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I caught the local premiere of Cavalia at Marymoor Park last night. If you see only one show this year, make it this one. In addition to the astonishing stagecraft of this show–which includes 80,000 gallons of water–the simple relationship of humans and horses is celebrated. The audience’s eyes were as flooded as the stage.
Odysseo by Cavalia is a 30-million dollar ode to horses and humans created by Normand Latourelle, …more…
I donned my gay holiday apparel for this afternoon’s Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC) matinee at Benaroya Hall. These guys–all 300 of them–never cease to impress me with their originality and unity.
For their 34th season opener, the group welcomed Broadway and TV star Levi Kreis, as the guest artist for the opening weekend of their holiday offering , Play it Again, Santa. In 2005 Levi released his debut album and has …more…
Who says there’s no entertainment in Snohomish County? I just caught the latest offering from Village Theatre, the hilarious musical-on-wheels, XANADU. Through November 17, the Everett Performing Arts Center presents the “totally awesome power of love…and leg warmers.”
Real-life husband and wife Jessica Skerritt (Kira/Clio) and Dane Stokinger (Sonny Malone) perform together in the spirited tongue-in-cheek musical comedy based on the 1980 film of the same name. The musical score includes …more…
Luminasia was such a hit during the Washington State Fair that it has been extended for the next three weekends, including Sept. 27-29, Oct. 4-6 and 11-13. This is a once-in-a-lifetime attraction, located on the west side of the Washington State Fair Events Center, and it shouldn’t be missed.
The traditional form of Chinese lantern-making has been modernized, taking it into the 21st Century. Two acres of outdoor space has been …more…
I caught Richard Marx’s show at Seattle’s Neptune Theater on Friday. A surprisingly eclectic crowd didn’t let the soggy evening dampen their enthusiasm for this magnetic performer’s solo acoustic set.
Marx’s debut single, “Don’t Mean Nothing” and self-titled debut album kicked off his career as a solo artist in 1987 and went on to sell three million copies. His 1989 follow-up CD, “Repeat Offender,” sold more than seven million copies worldwide. …more…
Tonight I had the difficult choice to attend a cage-fight at the casino, or to see a violinist. I chose the latter: Amadeus Leopald, formerly known as Hahn-Bin. His eccentric talent is not to be missed.
Fused plastic and acrylic portraits of abstractions by Paula Maratea Fuld at Gallery 110.
Seattle’s lively gallery scene fires the imagination with innovative takes on well-worn artistic genres and edgy reinventions of cultural clichés. Here’s how some of our favorite galleries are turning art on its head in the coming weeks.
Portraits Redux
Gallery 110 (110 3rd Ave. S) is hosting a double exhibition now through June 2 that shakes up the …more…
Seattle’s innovative improv comedy company, Wing-It Productions, home of Jet City Improv, will host “Laugh for the Future”, their 20th anniversary bash this Saturday at Hotel Deca in the U-District. Featuring free beer, wine, hors d’ourves and entertainment by the Jet City player, the troupe will look at the past 20 years and look forward to the next 20.
The troupe’s social media currently features “blasts from the past” – video, …more…
Photo of Mater Matrix Mother and Medium multimedia performance by Rodrigo Valenzuela.
An intricate 250-foot fiber web of brilliant blue and white flows around the Alki Courtyard at Seattle Center, just north of Key Arena—Mater Matrix Mother and Medium, an ever-evolving art installation by Seattle-based multi-disciplinary artist Mandy Greer. The crocheted river twists and winds its way around columns and trees, rising up to 15 feet overhead.
This masterpiece also formed …more…
Emmy and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will launch her debut world tour at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle this Wednesday, May 9th. Chenoweth will perform songs from her latest album Some Lessons Learned, as well as an array of her most memorable songs and Broadway show tunes, including music from Wicked, Promises, Promises, and Glee.
Chenoweth won a Tony Award for her role as Sally Brown in the Broadway musical …more…
Springtime in Seattle generally brings showers. They are very like the winter showers we’ve had, and the summer showers to come, but they are warmer than the winter version, and accompanied by budding trees and flowers. Spring is a welcome arrival. Sadly, it also means the end of the season for many of our music organizations. Seattle has a wealth of festivals, camps and workshops through the summer, but for …more…
Great week downtown! I checked out the Belltown Pub’s sassy new edibles, which included this decadent fried mac n’ cheese with spicy marinara! Who says that the Paula Deen holds the patent on delish deep-fries?
At 6:30 pm on May Day, er, Dog Day, May 1st, the Pub will host a “Who Let the Dogs Out” canine social party to kick-off its specialty menu for dogs and their people. While the …more…
While it remains to be seen who the future stars will be, there is no doubt that there are some remarkably talented young musicians in the Classical vein emerging around the world. The competition for the limited slots available on the world stage is fierce, in part because we seem to have gotten better and better at finding, training, and nurturing talented young people.
On one hand, this is sad because …more…
Sohoyini Dance and Drum
In the language of the Dagomba people of Northern Ghana, “sohoyini” means ‘one heart’, which is the perfect emblem for the diverse group of artists coming together to form this joyous dance and drum company.
The mission behind SD&D is to unite cultures through the celebration of the music and movement of traditional African rhythms. With the U.S. company based in Seattle, Washington and a second company …more…
Lindsey Carr. "Gifts From The Red Barbarians." Acrylic ink and gold leaf on watercolor paper. Courtesy of Roq La Rue and the artist.
You won’t find Lindsey Carr’s Pavo Simulacrum in Audubon’s The Birds of America. And you won’t find a pulp novel or a vintage burlesque poster quite like Handiedan’s mischievous pin-up girl collages. These two contemporary artists subvert familiar images and styles—naturalist painting for Carr and the pin-up …more…
Camilla d'Errico at the 2012 Emerald City Comicon. Photo by Elisa Mader.
Last weekend, roughly 53,000 fans swarmed the Convention Center downtown to attend the Emerald City Comicon, a gathering of the crème-de-la-crème of the comic book industry and one of the largest US fan conventions devoted to comic book arts.
ECCC is a colorful barrage of visual stimulus. Enter the main exhibition hall, squeeze past fans dressed as stormtroopers, the …more…
“The only person who needs forgiveness is the one who doesn’t deserve it.”
Opening on Good Friday at Ghost Light Theatricals in the Ballard Underground, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot examines the concepts of betrayal, regret, destiny and forgiveness through exploration of the choices and life of Christianity’s public enemy number one.
From Tony-nominated Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, this reality-bending courtroom drama portrays the fate of the notorious Judas Iscariot, which …more…
Li Chen. Earth Piercing Fire, 2008. Clay, rope, wood structure. 35 7/16 x 33 11/16 x 51 3/16 in. Courtesy of the artist.
This week, Seattle plays host to On the Edge, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)’s 46th annual conference, celebrating the cutting edge of contemporary ceramic arts. From Mar. 28 to 31, thousands of ceramic artists, educators and lovers of pottery and sculpture from …more…
Walk through new media artist Susie J. Lee’s Rain Shower (2007) at the Frye Art Museum, and you become a part of the piece.
As you cross the dark, seemingly empty gallery, patterns of light fall on you, and you are bathed in a subtle, sensual barrage of sound and soft color. Sometimes you hear whispers, sometimes singing, and at other times booming and crackling, overlaid with slow, tinkling piano music. ...more...
I just caught Redmond’s Evergreen Family Theatre’s production of the rock musical Godspell, running through March 24th. Local theater standout Dan Niven portrays Jesus, the “Chief Clown”. Composer Stephen Schwartz describes this character as “high energy, charming, funny, gentle but with strength.” ...more...
In the hands of a rock musician it can shake a sports stadium, so it is ironic that in its original form the guitar is one of the quietest of the standard instruments in western music. It has been said that the Classical guitar doesn’t so much sound quiet as distant – that may be true, but in reality it is easily overpowered by most orchestral instruments. ...more...
A Capitol Steps performance can proudly claim to be the only place in America where audiences will find the two candidates running for President onstage singing show tunes. Founded by Congressional staffers, the group is currently celebrating it’s 30th year of existence while having recorded 31 albums. Darlings of the NPR crowd, no political viewpoint is safe from their talented wit. Especially creative was a musical number spoofing the financial problems of Greece, performed to the music of the Broadway smash, Grease. ...more...
Seattle Art Museum is the only United States stop for Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise, a landmark show highlighting the synergy between Paul Gauguin’s work and the art and culture of Polynesia. The exhibition, on view through April 29th, includes nearly 60 of Gauguin’s brilliantly hued paintings, sculptures and works on paper, which are displayed alongside 60 illuminating examples of Polynesian sculpture. Organized by the Art Centre Basel, the …more…
Bold, briny and blue! This weekend marks the 26th anniversary of the Penn Cove MusselFest, held on Coupeville’s historic waterfront.
Historic Coupeville celebrates these delectable mollusks March 2nd through March 4th. With an art studio tour, chowder tasting, mussel eating competitions and activities for all ages, this year promises to be filled with culinary delights and local fun.
Photo by Darrell Scattergood.
Festival activities start with a stop by the MusselFest Headquarters …more…
Double figure, ti’i. Late 18th century. Wood, 24 x 22 13/16 in. Society Islands, Tahiti. The British Museum, London.
Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise at the Seattle Art Museum tells not one powerful story, but two.
Rarely, if ever, has a major exhibition on post-impressionist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) dedicated such attention to the arts of Polynesia, which Gauguin discovered at the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. Their primal, symbolic forms …more…
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