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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 [...]
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Cartoonists Paul Hornschemeier and Eroyn Franklin Present New Books at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
Two of the country’s most gifted young cartoonists will debut their recent publications at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, June 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Paul Hornschemeier, from Chicago, presents Life with Mr. Dangerous and Seattle’s own Eroyn Franklin debuts the highly anticipated Detained. Eroyn Franklin’s Detained explores immigrant detention centers in Washington [...]
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Hazardfactory’s Power Tool Races at Georgetown Carnival June 11.
Don’t miss the wildly entertaining Power Tool Races all day Saturday, June 11 at the Georgetown Carnival. Watch Larry, Bella and Stacey defend their crown. Last year the terrified the crowd with the Georgetown Chainsaw Massacre. This time out it’s “Monstrosity” – a Black & Decker “Dragster” model belt sander. (Yes, that’s the real factory [...]
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Step Right Up! Georgetown Carnival June 11. Free Fun for Everyone!
June 1, 2011 – Seattle, WA. The summer festival season kicks off with a bang on Saturday, June 11 at the Georgetown Carnival. This eclectic event focuses on the creative diversity that characterizes the Georgetown industrial arts district. A wide variety of attractions will appeal to visitors of all backgrounds: circus entertainers, sideshows, aerial acts, [...]
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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 [...]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack Turns Up the Heat on May 14
April 26. 2011 – Seattle, WA. The Georgetown Art Attack has become one of the region’s most provocative cultural outings, as adventurous residents explore the delightfully rustic industrial arts corridor and discover aesthetic treasures at every turn. Among the many highlights of the May 14 Art Attack installment: “Taking Punk to the Masses,” seminal Seattle [...]
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Roberto Clemente’s Cartoon Biographer Wilfred Santiago at Fantagraphics Bookstore
April 21, 2011. Seattle, WA – As the Seattle Mariners embark on another season of despair and sordid revelations of players on performance enhancing drugs continue to grab headlines, cartoonist Wilfred Santiago reminds us why we love the game of baseball. 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente documents the unlikely career of the Pittsburg Pirates [...]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Georgetown Art Attack Springs into Action on Saturday April 9.
March 29, 2011 – Seattle, WA. The Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack encourages adventurous Northwest art mavens to encounter the colorful creativity of one of our region’s most seductive urban environments. On the second Saturday of each month, Georgetown’s resident artists and surrounding businesses welcome the public to explore this enchanting industrial arts corridor. Among [...]
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
“Con Artists” Party at the Jewel Box Following the Emerald City Comicon.
Don’t miss out on the action after the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle on Saturday, March 5. Captain Kirk, Riker, Data, Crusher…hell – half the crew of the Enterprise will be guests at the convention. After the convention, beam yourself down to the Jewel Box theater at the Rendezvous for the fabulous “Con Artist” concert. [...]
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Georgetown Art Attack Assaults Seattle’s Senses on March 12.
March 1, 2011 – Seattle, WA. The fabulous Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack returns on March 12. The neighborhood lights up from 6:00 to 9:00 PM with visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic industrial arts corridor. This monthly event affords the public an opportunity to visit working artists’ studios and patronize the lively [...]
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Master French cartoonist Jacques Tardi featured at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, March 12.
March 1, 2011 – Seattle, WA. The work of French cartoonist Jacques Tardi was introduced to American audiences more than three decades ago. His work was championed by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, who included him in their prestigious RAW anthology in the early 1980s. For the remainder of the century, several North American publishers [...]
