Seattle Twist

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery’s resident curator Larry Reid will speak at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue in Seattle. Reid will present a slide lecture on the topic “WEIRDOS: Seattle’s Alternative Comics Culture in the Context of R. Crumb’s Underground.” If you have yet to see the phenomenal Crumb exhibition at the Frye, this represents one of the last opportunities to view this comprehensive collection and explore Crumb’s considerable influence on comics in the Northwest. Admission is free. Reid assures us that you’ll get your money’s worth. More info at 206.622.9250.

Ken Kelly rocks! If you don’t know him go to this show and get to know him!

604 Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104
http://www.howardhouse.net

(Since you’re in Pioneer Square stop in the Catherine Person Gallery and meet Nola Avienne at the opening of the ‘Black & White Show’).

Opens Saturday January 12 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle.

The youth rebellion of the 1960s produced some of the most stunning artwork and graphics of the 20th century. Four decades later, this imagery still resonates. The artists of this era will be featured prominently in Seattle at the dawn of 2008. The Frye Art Museum will host “R. Crumb’s Underground” opening January 26. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will endeavor to place Crumb’s work in historical context with the exhibition “Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution” opening January 12, continuing through February 6, 2008.

Based on the book of the same title by comix historian and archivist Patrick Rosenkranz, in association with Fantagraphics resident curator Larry Reid, “Rebel Visions” will feature relics, artwork and artifacts by an impressive array of Underground era cartoonists: Justin Green, Rick Griffin, Greg Irons, Robert Williams and S. Clay Wilson, among others.

Patrick Rosenkranz is the author of two books on Underground Comix. In addition to Rebel Vision (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, 2003), he wrote You Call This Art?!: A Greg Irons Retrospective (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, 2006). The book chronicles the career of this influential, though largely unheralded, underground artist. Following his experience as a cartoonist, Irons moved to Seattle where he became an accomplished tattoo artist working at the storied Seattle Tattoo Emporium on First Avenue. Several works by Greg Irons from this period will be on display. Rosenkranz will lecture on R. Crumb and his compatriots at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue, on Saturday, January 26 at 2:00 PM.

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street at the corner of Airport Way S., in the heart of Georgetown’s lively business district. The space is open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110.

Jeffrey Ochsner’s History of Seattle Architecture Lecture Series.

Jeffrey wrote the most excellent book I’ve found on the history of Seattle Architecture, with tons of photos, both of single-family homes and commercial buildings.

April 28 & May 12, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Co-sponsored by SAF and the Seattle Room at the Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle Central Library
1000 Fourth Avenue

FREE - No Registration Required
Doors will open at 12:30 p.m.

SeattleArchitecture.org

 Day of the Accordion at the Seattle Center on Sunday, February 25th 11am to 5pm.

Performances, workshops, and chromatic accordion explained and demonstrated by accordion professionals.

Why go to Leavenworth when you can enjoy The Smilin’ Scandinavians, who’ve performed in the past with Inga Schvinga, the transvestite Polka Queen?

NW Accordion Society

Yum. This year’s Conference of the Pacific Northwest Historian’s Guild is called “Let’s Eat: A History of Food and Foodways in the Pacific Northwest” and will celebrate food and eating in Northwest History. The first session on Friday March 2 is at the Nordic Heritage Center and Saturday’s session is at the Museum of History and Industry.

One seminar includes Paul Dorpat, historian and author including Building Washington: A History of Washington State Public Works,  “Keep Clam, Ivar, Ivar’s and the Culture of Clams”

Also, enjoy a Scandinavian Smorgasbord dinner, meet “The Lettuce King of Fife” and a viewing of the documentary: “3 Feet Under, Digging Deep for the Geoduck.”

Mmmm…..  I can smell the clam chowder now!