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Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Listen, Whitey! Celebrate Black History Month on February 4 at Fantagraphics Bookstore with two new books on the Civil Rights movement.
Fantagraphics Bookstore kicks off Black History Month on Saturday, February 4 with the debut of two diverse books. Seattle-based music scholar Pat Thomas, author of Listen, Whitey!: The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965 – 1975, will be joined by Seattle authors Mark Long and Jim Demonakos, who together with cartoonist Nate Powell created [...]
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
TONY MILLIONAIRE PORTRAIT SHOW AT FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE. Elvis Has Entered the Building.
Provocative cartoonist Tony Millionaire will appear in Seattle at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, January 7 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for a book signing and art show. He’ll be exhibiting brilliantly sedate work from his new book 500 Portraits, recently released by Fantagraphics Books. 500 Portraits collects over two decades of work by [...]
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Pogo Party this Saturday! “Playing Possum” & music by Sawsome!
Come celebrate the festive 5th anniversary of Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, December 10 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Holiday cheer galore! Opening reception for “Playing Possum: The Pogo Art of Walt Kelly,” music by Sawsome (a female banjo and saw duet), complimentary refreshments, wandering Christmas carolers, and more! We can hardly believe it’s been 5 [...]
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
Holiday Edition of Georgetown Art Attack on Saturday, December 10.
Make your way to the Georgetown Art Attack and get into the holiday spirit with holiday spirits on Saturday, December 10. Dozens of artists will open their studios and Georgetown’s many inventive enterprises celebrate the season with colorful exhibitions, sales and special events. A group from Choir of the Sound will wonder through the historic [...]
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Spend Black Friday with Peter Bagge in Georgetown!
Sensational Seattle counterculture cartoonist Peter Bagge will appear in Georgetown at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 25. The book signing will be followed by a performance of his power pop combo Can You Imagine? featuring Steve Fisk next door at the MIX nightclub. We’ve recently seen a deluge of books [...]
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Colorful Georgetown Art Attack Falls on Saturday, November 12.
Adventurous art mavens will descend on Georgetown on Saturday, November 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for the Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack. Many area artists open their studios to the public for this monthly event, joined by the creative enterprises that support them. The diversity of visual and performing arts programming continues to distinguish [...]
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Flip Out at Shorty’s 14th Annual Pinball Tournament November 5 & 6. Grand Prize Pinball Machine!
Pinball players from around the country will gather in Belltown on November 5 and 6 for Shorty’s 14th Annual Pinball Tournament. This has become one of the most highly anticipated and closely contested competitions of its kind. Cash and prizes are awarded in several categories – some unrelated to finishing order – with the top [...]
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Georgetown Lights Up for October 8 Second Saturday Art Attack.
Don’t miss the October 8 installment of the Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack. We welcome our newest neighbor Elysian Brewing as they host their annual Great Pumpkin Brew Festival at their new facility on Airport Way S. Over 50 flavors of pumpkin beer from area brewers will debut, including a batch from Georgetown Brewing. Can’t [...]
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Trina Robbins Roars into Georgetown this Saturday
Come down to Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday evening and hang out with legendary underground cartoonist Trina Robbins. We’ll be opening an exhibition of comics pages and ephemera by Nell Brinkley, curated by Trina. She’ll give a brief talk on Nell Brinkley and sign copies of Brinkley Girls along with other books. Nell Brinkley was an [...]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
DRAWING POWER: Curator Warren Bernard discusses the history of cartoon advertising at Fantagraphics Bookstore. Special guest Tom Neely.
September 13, 2011 – Seattle, WA. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery welcomes two diverse professionals in the field of comix for an extraordinary event on Saturday, September 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Editor and curator Warren Bernard will discuss cartoons in the service of commerce in connection with his new book and exhibition Drawing Power: [...]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Georgetown Art Attack Falls on Saturday, September 10
The Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack celebrates the creative diversity of Seattle’s historic industrial arts corridor on September 10 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Visit working artists’ studios, colorful cafes, exotic shops, and boisterous bars throughout the Georgetown community – one of the few remaining art colonies in the city. Among the many visual and [...]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Return of the Georgetown Art Attack.
The Georgetown Art Attack returns on Saturday, August 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. This monthly event allows patrons to explore the creative industrial arts corridor as artists open their workspaces to visitors and Georgetown’s many creative enterprises turn up the heat. Among the highlights: Trailer Park Cinema presents the 1961 classic “Door to Door [...]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Anders Nilsen Answers Big Questions at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Join us this Saturday, July 30 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle to meet exceptional cartoonist Anders Nilsen. Anders will be in town promoting his new book Big Questions, an anthology of the popular series collected by our Canadian colleagues at Drawn & Quarterly. This 600-page, 15-year project displays the development of the artist’s [...]
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Bargains Galore! Spectacular Sidewalk Sale at Fantagraphics Bookstore
When you’re out and about on Saturday, stop by the Sidewalk Sale at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. We’ll join with Georgetown Records to offer a huge selection of comix and vintage vinyl at amazing discounts. Hard to find, out of print comic books by Fantagraphics favorites starting at 50 cents each. Love & Rockets collections [...]
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Explosive Georgetown Art Attack on July 9
June 28, 2011 – Seattle, WA. The Georgetown Art Attack celebrates independent artists on Saturday, July 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM as creative enterprises present a stellar array of visual and performing arts throughout the historic industrial arts corridor Among the highlights: All City Coffee commemorates a decade as a Georgetown institution with a [...]
