Mark Morris Dance Group
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A 60s Mod Garage Party with the Black Hollies, Big Nasties, Autolite Strike
I'm a firm believer that finance should never dictate fashion. Some of
the best, worst, and most memorable outfits I've ever worn were bought
by the bag at some thrift store for what a kid at Mickey D's makes in
one hour. Others were used but tastefully chosen by those fashionably
forward kids at Atlas or Red Light. My greatest find ever was a black
A-line dress by '60s mod manufacturer Bleeker Street. A feat of
tailored excellence with its perfect pleats, fitted empire waist, and
hem just above the knee, wearing it always made me feel like a chubby
Audrey Hepburn, simply sophisticated and tastefully timeless.
Tonight's show, with its mod theme, "tastefully timeless" throwback
bands, and crowd of dedicated followers of fashion, makes me think of
that dress, and of perhaps getting on the treadmill so my post-baby
booty will one day wear it again. Sigh. With the Black Hollies, Big
Nasties, Autolite Strike. Comet Tavern, 922 E. Pike St., 323-9853. 8
p.m. MA'CHELL DUMA LAVASSAR
Kublakai, Cancer Rising, D. Black, Neema, JFK of Greyskul
Besides a clever title, the 206 Degrees and Rising tour features a
busload of Seattle hip-hop talent. See, in case you haven't heard,
there's something happening here—something steaming in the underground
rhymesayers' lairs in a part of the country heretofore known only for
incessant rain, big planes, dirty rock, and rich white people.
Organized by Sportin' Life's DeVon Manier and Ian Waller, aka Kublakai
(also a performer), the pavement-pounding event will hit at least
eight cities throughout the Northwest, bringing the wide and varied
styles (and that's the thing about the scene—no one sound dominates,
let alone defines, it) of Cancer Rising, D. Black, Neema, JFK of
Greyskul, and a rotating cast of local MCs, DJs, and hosts in venues
across the slate-gray Pacific Northwest. Tonight's the kickoff. Be
there. High Dive, 513 N. 36th St., 632-5656. 9 p.m. $8. KEVIN CAPP
Was (Not Was), Courtney Jones
Don Was boasts an astonishing legacy as a Grammy-winning producer,
working with everyone from Roy Orbison to Iggy Pop to George Clinton.
He also fathered Eve 6's drummer and supervised the Thelma and Louise
soundtrack. But his crowning accomplishment remains Was (Not Was), the
nine-piece funk juggernaut he co-founded. During the 1980s, Was (Not
Was) released brazen tunes such as "Walk the Dinosaur" (fueled by the
caveman chant "boom-boom-hacka-lacka-boom-boom") and "Knocked Down,
Made Small (Treated Like a Rubber Ball)," (which features an awesome,
YouTube-preserved video in which the group travels back in time to
confront a boorish father with magical ball-and-string toys). On this
year's Boo!, their first studio album since 1990, Was (Not Was)
supplements its blazing horns, potent rhythms, and slaphappy bass with
slow-burning soul and falsetto balladry. Sir Harry Bowens and Sweet
Pea Atkinson haven't let their pipes rust: Both versatile vocalists
can still belt out the blues, unleash power-rock growls, and melt
together during Motown-style harmonies. Touring with its original
lineup, the Detroit-based outfit only plucks a couple selections from
the new disc, spending the bulk of its set transforming classic cuts
(such as the aforementioned hits and its incendiary cover of "Papa Was
a Rolling Stone") into rich, expansive jams. With Courtney Jones.
Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 8 p.m. $25 adv./$27.
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Circus Contraption's The Show to End All Shows
I have to admit, those white-faced circus freaks were always a little scary. Word among the carnies was that the troupe at Circus Contraption was particularly macabre. But the 14-performer, self-producing traveling circus is lightening up in their latest all-new jaw-dropper under the big, uh, warehouse roof. The SHOW to End All SHOWS (through June 22) will feature the standard fare of the one-ring circus—aerialists, acrobalancers, jugglers, and other oddities abound. Yet the performance will follow a loose, overarching plot (something about the end of the world), proving these clowns can be more theatrical than the spraying-water-from-plastic-flowers sort. Indeed, they’re so multitalented many of them take turns playing in the Circus Contraption band, accompanying the weirdness with all-original music. In its 10th year, CC will also feature yet another first in this show (drumroll, spotlight please): They’ve brought in a professional scenic designer (Jennifer Zeyl) and costume designer (Christine Tschirgi). Now that whiteface should really creep you out. That is, until you’re doubled over laughing. Theo Chocolates, 3400 Phinney Ave. N, 442-2004, www.circuscontraption.com. $20–$25. Opens tonight. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 7 p.m. Sun. JOSHUA LYNCH
$20-$25. Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 16 until Sun., June 22, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 18 until Sun., June 22, 7:00pm
Sugar and Spice
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Photographic Center Northwest Daily from Sun., May 18 until Wed., May 28, 12:00pm-9:30pm
Fuco Uedo and Esao Andrews
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Roq La Rue Daily from Sat., May 17 until Sat., June 7, 1:00pm-6:00pm
Dorothy Rissman
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Fetherston Gallery Daily from Mon., April 21 until Sat., May 24, 11:00am
Busytown
What year is it is in Busytown? Its population of cats, dogs, lions, bears, and worms dress like peasants and live in Victorian houses, but also fly around in airplanes and perform X-rays on each other. This world premiere (don’t mock the term, Longenbaugh!) radiates with simple, silly joy while bringing to life the impossible physics and interspecies harmony of Richard Scarry’s world. The breezy, confident cast dances and sings their way through a catchy mishmash of Tin Pan Alley and doo-wop numbers (by Michael Koerner, with lyrics by NPR regular Kevin Kling, who also wrote the script), and mug it up with inspired bits of physical comedy. Highlights of the latter include a squad of pig firefighters demonstrating, in rapid-fire succession, a half-dozen terrible ways to carry a ladder. The pace never lags, though there could probably be a bit more audience participation, especially given an audience that keeps up a continuous low murmur of commentary anyway. The perfect age to see this show probably ranges from 3 1/2 to 6, but older siblings are also likely to have a good time, even if they won’t admit it. Scandalized by perceived "babyishness," my own 8-year-old roommate had to be dragged to this show ("I’m not going to clap," she warned), but was observed laughing, smiling, and exhibiting other clinical signs of pleasure. Apparently even prolonged exposure to Zac Efron doesn’t make you immune to the guileless, low-key charms of Busytown. DAVID STOESZ Mostly 7 p.m. Fri., 2 & 5:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun., but double-check the Web site for the exact schedule. Ends June 15.
$17-$33. Every week Friday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., June 15, 7:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., June 15, 2:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., June 15, 5:30pm
Cirque du Soleil
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Marymoor Park $55-$210 Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from Thu., April 24 until Sun., June 1, 8:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., June 1, 4:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., June 1, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., April 27 until Sun., June 1, 1:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., April 27 until Sun., June 1, 5:00pm
Fathers and Sons
Unlike some of Michael Bradford’s contemporaries, whose attempts to address a variety of social issues leave the audience overwhelmed, Bradford’s Fathers and Sons is a tribute, albeit a depressing one, to the power of the theater. Though it’s billed as an exploration of what it means to be a man, the play also tackles love in a romantic but complex way and war in a straightforward yet gut-wrenching way. After Marcus Goodwater (Reginald Andre Jackson) inadvertently loses his son at the park, his wife Yvette (Tracey A. Leigh) rages off to her mother’s, insisting that Marcus kill everyone he sees until he finds her baby. His formerly non-communicative, drug-addicted father, Leon (William Hall Jr.), chooses this moment to fly in and reconcile their relationship, but he’s haunted in turn by the ghost of his own father, Bernard (Wilbur Penn). Leon is sure of his mistakes but unsure how to fix them, and Bernard seems sure he hasn’t made mistakes, though no one else would agree. While time shifts between the present, where Marcus deals with his father and searches for his son, and the past, where we see the budding romance of Marcus and Yvette, Fathers and Sons maintains nonstop, fluid motion. BRENT ARONOWITZ Mostly 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; double-check Web site for exact schedule. Ends May 25.
$10-$55. Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from Tue., April 29 until Sun., May 25, 7:30pmEvery week Friday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., April 27 until Sun., May 25, 7:30pm
Medea Knows Best
Major props to Nebunele (“little crazies”) Theatre for their major prop: a giant TV screen, complete with volume control, through which characters hopped to enter the play’s Pleasantville-esque reinterpretation of ancient Corinth. Jason (Laurence Hughes) and Medea (Heather Persinger), sans Golden Fleece, vault into Corinth and are greeted by three sinister, singing Stepford Wives, who cheerfully assure us they “don’t have sex, just babies.” Jason inevitably falls to the charms of a lullaby moon (Davie-Blue) and the sturdy cross-stitches of “Corinth, Inc.” begin to fray. Local co-playwrights Alissa Mortenson (also one of the wives) and Claytie Mason tune Euripides’ tenuous sympathy for the hell-hath-no-fury stereotype of a woman scorned at a higher pitch by shredding the myth of a quiet town and a happy marriage one ’50s cover song at a time. JENNA NAND 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. Ends May 25.
$10-$15. Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., May 8 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pm
The History of Fashion in Flight
“If the airline industry had a baby book, 1930 would surely be an important page,” the Museum of Flight tells us. It’s because that year, Boeing Air Transport hired eight young nurses to fly as cabin attendants—and the rest is his (and her-)story. Today the museum unveils their extensive flight attendant uniform collection (who knew it had one?!) for this temporary exhibit that’s going to thrill fashion and costume buffs, or anyone with a fancy for mid-century kitsch. From the jaunty pillbox hats and sleek boots of the ‘50s and ‘60s to the onslaught of taupe and sensible loafers later on, it’s incredible to think of how women, and their roles in the workforce, evolved along with the fashions. In “The History of Fashion in Flight”, a dozen complete uniforms are showcased, representing several airlines and dating from the ‘30s to the ‘90s. Prepare for “ooh”’s, “aah”’s, and maybe even some groans from those who know that sometimes it’s “vintage” for a reason. Museum of Flight, 9404 E. Marginal Way, 764-5720. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Daily. Through June 2. RACHEL SHIMP
Ron van der Ende: Motor Memory
Dutch artist Ron van der Ende, who was born in Delft (home of the famous blue porcelain dishware), here makes his U.S. debut. “Motor Memory” renders manufactured machines as oversized, hand-wrought bas-relief figures. Those on display include a Boeing 727, the S.S. Roosevelt (the schooner used for Robert Peary’s historic but ill-fated North Pole expedition), and two Citröen DS automobiles (those beautifully streamlined and iconic French sedans with their adjustable hydraulic suspension). The title of this show (through June 10) refers both to the motor-powered objects being modeled and van der Ende’s time-intensive manual recreations of same. His fragile reproductions of vintage vehicles are made of balsa and scrap wood. Yet in a gallery, free from rust, they may outlive their inspirations. OkOk Gallery, 5107 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-6242, www.okokgallery.com. Free. 6-10 p.m. ADRIANA GRANT
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 10 until Tue., June 10
United Artists Retrospective
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Your Job Sucks!
Wing-It Productions’ latest improv pageant is a silly and sensational celebration of office idiosyncrasy. After collecting “job applications” from the audience, HR coordinator (and show director) Stephani Thompson polls her patrons for employment gripes. Whether you secretly suspect your cubicle mate of poisoning your coffee, or your work merely bores you to tears, this spirited cast promises to “Turn your crappy job into a hilarious comedy show!” Saturday’s performance featured the employees of Your Job Sucks Airlines, a company charged with manufacturing airplane interiors and selling them back to their parent corporation. Points of interest—both, amazingly, rooted in actual audience experience—included coworkers complaining of “popcorn lung” and the introduction of rave culture into the workplace. Though the show begins at 12:30 a.m., fairly late for working stiffs, it’s worth waiting up for: The cast is excellent and the cost of a ticket is a small price to pay for the ability to giggle at ordinarily irksome office dynamics on Monday morning. Theatergoers are guaranteed to come away with proof that, while perhaps their jobs couldn’t get much worse, they could certainly get a lot more awkward. VIRGINIA ZECH Saturdays at midnight:30 (i.e. Sunday morning). Ends May 31.
$8. Sat., April 26, 12:30amSat., May 3, 12:30amSat., May 10, 12:30amSat., May 17, 12:30amSat., May 24, 12:30amSat., May 31, 12:30am
Cornish College Junior Dance Company
Their spring concert includes contemporary and classical works.
Octava Chamber Orchestra
Music by Bach, Hal Owen, and Andre van Haren from this adventurous string orchestra.
Onyx Chamber Players
Chamber music by Brahms, to complete the Onyx's season-long survey: the Piano Trio in B and the late Clarinet Trio.
Seattle Youth Symphony
Stephen Rogers Radcliffe conducts four orchestral showpieces by Beethoven, Ravel, and Strauss.
Rabbit Hole
ReAct Theatre presents a staged reading of David Lindsay Abaire's play, to whet your appetite for the full run that'll open their'08-'09 season.
Answered By Fire
The quest for independence in East Timor, including disputed 1999 ballot results, is documented. (NR).
Michale Graves, Fall From Grace, Nim Vind, James Hunnicutt & the Revolvers, the Dead Vampires
all ages
La Finta Giardiniera
Love makes people do crazy things--like impersonate gardeners--in Mozart's opera, presented by the UW Schools of Music and Drama and directed by Claudia Zahn.
Enertia Dance Company
Their spring concert, "Montage," includes work by Rob Kitsos, artistic director Danielle Payton, and others.
International Ballet Theatre
Giselle, starring Natalia Toriashvilli and Yuri Andreev from the St. Petersburg State Academic Theatre of Ballet.
$20-$45. Thu., May 15, 7:30pmFri., May 16, 7:30pmSat., May 17, 2:00pmSat., May 17, 7:30pmSun., May 18, 2:00pm
Aedonis
Music by gay composers from this men's vocal ensemble. At Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood, 3 p.m. Sun., May 11; Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 4139 42nd Ave. S.W., 8 p.m. Sat., May 17; and Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 Third Ave. W., 3 p.m. Sun., May 18.
Cascadian Chorale
Music of several centuries. At St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, 4228 Factoria Blvd. S.E., Bellevue, 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 17, and at Plymouth Congregational Church, 1217 Sixth St., 2:30 p.m. Sun., May 18.
Jesse Brown: The Village Green
A show of drawings and paintings by this artist/designer and the Creative Director at Artworks. A last hurrah before he moves to Chicago. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends June 12.
Aida
Scooping the Seattle Opera's August production with the Elton John/Tim Rice version. Opens May 14. 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., also some Sat. matinees and Tues. & Sun. evenings; see Web site for complete schedule. Ends July 6.
$20-$55. Every week Sunday from Sun., May 18 until Sun., July 6, 2:00pmEvery week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., May 14 until Sun., July 6, 8:00pm
Akeelah and the Bee
Eleven-year-old Akeelah (Keke Palmer) talks all “ain’t” and “giiiiiiiiiirl, please” on the scrappy streets of south L.A., but she progresses up the Scripps National Spelling Bee with mixed feelings. Her deceased father inspired her fascination with words, but her eternally hardworking mother (Angela Bassett) doesn’t see any use in the competition. The plot of this Starbucks-endorsed 2006 movie is as recycled as the cardboard cup holding my grande non-fat chai latte. Yet I found myself waiting impatiently for the seasoned Laurence Fishburne, playing her tutor, to run through his maudlin lines so Palmer could get back to doing her sassy, sweet spelling thing. (Note: Saturday show at 4 p.m.) (PG) SARA NIEGOWSKI.
Annie Get Your Gun
Seattle Musical Theatre presents Irving Berlin's musical. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun.; also 7:30 p.m. Thurs., May 23. (No show May 24.) Ends May 25.
$25-$35. Thu., May 22, 7:30pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 9 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 11 until Sun., May 25, 2:00pm
Barton Fink
Meh. The Coen brothers' 1991 hotel of Hollywood horrors has always left us cold. All clogged drain pipes and claustrophobia, the film stars John Turturro as an eggheaded playwright (similar to Clifford Odets), who's not too proud to decline a lucrative screenwriting job. John Goodman is the mysterious, cheerful stranger who befriends him. There's a lot of venom directed toward Tinsel Town (where the Coens have generally disdained to work), made bearable by occasional moments of slapstick. (R). BRIAN MILLER.
Anna Skibska: Follow the Line, the Path to Form
Ribbons of glass filament constructed into a site-specific installation piece. $7. Tues.-Sun. Ends September 21.
Fri., May 2, 6:30pm-7:30pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., April 8 until Sun., September 21
Black Panthers Film Series
Films document the Black Panther movement, connected to the current exhibit of photographs by Stephen Shames. (NR) Odegaard Library, Room 220. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 19.
Daily from Mon., April 7 until Mon., May 19, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Camp Fuzzywanna
Unexpected Productions' "interactive kids' show featuring a cast of puppets!" 5 p.m. Sun. Ends May 25.
house, tree, sun, yard, etc.
A group show curated by long UW art prof Doug Jeck, in which he asked hundreds of his students (grad and undergrad art students) to submit a work on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. Each work contains contains specific elements: a sun, house, a house, tree, yard, fence, and signature. Any media. Free. Mon.-Fri. Ends June 6.
Thu., May 1, 7:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Wednesday, Friday, Sunday from Fri., May 2 until Fri., June 6
Comedy Cornucopia
A dynamic variety of all-local talent and funny business in ACT’s intimate and elegant Bullitt Cabaret theater. Every Sunday through May 25, Justin Freet and Central Heating Lab present a different blend of standup comedy, improv, fringe film shorts, and gloves-off band vs. band battle action. On May 18, Dart Mondo perform; on May 25, Black Daisy. NEIL CORCORAN 7:30 p.m.
Eroyn Franklin and Jenene Nagy: Landmark
Director of Portland’s Tilt Gallery, Jenene Nagy shows colorful, abstract map sculptures. Eroyn Franklin’s maps are notable for what they leave out: a map of New Orleans shows “only those streets remaining that touch Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.” Opens Sat., May 17, 6-9 p.m. Free. Sat. & Sun. Ends June 8.
Sat., May 17, 6:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 17 until Sun., June 8
"Message to Love"
The first phase of a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, “Love” features two of the legend’s guitars, including his Woodstock Fender Strat. The gallery walls are a blank slate for visitors to write comments and reflections. Jan. 26-April 6. Also: Rik Allen's clever glass and metalworks of spaceships and rockets come from a mind fascinated with science-fiction and the future. Through April 25. Also: “American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music,” a bilingual, interpretive, interactive exhibition following the impact of Latinos in American pop music. Through Sept. 7 2008. “Sound and Vision: Artists Tell their Stories,” features more than 100 excerpts from the extensive oral history archives of Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum.
Jordan Crane
Limited edition prints and original artworks from this L.A. cartoonist. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 21.
Peter Bagge: Manik Skateboard Launch Party
New skateboard decks from Seattle-based Manik Skateboard, decorated with imagery from Bagge’s comic, Hate. Opens Sat., May 17, 6-9 p.m. Free. Mon.-Sun.
Clicks and Cuts: Sound Retooled
Audio and sculptural artworks made by teens during a workshop taught by Susan Robb last fall. Sound art experiments using circuit bending, tape loops, field recording, and more. Tues.-Sun.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., March 1 until Sun., June 1
Dario Robleto: Heaven is Being a Memory to Others
An installation created from the artist’s 2007 residency at the museum, with research into, and sculptural interpretations of the little-known life of Emma Lamp Frye, wife of Charles Frye. A site-specific work, including 20 paintings from the gallery’s collection. Free. Tues.-Sun. Ends August 10.
Sat., April 26, 2:00pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., August 10
Dario Robleto: Alloy of Love
A 1997-2007 survey of the conceptual artist's work, which has included clothing made from melted Billie Holiday LPs, a smashed cassette tape made with bone dust, and other powerfully music-inspired art. Opens May 17. Curator lecture with Elizabeth Dunbar, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Sat., May 17, 2 p.m. Gallery talk with artist Dario Robleto, Sun., May 18, 1 p.m. Film screening of After Life, Hirokazu Koreeda’s 1998 film about memory, with a talk by Robert Horton. Sun., May 18, 2 p.m. Tues.-Sun. All events are free. Ends September 1. RACHEL SHIMP.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 17 until Mon., September 1
Giggles Comedy Club
Stand-up comedians and other entertainers Friday and Saturday and open mike Thursday and Sunday. On May 16-17, Robert Kelley and Lukas Seeley; May 24-25, Round 1 of Giggles' Laff-Off. See Web site for program details.
Amy Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger: Urban Beach Scenes
Photographs documenting the artist, in retro swim gear, ready for a dip in the unlikeliest of (urban) places. Tues.-Sun. Free. Ends June 7.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., April 10 until Sat., June 7
Shawn Patrick Landis: Suspension of Belief
A household after a flood, crafted from objects suspended in inflated clear vinyl, some of which hang in mid-air. You’ll remember his work from a recent show at Gallery4Culture. Tues.-Sun. Ends July 5.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., May 8 until Sat., July 5
The Hairy Baby
The premiere of Ki Gottberg’s fantastical fable. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., 2:30 & 7:30 p.m. Sat., 7:30 p.m. Sun., May 11, 2:30 p.m. Sun., May 18. Ends May 18.
$6-$10. Sun., May 11, 7:30pmEvery week Thursday, Friday from Thu., May 8 until Sun., May 18, 7:30pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., May 10 until Sun., May 18, 2:30pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., May 10 until Sun., May 18, 7:30pmSun., May 18, 2:30pm
Oscar Tuazon & Eli Hansen:This World's Just Not Real To Me
This two-man (two-brother) exhibit explores temporary shelters, found objects, and utopian architecture. Object-oriented work and site-specific installation pieces are on view, including a structure constructed from six-sided blown glass bottles inspired by Alfred Heineken. The beer company owner came up with a brilliant (and thwarted) solution to third world housing and recycling problems: beer bottles as building blocks. The blown glass bottles on view in the galley are a nod to that unrealized project. More installation work on view at SAM, in a parallel exhibit. Free. Tues.-Sat. Ends May 31.
Sat., April 19, 12:00pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., April 17 until Sat., May 31
Late Nite Catechism
Maripat Donovan’s one-woman show explains everything you wanted to know about the Catholic faith, but were too scared you’d get rapped across the knuckles to ask. Open run. In February the show celebrated its 10th anniversary in Seattle; see Longenbaugh's article here.
Sherry Carver, Peter deLory & Richard Morhouse
Paintings that incorporate photography, with diptychs by Morhouse and deLory. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 31.
Diana Falchuk
She doesn’t talk to angels, she talks to post office boxes. But this month, the local multi-media and performance artist sets up a site-specific installation using the Parlor and Conservatory of this [formerly] semi-private art space, based on the wallpaper that lines them. RACHEL SHIMP Free. Thurs.-Sat.
Dante Marioni: Form, Color, Pattern
More than 20 glass works from the Seattle artist, created over the past two decades.$4-$10. Wed.-Sun. Ends Sept. 21.
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., February 16 until Sun., September 21
The Black Panthers: Making Sense of History
Photography by Stephen Shames Forty seven photographs by Stephen Shames, documenting both public and behind-the-scenes activities of The Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party, in work from 1967 to 1973. Mon.-Sun. Free. Ends May 31.
Geoff McFetridge: In the Mind
An installation by the L.A. artist takes over the east wall of the pavilion: “an over-sized bulletin board complete with out of scale thumbtacks holding up larger-than-life posters.” On view for about one year, until March 2009.
Olympic Sculpture Park Tour
Every weekend, docents lead one-hour tours through SAM’s waterfront sculpture park. Free.
Sugar and Spice
L.A. and Philly photographers Susan Anderson, Amy Stevens, and Alex Prager explore dress-up, drama, and the play of self-decoration. With gorgeously messy cakes, a la Martha Stewart (almost) and lots of dresses. Mon.-Sun. Free. Ends May 28.
Homegrown
Works that explore biology in a range of media, by Renee Adams, Ariana Boussard-Reifel, Shannon Conroy, Misako Inaoka, Kristina Lewis, and Amber Stucke. Free. Fri.-Sun. Ends June 1.
Thu., May 1, 5:00pm-8:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., May 2 until Sun., June 1
Rainier Symphony
Light music by Saint-Saens and others. At Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S. Second St., Renton, 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 17, and Foster High School Performing Arts Center, 4242 S. 144th St., Tukwila, 3 p.m. Sun., May 18.
Oscar Tuazon & Eli Hansen: SAM Next
A two-man (two-brother) exhibit exploring temporary shelters, found objects, and utopian architecture. This installation at SAM–appropriately enough, for Tuazon won the 2007 Betty Bowen award– is parallel to a work located in a remote wilderness. Curated by Michael Darling, this show is the first in a promising new series, Next, focusing on underappreciated Northwest artists. The artist team also shows concurrent exhibit exploring similar themes at Howard House. $13.Tues.-Sun. Ends Oct 26.
Fri., May 2, 6:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 19 until Sun., October 26
Black Art
Works drawn from SAM’s permanent collection, grappling with issues of race, color, and cultural identity. Curated by Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Adjunct Curator and Deputy Director of Education & Public Programs. with pieces spanning 1830-2006. $13. Tues.-Sun. Ends Sept. 7.
$13. Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., May 2 until Sun., September 7
Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective
From painting and calligraphy, jades, ceramics and sculpture, as well as contemporary art in a range of media. $5. Tues.-Sun. Ongoing.
Seattle Cheese Festival
Stroll the Pike Place Market for a walking/tasting tour of some of our region’s—and the world’s—most savory cheeses. The fourth annual festival includes cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, and the winner of the best grilled cheese sandwich cook-off (who will perform a chef demo on Sunday at noon). A plethora of classes are also on offer, though check the website to make sure you can squeeze yourself in with the cheese geeks, as these classes often fill months in advance.
Fri., May 16, 11:00am-5:00pmDaily from Sat., May 17 until Sun., May 18, 10:00am-5:00pm
Jenny Heishman’s Water Mover
The sculptor's first piece of public art, composed with artificial timber pipes and a false boulder. Its movement is powered by rain. A permanent installation.
Anna Summa: Los Angles Punk
Photographs of the LA punk scene, 1978-84, from Black Flag to Siouxsie Sioux. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 25.
Ben Hirschkoff: The Sky Is Not Falling
Hirschkoff continues his explorations into nature, represented by works crafted in industrial materials. With lovely anonymous watercolors in the backspace, in a show titled Provenance. Free. Thurs.-Sun. Ends May 31.
Thu., May 1, 6:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., May 1 until Sat., May 31
A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman
Chuck Close’s larger-than-life daguerreotypes capture the sensuality of skin, in all its imperfect beauty. Friends and colleagues of the artist seen here: Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, and Lorna Simpson. Printed (in 2003) with praise poems by slam-poet Bob Holman. $6.50-$7.50. Tues.-Sun. Ends June 15.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., February 26 until Sun., June 15
Teatro ZinZanni
Their new dinner-theater show is called "A Suitcase Named Desire." 6:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 5:30 p.m. Sun. Open run.
$104-$155. Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 6:30pmEvery week Sunday, 5:30pm
Dale Chihuly: Baskets, Cylinders and Drawings
New works by this best-known glass artist. Artist reception: Sat., May 17, 5-8 p.m. Free. Tues.-Sun. Ends June 8.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 10 until Sun., June 8
Brian Tolle: Stronghold
Best known for his Battery Park Irish Hunger Memorial, New York based Tolle has installed a new work on the UW campus. A stump measuring 23 feet in diameter and crafted from cedar two by sixes, Stronghold is a nod to the many enormous old growth trees that once populated the UW camps. Free.
Well
Lisa Kron's semi-autobiographical meta-play, presented by ReAct Theatre. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 & 7 p.m. Sun. Ends June 1.
$6-$15. Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 2 until Sun., June 1, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 4 until Sun., June 1, 2:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 4 until Sun., June 1, 7:00pm
To Do List
Friday, May 16
Bike to Work Day
We need Bike to Work Day for the same reason we need Mother’s Day, or ... More>>
City Hall, Fri., May 16, 7:30am
Clinic, Shearwater
Clinic bears an unfortunate, much-mentioned resemblance to the
Beatles—... More>>
Neumo's, Fri., May 16, 8:00pm, $13 adv
Nas, D. Black, Grynch, DJ Nphared
How will Nas top his declaration that a nuclear winter had smothered
hip-ho... More>>
Showbox SODO, Fri., May 16, 8:30pm, $37.40 adv./$40
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