evening inspired by Italian Commedia dell’Arts.

Gage Academy of Art was founded by Pamela Belyea, Co-founder and Executive Director & Gary Faigin, and is a powerful training school providing classical training to contemporary artists.

Gary Faigin and Pamela Belyea

A benefit for Copper Canyon, February 4th in Seattle.

Thursday, February 4, 2010, Private reception at 5:30pm and a Public Reading at 7Pm. $100 donation includes reception and VIP Seating.

Be there at Town Hall Seattle, 7pm Thursday, February 4th , when W.S. Merwin reads with four younger poets: Erin Belieu, Ben Lerner, Valzhyna Mort, and Matthew Zapruder. Proceeds support Copper Canyon Press and its mission. A commemorative broadside will be available, and a book signing will follow the event.

To RSVP, go to Copper Canyon Press or contact George Knotel at 360-385-4925 Ex, 103,