Archive for April, 2009
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Honk Fest this weekend!
(Filmed last night at the Chai House in Ballard)
Tonight, the Honk Fest moves to Georgetown for an entire evening of random musical delight and a wonderful pulsating universe of percussion and horns. Over 20 bands will decend upon the neighborhood to play the Stables, Squid & Ink, Smarty Pants and Calamity Janes. Saturday [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Music by Marlow Harris
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Seattle author Brenda Bryan and Barking Buddha Doga in the New York Times
Seattle yoga instructor Brenda Bryan is the creator of Doga and the author of the new book BARKING BUDDHA: Simple Soul Stretches for Yogi and Dogi. Doga combines massage and meditation with gentle stretching for dogs and their human partners, and is featured in yesterdays New York Times article “Bonding with their downward-facing humans”.
No Comments » - Posted in Books, Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Roq la Rue opening tonight
Opening tonight at Roq la Rue Gallleryin Belltown, the works of Nathan Ota and Anthony Pontius, 6-9pm.
From Kirsten:
Gorgeously apocalyptic and subtly infused with a dark whimsy, Anthony Pontius uses a variety of media (mostly oils and pencil on wood panel) to create his haunted and stark landscapes that have a strange resonance to the unearthly [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art by Marlow Harris
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Thoughts of Easter, Pt. 1
Easter is purportedly Christianity’s oldest holiday, the day when Christ was resurrected three days after his crucifixion. In connection, Easter is also associated with the end of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and repentance which, in modern times, has become associated with the relinquishing of something in one’s life that one considers indulgent or [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Items of Interest, Seattle News by Terence Gunn
Monday, April 6th, 2009
2009 Seattle Area Home Bar Tour entries
Aloha, Readers!
With the super weather today my winter doldrums are subsiding. And with it comes the inclination to begin finding new Seattle home bars to add to the roster of this year’s Seattle Area Home Bar Tour, now in its fourth year, and taking place on the weekend of August 21st & 22nd. The Seattle [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Items of Interest, Seattle News by Terence Gunn
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Lucifer’s Lounge – Tonight!
Lucifer’s Lounge is a monthly night thrown at the Mercury Club in Seattle featuring Jazz, Lounge, Vegas, Crooners, and Swing. Every 1st Monday of the month (with a few exceptions) starting at 9pm, Cover is $4 at the door, and there are drink specials. Dress to impress and spend the first part of the night [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Clubs, Music by Marlow Harris
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Ukadelic documentary from Japanese TV
You can see the Ukadelics today at Island Life Grand Re-Opening, but be sure to check out their new video:
‘The making of the band’……. the formation and continual evolution of the Ukadelics.
This documentary on the Ukadelics is seen here for the first time since its premiere on Japanese TV in 2008!
1 Comment » - Posted in Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
The Moonspinners at Bernards
The Stranger once referred to Bernards as the city’s “Best bar to finally stop stalling and kill yourself.” The mood should be decidedly different when Garth, Tor, and Annabella take over Wednesday.
“The MoonSpinners are a trio who play 60-esque inspired music with a modern attitude–pop, mostly, music of various types, soul, girl-group, French pop, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Events, Music by peterga
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Island Life Grand Re-Opening Party: Saturday, April 4th, 2pm-8pm
Saturday, April 4th
2pm-8pm
Grand Re-Opening Party!
Island Life
2909 1st Ave. South (1 mile south of Safeco Field) Seattle
Exotic food and drinks!
Cool prizes!
And lots of tiki, surfy, beachy stuff on sale!
Live music at 2.30pm by Seattle’s ukulele band, The Ukadelics
5.30pm-8pm, DJ Terence Gunn playing Exotica, Surf, Calypso, and Hawaiian
Parking available on 1st [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Events, Seattle News by Terence Gunn
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
McGilvra’s opens in Madison Park
Peter and Adrianna Johnson’s new place, McGilvra’s Restaurant and Pub has opened in Madison Park, and the neighborhood is excited to have a new hangout in the ‘hood. Peter built a new “old” bar out of found and reclaimed bits that is incredible and the front bar features an old pew out of St. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Restaurants by Marlow Harris
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Dita Von Teese at the Triple Door
She is one of a kind. She is the biggest name in Burlesque since Gypsy Rose Lee. She tops international Best Dressed lists. She is a modern day Fashion Icon. She inspires designers from Marc Jacobs and John Galliano to Jean Paul Gaultier and Zac Posen. She is credited for bringing back the glamour and [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Burlesque by Marlow Harris
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
The Art of Comedy
The Comedy Underground
109 S. Washington St. (in Occidental Park)
Thursday April 2, 2009
6-9 PM
The Comedy Underground and Urban Craft Uprising joined forces last month to bring you the first ever Art of Comedy show during the First Thursday Art Walk. The Art of Comedy features artwork that is either humorous in nature, or made by stand [...]
