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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Scoop Fest Sunday July 25th
On Sunday, July 25, from 2 -5PM ,
Full Tilt Ice Cream in Columbia City is invites you to join them for an afternoon of homemade ice cream and hometown music – an inaugural event that is being made possible by so many wonderful friends of the Rainier Valley food bank.
It’s all free – with donations accepted to [...]
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
The Cook/Marks Collection is coming to Seattle!
Northwest Puppet Center is honored to become the home to this internationally acclaimed collection.
“The World of Puppetry: Treasures from the Cook/Marks Collection” will be the first opportunity for a portion of this massive collection to be displayed in Seattle. Don’t miss your chance to see the world through wooden eyes with puppets from Bucharesti, Palermo, Bali, Athens, Osaka, Rio de Janeiro, [...]
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Sun July 18th ~ The Round @ Zoo Tunes
The Round 62 featuring Star Anna, Damien Jurado and many more -
Sunday July 18, 5pm at the Woodland Park Zoo
Fremont Abbey Arts Center’s highly popular multi-arts event, The Round, steps outside up the hill from 43rd avenue in Fremont Village to perform at ZooTunes.
In its 62nd incarnation, this multi-arts collaborative show featuring live music, poets, [...]
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
PULCINELLA VENDICATO at Northwest Puppet Center through May 2nd
Pulcinella Vendicato; A Baroque Marionette Opera from Naples
by Carter Family Marionettes with live musical ensemble and professional opera singers
April 23 – May 2, 2010
Giovanni Paisiello, the greatest composer in 18th century Naples, created this opera buffa to delight the revelers at Carnival of 1770. And after decades of delegation as a beloved side-kick in a vast array [...]
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Studies in Monk, Mompou & Melancholy
STUDIES IN MONK, MOMPOU & MELANCHOLY
18 artists undertake Studies in Melancholy (performance, dance, butoh, textiles, collage, text and voice) while pianist Kristine Thomas, recreates the melancholic landscapes of Monk, Mompou & others.
Multiple studies take place simultaneously during this 3.5-hour event, some lasting 10-minutes, others the duration of the event.
The viewer is invited to move in [...]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Moby at Town Hall Fri March 26th
But he won’t be playing any music, instead he’ll share something else with us. A vegetarian for more than two decades, and vegan for more than 15 years, Moby is also the editor (with Miyun Park) of Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat)
This book compiles writings [...]
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Naked (Earthling) Girls Reading Science Fiction!
It’s time to get your (naked) geek on!
Naked Girls, Reading or Girls Reading, Naked will be taking on
Science Fiction, 7pm Sunday, March 7th
West Hall in the Oddfellows Building
This month’s salon features nude nerds from near and far, reading selections from their favorite works of Science Fiction! From Octavia Butler to Ray Bradbury to Isaac Asimov, these [...]
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Secret Life of Bugs, March 6-21
Northwest Puppet Center is proud to present “Secret Life of Bugs”!
Step through a magnifying glass into the miniature world of insects. With mesmerizing blacklight puppetry, witness the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. Along the way, spiders, dung beetles and dragonflies engage in daily activities such as orb weaving, nesting, and hunting. An exotic [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
On the Surface: Passions We Can’t Hide
On the Surface: Passions We Can’t Hide
Diane Marie Chaudiere, Gay Jensen, and Barbara Zander
February 3-26, 2010
Phinney Center Gallery
On the Surface: Passions We Can’t Hide, on view now at the Phinney Center Gallery through February 26th, celebrates three artists’ passions.
Diane Marie Chaudiere is passionate about gardening and aquatic environments.
Gay Jensen is passionate about [...]
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
The Green Bird, a Mexican Story @ NW Puppet Center thru February 14th
Oregon Shadow Theatre returns to the Northwest Puppet Center with their brilliantly colored shadow puppets and exuberant live music for this performance of the Mexican folktale, The Green Bird.
Join Luisa on her quest to save her boyfriend, Miguel, who has been transformed into a green bird by a magician. On her journeys, Luisa encounters [...]
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
STUDIES IN WHITE, Saturday Jan 16 at Counter Balance Park
STUDIES IN WHITE
EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST WORKING IN MOVEMENT & PERFORMANCE
Studies in White is an independent, full-day, event in Seattle. It
takes place 9AM–9PM on Saturday 16 January 2010 at COUNTERBALANCE PARK
in Lower Queen Anne. Artists will present studies lasting between half
an hour and 4 hours in length. Counterbalance Park in an open urban
area—clean, sparse and expansive. Artists [...]
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Poets needed – 2nd Annual POETRY POLAR BEAR PLUNGE
POETRY POLAR BEAR CLUB
Noon, Saturday 12 December 2009
Green Lake Bath House Theatre | Seattle
Jump into the lake with a poem & a bikini. Don’t worry, your POETRY will PROTECT you. Yet again, the poets show Seattle what it takes to be one. This is year #2, that’s how traditions are made. Last year we made [...]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Raven & the Box of Daylight now playing at the Northwest Puppet Center
The Northwest Puppet Center, is the only organization of its type in the region. This internationally renowned puppet center presents performances by Carter Family Marionettes and esteemed guest artists. In addition, it features a museum, archive and library focused on the puppetry arts. Programs are also brought to communities near and far with touring performances [...]
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Celebrate Dia de los Muertos at the Phinney Center
Join this traditional Mexican celebration of life and death at the Phinney Center’s annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) parade and festival on Friday, November 6.
Start with the candlelight procession, which begins and ends at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N. The procession will depart at 6:30 p.m. and [...]
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Celebrate the Trolls 20th Birthday at Trolloween
Trolloween is the Birthday celebration for Seattle’s famous Fremont Troll.
It is held on his Birthday October 31st at 7pm sharp.
The celebration starts with the Troll under the Aurora Bridge (Troll Ave & N 36th St), as he loves a good laugh and a great story. Then revelers will be off for the annual Haunt of [...]
