Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Cafe Racer and OBAMA Shindig with Schmootzi The Clod, God’s Favorite Beefcake and Orchestra Zirconium
Recent UW Art Grad & Cafe Racer Chef, Michelle Summers, is showing a new body of work: “Portholes and Escape Hatches” this Thursday April 16th Opening Reception 7-9PM at Cafe Racer, adjacent to OBAMA (Official Bad Art Museum of Art) And at 9pm, special musical guests Schmootzi the Clod, God’s Favorite Beefcake, Orchestra Zirconium & [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art,Music by Marlow Harris
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
A Tribute to Jini Dellaccio
A Tribute to Jini Dellaccio at Crocodile Café on Friday April 24! Photography Exhibition, Book Release Party and Original Northwest Garage Rock Long before the birth of grunge, the Northwest was home to an equally primitive and original sound born in the basements of the working class industrial towns of Bremerton and Tacoma. The [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Books,Exhibits,Music by jodavid
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Bring the kids: All-Ages Dina Martina Show!
ALL-AGES DINA MARTINA SHOW!! Thursday, April 16th, 7:30pm AT THE VERA PROJECT Corner of Warren Ave. N. & Republican at Seattle Center $10 ($11 w/club card) ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE VERA PROJECT Tickets: www.theveraproject.org Bring the kids! Call the nieces! Grab the nephews! You know those times when you think to yourself, “Gee, I wish [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Kids,Music by Marlow Harris
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Free camping trips to Mt. Rainier
The National Park Service and Seattle Parks and Recreation Department are inviting Seattle-area families and youth ages 6-15 with little or no camping experience to camp at Mount Rainier National Park for two nights this summer. The program, Connecting Youth and Family to Our Parks, will provide free meals, transportation and camping gear. Families are [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Outdoor Activities by Marlow Harris
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Thoughts Of Easter, Pt. 2
Welcome to Part 2 of Thoughts Of Easter. In Part 1 I relayed some brief thoughts and facts concerning the origin of today’s Easter, namely the relation of the hare and the Easter Bunny, as well as the belief that today’s Easter holiday is a combination of both Christian events and Pagan ceremonies (particularly Celtic); [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Items of Interest,Seattle News by Terence Gunn
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 schedule [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Joe’s [...]
