Archive for February, 2008
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Cross-Dress Bowling at the Sunset Bowl
All your favorite things in one deliciously tawdry event: Bowling, Oscars, Drinking, and Dressing like your favorite tart or hunk! How do you beat that?
This is Seattle Art Cars seventh annual and LAST Crossdress Bowling Party at the Sunset. Never again will you get to bowl in fishnets next to the longshoreman’s union league or the local […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Art Cars, Seattle News, Fund Raisers by Marlow Harris
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
The Home Bar: Resurrection of a Mid-20th Century Domestic Icon, Pt. 4
Welcome to Part 4 of The Home Bar: Resurrection of a Mid-20th Century Domestic Icon. In the last chapter we ended with the mid-1990s and the cocktail revival and Lounge music craze, as well as my Home Bar Review journalism for my own short-lived ‘zine, Cocktail Review, and Russ Scheidelman’s half-decade-running periodical Organ & Bongos.
Tiki News founder and editor, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Items of Interest, Uncategorized by Terence Gunn
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
RIP Rainier Cold Storage stock house
Last Saturday it was a cold, drizzly night. Clusters of people drawn to the Georgetown Art Attack stood across the street from where the Rainier Cold Storage stock house building was being demolished, taking in the beauty. The rain was misting and sodium streetlights reflected off clouds onto the crumbling brick, broken windows, and jagged edges of […]
No Comments » - Posted in Architecture, Seattle News by Janet Galore
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Shake #2
Ass Shakin’ Music!
Agent Double O S.O.U.L. is back this Saturday night at Cafe Racer with Special Guest DJ Gort!
For information on soul music:
http://blackinformant.com/2005/06/30/definition-of-soul-music/
http://www.localdial.com/users/jsyedu133/Soulreview/index.htm
No Comments » - Posted in DJ, Dance, Venues by Cissy
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Friends of the Nib for Valentine’s Day!
The Friends of the Nib are back on the walls at Cafe Racer this Thursday!!!
Always a treat and especially for Valentine’s…….let your sweetie pick out his/her own Valentine’s present…..one that’s for keeps…… art lasts a lot longer than chocolate and has half the fat!
Grab your sweetheart (or meet a new one) and join us […]
No Comments » - Posted in Visual Arts by Cissy
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Ga-Ga for Googie
Set your Tivo’s to see my interview with Jenny Cunningham, a reporter with KCTS-TV (9) in Seattle tomorrow morning, Sunday 2/10 at 10:30AM on Channel 9. She has been working on a segment called, “Googie versus Goliath,” and it’s a look at the landmarking process in Seattle and the controversy surrounding the Ballard Manning’s/Denny’s battle. She invited […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Architecture, Local News by Marlow Harris
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Party like an Art Star, Baby!
Fabulous supporter of actual artists, arts organization Artist Trust, bring arts patrons, collectors and artists together for one big night to support art at its source. This rockin’ evening includes a silent and Live auction of over 200 artists, specialty cocktails and a festive buffet. The live auction features KING 5 Evening Magazine´s John Curley and performances […]
No Comments » - Posted in Visual Arts, Performance, Fund Raisers by Marlow Harris
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Simultaneity: Entanglement
For those into art and technology (like me), my friend Joel Kollin has collaborated with Juan Pampin and Ensu Kang to create a sound and sculptural installation that links 911 Media Arts and SOIL. The opening is this Thursday, February 7, 6-9pm at both venues.
Entanglement draws a symbolic acoustic line between two distant locations, SOIL […]
No Comments » - Posted in Art Galleries, Visual Arts, Exhibits, Music by Janet Galore
Monday, February 4th, 2008
Liz McGrath and Miss Derringer in Seattle
L.A. visual artist Liz McGrath and her band Miss Derringer will play El Corazon Tuesday, February 5th.
Liz has shown her work here in Seattle at Roq la Rue Gallery and is featured in Roq la Rue owner Kirsten Anderson’s book “Pop Surrealism“. She also has a piece featured in the show “A Cabinet of Natural Curiousities” […]
No Comments » - Posted in Visual Arts, Music by Marlow Harris
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
The Home Bar: Resurrection of a Mid-20th Century Domestic Icon, Pt. 3
Welcome to Part 3 of The Home Bar: Resurrection of a Mid-20th Century Domestic Icon. At the end of Part 2 we were heading into the 1990s, a decade that saw, unpredictably, a resurgence of home bars and increased popularity in the cocktail.
In retrospect it’s difficult to determine what brought back the home bar or […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Items of Interest, Uncategorized by Terence Gunn
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
killer sci-fi fashion in 70mm
Want to be immersed in a world of the best sci-fi fashion and design ever produced? Today you can catch the last showing of 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Cinerama, at noon. It’s part of the Cinerama 70mm film festival that runs through March.
costume design by Hardy Amies, 1968
If you miss that, Tron is playing later […]
No Comments » - Posted in Film, Items of Interest by Janet Galore
Friday, February 1st, 2008
The Buttrock Suites…Live
The Stranger and The Triple Door are proud to present Buttrock Suites…Live!, a showcase of local choreography set to live “buttrock” (classic hard-rock music by bands such as AC/DC, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, and Lita Ford) music performed by a cast of stellar local musicians.
The February 2nd show will showcase choreography and performance by Diana Cardiff, Bob Gregory, […]
