Archive for May, 2011
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Barbara Ireland retrospective at Northwest Film Forum June 1
Barbara Ireland is having a DVD release party and screening of some of her shorts and music videos Wednesday at Northwest Film Forum. Seattle singer Barbara Ireland’s first career was as an award-winning film director, with films that have often been compared to David Lynch and Federico Fellini. Now she is releasing a DVD collection [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Film,Music,Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Cathy McClure opening at the Bellevue Arts Museum
Cathy McClure is having a new show opening this week at the Bellevue Arts Museum called “Midway”. The museum is at 510 Bellevue Way NE, across the street from Bellevue Square, and the show runs May 26, 2011 to January 22, 2012.
No Comments » - Posted in Art,Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
STRIP, STRIP HOORAY! BURLESQUE FILM SERIES!
STRIP, STRIP HOORAY! BURLESQUE FILM SERIES! May 27 to June 2 – $8 admission The Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle WA The Grand Illusion Cinema and Something Weird are proud to present a full week of ultra-rare original vintage 35mm burlesque feature films and shorts! Now’s your chance to see the wonderful world of Burlesque as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Burlesque,Film by jodavid
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Bart Cannon and Karen Hansen team up for a show!
Bart Cannon’s Seattle Mineral Market Featuring unique jewelry designs by Seattle artist, Karen Hansen Saturday May 21, 2011 - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lake City Community Center - 12531 28th Avenue NE in Seattle About the Fourth Annual Seattle Mineral Market: More than 80 exhibitors including mineral specimens, jewelry designers, mineral art, microscopes and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art,Events,Exhibits by jodavid
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Honk Fest this weekend!
HONK! Fest West is a free, three-day, community-supported music festival devoted to marching bands, drum corps, samba lines, and anything acoustic and mobile that makes a ruckus. They also have street performers and dancers and it’s just crazy, fun and loud. Here’s a brief synopsis of the schedule: Georgetown: 6pm – 10pm in the streets, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music,Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Drumline Showcase Saturday May 14th
Nothing like hundreds of teenagers armed with sticks and drums to get your blood flowing and your head pounding, so if you like that sort of thing, you’re going to love this weekend’s Garfield Drumline Expo Saturday at Noon in the Garfield High School Gym, located at 400 23rd Avenue in Seattle. Support the Garfield [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music by Marlow Harris
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
East of Here – Paintings by Christine Gedye at Fountainhead Gallery
Beautiful and evocative paintings by Christine Gedye are featured in East of Here, her new series exploring the sensuous landscape of the Palouse region of Eastern Washington. The show will also feature a handful of Green Lake paintings, her signature subject. Christine creates luminous fine art paintings of Northwest landscapes, lakes and mountains and is particularly [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art,Art Galleries,Openings,Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Passion, magic and adventure! Queen of Kings novel by Seattle author Maria Dahvana Headley debuts May 12th
Renowned Seattle author Maria Dahvana Headley debuts her hotly anticipated novel Queen of Kings on May 12th. PRE-ORDER HERE! Once there was a queen of Egypt…a queen who became through magic something else… The year is 30 BC. Octavian Caesar and his massed legions are poised to enter Alexandria. A messenger informs Queen Cleopatra that [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Books,Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Seattle Twist supports fundraiser at TWIST!
Seattle Twist is delighted to support this Roxhill Fundraiser at TWIST! Roxhill Elementary School, an amazing school in the White Center neighborhood of West Seattle, is facing its most significant challenge in recent history. Since last year, they lost $80,000 in Title I funds, another $90,000 in federal stimulus funds, and additional local cuts leaving [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Seattle News by Marlow Harris
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Charles Peterson: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
May 2, 2011 – Seattle, WA. As the Northwest’s grunge generation examines the implications of their misspent youth, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present “Charles Peterson: Taking Punk to the Masses.” Inspired by the recent Fantagraphics book, Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind, published in association with the acclaimed Nirvana [...]
