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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Tonight! Alex Steffen at Town Hall
One year ago, Alex Steffen took the stage at Town Hall and called on Seattle to become North America’s first carbon neutral city. A year later, that goal is on its way to becoming official city policy. Steffen returns to talk about cities, Seattle, innovation, the climate, the economy and the state of the future. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Environment,Events,Seattle,politics by Janet Galore
Friday, June 18th, 2010
An old S.O.B.
Samuel Osborne Barber II, the famous American composer, often signed his letters S.O.B. Saturday June 19th, the Seattle chamber group, Splash!, is celebrating his 100th birthday at the Good Sherpherd Center in Wallingford. The Music of Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 — January 23, 1981) All music presented this evening is by Sam Barber except where [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music,Seattle News by Janet Galore
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Contemporary Cowboy
If you woke up hankerin’ for some chamber-style cowboy music, don’t miss this. Even if you didn’t, it promises to be a delightful evening– two performances, March 18th and 20th. “Contemporary Cowboy” is part of the Wayward Series put on by Splash!, a Seattle chamber group composed of Roger Nelson, piano, Janna Wächter, voice and [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Music,Opera,Seattle News by Janet Galore
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Seattle-Tehran Poster Show
A version of The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show is up at Design Commission in Pioneer Square. If you missed the show at Bumbershoot this is one last opportunity to see the first major exhibit of contemporary Iranian posters in the United States: www.designcommission.com/seattle-tehran/ Building on the success of 2007′s The Seattle–Havana Poster Show, curator Daniel R. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art,Events,Items of Interest,Visual Arts by Janet Galore
Friday, September 26th, 2008
PDL Blog Theater
PDL strikes again… this time on Regina Hackett’s blog. PDL would like to invite you to witness the conclusion of our first two act blog theater production called “George Washington.” Last Thursday, September 18th, we posted the first act on the Strangers Slog (http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/overstimulation_roundup) under the posting ‘Overstimulation Roundup” (September 18th, 4:23 pm). Tonight we [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art,Comedy,Items of Interest,Performance,Theater,politics by Janet Galore
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Laibach at Showbox
Tomorrow night (Sept 22) Laibach, with DJs Tito (Larry Reid) and Chetnix (Charles Krafft), will rock the Showbox at the Market, doors open at 8pm. The Slovenian band is on its “Volks” tour – showcasing remixed national anthems from a variety of countries, including Russia, Slovenia, Japan, Germany, Britain (a chilling version of God Save the Queen) [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Seattle News by Janet Galore
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Wine and dine for Arts Corps
Tomorrow night, Monday April 21st, have dinner or a few drinks at Spitfire in Belltown, and support Arts Corps at the same time (they get a cut of the night’s proceeds). Arts Corps is a non-profit youth development program that partners with schools and community organizations to bring free arts classes to low-income youth. It’s an amazing [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art,Fund Raisers,Theater,Visual Arts by Janet Galore
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
mcleod residence lounge opening
Mcleod Residence, the wonderful art space with a lounge formerly open only to members, opens its doors to the public this Friday. More at http://www.mcleodresidence.com/
No Comments » - Posted in Art Galleries,DJ,Seattle News,Visual Arts by Janet Galore
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
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, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Art Galleries,Exhibits,Music,Visual Arts by Janet Galore
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 [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Film,Items of Interest by Janet Galore
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
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 [...]
