Seattle Twist

Please read this important message from our friends at Ghost Gallery, which many of you know. We at Seattle Twist believe in supporting local artists, and worthy causes like this. It would be super cool if you could contribute a few bucks to them in this effort.

Flood Insurance Deductible

As many of you have already heard, we had a flood in the main front gallery and petite works room on Wednesday, Jan. 11th. All is cleaned up (Thank you Cait, Sophie & the Flood Crew!), but there was quite a bit of damage, both to some goods, books, antique furniture, electronics and some structural damage. Lots of little things adding up to be a big cost.
The building owners are refusing to take responsibility for the incident, therefore we’re scrambling to get everyone compensated and the ceiling repaired ASAP.

We do have Insurance, along with a very large deductible, which is where we really could use some fast help!
To make it fun, and a perk for you, here is the deal:

If 100 people each donate $10 (or more), we will have a party for all of you! DJ, Drinks, Dancing, Awesome.

Also, those who donate will EACH receive a Gallery Membership ($50 value), which gets you 20% off Boutique items, and 10% off Miniature Art for 1 year. (Out of town folks can have this honored with phone/online purchases)
If you’re already a member, then you will receive a bottle of wine on us, in addition to the party:)

Be sure to leave your full name along w/email address so I can make out your Membership Card.

We wouldn’t be here without all of you, so Thank You in advance!
Love,
Ghost

HERE IS A DIRECT LINK TO THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION PAGE

Also, their Facebook event page for this is here, if you’d like to share.

Ghost Gallery website

Friday, December 2nd at Highway 99 Blues Club in Seattle

Wanna dance? Wanna have fun? Wanna feel good about doing something great for others? Well, dernit, head on down to Highway 99 Blues club this Friday, Dec. 2  for our Rockin Tiki Toys for Tots! Wear your best Hawaiian garb, and be prepared for some great music, hula dancing by Essie Charm, and a burlesque act you are gonna love by Miss Kitty Baby!!! Bring a new unwrapped toy to donate! Bring a few dollars to buy Raffle tickets, lots of prizes including tiki mugs, tattoo certificates, DVDs, Sailor Jerry goodies, etc!!! Head on over to the Highway 99 website http://www.highwayninetynine.com/ and make your reservations now! Go early if you want to get yourself some vittles before the show, they have great food!

Do you love music? Do you want to help Japan?

So does Seattle vocalist, Barbara Ireland, and her musician friends, Robert Lee Mitchell, Rick Friel, Chris Friel, and S.E. Sharma. After watching heartbreaking news footage of the tragedies affecting Japan, Barbara felt moved to write this ballad to help raise funds for the relief efforts. Immediately her friends got on board to donate their time and musical talents.

This song is offered as a FREE DOWNLOAD to you.

All Barbara asks in exchange is that you make a donation to any of the three Japan Relief organizations at the top of her page. Let’s see how much we can raise for Japan!

Website is Here – http://japanreliefsong.org/breathe/

Join host extraordinaire Susan Harper for an extravagant evening of magic, music, drama and much more!

All proceeds benefit Friends of the Cedar River Watershed.

Suggested donation is $20 per person.

Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St

Join us for the entire evening or drop in to catch an act or two.

All ages are welcome!

Featuring:

Host – Susan Harper, vocalist and songwriter www.susanharper.com
Steffan Soule ~ Magic that Moves www.steffansoule.com
Seattle Boys Tree-Oh ~ Delicious Harmonies
Hugh Sutten ~ Modern Troubadour
Lee Robinson ~ Folk/Country
Emilia Sosa ~ Jazz www.myspace.com/emiliamusic
Kylie Koyote ~ Devious Desert Nymph
www.facebook.com/people/Kylie-Koyote/100001889370789
Michael Murdock ~ Thespian

Friends of the Cedar River Watershed engages citizens to enhance and sustain watersheds through restoration, education, and stewardship.   www.cedarriver.org

What is Beard and Stache Fest, you ask?

It’s an entire month packed with friends, prizes, nights out, cheap eats and drinks, some friendly competition, and lots and lots (and lots!) of facial hair! So, the question you should perhaps be asking yourself is: What isn’t Beard and Stache Fest?

Registration is now open for 2011!

Sign up to show off your facial hair and support Treehouse and the foster kids of King County.

Step right up and become one of the fabulous 100 furry men that will compete for facial hair glory!

Seattle’s hairiest men to come out and have their picture taken for a great cause – Treehouse, Seattle’s non profit organization that helps foster kids in the area.

Join us Sunday, January 9th, 2011 from 1 to 4pm at The High Dive in Fremont and join the competition. Its fun and free to add your facial hair to the cause and there’s plenty of goodies and prizes in store. Participating beards and/or mustaches will be a part of a team of five, and their pictures will be displayed on individual donation cans at select locations.

So, if you can commit to having your picture displayed on a donation can to benefit an awesome foundation (I know, you think you’re not photogenic, but believe us… we think you’re adorable) then you are a perfect candidate.

More information at www.beardandstachefest.com

Residue from SONG OF TENT CITY, the self-designed poetry residency started by poet Mimi AK Allin on 27 November at Tent City 3, will be installed at Tether Design Gallery in January. The show opens at 6pm on Thursday January 6 for the First Thursday Seattle Art Walk and will be on view through January 20th.

SONG OF TENT CITY | Gallery Show
Opens Thursday 6 January 2011 (6-8PM)
Tether Design Gallery
323 Occidental Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104

The show opening will include installation, artifact, audio and live interaction. Get an idea of what ’its like to live at Tent City. Meet some of the residents. Sit inside the mini-yurt the poet has been living in. Read poetry and handwritten journal entries written by homeless people in Seattle. Listen to audio clips from artist collaborations between Seattle artists and Tent City artists.

Participating Seattle artists include Lyn Coffin, Josie Elizabeth Davis, Vanessa DeWolf, Ann Sloper and Sam Trout. Audio was graciously recorded and edited by the amazing, Christopher Wilson. Artists, on both sides of the fence, have donated their time and efforts to make this happen.

The greatest expenses for TC3 are transportation, honey buckets and trash removal. 100 people live at Tent City 3. When available, two bus tickets per day help campers get to appointments and seek employment. Donations can be made during the First Thursday opening at Tether Gallery to help Tent City residents.

A K Mimi Allin’ Blog
Song of Tent City   http://songoftentcity.blogspot.com/

Tether Design Gallery   http://www.tetherdesigngallery.com/

City Arts Article about Song of Tent City   http://www.cityartsonline.com/issues/seattle/2011/01/home-sweet-tent

SPROUT   http://sproutseattle.org/

Artist Trust provides artists the time and resources necessary to prosper. Since 1987 they have invested over seven million dollars in grants, resources and career training to thousands of Washington State’s most promising and respected musicians, visual artists, writers, dancers, craft artists, filmmakers, cross-disciplinary artists and more.

Artist Trust has salons every year where different artists and performers are featured guests. In this video, Stuart Dempster wows the crowd with the sound and fury of bells, trombone and didgeridoo at the home of Alida and Chris Latham. Other supporters include Nancy Mee and Lori Talcott. Check out the Artist Trust website to get involved and support art at its source.

HOT ROCKIN’ CHRISTMAS !!!

Toys For Tots Benefit  Saturday, Dec 11  

            Bring a New, Unwrapped Toy for our toy collection.
Music by Marshall Scott Warner & THE BLACK CRABS
Burlesque by Emerald Dollies
Hosting by Sweetpea, Kitty Baby & The Pinup Angels

Raffle Prizes! Drink Specials! RJB Photo Booth!

CHRISTMAS CUTIE PINUP CONTEST: Anything goes! Christmas Cutie, Naughty Elf, Mrs. Clause, Mistress Clause, Drunk Santa. ALL are welcome. NO PRE-REGISTRATION NEEDED. Just show up cute! No dressing room will be provided. Contest will be held maybe 11pm-ish, depending on how the night goes. Prizes TBA. 

Also, we are still accepting prizes for our raffle drawings. If you would like to donate goods, or services, please email sweetpea0821@yahoo.com, and I will get you in touch with the Pinup Angels that are organizing the event.  Thanks!

Fremont Abbey, the only arts center in North Seattle, is turning five and having a bash to celebrate!

Fremont Abbey Arts Center, an arts center where everyone can discover something new, is a nonprofit, non-religious, arts & community organization.  It is a vibrant community venue where people of all ages & incomes are supported in their artistic and social development through  collaborative arts experiences.

Located in the artistic Republic of Fremont at 4272 Fremont Ave N the Fremont Abbey is home to The Round, soon to have its 70th monthly collaboration of poets, painters and musicians, that has moved on to cities all across the country.

Come celebrate this enriching organization’s 5th year with family hour face painting, happy hour in the Abbey Cafe, photo booth, music, a raffle, mini auction, door prizes, pin-your-heart-on-the-Abbey & more.

RSVP: www.fremontabbey.org/5greatyears

TICKETS: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/134732?prod_id=4401

DONATE NOW: www.fremontabbey.org/sustain

Thee 2nd Annual “Cornucopia Cabaret” Benefit for Treehouse at The Triple Door

Join The Basements, Lushy with Lynval Golding , and The Witness, who will be dolling out the beats and accompanying the various talents of…

Aerialist and Rope Artist – Martha Enson
The Temptress from Taipei – The Shanghai Pearl
The Man! The Myth! The Mustache ! -  Ernie Von Schmaltz
A Modern Heathen of The Burlesque World- Iva Handfull
Burlesque Coquette – Belle Cozette
The Swedish Housewife and Bertie
with special guest vocalists- Barbara Ireland and Mark Pickerel!

Co-hosted by Kaleb Hagan Kerr and The Swedish Housewife.

This event will benefit Treehouse’s “Little Wishes Program“. As Performing artists and musicians, we will be purchasing as many dance classes and music lessons as possible with the funds raised this evening.

Bring your check book and cash! You will have plenty of opportunities to GIVE to Treehouse!

Treehouse is a 501(c)(3) organization; 100% of all check and cash donations are tax deductible, ticket sales are not.

Tickets are now available online for this one-night only event HERE!
*We are also seeking volunteers for Teaching as well donations of functional Musical Instruments, please contact The Swedish Housewife directly about this paula@swedishhousewife.com

*All performers will receive a small honorarium for their participation in this event, as artists need financial support too!

*We will be joined by a representative from Treehouse who will be collecting all cash and check donations at the event.

SHOW DETAILS:
EVENT: Thee 2nd Annual Cornucopia Cabaret  to Benefit Treehouse’s “Little Wishes”
DATES: Thursday, November 18th, 8:00pm
COST: $18 (17+)
VENUE: The Triple Door, 216 Union Street, Seattle 98101

Salon Metro in Wallingford is collecting toiletries for the Orion Center and Youth Care Transistional Living Program. The shelter requests unopened shampoo, conditioner. straighteners, curlers, razors, plus soap for faces and bodies. Full size or travel size from your last hotel trip is fine. Also, if you have unused makeup, please consider donating that for these homeless teens who are struggling to stay in school and find jobs.

You can drop off your donations at Salon Metro, located at 1714 N. 45th in Wallingford. Regular hours are Tuesday-Friday, 11-7pm, Saturday-Sunday 9am-3pm. There will be a drop-off box in the salon.

Items that would help teens and young adults to get back on their feet and be presentable for job interviews are needed: soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, brushes, combs, etc. You may even have received Christmas gifts that you would rather pass on, like perfume or make up.

This is a very easy way to help the homeless young people in our community and show them that we care. If you don’t have travel-size toiletries to donate, consider purchasing a couple of extra items when you are doing your own shopping and drop them off at Salon Metro. Specific hours may change slightly so you can always call first to check and make sure the donation box is staffed for that day or to make other arrangements for pick-up. Salon Metro’s phone number is 206-545-6905.

When a foster child turns 18, they are often forced out into the streets. The Orion Center, located at 1828 Yale Avenue in downtown Seattle, is a multi-service facility open to youth ages 13-22. It offers a safe, open place where youth can access a multitude of services from meals to case management. The Orion Center’s services include the Drop-in Center with showers, lockers, laundry and meals, a pre-employment training program; the Barista Training and Education Program, and Youth Tech.

TINA HENDRIX Presents the JIMI HENDRIX 40th Anniversary Memorial Concert Benefiting At-Risk Youth of King County > A beautiful Celebration honoring the 40th Anniversary of Our Beloved Jimi Hendrix RIP November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970. Please join us in the NEW Jimi Hendrix Park, Seattle, WA USA – September 18, 2010.

Come on down to the Tractor Tavern, August 20 for Sweetpea’s Birthday Shindig! Bring $6 to get in, some money for your favorite beverage, and a buck or two to put in my donation jar for www.purrfectpals.org if you can’t make it but want to donate anyway, please feel free to go to the purrfectpals.org site, or any other animal rescue site of your choice. Hope to see you there!

Help out Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center this weekend, by going to University Village and purchasing a “Cure Card” for $25 at Center Court. With the card, you will recieve a 20% discount at most of the merchants. Cards are good for the entire weekend! I will be there volunteering on Friday evening, 5:30-7:30, please come say howdy, and get your card from me! I’ll be in the hawaiian outfit with lots of flowers in my hair~! go here for more details!

http://www.fhcrc.org/about/ne/events/shop/index.html