By the time you get to the end of our huge-ass calendar of events, the sun will be shining and warm. Think of it!—Folklife and SIFF underway, June just around the corner, the Mariners playing, the kids nearly out of school. Before then, however, as you’ll read in the pages ahead, there will be shows to see at Teatro ZinZanni, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Satori Group; Julia Tai will be waving her baton at Philharmonia Northwest and the Seattle Modern Orchestra; Peter Mountford will be touring the U.S. with his new novel; and Etsuko Ichikawa and Gary Hill will complete their current gallery shows and be making new art. So summer will have to wait a little longer; there’s much to see before then. Brian Miller

TEATRO ZINZANNI’S ANKI ALBERTSSON, 
PORTRAIT BY RICK DAHMS