Archive for January, 2008
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Seattle’s Favorite Burlesque Real Estate Agent on “Wife Swap”
Seattle real estate agent Sarina McDonald aka “Ravenna Black” stars in this week’s episode of the ABC reality show “Wife Swap”. The show takes two women — whose families have vastly different values — and asks them to switch places for two weeks. Each episode documents the drama that results when the husband and the [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Local News,Performance by Marlow Harris
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
My Picks From the Children’s Film Festival!
 Here is a picure (taken on a camera phone) of me, Mr Winkle Jr, and Lara Jo Regan at their screening of Big Top Winkle last Saturday. It was my first silent film(37 minutes) and I loooved it! Plus they gave away free Mr Winkle calendars and I got to hold Mr Winkle Jr two times! [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Film by Ruby
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
The Home Bar: Resurrection of a Mid-20th Century Domestic Icon, Pt. 2
Welcome back to Part Two of The Home Bar: Resurrection of a Mid-20th Century Domestic Icon. As stated in the previous post, the home bar’s heyday was primarily in the 1950s & ’60s and, to a lesser degree, the ’70s. By the time the 1980s reared its head, many of the old cultural standards of the previous [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Items of Interest,Uncategorized by Terence Gunn
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Andy’s
Without any ado….so long old friend! You’ll be missed!
2 Comments » - Posted in Local News by Cissy
Monday, January 21st, 2008
Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2008 starts this week!
The NW Film Forums Children’s Film Festival is always on my list of things to do, and this year is definately no exception! Mr Winkle is coming! I loooove Mr Winkle. I’m begging my mom to buy tickets tonight for the Jan 26th screening cause he’s gonna be there live in all his beautiful dog [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Film,Items of Interest by Ruby
Monday, January 21st, 2008
SECOND SATURDAY GEORGETOWN ART ATTACK!
 Seattle’s colorful, industrial Georgetown neighborhood has drawn a lot of recent attention as the last outpost of a true blue-collar Bohemian arts community. In an effort to showcase the many accomplished artists and creative enterprises based in the neighborhood, the Georgetown Merchants Association is pleased to launch the first Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music,Performance,Visual Arts by Cissy
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
The Home Bar: Resurrection of a Mid-20th Century Domestic Icon
During the 1950s, ’60s and, to a lesser extent, the ’70s, the home bar was as much a part of American culture as baseball, apple-pie, and Chevrolet. In homes ranging from prosperous businessmen and celebrities to swingin’ bachelors and middle-class married men, the home bar was primarily a male aspect of domestic culture, like brill cream, aqua velva, [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Items of Interest,Uncategorized by Terence Gunn
Friday, January 18th, 2008
One Man’s Dream…….
 …..to make MLK’s Birthday A Hangover Holiday
No Comments » - Posted in Seattle News,Weird by Marlow Harris
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
I love to roll my belly!
If I can do it so can you! and if you can’t or want to do it better then learn from these women…my mom thinks they rock (and I already know they do!)! February 23 & 24, 2008 Northgate Community Center Troupe Hipnotica is proud to host the first ever workshop event focusing entirely on [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Dance,Items of Interest by Ruby
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Shake @ Cafe Racer
Hello Everyone, my name is “SHAKE!”, and I’m the new kid on the block. That block happens to be at Cafe Racer on Roosevelt Way  N.E., in Seattle’s University District. My debut is on Saturday, January 19th, 2008 at 9pm. I will be bringing the party on the third Saturday of every month. You’ll see [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Dance,Music by Cissy
Friday, January 11th, 2008
Satsop residency performance
 photo: pauloutwest This Saturday evening, OKOK Gallery in Ballard will present three compositions from the inaugural Environmental Aesthetics Satsop Residency by Seattle sound artist Yann Novak, Olympia quartet Problems, and Olympia artist Myello. The artists were granted access to the #5 abandoned nuclear cooling tower in Elma Washington where they were invited to sonically interpret this epic industrial [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music,Performance by Janet Galore
Friday, January 11th, 2008
Gallery of Pain, Baby
The GALAXY OF PAIN is a photo exhibit by BLUSH PHOTO that displays images of Seattle notables such as The Presidents of the United States of America, El Vez, John in the Morning (KEXP), and Ben Exworthy (Super Geek League), all facing off in the underground wrestling ring to benefit an awesome local charity Home [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art Galleries,Exhibits by Marlow Harris
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Slutty designer taser
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is winding up this week. It’s the world’s grand geek gadget fest each year, and Las Vegas is ground zero. An eruption of techno-porn, thinly veiling pent-up consumerism, greed, and outright lust… it’s perfect for Vegas! Top on my list… the leopard taser. With an MP3 player! Top 10 Reasons [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Items of Interest,Weird by Janet Galore
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Good-bye Old Virginia Inn!
Last chance to party like it’s 1983. The Virginia Inn is closing it’s doors after Sunday for an extensive re-model. Rumour does tell that many of Seattle’s old guard are meeting to reminisce about the ‘day’….as in asymmetrical hairdos, the last aired episodes of both M*A*S*H and Laverne & Shirley, smoking indoors, and secretly wanting [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Items of Interest by Cissy
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Ken Kelly @ Howard House this Thursday!
Ken Kelly rocks! If you don’t know him go to this show and get to know him! Ken Kelly: Future Perfect (Center Gallery) January 10- February 23, 2008 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 10, 6-8pm Artist Talk: Saturday, January 12, 12 N 604 Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104 http://www.howardhouse.net (Since you’re in Pioneer Square stop in [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art Galleries,Exhibits,Lecture by Cissy
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
“REBEL VISIONS: The Underground Comix Revolutionâ€
Opens Saturday January 12 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle. The youth rebellion of the 1960s produced some of the most stunning artwork and graphics of the 20th century. Four decades later, this imagery still resonates. The artists of this era will be featured prominently in Seattle at the dawn of 2008. The Frye [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Books,Exhibits,Lecture,Visual Arts by Cissy
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
My phone tells me to do bad things
Seattle-area artist Ries Niemi presents a vision of cell phones as a life form, manipulating humanity for their own purposes. Ries says he purchased, sight unseen, this collection of objects from a mini-storage auction. In this new exhibit, Niemi examines just how exactly that cell phone got into his pocket, and who is really in [...]
