SEATTLE ART & PERFORMANCE QUARTERLY Vol. 1, No. 2 Summer 2012
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GENIUS AWARDS SHORTLIST
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SUMMER ARTS CALENDAR STARTS ON PAGE 21
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seattleaandp.com COVER ART
The cover of this issue is by Genius Award visual art finalist Amanda Manitach—but not because we like her more than her fellow finalists. Sarah Bergmann’s work will be featured on the cover of the June 14 issue of The Stranger, and Dan Webb’s on the June 28 cover. THEATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 5
Intiman’s insane summer. ART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7
A review of Christ’s clothes. CLASSICAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7
A review of Jupiter.
SUMMER CALENDAR Visual Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Classical & Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Readings & Lectures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Festivals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7 To get an event listed in the fall A&P calendar, send it by August 1 to the corresponding address:
Python-skin bookbinding. POETRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7 Two aphorisms by James Richardson. OPERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9 Rebecca Brown on gigantic women. GENIUS AWARDS . . . . . . . . p. 10 The 2012 shortlist.
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THE SEASON THAT WAS
BRIEF REVIEWS OF THINGS WE SAW THIS SPRING May Day riots: Smashy. Chihuly Garden and Glass: Tempting. Rachel Maddow at Town Hall: Nice-smelling. Dina Martina: Ample Wattage!: Pig in a blanket of talent. Gary Hill’s glossodelic attractors at the Henry: Have you ever really looked at your hand? Wynne Greenwood at Lawrimore Project: Heady. Britta Johnson at Gallery4Culture: Mesmerizing. Hide/Seek at Tacoma Art Museum: Too gay. Riddled at Hugo House: Too soon. Exit, Pursued by a Bear at ArtsWest: There was no bear. Bed Snake at WET: Sexy. The Pitmen Painters at ACT: The pits. Or, at Seattle Rep: Oddly punctuated. The Miraculous Mandarin at Hing Hay Park: THINK OF THE CHILDREN! Spring Awakening at Balagan: Barely breathing. Cherdonna and Lou at Velocity: Transcendent transdance. Oklahoma! at 5th Avenue: Hipster racism (minus hipsters). Trimpin at On the Boards: Too much talking. Madama Butterfly at Seattle Opera: Better than basketball. Hoodies Up! at Rainier Valley Cultural Center: Intense. Sweet Nothing at Annex: Sweet, nothing. Cafe Nordo’s Cabinet of Curiosities at Washington Hall: The venue was the star. SIFF: Still thanking sponsors. Devouring Time at Western Bridge: No!!! Please!!! Change your minds, Ruth and Bill!!!!!!!
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The Lineup Interviews with Three Individuals Involved in Intiman’s Insane Summer Season
Intiman Theatre, which abruptly collapsed in 2011, is in the middle of producing a thrilling high-wire act of a summer festival to save itself: Four plays at once, with a small group of actors playing roles in multiple shows simultaneously. For more about the shows—Hedda Gabler, Romeo and Juliet, Dirty Story, and Miracle!, a drag-show version of the life of Helen Keller created by Dan Savage—see the theater calendar on page 26.
Questions by Brendan Kiley Portraits by Kelly O
Ryan Fields actor, firefighter
Andrew Russell
artistic director
Hannah Victoria Franklin actor
You’re 29. Aren’t you a bit young to be the artistic director of a Tony Award–winning theater? I don’t know! [Starts to say something sarcastic, then stops himself.] I should take this more seriously. The plan was to curate a four-play festival from this group of people—some of them seasoned, some not at all seasoned. Are you intimidated by this prospect? It doesn’t feel outside of my grasp—yet. Our motto here is “It’s just theater. Let’s make it good. But it’s just theater, and the world will keep spinning.” Where are you from? Born, bred, and buttered in West Lafayette, Indiana. How did you get into this high-profile predicament? The theater closed in April, and I proposed this festival to the board. They said yes, but first we had to complete a successful fundraising campaign. It was like: “Congratulations! Your vision is great, and now we have to raise a million dollars! Your job is contingent on raising the funds for your own salary! Let’s do it!” It’s an experiment. In retrospect, that sounds bananas… “In retrospect”? You’re only 29 and you sound like a grandpa. It sounds like “retrospect” wisdom because there’s been so much trauma in the past year. So, yes, I feel like I’m 80 years old. Why did you decide to try and save Intiman when so many older, more seasoned people had walked away? I can’t speak for others, but I thought, “I see a possibility here.” I saw there were so many people in this community who were an ornery and agitated bunch—that was so exciting to me. And I’m a stubborn and relentless human being. Q
You’re acting in three of the four shows. Are you losing your mind? It’s pretty wild, that’s for sure. Most days, you rehearse for two shows a day, occasionally three. It’s extremely complicated, and the stage management here is amazing. How are you memorizing lines for three shows at a time? The lines aren’t as complicated as the mind-set—you get immersed in one entire world, then take a fiveminute break, and you’re in a different world. One moment, you’re mining the depths of your soul [for Hedda Gabler], and the next moment, you’re in a clown outfit and high heels dancing to Diana Ross [for Miracle!]. Where are you from? I’m from Colorado—I’m a mountain kid. I was not a great student in high school, and in community college I realized, “Oh no, it’s gonna be theater!” But I boarded that train 11 years ago, and it just picked me up and took off—it’s like I joined the circus. What’s it like being directed by Dan Savage in a drag musical about Helen Keller? [Laughs] Dan and I have some similarities in that we’re both really sensitive, loving people in our hearts but outwardly very provocative. You can tell that he cares about people, even when he’s making fun of them. What’s the best-case scenario for this insanely ambitious project? Like any theater project—that people connect to their own humanity in a big, public place with lots of other people sitting around them. Worst case? I fall flat on my fucking face in high heels during a drag number. Q
Wait, you’re a firefighter? I’ve been a firefighter for 10 years. I started testing when I was 18: written tests, physicals, psych tests. It’s similar to acting—you have a run of auditions. But my dad is a firefighter; my brother is a firefighter. So I knew sort of what the job entailed. How did you get into theater? I grew up in the South End of Seattle, Columbia City. I went to Franklin and in my senior year to Roosevelt. I took some acting classes in high school and after that went to Freehold. I found some instructors I really liked [Charles Waxberg, Amy Thone] and took some private classes. I’ve been going out and auditioning since I was about 26, nine years or so. But I have kids, so it’s a fine balance. I have a 6-year-old, a 3-year-old, and a 6-weekold. I don’t want to be in rehearsal and missing out on their lives. How much sleep are you getting these days? Some nights, five hours. Some nights, if I’m working at the fire station until 8 a.m. and have rehearsal at 10 a.m., I don’t really sleep at all. You’re in Hedda Gabler and Romeo and Juliet. How do you keep all that straight? It’s tricky. I’ll get home from rehearsal, put the kids to sleep, say good night, then go down in the basement and look at the script and run lines and think about the history of these characters. Then I wake up in the morning and do another—I alternate. How’s your wife dealing with all this craziness? My wife is very patient. Very patient—and very busy. Q These interviews have been edited and condensed.
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Fashion of the Christ by Marti Jonjak
POETRY
Aphorisms 116 and 92
A Critique of What Jesus Is Wearing in Dalmasio Scannabecchi’s The Flagellation
By James Richardson
A knot is strings getting in each other’s way. What keeps us together is what keeps us apart.
Dalmasio Scannabecchi’s The Flagellation—up all summer at Seattle Art Museum—presents a stark reminder from our darkest past. Back when those dowdy lace-up booties were absolutely everywhere: Christ’s assailants do well in tripping our paths, clogging our eyes, and fitting modest-cut, scoop-neck frocks with so ridiculously slinky—as if one’s feet had been elasticized waistbands, and caredipped into a tub of leather batter. ful accessorizing transforms each style, expressing individuality.
The boutique wants you to think you’re collecting, the discounter that you’re stealing. James Richardson’s sixth collection of poetry, By the Numbers, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2010. He teaches at Princeton University.
Or pair a cult bonnet and fluffy bangs for a softer look.
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The low-slung, metal ridge helmet adds the right touch of menace.
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COURTESY OF SEATTLE ART MUSEUM / PHOTO BY SUSAN DIRK
What Are All Those Things in It? By Catherine R. Smyka
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his box of sharp metal tools belongs to Joel Radcliffe, a master bookbinder who recently made a new cover and spine for an old book out of genuine python hide. His shop, Ars Obscura, shoved into the basement corner of the Grand Central Arcade in Pioneer Square, is dimly lit and lightly covered in wooden shavings, paper scraps, and bits of ancient leather. Ars Obscura offers a wide range of services: creating blank journals from scratch, crafting props for movie and theater sets, building archival boxes for old texts. But the staff prefers restoration; they’re currently repairing rare books from 1704 and 1716. They’re the last remaining bookbinders in Seattle to create, preserve, and restore books by hand. But Radcliffe, who’s been doing this for 37 years, says, “We don’t try to be everything to everyone anymore. We can’t solve everyone’s cockamamie designs.” He recently turned down a project involving wood and metal: Those materials just aren’t his thing. The main focus—and challenge—for Ars Obscura’s restorations is to match the tone and color of a book’s existing ancient covering. “We try to work invisibly,” Radcliffe says. “It’s 95 percent preserving the original flavor.” Q
CHARLES MUDEDE REVIEWS JUPITER
(That’s a Photo, Not a Painting)
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upiter is, to our eyes, a stunning symphony of folds—white clouds folding brown clouds, brown clouds folding blue clouds, light blue clouds folding dark blue clouds. What kind of beauty is this? And why is it able to stir the deepest parts of our souls? Essentially, we are impressed by a world that is totally inhuman, unlivable, unthinkable. This confusion of clouds is alive in the deadest sense possible. It’s matter behaving only as matter. Matter violently thrown this way and that by spin, wind, and pressure. Even our extremophiles (microbes that live in the
most acidic, hottest, and coldest parts of Earth) would call Jupiter a living hell. But it’s precisely Jupiter’s thoughtless hugeness that protects our thoughtful, music-making planet. Jupiter is big and dumb; Earth is small, delicate, and intelligent. The layer of life on our planet is not deep and is vulnerable. Sixty-five mil-
As usual, Jesus’s outfit gets mixed reviews. His loincloth manages to be both spare and voluptuous, and the trailing drapery brings a Next time, why not grab a polo shirt to set a nice little swing to the seat. But classy yet relaxed tone, and a fun pastel color with his narrow build, going says: “Sure, things aren’t ideal, but since we’re topless just means he’ll have to here, we should make the best of it. Say, fellas, work harder to divert attention after this, let’s go to Macarena by the mall. It’s from his caved-in chest. dollar drink night and they have Big Buck Hunter.”
lion years ago, an asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. (This was lucky for us; mammals would still be small and hiding in the night if the dinosaurs were not exterminated by that asteroid.) But, as the UW professor Peter Ward points out in his book Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, hits by comets and asteroids would be more common if we did not have Jupiter protecting us. Jupiter’s huge size and powerful gravity draw and deflect these life-threatening balls of ice. In 2009, a comet hit Jupiter with a force more powerful than a million Hiroshimas and left a scar the size of the Pacific Ocean. We got the brains; Jupiter got the brawn. Q
It’s precisely Jupiter’s thoughtless hugeness that protects our thoughtful, music-making planet.
This stunning image of Jupiter is by NASA and will be one of the many high-definition images shown during Seattle Symphony’s performance of Holst’s The Planets. July 12–14, Benaroya Hall, www.seattlesymphony.org, $17–$110.
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The Matrix
SUMMER CONCERTS JUNE 28 & 29
The Matrix Live: Film in Concert Don Davis, conductor / Seattle Symphony
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JULY 12— 14
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Gigantic Women Fantasies About the Fairer Sex—Plus My Own Fantasy Opera by Rebecca Brown
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Photo: Stuart Isett
Turandot was Puccini’s last opera, left in- the same name. Gozzi had been inspired by the ne of the best bad science fiction movies of all time is Attack of the complete at his death. As he neared the end tales Marco Polo collected on his travels to the 50 Foot Woman. Here’s the plot: of his life, the composer hoped, as he let his East and recorded in Il Milione. (This book Mrs. Nancy Archer is a wealthy heiress, librettists know, “to strike out on new paths.” also inspired Italo Calvino’s modern masterrecovering(ish) lush, and recent releasee Though his earlier work had been incredibly piece Invisible Cities.) One of the stories in Il from a funny farm. She’s married to a worth- successful, Puccini began to feel it was, com- Milione is about a Tartar princess who is, acless jerk named Harry, who is messing around pared to what he wanted to do, burletta, or cording to an opera guide I read, “of gigantic with a trollop named Honey. One night, driv- farce. His previous operas had been set in stature.” She’s a really buff lady looking for ing alone in the desert, a tipsy Mrs. Archer more or less realistic worlds (the two other a mate who can best her in battle. Most guys runs into a UFO driven by an alien who looks Puccinis slated for the 2012–2013 season, La can’t, so she kills a bunch of them before she like a giant Mr. Clean. Though Mrs. Archer Bohème and Suor Angelica, are set, respec- finds her match. When she does meet him, doesn’t realize it, this encounter of the she’s torn between being attracted to him cinematic kind infects her with a slowand wanting to kill him. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman acting form of giant-becoming-itis. When Many writers (Schiller, Goethe, Giacoshe tries to tell the police (one is comishould be turned into an opera. sa, et al.) adapted this battle-of-the-sexes cally innocent like Radar in M*A*S*H; story before Puccini. One of the things the other is comically dour like everyone It’s got a ton of great opera-type that sets Puccini’s version apart is what in Dragnet) that she had an encounter he does with the character of Liu. One things going on in it. with a UFO, they don’t believe her. Soon of the female slaves, Liu is, unlike her thereafter, Mrs. Archer becomes 50 feet gnarly mistress, a vulnerable, earnest, intall. After escaping the chains in which she tively, in 19th-century Paris and 17th-century nocent girl who sure enough dies of love. As if has been imprisoned, Mrs. Archer unleashes Sienna), and most of them centered on a Suf- no matter how hard he tried to deviate from her woman-scorned fury against Harry, his fering Woman who usually dies of love. In Tu- the Suffering Woman archetype that had popHoney, and the astonished town. Harry dies randot, he wanted to try something different: ulated his work before, Puccini simply couldn’t in her plus-sized hand while Mrs. Archer ex- a fairy tale setting, a mythic conflict, a strong conceive of a story without one. and triumphant female herpires in grief. Maybe because he couldn’t forget a little This movie should be turned into an opera. oine. lady or two in his complicated personal The Turandot story It’s got a ton of great opera-type things going life. Puccini had lived, for many years, on in it: illicit love, betrayal, rube public ser- entered Italian culwith a fiery, married (though not to vants, political commentary, an exotic strang- ture via the 18thhim) woman, Elvira Gemignani. Only er, and a female character who is very much century playwright after the death of her husband were Gozzi’s fiaba chilarger than life. she and Puccini able to make Attack of the 50 Foot Woman: The Opera nese tragicomica their arrangement legal. Elvira would fit perfectly into Seattle Opera’s up- (tragicomic Chiwas fierce and passionate and coming 2012–2013 season. Of these six shows, nese fable) of fiercely, passionately jealous. the titles of five—Turandot, Fidelio, La She became convinced that Bohème, Cinderella, Suor Angelica—are Puccini was unfaithful, and in the names of or refer to female protago1909 accused their maid, Doria nists. The one opera this season that is not Manfredi, of having an affair titled with a female name or role is La Voix with her husband. Puccini and Humaine, a one-woman show about one Manfredi both denied the afwoman’s voice. Three of the protagonists fair, but Elvira kept insisting. Worn die or are defeated, one gets to marry the down by the accusations, the maid prince, and one rescues her man from poeventually killed herself. Elvira was litical imprisonment. Each of these women sued for damages, Puccini had to dominates her opera like a giant. pay, and in some ways he never Case in point, the season opener: Tugot over it. The tragic females randot. Turandot is a fairy tale about in his realistic early work bea pissed-off princess who has been gan to pale compared to the real wounded, like the pre-50-foot Mrs. women in his life, so he looked to Archer, by a guy. Determined to get larger—mythic—stories as if they back at males, Turandot executes evcould give insights into human beery suitor who doesn’t please her. The havior that realism could not. As last time Seattle Opera mounted Tugreat a work of art as Turandot is, randot (1996 with Jane and as much as Puccini may have Eaglen), the production wanted it to, it doesn’t solve the coordinator trawled problems of envy or anger or around women’s gyms misdirected love or what to do and clubs to find fewhen our emotions get bigger male bodybuilders to than we can handle. Perhaps the cast as members of composer of Attack of the 50 Foot Turandot’s AmazoWoman will fare better. nian court. I was I propose the following cast: teaching a class on Mrs. Nancy Archer: Stephopera at a junior anie Blythe high that year, and Honey: Anna Netrebko we took a bunch of The Giant Alien: Plácido kids to see a dress Domingo rehearsal. They Harry: Jack Black loved it all, but the Two Policemen: Simon thing they were most Pegg, Nick Frost E impressed with was “all the Doctors, scientists, townsfolk, RC O F KE MI really buff ladies.” etc: the entire cast of Lost. Q
Northwest Premiere from LEWIS BLACK! Comedian and contributor to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show
Jesus Hopped the A Train June 14 – 30 Muscular and urban, Jesus Hopped the A Train takes a closer looks at what it means to be a ‘good person.’
Cordaviva June 22 Seattle’s own 9-piece AfroLatin dance band returns to ACT with infectious beats and gorgeous vocal harmonies.
Construction Zone June 25 New play reading series: June features The House That Jack Built by James Still.
Carrie Clark and the Lonesome Lovers June 28 Part whimsical, circus-inspired folk music, part radiating, anywhere-but-here soul music.
The Great Soul of Russia July 10 Reading series from members of The Seagull Project: July is “The Golden Age of Russian Literature”
REPRESENT! July 17 – 22 A Multicultural Playwrights’ Festival featuring eSe Teatro, SIS Productions, Pratidhwani, and The Hansberry Project.
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or the 10th anniversary of the Genius Awards, we’re doing something new: Everyone who’s already won a Genius Award will vote to select this year’s winners. You won’t just have to take our word for it anymore! On the following pages, you will find the three finalists in each category: art, theater, literature, film, and music. These finalists have been selected by the critics at A&P and The Stranger, who spend the whole year looking at, listening to, and writing about the city’s cultural output. There is no application process, no paperwork—nothing except a bunch of people with strong opinions sitting around arguing about who’s making the most fascinating stuff right now. In our collective opinion, all of the artists on the shortlist this year deserve a Genius Award. Here, we explain why. At the end of the summer, the League of Geniuses—every Genius Award winner so far—will cast their votes for this year’s fresh Geniuses by secret ballot. Geniuses will only vote in their own area of specialty. A&P and Stranger critics will vote as well. The winners will be revealed live at the Genius Awards party on September 22 at the Moore Theatre. Runners-up will leave with ridiculously lavish gift packages, and five newly crowned Geniuses will each get a check for $5,000, as well as a giant, disgusting cake. The no-strings-attached GET YOUR TICKETS! grants are made possible this year Genius Awards, September 22, Moore Theatre by support from the Snoqualmie ToSuper-Awesome Musical Guest: To Be Announced! bacco Company and Liquor Store, $12 advance, $18 at the door the Space Needle, Sparkman Cel$50 VIP: drinks, snacks, private lounge lars, STG, and Amazon.com. (And— All proceeds support the Genius Awards why not?—you, too! To donate, go to strangertickets.com strangergeniusawards.com.) And now, the shortlist:
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Sarah Bergmann, Amanda Manitach, Dan Webb… page 11
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Lori Goldston, Master Musicians of Bukkake, THEESatisfaction… page 12
Literature
Ellen Forney, Ed Skoog, Kary Wayson… page 15
Theater
Keri Healey, Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey, Grady West… page 16
Film
Drew Christie, Megan Griffiths, Shaun Scott… page 19 To read profiles of past winners, visit thestranger.com/genius.
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Sarah Bergmann’s Pollinator Pathway is a series of gardens in parking strips that are providing pollinating insects with a new thruway, biologically reconnecting two areas of the city. capture the light, the views, the birds—but, she says, “it was BS!” Missing from her paintings were the buildings, parking lots, plastic bags. How to capture the entire system? She stopped painting, moved to New York, and found herself at an environmental ad agency working with, of all companies, Walmart, causing her to read up on distribution systems and pollinator decline. Walking in Manhattan one day, a bird suddenly fell at her feet. Migration, pollination, it all came together: She needed to create a project in her green home city of Seattle, where her mother had once selected her preschool according to how many plant species grew along the walk. Tiny yellow “road” signs (for insects and bees to read!) dot the Pathway gardens if you kneel down to look. Bergmann hustles for grants, works mostly for free, and collaborates with property owners, botanists, beekeepers, and urban planners. Back in the studio, she’s painting a new naturalist book, after Audubon, that reintegrates humans in nature. “You know, a naturalist book with semitrucks.” She’s shy. But her art wants world change. JEN GRAVES
the heart,” Manitach wrote, breathlessly, in a prose poem for an artist zine.) At the same time, “I’m trying to approach ritual or liturgy in art. I’m alluding to the interconnectivity of the erotic experience and a religious or spiritually ecstatic experience.” She’s thrown out the baby but kept the bathwater, as another artist once told her. In her monochrome drawings and rainbowbright videos—“I suck at painting; I don’t paint”—she is trying to cause heart attacks, of a sort. She wants to evoke “that feeling: a palpitation.” JEN GRAVES
hand throwing the sign of the horns— rock out, man—thrusts up, perfectly carved in wood, from a four-foot slab of rough and uncarved wood. Connecting the arm to the slab are carved chain links. Rock is one of Dan Webb’s latest sculptures (going on view in August at Greg Kucera Gallery), and it embodies the reason he began carving back in 1990, during his final year at Cornish: “It just seemed badass.” At Seattle Art Museum, a local art historian was fooled into believing that Webb’s carved Shroud was actually fabric. Another of Webb’s pieces, Little Cuts, is a series of photographs he took as he carved a head, then whittled it away to sawdust. At the end of the row of photographs sits a Plexiglas box containing the dust. Webb made Little Cuts
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Amanda Manitach
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he unseen history of Amanda Manitach’s ecstatic drawings and videos is her actual experience crawling, crying out, and rolling around on the floors of the neocharismatic churches of her Texas childhood while her father preached. Tongues were spoken. Humans barked, roared, and hissed. There was hysteria, and it was called good—as opposed to the symptoms of the 19th-century “women’s condition” that Manitach later came to love and also to imbue into her art. Using just pencil on paper, she summons writhing visions of wadded-up fabric that appear to have been exorcised of some wild force. Or florid, syphilitic labia. Her videos might picture her mashing her foot into a stiletto that already contains a pool of bruise-blue paint and a piece of soaked bread. Or masturbating. (You
see the ceiling she saw, then an electric shade of green that flashed on the screen when she dropped the iPhone to the ground.) Manitach is an atheist. “Christianity is so silly and so erotic and so infantile,” she says; some of her favorite images are from the sexy crucifixion scenes in Jesus of Nazareth, the campy 1977 TV miniseries. (“When the body of Christ was autopsied, there was found one wandering uterus that had moored itself in the chest cavity, near
Amanda Manitach says, “I’m alluding to the interconnectivity of the erotic experience and a spiritually ecstatic experience.”
Rock is one of Dan Webb’s latest sculptures, and it embodies the reason he began carving: “It just seemed badass.” as his brother was dying of brain cancer; it serves as an unforgettable memorial. He’d decided to become an artist at the age of 16, when he saw a picture of Robert Rauschenberg’s late-1950s sculpture Monogram, a taxidermied goat wearing a rubber tire and standing atop a painted/collaged surface. He’d always made things, but, he says, “this was something you could enter on multiple levels.” What was missing from the late-20th-century art he was studying “was making something that was astounding, that was just fucking awesome.” Something intellectual, but pre-intellectual. As Webb likes to say, “Before art, there was carving.” JEN GRAVES SUMMER 2012
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Music SHORTLIST Master Musicians of Bukkake
Lori Goldston
THEESatisfaction
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ellist Lori Goldston can be a raging classical virtuoso, the live score to an art movie about wolves, improviser for the dead inside a columbarium, or backup to the world’s biggest grunge band. Or she can open for Paul Krugman. At Krugman’s recent talk at the Sorrento Hotel, Goldston and vocalist Jessika Kenney are told to provide “peace and serenity”— tinkling Muzak—while people take seats. Instead, they wait for showtime and, to a
Lori Goldston’s vision of music is vast, which is why her gigs range from Latin rock to drone doom. spellbound crowd, perform an improvised Persian-influenced duet. Goldston’s vision of music is vast, which is why her gigs range from ceremonial (Krugman) to Latin rock (El Pegaso) to drone doom (Earth). “I’m extremely, pretty radically undogmatic,” she says. “I’m from the suburbs—the town on Long Island next to Levittown” (the firstever mass-produced bedroom community). “I really have an idea that it’s not good for things to be hemmed in.” Even the pet rabbit in her Ballard home is sitting outside its cage rather than inside it. In conversation, Goldston is highly distractable. Restlessness is a great quality for a musician, maybe an inherently musical quality. As a kid, Goldston studied every form of music she could find: chorus, orchestra, band, jazz band, cello and guitar lessons. She dropped out of Bennington College after studying music for a couple years (“restless”), and in 1986, came to Seattle to
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be close to the ocean (“I didn’t look closely enough at a map”). Hustling for money, she met an artist who owned a chimney sweep company, and became, very briefly, a chimney sweep. The connection, improbably, led to a phone call from Krist Novoselic and touring with Nirvana. “Then I just went back to playing in some free improvised gallery.” Now she’s in demand by everyone, everywhere, for everything. JEN GRAVES
Master Musicians of Bukkake
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hen Caucasians take inspiration from other cultures’ musical vocabularies, the results are usually ridiculous. But when the Caucasians in Seattle group Master Musicians of Bukkake siphon influences from other cultures’ sonic vernaculars, the results are sublime and arcane. The group’s handle is a self-deprecating goof on Moroccan trancemusic legends Master Musicians of Jajouka. Deploying a grotesque form of Japanese porn in their name reminds band members
When Master Musicians of Bukkake siphon influences from other cultures’ sonic vernaculars, the results are sublime and arcane. never to take themselves too seriously. Over the last seven years, MMOB have been assimilating elements from northern African trance music, Indonesian gamelan, Tibetan monk rituals, and krautrock to form a
distinctive brand of global-music subversion. Live, MMOB favor unpredictability, dramatic lighting, and dry ice. Dressed in medieval clergymen robes and beekeeper headgear, MMOB strive to remove “self from the performance and make it an experience that transforms the space for us and the audience,” with the aim of sabotaging “the trappings of a standard rock band and the distracting focus of rampant individuality onstage,” explains keyboardist/producer Randall Dunn. Thus swathed in mystery, MMOB let their music do the talking, in many exotic tongues. MMOB have created a strange, uncompromising body of work that somehow appeals to heavy-metal fans, psych-rock aficionados, and avant-gardists. Their early days were marked by an undisciplined raucousness, but changes in personnel and a shift in priorities spearheaded by Dunn have resulted in a core group of players whose dexterity and diversity match their adventurousness. Their most recent project is a trilogy called Totem, which is alternately eerie, euphoric, psychedelic, and grave—sometimes terrifying, sometimes spiritually uplifting, always intriguing. Their next two albums— an all-synthesizer opus and an all-acoustic, Popol Vuh–like work—could be their most genius moves yet. DAVE SEGAL
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n 2008, THEESatisfaction came out of the blue with a richly original rap style— rich for its connections to a wide variety of black American musical sources (blues, soul, jazz, rock, funk, funkadelic, sonic fiction) and original for the odd and often unexpected ways these elements were recombined. Their debut, Snow Motion, expressed a gift for making beats that were low-tech but catchy, funky but without any reliance on
traditional song structures or hooks. There is never a beginning, chorus, middle, chorus, end in their work. With THEESatisfaction, you enter a track in the middle and leave in the middle. “Everything we put out is about progression. That’s what matters to us—getting better at what we do,” explains Stasia Irons, sitting next to her collaborator, Catherine Harris-White. “When we started, we didn’t know anything about music, about computer programs—nothing. So when we made a track, it was like: What can we do at this time? What can we make with what we know and what we got? And as we got
THEESatisfaction came out of the blue with a richly original rap style— rich for its connections to a wide variety of black American musical sources and original for the odd ways these elements were recombined. more and more involved, the sound of our music progressed.” Their second album, awE naturalE, produced by Erik Blood and released by Sub Pop, made clear to everyone that Snow Motion was not a fluke. True, the records have different production values (awE sounds bigger and fuller), but they share the same experimental, lyrical, and melodic brilliance. If you have any doubts about their genius, then check out the video for “QueenS.” As with the track, it begins somewhere in the middle of an amazing party. CHARLES MUDEDE
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Literature SHORTLIST
Kary Wayson
During the War I lived in two houses, one apartment, took notes on a cocktail napkin and a record store receipt my salary almost covered. I abandoned my longing to be more serious, and grew out my hair. Summer, I shaved to bury my mother, mourned a full season on the couch, television bright across shag carpet.
Ellen Forney
The train I rode around America was empty; the country was half-empty, like the zoo on Monday. I wept at the president, threatened to barefoot across the border, but in the end only rolled down the window to wave at a stranger who looked familiar.
More of the Same But even with my mouth on your thigh I want my mouth on your thigh. At the center bite of bread I want the whole loaf toasted, and an orange. On a sunny day I want more sun, more skin for the weather. I’m in Seattle wishing for Seattle, for this walk along the water, for her hand while I hold it: I want to tie my wrist to a red balloon. I’m counting my tips. I’m counting the tips I could have made. I want the television on, the television off. In the ocean, I want to float an inch above it and when my father finally held me like a stripe of seaweed over his wet arm, I was kicking to get away, wishing he’d hold me like he held me while I was kicking away. Listen to me. I want to leave when I’m walking out the door.
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hances are, you’ve encountered Ellen Forney’s cartoons in The Stranger. For years, she’s published how-to cartoons, illustrated sexy Stranger reader personal ads, and drawn covers for the paper. (Much of that work has been collected in two books from Fantagraphics: I Love Led Zeppelin and Lust.) With the possible exception of Stranger Literature Genius Jim Woodring, Forney is the best cartoonist in Seattle. Her curvy, self-assured line work is deceptively simple, and her fastidiously designed page layouts are easier to read than to not read: Each page of Forney’s cartoons has been intentionally crafted to suck your eyes in at the top left corner and release them, sated, at the bottom right. For the last four years, Forney has been at work on a sustained narrative completely unlike anything she’s ever done before. (“The last year in particular was like running a marathon,” she says.) The resulting book, a graphic memoir called Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me, is the kind of transformative work that changes an artist’s career forever. Marbles is the shockingly honest story of Forney’s life with bipolar disorder. It’s a massive leap in form and content from her other work. The relationship between the pictures and words has changed—at times, the pages look less like comics and more like handwritten illuminated manuscripts. As
Forney demonstrates the manic ups and terrible downs of her mind, she also investigates some deeper questions: How much of her art (and the art of hundreds of other geniuses through history) is wrapped up in being bipolar? It’s completely unlike any other book on mental illness you’ve ever read. PAUL CONSTANT
Ed Skoog
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ou can’t swing a stick at a Seattle-area reading without hitting Ed Skoog. Partly, that’s because he takes up space—he’s a broad, tall man who changes the weather patterns in a room just by sitting quietly. But mostly, it’s because he’s everywhere: in the audience of events celebrating local writers, attending readings by visiting poets, teaching writing classes over booze and ice cream at Hugo House, or headlining the APRIL Lit Crawl with a cheap-beer-soaked reading in a parking garage. The Seattle literary community without Skoog is an unthinkable thing. Does he ever worry about overexposure? He shrugs. “Everything seems interesting, especially in the last couple of years,” he says. Seattle’s literary community “has shown a remarkable level of intensity and vitality,” creating lots of “exciting and valuable” work. But this kind of vibrant community, he says, is “fragile—it probably will disappear, and I don’t want to miss it.”
This frenetic availability is at odds with what Skoog believes to be the duties of a poet. “Poetry works because of its silence and its reserve as much as its exuberance,” he says. “What happens before the poem and what happens after the poem” is as important as the contents of a poem, and the poetry that he chooses not to write is just as important as the books he publishes. This restraint produces razor-sharp, lucid work that is at once stately and striking. His debut collection, 2009’s Mister Skylight, feels full of novels, about the death of a parent, about drinking, about repurposed asylums, about home and leaving home: “My last look around the house,” he writes in “Season Finale,” “took so long that the vine/climbing the rosebush climbed/into my eyes.” Such potent imagery is shoehorned into three and a half lines; then there’s that double “climb,” at the beginning and end of the third line, giving an impression of difficult but inexorable progress, of rising. Just imagine all the words that aren’t there. PAUL CONSTANT
Kary Wayson
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ary Wayson leads a double life. Even though she’s won a Pushcart Prize, appeared in Best American Poetry 2007, and published a debut collection of poems in 2009 called American Husband, “I’m very much a waitress named Kary,” she says. “Many people have no idea
that I write poems.” She doesn’t fully occupy the restaurant world because she’s not very social, and she isn’t a part of the literary scene because, since age 17, she’s spent her nights waiting tables. Her work, too, is riddled with doubles. Her favorite rhythm is two syllables, or pairs of double syllables: “But I myself/will by myself/beside myself/be sitting—right/where she should be—” she writes in a recent poem, referring to a “daughter,” a word that appears again and again in her poems, even though Wayson doesn’t have one. “I guess I was also the mother to my mother,” she said the other day, when we were talking about her life so far. Her mother was in and out of psychiatric hospitals when Wayson was little, and divorced by the time Wayson was 5. She and her mother no longer speak, even though they look exactly alike, and Wayson sometimes runs into her mother’s twin, who lives nearby. Wayson’s main subject—filial anxiety— makes her do a lot of second-guessing. She called her dad when she was chosen for Best American Poetry 2007, then called back to ask him if she should pull the selected poem because it calls him a “bitch.” Plus, there’s the whole second life of sorts that came with her recent decision to date men after 20 years of dating women. In a new poem, she writes: “It’s new to be beautiful/and boring. It’s like counting to two/and turning around/ and counting to two again.” CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE SUMMER 2012
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Theater SHORTLIST Keri Healey
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ver the years, playwright Keri Healey has written extraordinarily funny and extraordinarily frank comedies—with sharp doses of tragedy—that have been rejected by regional theaters across America, mostly because of their sexual content. Artistic and literary directors who read the first 10 pages tend to love them and ask for more, Healey said in an interview a few weeks ago. But they balk when they get the whole thing, saying stuff like “I’m not sure our audiences are ready for this.” (Confidential to regional theaters: That attitude is part of what’s killing you.) This March, Seattle audiences got to watch Healey’s already prodigious gifts as a writer take a jet-fueled leap forward with her play Torso. One part of it was loosely based on a real-life murder between siblings she knew growing up.
Grady West Zoe Scofield
Keri Healey pulled the magical trick of turning people into monsters and back into people again. The other part involved a woman (loosely based on herself) spending a night riding around with a taxi driver, trying to make sense of the murder while struggling with homicidal urges of her own. With Torso, Healey pulled the magical trick of turning people into monsters and back into people again. There’s a word for that—empathy—but her depth of empathy, which informs all of her work, is rare in any writer. Midway through Torso, a sad-clown type of man walks into a living room, covered in blood, twitchily explaining how he’d just clumsily murdered his brother (over a relatively paltry sum of money). The man’s sister grabs a plastic kiddie pool and hoses him off while he talks. And while we recoil from him— covered in his brother’s blood, real Cain and Abel stuff— Healey carefully built the play so we genuinely feel bad for this dumb and pathetic murderer, slathered in gore. That is genius. BRENDAN KILEY
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Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey
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enius isn’t static. It grows, sometimes in slow-motion evolution and sometimes in violent fits and starts. Watching the staged visions (and sometimes fever dreams) of dancer and choreographer Zoe Scofield in the past four years has been a revelation not only for the dance-watchers of Seattle, but for the world. Scofield and her partner, the designer Juniper Shuey, have disassembled dance and put it back together again, smashing together the rigidity of ballet with the innovations of modern dance and installation-style design. They have caked their dancers in white makeup, drawn little red lines on their lips, coated them in gold leaf, projected images of them falling nude and in slow motion onto the stage, had them sit on chairs and bark at each other like dogs, and had them draw rough silhouettes of each other on
Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey smash together the rigidity of ballet with the innovations of modern dance and installation-style design.
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rady West is a tall, handsome, quiet guy with a friendly smile and a great eye for art (his collection of paintings, some piled up along the walls of his home, is legendary). But the reason he’s on this list is Dina Martina, the explosively gauche drag persona West has been channeling onstage for the past 20 years. For those who do not know, Dina Martina is a singer who cannot sing, a dancer who cannot dance, and an absolutely atrocious thing to behold—bulging out of spandex with labia barely restrained, her face vandalized with makeup, sometimes with a Tootsie Pop tangled in her hair, Dina is an aggressive atrocity. But from all this failure and ugliness, West makes deep, weird, and profoundly hilarious art. Describing Dina Martina to those who haven’t seen her is a challenge. “She’s brilliantly terrible!” only does so much. A Dina Martina show introduces itself as a train wreck with
Grady West’s explosively gauche drag persona is a brain-bending roller coaster, leaving audiences screaming with laughter. the first notes from Dina’s color-mangled lips. But this train wreck soon veers off course so masterfully, it becomes a brain-bending roller coaster, leaving audiences screaming with laughter. West’s influences range from Divine and the Andy Warhol superstars to wet dogs and panhandlers, but he assembles these elements into razor-sharp satire. As the ultimate talentless superstar, Dina Martina holds a funhouse mirror up to our national preoccupations, from celebrity worship and reality TV to increasingly cartoonish politics. The best Dina jokes can knock the wind out of you. And so long as the earth keeps spinning, Grady West will have material to shove, ever so gracefully, into Dina Martina’s mouth. DAVID SCHMADER
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huge plastic boards while they dance. But while they experiment, they never lose their sense of discipline, the strong and steady lines. If contemporary ballet companies had any sense, they’d be staging works by Zoe | Juniper (their company name) alongside oldsters like George Balanchine and mid-career guys like Benjamin Millepied. Their latest work, A Crack in Everything, is based on the old Greek Oresteia plays (about violence and vengeance in one family, and how one bloody cause leads to many bloody effects) and was developed at residencies around the world, from Hungary to New Zealand to the prestigious MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. The rest of the world is waking up to the visionary talents of Scofield and Shuey. BRENDAN KILEY DAVID BELISLE
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t’s been a very good year for the local animator and filmmaker Drew Christie. In January, his short film Song of the Spindle screened at Sundance, the most prestigious film festival in the United States. On top of that, the short—which is about a whale discoursing with a human—caught the attention of the New York Times. “I got an e-mail from one of the programmers at Sundance,” explains Christie, “and it said that the guys [at the Times] had started a project called Op-Docs. This program was new—it started in November 2011 and partnered with Sundance and other film organizations…” When the New York Times posted his funny, information-rich short Hi! I’m a Nutria—in which a Lake Washington nutria makes a defense for its kind and its habits—on March 18, 2012, Drew Christie’s career left the ground. Christie’s work, which is always strange and surreal in a very smart and compelling way, has three basic components: visual art, cinema, and historical research. Christie developed an interest in visual art while attending Skyline High School, where he found supportive teachers and time to learn the methods and modes of drawing. Credit for his development as a filmmaker goes to the Film School, which he attended 10 years ago while
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beg you to look away, but Griffiths makes looking away impossible, thanks to her deep empathy and seriously intelligent storytelling. Much of Eden’s power comes from what we’re not shown but left to imagine, with audiences piecing together the facts of this horrifying world in time with our protagonist. The film is a masterful creation, engaging our deepest emotions without ever toeing the line of exploitation. Had Eden been made by an 80-year-old Scottish auteur, I’d sing its praises just as highly. That Eden was made by a woman who lives in our city is cause for celebration. DAVID SCHMADER
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haun Scott’s 2009 documentary Seat of Empire is, in a sense, a failure. The sprawling 193-minute documentary about the history of Seattle isn’t a failure because it’s bad or because Scott lacks talent—it’s too ambitious, too massive, too much of everything. In another sense, it’s a great success, because Scott pulls off something new: blending the mixing art of a hiphop DJ with the narrative and visual intelligence of an experimental filmmaker. Empire looks like the work of a genius. Same goes for Waste of Time, a documentary he completed in 2010. It concerns the history of consumer culture in Seattle, and it utilizes analytical tools and methods developed by the Frankfurt School to examine the foundations of a society that has no sense of the past or idea of the future, but only the present and its wants—more food, new home, new car. Scott, yes, is an intellectual. Scott was born in Queens, New York, and raised here in Shoreline. He discovered his love for film while attending the University of Washington, where he was studying
Megan Griffiths
Drew Christie’s visual art is the surface of his work, the cinema is what animates the surface, and the historical research is what gives the animated surface its depth. still in high school. (His teacher was Megan Griffiths, who also happens to be one of this year’s film nominees.) As for his interest in history, he credits his genes rather than his education (“Runs in the family”). The visual art is the surface of his work, the cinema is what animates the surface, and the historical research is what gives the animated surface its depth. “I have made live-action films, but I much prefer animation,” Christie says, “because you have a lot more control and can do weirder things.” CHARLES MUDEDE
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irector Megan Griffiths got plenty of love for her previous feature film, The Off Hours, a slow, moody, gorgeously shot portrait of life during the late shift at a roadside diner. The film premiered at Sundance 2011, toured the global festival circuit, earned Benjamin Kasulke an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his cinematography, and won Griffiths the award for best director at the Ourense Film Festival in Spain. But nothing in The Off Hours can prepare viewers for what Griffiths achieves in her latest film, Eden, which premiered at this year’s South by Southwest before screening at the recent Seattle International Film Festival. Drawing on the true story of a perfectly normal American girl who is kidnapped and imprisoned in a sex-trafficking ring, Eden takes viewers deep into the minutiae (second-to-second, day-to-day, year-to-year) of the child sex trade. The 90-minute film navigates plot points so fundamentally horrifying, they
Megan Griffiths’s Eden is so fundamentally horrifying, it begs you to look away, but she makes looking away impossible.
Shaun Scott
Shaun Scott pulls off something new: blending the mixing art of a hiphop DJ with the narrative and visual intelligence of an experimental filmmaker. history. “When I turned 24, I decided to devote my life to making feature films, even if that meant competing with people who were 15, 20, 25 years older than me in the formative stages of my career,” he says. “The field is deep, but I think my focus will set me apart. I’m 27 now, and what you see when you sit back and look at my body of work to date is someone who is preoccupied with time. That explains the pairing of contemporary music with older imagery in Waste of Time; explains the use of jump cuts and archival footage in my first narrative, 100% OFF; and explains my newest project, Pacific Aggression, which is a meditation on loneliness in the age of e-interconnectedness, in the form of a road movie about a travel writer.” Scott’s time is now. CHARLES MUDEDE SUMMER 2012
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WHERE TO EAT (AND DRINK) OUTSIDE THIS SEASON Six Seven at the Edgewater The outdoor seating here is so close to the water, you should have a gin and tonic to prevent scurvy. (2411 Alaskan Way, 269-4575) St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar and Eatery Some local rock-and-roll heroes bought the Rosebud, and the dinky, sweet backyard is back. (719 E Pike St, 245-1390) Volterra Volterraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delicious Italian food plus its lovely courtyard equals a vacation minus the airfare. (5411 Ballard Ave NW, 789-5100) Elliottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oyster House Elliottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is on a pier, and the outdoor seating is all sparkling Sound (with oysters!). (1201 Alaskan Way, Pier 56, 623-4340)
Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art (through Sept 2) is a buzzing, glorious world full of dazzling visions that date back to the 1960sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but extend from the oldest known tradition of artmaking on the planet. The exhibitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 120 paintings, sculptures, and a funerary installation are laid out geographically as the sun rises and sets: you begin with aboriginal artists from the east of what is now called Australia and move west. There are desert rooms and water rooms. Many of the art works are meditative, a few record historical horrors, and all express identities based in the land itself, where the ancestors remain. After the Martini Shot by Mika Tajima (through July 17) includes valuable paintings borrowed from SAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent collection and stashed into storage racks like so much surplus inventory. The show was inspired by two events: the invention of the cubicle and the collapse of Washington Mutual, the bank that once lived right upstairs from SAM, sharing the same skyscraping tower. The permanent collection. In October, a large exhibition of female modern and contemporary artists comes to SAM from the Centre Pompidou in Paris. At some point before thenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the museum has not announced when just yetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the works by men in the permanent collections from those periods will be put in storage, replaced by an all-female lineup. Look for the changeover.
HENRY ART GALLERY UĂ&#x160;{£ääĂ&#x160;ÂŁxĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;x{Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;nä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â&#x2026;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Â&#x2021; >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7i`q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl (July 14-Oct 7) is a traveling exhibitionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in Boston, a lukewarm reviewer called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;the story of vinyl and the people who love itâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;of more than 99 works of sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, sound work, video, and performance by insider and outsider artists from Dario Robleto and Ed Ruscha to Mingering Mike. Put the needle on the
record, see what happens. In the Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Test Siteâ&#x20AC;? room near the entrance is /Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x2021;-Â&#x2C6;`i, with access to locally produced records, â&#x20AC;&#x153;oddities and ephemera,â&#x20AC;? and performances and live record cuttings. Gary Hill: glossodelic attractors (through Sept 16) is the broadest survey of Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in more than a decade. Hill has been proving he was crazy since age 14â&#x20AC;&#x201D;when he began keeping his own psych file to eventually avoid becoming drafted into the Vietnam Warâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a world-famous artist, a Stranger Genius, and a MacArthur Genius. He makes films that are sculptures. This exhibitionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with a changeover of a few pieces at some point in Julyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;includes two large-scale installations and the premiere of a piece called Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;i>Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160;-Â&#x2C6;`iĂ&#x192;. Morning Serial: Webcomics Come to the Table (through June 30)... UW MFA Thesis Exhibition (through June 17)... The Brink Award: Andrew DadsonĂ&#x160;ÂĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;ÂŽoĂ&#x160;In Ruin: Architectural Photographs from the Permanent CollectionĂ&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160; ÂŁĂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2021;-iÂŤĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;䎰
FRYE ART MUSEUM UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x2021;ä{Ă&#x160;/iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x201C;xä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°vĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Liu Dingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store: Take Home and Make Real the Priceless in Your Heart (July 14-Sept 23) features a whole slew of paintings made by workers in a Beijing artreproduction factory, commissioned by the Beijing artist Liu Ding. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his first American solo show. Or, as he might prefer, â&#x20AC;&#x153;hisâ&#x20AC;? first American solo show. Ties That Bind: American Artists in Europe (July 14-Sept 23) is American artists from the collection who lived and worked in Europe, from Sargent to Bierstadt. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concurrent with another collection show, The Perfection of Good-Nature, tracking for the first time the history of art purchases by museum founders Charles and Emma Frye.
OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2122;ä£Ă&#x160;7iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;x{Â&#x2021;Ă&#x17D;£ää]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?iĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;`>Â&#x2C6;Â?Ă&#x17E;]Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Sandra Cintoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Encontro das Ă guas (Encounter with Waters) (through April 14, 2013) is inside the pavilion at the top of the park. The Brazilian artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s installation is a storm of fingery waves rolling crashing across every wall surface, made with blue paint and silver pen. Drown. The regular sculptures and a new installation outside (through September 13). Summer is the time to walk the Z-paths, peer down on the train tracks, and wait
to see the alternating penises in Louise Bourgeoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fountain sculpture. This year itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the time to check out an instructional garden from Stranger Genius Award finalist Sarah Bergmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban restoration installation /Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;*Â&#x153;Â?Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;*>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x17E;. Oh, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free outdoor yoga (and zumba, if you Â&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x17D;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;).
Midsize Museums BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM UĂ&#x160;x£äĂ&#x160; iÂ?Â?iĂ&#x203A;Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; ]Ă&#x160; iÂ?Â?iĂ&#x203A;Ă&#x2022;i]Ă&#x160;{Ă&#x201C;xÂ&#x2021;xÂŁÂ&#x2122;Â&#x2021; äĂ&#x2021;Ă&#x2021;ä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°LiÂ?Â?iĂ&#x203A;Ă&#x2022;i>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Bold Expressions: African American Quilts from the Collection of Corrine Riley (June 14-Oct 7) showcases more than 50 quilts made in the American South between 1910 and the 1970s, using whatever was at hand, from flour sacks to old work clothes. An American folk art form unleashed. Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection (July 11-Oct 28) is the most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials ever assembled. Here are more than 200 gift drawings, textiles, baskets, and furniture. Knitted, Knotted, Twisted, and Twined, a retrospective of the jewelry of Mary Lee Hu (through June 17)... Push Play, a survey of three dozen ceramic artists (through June 17Ž°
BURKE MUSEUM UĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x2021;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160;{xĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;17Ă&#x160; >Â&#x201C;ÂŤĂ&#x2022;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160; x{Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021;xxÂ&#x2122;ä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°LĂ&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;iÂ&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; International Conservation Photography Awards (June 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov 25) is a group show.
CHIHULY GARDEN AND GLASS UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;äxĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;xĂ&#x17D;Â&#x2021;{Â&#x2122;{ä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°VÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x2022;Â?Ă&#x17E;Â&#x2021; }>Ă&#x20AC;`iÂ&#x2DC;>Â&#x2DC;`}Â?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2021;-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; A promenade of rooms, an outdoor garden, and a cafe chronicling Dale Chihulyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series and packages over the years. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the definitive Chihuly experience, despite the sales pitch, but there are highlights, like the cafe, where the artist reveals himself as a master hoarder, and the >VVÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;>Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;.
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NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;ääĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;>VÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;xÂŁnÂ&#x2021;Ă&#x2C6;äää]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â&#x2DC;>>Â&#x201C;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x153;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7i`q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; The Test: The Tuskegee Project (through Sept 30) is the (George Lucas-less) story of the first African American aviation units to serve in US military combat.
NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;ä£{Ă&#x160; 7Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;nÂ&#x2122;Â&#x2021;xĂ&#x2021;äĂ&#x2021;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;`Â&#x2C6;VÂ&#x2021; Â&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Eero Saarinen: A Reputation for Innovation (through Aug 19) is dedicated to the Finnish American modernist architect (1910-1961) known for his curves, like the St. Louis Arch and the TWA terminal at JFK Airport.
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM UĂ&#x160;ÂŁ{ääĂ&#x160; Ă&#x160;*Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;ÂŤiVĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;6Â&#x153;Â?Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iiĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;*>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;x{Â&#x2021; Ă&#x17D;£ää]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; 7i`q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats (through Aug 12) is a cross between the Â?iĂ?>Â&#x2DC;`iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; V+Ă&#x2022;iiÂ&#x2DC;\Ă&#x160; ->Ă&#x203A;>}iĂ&#x160; i>Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E; exhibition that swept the Metropolitan Museum last year and the Indian painting show that mesmerized thousands at SAAM in 2009. Ikats are vivid dyed and woven fabrics from Central Asia. The 19th-century robes in this exhibition are a riot of mixed influences from India, China, Russia, the Arabic world, and Europe. The fabric is iÂ?iVĂ&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;V. Treat yourself before they go back to the Textile Museum in DC, where they live.
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the Collection (June 23-March 2013)... Marie Watt: Lodge, by the Portland artist whose medium is blankets (June 30-Oct 7)... Chihuly: Gifts from the Artist (ongoing).
WING LUKE MUSEUM UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x2021;ÂŁÂ&#x2122;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021;xÂŁĂ&#x201C;{]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Â?Ă&#x2022;Â&#x17D;i°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Asian American Arcade (through June 17) is a great little exhibition about video gaming and identityâ&#x20AC;Ś From Fields to Family: Asian Pacific Americans and Food (through July 15)â&#x20AC;Ś Vintage Japantown: Through the Lens of the Takano Studio (July 8-Sept 16) is vintage photographs of Japantown from the 1930s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40s, â&#x20AC;&#x153;set in an intimate living room scene.â&#x20AC;?
Galleries ART/NOT TERMINAL GALLERY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä{xĂ&#x160;7iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â?>Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021; äĂ&#x2C6;nä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; 23rd Annual Photography Show & Competition (through July 5) is a group show... Larry Corbett: Dimensions, Linda Wilcox: Sole Search, Bush School art show (through July 5)â&#x20AC;Ś Mertiss Thompson: Art of Golf Paintings, Tyee Photography Alliance (July 7-Aug 2)â&#x20AC;Ś Brett Porter: You Imagine Differences, plus Landscapes Unlimited, a group show (Aug 4-30).
ART ON THE RIDGE
UĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;iiÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160;*>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;xäĂ&#x160; 7Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;iiÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160; *>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160;,`]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;n{Â&#x2021;änĂ&#x2021;Ă&#x2021;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°VÂ&#x153;V>Ă&#x160; Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Heaven & Earth IV: Rootbound (June 23-Oct 31) is a group exhibition of outdoor sculpture.
COCA GEORGETOWN UĂ&#x160;xĂ&#x2021;ä£Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2C6;Ă?Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;nÂ&#x2021; ÂŁÂ&#x2122;nä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°VÂ&#x153;V>Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6; Carrie Bodle: Wavelines (through July 13), a video and sound installation.
COLUMBIA CITY GALLERY UĂ&#x160;{nĂ&#x2C6;{Ă&#x160;,>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x2C6;äÂ&#x2021; Â&#x2122;n{Ă&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°VÂ&#x153;Â?Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;LÂ&#x2C6;>VÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;° VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7i`q Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6; Connections and Represent 98118 (May 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 17)... Crossing the Line and Through Our Eyes: Filipino American Artists (June 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug 5)â&#x20AC;Ś Threshold and Latino/ Latina Emerging Artists (Aug 8-Sept 23)â&#x20AC;Ś Art in the Alley, an outdoor arts festival (Aug 18).
CORE GALLERY UĂ&#x160;ÂŁÂŁĂ&#x2021;Ă&#x160;*Ă&#x20AC;ivÂ&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;*Â?>ViĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;{Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x2021;Â&#x2021; {{{{]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;i}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; 7i`q->Ă&#x152; William Rogen: New Botanicals (through June 30)â&#x20AC;Ś Kellie Talbot and Lark Preyapongpisan (July 5-31)â&#x20AC;Ś Weston Jandacka and James Caudle (Aug 2-31).
CORNISH UĂ&#x160;£äääĂ&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x2C6;Â&#x2021;x䣣]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;°i`Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x2030;iĂ?Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;LÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;
Movement Through Air, Water & Land, a group show (through June 30)... Nicole Monahan: This Garden We Call Life (July 1-31)... Small works group show (Aug 1-31).
The Neddy Awards (June 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 18), a group show.
UĂ&#x160;xÂŁĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;nĂ&#x17D;Â&#x2122;Â&#x2021;äĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x2021;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă?VÂ&#x2026;>Â&#x2DC;}i°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q->Ă&#x152; Skin (through June 16) is encaustic sculptures by Deborah Kapoor. Digital Superstitions (Aug 21-Sept 29) is new work from the always-interesting Jonathan Wakuda Fischer, who mixes street art, high-tech, and 19th-century Japanese styles.
ARTS WEST UĂ&#x160;{Ă&#x2021;ÂŁÂŁĂ&#x160; >Â?Â&#x2C6;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;>Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-7]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x17D;nÂ&#x2021; äĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x153;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2021;->Ă&#x152; Tableaux Vivants (through July 7) features five artists.
BHERD STUDIOS UĂ&#x160;nxĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;iiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x153;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Â&#x203A;ÂŁ]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;{Â&#x2021;nĂ&#x17D;{n]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°LÂ&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;° VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7i`q Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;
A&P: SEATTLE ART & PERFORMANCE
COCA
UĂ&#x160;nääxĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;iiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x153;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;x£äÂ&#x2021; Ă&#x17D;{Ă&#x201C;ÂŁ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;`}i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q/Â&#x2026;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;->Ă&#x152;
ARTXCHANGE
22
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CULLOM GALLERY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;äĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x160; >Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;ÂŁÂ&#x2122;Â&#x2021;nĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x2021;n]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° VĂ&#x2022;Â?Â?Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q /Â&#x2026;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160;->Ă&#x152; Eva Pietzcker: Washington Project, Part 1 (through July 14).
DAVIDSON GALLERIES UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;ÂŁĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160;"VVÂ&#x2C6;`iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;>Â?Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x201C;{Â&#x2021; Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x2C6;n{]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°`>Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;`Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x192;° VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q->Ă&#x152; Alexander Petrovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new surrealist paintings (through June 30) with recent prints by Seiko Tachibana.
7i`q->Ă&#x152; Jennifer Emily Dwyer: No Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Land (through Aug 4) is an installation of taxidermy heads made of ceramic and glazeâ&#x20AC;Ś Of Recollection and Collection (Aug 10-Oct 6) is a site-specific installation referencing domestic interiors and photography, focused on the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central stairwell.
FOSTER WHITE GALLERY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;äĂ&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2021; Ă&#x201C;nĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q->Ă&#x152; New work from James Waterman and Mark Rediske (through June 23)... Sculpted books by Guy LaramĂŠe and Cara Barer (July 5-28).
FRIESEN ABMEYER GALLERY UĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;£äĂ&#x160;-iVÂ&#x153;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x201C;nÂ&#x2021;Â&#x2122;xä£]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°vĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x192;iÂ&#x2DC;>LÂ&#x201C;iĂ&#x17E;iĂ&#x20AC;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q->Ă&#x152; Paintings by Meg Holgate and Alexandra Becker-Black (through June 30).
FRANCINE SEDERS GALLERY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x2021;ä£Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;iiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x153;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;nĂ&#x201C;Â&#x2021; äĂ&#x17D;xx]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;i`iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC; Sculptures made of found materials by Mar Goman and Marita Dingus, monotypes by Elizabeth Sandvig of Birds I Have Known From Interlaken Park to Boston (through July 8)... Sumi and mixed-media paintings by Alan Lau (July 13-Aug 12)â&#x20AC;Ś Group show of paintings and works on paper including Eric Elliott, Kimberly Trowbridge, and Michael Howard (Aug 17-Sept 9).
FULCRUM GALLERY UĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x17D;änĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;]Ă&#x160; />VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;>]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;xĂ&#x17D;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;xäÂ&#x2021;äxĂ&#x201C;ä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°vĂ&#x2022;Â?Â&#x2021; VĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x152;>VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;>°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2021;->Ă&#x152; Nightwatchman (through July 14) is a photo installation of dimly lit interiors and exteriors by urban landscape photographer Sharon Styerâ&#x20AC;Ś Visions from the Other Side: Surrealistic Portraits (through July 14) is a group show.
G. GIBSON GALLERY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;ääĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;xnĂ&#x2021;Â&#x2021; {äĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°}}Â&#x2C6;LĂ&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7i`q->Ă&#x152;
Tribute to Dale Yarger (opening July 1, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 pm, through July 10)
PUSH (through July 7), a group show of artists who teach and work in photography, including Paul Berger, Ellen Garvens, Eirik Johnson, and Rebecca Cumminsâ&#x20AC;Ś PULL (July 12-Aug 17), a group show with works by Cris Crites, Laurie Danial, Harold Hollingsworth, and Zack Bent.
FETHERSTON GALLERY
GALLERY 110
FANTAGRAPHICS UĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;ä£Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x160;6>Â?iĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;xnÂ&#x2021;䣣ä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° v>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;>}Ă&#x20AC;>ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;q-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;
UĂ&#x160;nÂŁnĂ&#x160; Ă&#x160;*Â&#x2C6;Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2122;{{ä]Ă&#x160;viĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2021; Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7i`q->Ă&#x152; Elizabeth Jameson and Junko Yamamoto (through July 14).
Few and Far (through July 13) is an all-female graffiti collective with artists from around the world, curated by two local members, 179 and Ksera... Little Big Deal (Aug 10-Sept 7) features posable puppets and a stopanimation short by the narrative painter Jeremy Gregory.
FICTILIS
BLINDFOLD GALLERY
THE FIRM
UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;£äĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;xĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2021; äĂ&#x201C;£ä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°vÂ&#x2C6;VĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â?Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; /Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;q Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6; While I was asleep (through June 30): Multimedia diorama/ spectacle by Rani Ban.
UĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x2021;ÂŁnĂ&#x160; Ă&#x160;"Â?Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;]Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;nÂ&#x2021; x£ää]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°LÂ?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;`vÂ&#x153;Â?`}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7i`q->Ă&#x152;
UĂ&#x160;xnÂŁĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x2C6;Â&#x2021;{Ă&#x2021;£ä]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;ivÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;}iÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}iĂ&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2DC;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;LĂ&#x17E;Ă&#x160;>ÂŤÂŤĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Â?Ă&#x17E;
Amateur Landscapes (June 14-July 8) is paintings by Chris Roberts... Journey to Radiant Earth (July 12-Aug 5) features Leann Grimesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting and photography juxtapositionsâ&#x20AC;Ś Artificial Daylight (Aug 9-Sept 9) is George Ciardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photographs of industrial and urban settings
Better Living Through Stereo: David Mazak (through July 7)... Connected: New Work by Wynne Pei and Laura Wright (July 14-Sept 1).
FORM/SPACE ATELIER UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;{äĂ&#x2021;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;{Â&#x2122;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;xäÂ&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;ÂŤ>Vi>Ă&#x152;iÂ?Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x20AC;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;
UĂ&#x160;££äĂ&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x201C;{Â&#x2021; Â&#x2122;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x2C6;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°}>Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;££ä°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; 7i`q->Ă&#x152; Acrylic paintings by Susan Walker, oil paintings by Jim Pirie (through June 30).
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Attempts at Bedrock is a survey of Brian Schoneman, a sculptor/ performance artist whose work “revolves around his creative interaction with soil” (July 5-27)... New works based on the metaphor of flight (from hard times) from Nicki Sucec (May 3–June 1).
GHOST GALLERY UÊ504 E Denny Way, 8326063, www.ghost-gallery.com, open Mon and Wed–Sat Multimedia work by Stranger Genius Award finalist Amanda Manitach and Jonas Bjerre (June 14–July 9). Read more about Manitach in her Genius finalist profile on page 11.
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GREG KUCERA GALLERY UÊ212 Third Ave S, 6240770, www.gregkucera.com, open Tues–Sat Dan Webb (Aug 23-Sept 29): To create his newest work, for an exhibition he calls Destroyer, the Seattle artist is carving the largest pieces of wood he’s ever tackled. Read more about him in his Genius finalist profile on page 11. Quilts by Loretta Bennett and prints by Helen Frankenthaler (through June 30)… Cradle, the gallery’s first one-person exhibition by Portland artist Marie Watt, inspired by wool blankets and the ideas of six degrees of separation and seven generations (the latter an Iroquois notion that our actions are shaped by the last seven generations, and shape the next seven) (July 5-Aug 18)… Ambrotypes by Daniel Carillo (Aug 23-Sept 29).
GROVER/THURSTON GALLERY UÊ319 Third Ave S, 2230816, www.groverthurston.com, open Tues–Sat New works by John Randall Nelson (through June 30)… Encaustic paintings by Alicia Tormey (July 5-Aug 18).
HEDREEN GALLERY UÊLee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, 901 12th Ave, 296-2244, www.hedreengallery. us, open Wed–Sat) The Material Calls: Artists-inResidence at the James and Janie Washington Cultural Center (June 20-Sept 29) is a tribute to a remarkable, often overlooked, part of the current life and history of Seattle art. It includes works by the late James Washington Jr. as well as by the 21 artists who have participated in residencies at the Washington Foundation in the Central District over the last five years, including Charles Parrish, Garric Simonson, and Meghan Trainor. Events include artist talks (June 20), a lecture on the history of the Central District (at the Northwest African American Museum July 28), and poetry and music (at the Hedreen Aug 11).
IDEA ODYSSEY UÊ666 S Jackson St, 4621359, www.ideaodysseygallery. com, open Thurs–Sat ID X ID: New Identities (through June 30) is a selection, by various artists, of tiny paintings based on iPhone photographs taken on mass transit, a series of sculptural canes by an artist who’s a disabled athlete, portrait photographs of what
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a group show of RPG art from games including Dungeons & Dragons and Dragon Age (Aug 11-Sept 6).
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Outside In/Inside Out: The Inner Life of Jack (June 22-Aug 17): On the 50th anniversary of the Jack Straw Foundation, Seattle artist Ellen Sollod transforms the gallery into a camera obscura, “bringing the outside world passing by in real time on to the gallery’s walls, only upside down and backwards.” With an accompanying sound score by Johanna Melamed.
It’s time for another changeup at Lawrimore Project, but at press time, Scott Lawrimore would only say that the current exhibition, Can’t Get There From Here (through June 30) will be the final show in the gallery’s current space in Occidental Square—and that an announcement about the future will come out in mid-July. “I wish I could tell you more,” he said. “Because it’s really awesome.” We shall look into the level of awesomeness as soon as we are able. Until then don’t miss Can’t Get There From Here, a group show set in the tall, glowing white gallery that seems like a chamber of heaven. The artists probe what you want from art: transcendence? Transport? Three large photographs are anchors: A sublime sky over Nevada by Richard Misrach, displayed high like an altarpiece; a portrait of prehistoric underwater life taken at a natural history museum and printed in romanticizing black and white by Hiroshi Sugimoto; and what looks like a field of fog but is glass with potato-chip oil smeared on it by Isaac Layman. Enter the women: Britta Johnson’s wax tomb videos, Amanda Manitach’s ecstatic folds and deferred orgasms, and Serrah Russell’s National Geographic pictures laid on real landscapes.
Jack Straw’s 50th Anniversary Event (June 15-16) is 25 straight hours of music (by everyone from Stranger Genius Award finalist Lori Goldston, whose profile is on page 13, to the Seattle Baroque Soloists), literary readings (by everyone from Doug Nufer to The Stranger’s David Schmader and Riz Rollins), and other kinds of performance—all free and open to the public at all hours.
JAMES HARRIS GALLERY UÊ312 Second Ave S, 9036220, www.jamesharrisgallery. com, open Thurs–Sat) New paintings by Squeak Carnwath (through July 7)… New paintings by Noah Davis (July 12 to Aug 24).
KIRKLAND ARTS CENTER UÊ620 Market St, Kirkland, 425822-7161, www.kirklandartscenter.org, open Mon–Sat) Portland-based artist Geraldine Ondrizek (May 26–27) makes art out of science, weaving in silk or drawing or painting or filming, say, the RNA of a pregnant woman, or metastasized cancer cells. This show is new pieces made from working with UW researchers.
KRAB JAB STUDIO UÊ5628 Airport Way S, Suite 246, 715-8593, www.krabjabstudio. com, open every second Saturday Romantics, nostalgic, lush paintings by Javier Ortega (through July 5)… Resident Firesale! with work by resident artists Julie Baroh, Mark Tedin, and Milo Duke (July 14-Aug 2)... The Art of Role Playing Games is
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LINDA HODGES GALLERY UÊ316 First Ave S, 624-3034, www. lindahodgesgallery.com, open Tues–Sat) The untimely death, in March, of young plein air painter Christopher Martin Hoff, has left a sorry emptiness in the city of Seattle. Everyone knew him, and everyone who knew him, loved him. He seemed to have so many years ahead of painting the streets, the grids, the precise forms of this place, just as they were. This is a memorial exhibition (Aug 2-Sept 1), something like a museum event, with some paintings still available but some borrowed from their grateful owners. SUMMER 2012
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All of Soly CissĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s juicy, confident, expressionistic paintings (through June 30) begin with a black background. Growing up in Dakar, Senegal, his father was an X-ray doctor, and the young artist made his first paintings by attempting to â&#x20AC;&#x153;fixâ&#x20AC;? the broken bones he saw in the dark X-ray films. Later, his teachers told him the rulesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including that certain colors were not African, particularly pink. Pink, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll notice, is a dominant color in his work. Lost Worlds, his first exhibition in the United States, is an arresting array of humans intermingling with other animals against backgrounds of hectic color, graffitilike text, and esoteric numerical codes. Occupy M.I.A (Aug 2-Sept 2) is a group show co-curated with Seattle history remixer/filmmaker Shaun Scott (a finalist for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stranger Genius Award; read his profile on page 19). The exhibition will feature local photographers on the theme of social activism.
THE OK HOTEL GALLERY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Â&#x17D;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° theokhotel.blogspot.com, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fri, Satâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun by appt Neo-Aesthetic is a group show of paintings and drawings by Juliette Aristides and her Gage Academy Classical Atelier students (through June 30).
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PAPER HAMMER UĂ&#x160;ÂŁ{ääĂ&#x160;-iVÂ&#x153;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;nĂ&#x201C;Â&#x2021; Ă&#x17D;nĂ&#x201C;ä]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°>ÂŤiĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2026;>Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat Tellings is paintings by Johanna Nitzke Marquis (through June 30)â&#x20AC;Ś Bouquet: Found or Forgotten is new bodies of work by Hannah Russell, Yael Nov, and Serrah Russell, who have each invited along another artist whose work speaks to them (Aug 2-31).
PATRICIA CAMERON GALLERY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;{Ă&#x160; iĂ?Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;äÂ&#x2122;Â&#x2021; 9096, www.patriciacamerongallery.com, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fri
PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST UĂ&#x160;Â&#x2122;ääĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;äÂ&#x2021;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;° pcnw.org, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun Mary Callahan, Ray Deardorf, and Kaitlin Roos (through July 15) show their graduating work from the Photo Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certificate program in fine art photographyâ&#x20AC;Ś Equivalents: 17th Annual Photo Competition Exhibition (Aug 3-Sept 18).
PLATFORM GALLERY UĂ&#x160;ÂŁÂŁ{Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;nän]Ă&#x160; www.platformgallery.com, open Wedâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat The wink/nod/clue to Robert
Yoderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show (through June 16) is its title: DILF! Under every painted surface, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a porn shot. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the dicks anymore, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there, collaged on first, before anything else. Paintings by Marie Koetje and Mark Schoening are titled Louder than bombs (June 21-July 28)â&#x20AC;Ś. New work by Eric Eley (opening Sept 6).
Amanda Valdez that may look similar but diverge, plus a solo exhibition by the Seattle maker of strange-luscious ceramics and paintings by Nicholas Nyland... Beyond the Western Lands (Sept 5-29) is a sly reimagining of the myths of the American West by Brian Britigan, Adrain Chesser, Steven Miller, and Jeffry Mitchellâ&#x20AC;Ś New work by the painter Susanna Bluhm (Sept 5-29).
PRATT GALLERY AT TASHIRO KAPLAN STUDIOS STEINBRUECK NATIVE UĂ&#x160;312 S Washington St, Studio A1, GALLERY Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;nÂ&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;ää]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Wedâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat Bronze Age: group exhibition (through June 30)... Kiki MacInnis: Surface Plane (July 5-July 28) is work in ink and paper on wood.
PROGRAPHICA UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;{ÂŁÂ&#x2122;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2021; Ă&#x17D;nxÂŁ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;}Ă&#x20AC;>ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;V>`Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x192;° com, open Wedâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat The Back View (through July 14): A group show with a simple, perfect conceit: â&#x20AC;&#x153;work that looks at the world from the backside,â&#x20AC;? from photographs of people turned away to paintings revealing hidden structures. Commentaries: Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Responses to the Land (July 21-Sept 1) is a group show of â&#x20AC;&#x153;landscape from different and unique places.â&#x20AC;?
PUNCH GALLERY UĂ&#x160;119 Prefontaine Pl S, 6211945, www.punchgallery.org, open Thursâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat Natalie Schmidt Dotzauer (through June 30).
ROQ LA RUE UĂ&#x160;2312 Second Ave, 374nÂ&#x2122;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x2021;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;ÂľÂ?>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x2022;i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Wedâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat Death and the Maiden (through July 7) is a group show.
SEASON UĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160;,>Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x160; Â?Ă&#x203A;`]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x2021;Â&#x2122;Â&#x2021; 0706, season.cz, open by appointment only Happiness Rides Wide (July 15-Sept 30) is a series of sculptures and drawings by Seattle artist Mike Simi, who graduated from the UW MFA program a few years ago, and whose work in various mediums is always marked by rude but liberating misbehavior. He â&#x20AC;&#x153;believes that conflict can be a place of beauty.â&#x20AC;? Squeeze Hard (Hold That Thought) (through June 30) is Allison Manchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand-embroidery and Sharon Butlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loose paintings on raw canvas.
SHIFT COLLABORATIVE STUDIO UĂ&#x160;306 S Washington St, #105, www.shiftstudio.org, open Friâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sat and First Thursdays Kerstin Graudins and Ellen Hochberg show new work (through June 30).
SOIL UĂ&#x160;ÂŁÂŁĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x2C6;{Â&#x2021;näĂ&#x2C6;ÂŁ]Ă&#x160; www.soilart.org, open Wedâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat New members show plus The Pugilist by Margaret Meehan, photographs, sculpture, and drawings combining a Victorian aesthetic with medical anomalies (through June 30)â&#x20AC;Ś Sticks and Stones, an immersive installation by Emily Nachison, Anthony Sonnenberg, and Carolyn Hopkins, plus a solo exhibition by Saya Moriyasu (July 5-28)â&#x20AC;Ś Same Same But Different (Aug 1-Sept 1) a show of works by Jay Gaskill, Fabian G. Tabibian, and
UĂ&#x160;2030 Western Ave, 441Ă&#x17D;nĂ&#x201C;ÂŁ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;LĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x2022;iVÂ&#x17D;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;i}>Â?lery.com, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun Priscilla Nieto and Harvey Abeyta: Jewelry Traditions of Santo Domingo Pueblo (June 30-July 15).
STONINGTON GALLERY UĂ&#x160;119 S Jackson St, 4054040, www.stoningtongallery. com, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun Steel the Sun, Feel the Heat is a group show (through June 30)â&#x20AC;Ś Barry Herem: Beyond Beyond (through July 29) is sculpture in the formline tradition made of metal, glass, and woodâ&#x20AC;Ś Journeys: Travels in the Natural and Spirit Worlds is a group show (Aug 2-31).
SUYAMA SPACE UĂ&#x160;2324 Second Ave, 256änäÂ&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x17E;>Â&#x201C;>ÂŤiĂ&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC; deguchi.com/art, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fri AT OWNERS RISK (through Aug 10) is New Delhi-born, Portlandbased Avantika Bawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first show in Seattle. She created a formal, minimalist installation that nevertheless refers to auto-body shops and ramps, and smells faintly (if you really lean into it) of oil. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meant to bring attention to Suyama Spaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history as a home to mechanics, and as part of Denny Regrade, which is easily forgotten but right there in the different levels of floors between the entrance and the gallery. Despite the good, sleuthy intentions, the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elements do not quite coalesce.
TASTY UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x2021;xÂŁĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;iiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x153;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;äĂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2021; 3020, www.shoptastyart.com, open Tuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun Mad Women (through July 12) is paintings by David VonDerLinn and photography by Paula Tade, inspired by Mad Men culture... Creatures Featured (July 13-Aug 31) is a group show for which a third of the sales will go to AmeriCorps efforts to rebuild Joplin, Missouri, after last summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tornadoâ&#x20AC;Ś Summer Street Fair with an art component by Tasty on Greenwood & Phinney (Aug 10).
TRAVER GALLERY UĂ&#x160;££äĂ&#x160;1Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x203A;Ă&#x201C;ää]Ă&#x160;xnĂ&#x2021;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x2C6;xä£]Ă&#x160; www.travergallery.com, open Tuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun Recycle: Flowers and Fields is new paintings on steel and linen by Merrill Wagner (through June 24).
TRUE LOVE ART GALLERY UĂ&#x160;1525 Summit Ave, 227-3572, www.trueloveart.com, open Tuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been into True Love Art Gallery yet, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way past time. The place is adorableâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;part tattoo studio, part gallery, all friendliness and beary-nessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and has a new show of local artists (especially young artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this month includes a high-schooler named Scarlet Willow Luartes) every month. Unknowns mix with those who have been collected
ART CALENDAR by museums (like the upcoming exhibition featuring Adrain Chesser). Make sure this joint is on your itinerary for Capitol Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blitz! art walk every second Thursday of the month. Mixed-media illustrations by Aaron Winnenberg, John Irwin, and Scarlet Willow Luartes (through July 9)â&#x20AC;Ś Wunderkammer, a group show curated by Siolo Thompson including illustrations (by artists including Redd Walitzki, Yvette Endrijautzi, Laura Hines, and Thompson) in the tradition of 19th-century cabinets of curiosities (July 12-Aug 8)â&#x20AC;Ś Photography by Steven Miller and Adrain Chesser (Aug 9-Sept 5)â&#x20AC;Ś Acrylic paintings by H. Lee Porter and Jim Olson, and dolls made of plastic bottles by LONGER (Sept 13-Oct 11).
VERMILLION UĂ&#x160;1508 11th Ave, 709-9797, www. vermillionseattle.com, open Tuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun Ambiguous (through July 7): Photorealistic paintings and spray-painted murals by Jeff â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weirdoâ&#x20AC;? Jacobson. Flash Arcade: Video Game Design (July 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug 4) Tattoo Art (Aug 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept 1): In conjunction with the Seattle Tattoo Expo Aug 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12.
VETRI GLASS UĂ&#x160;1404 First Ave, 667-9608, www. vetriglass.com, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun Jason Christian: Subdued Elegance (through June 30) is the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on FabergĂŠ.
VIGNETTES UĂ&#x160;El Capitan Apartments, 1617 Yale Ave, vignettes.us, each show is one night only Klara Glosova: How to Hide an Elephant (a cover) (June 14) is a solo exhibition of recent ceramic creations by the playful, collaborative-minded Seattle artist (and NEPO House owner)â&#x20AC;Ś Lindsey Apodaca: American Spirit (July 12), recent multimedia and sculptural works involving, among other subjects, â&#x20AC;&#x153;memory, metaphor, icon, longing, too much therapy, issues, sex (lack of), masturbation, treasureâ&#x20AC;? and, among other things, â&#x20AC;&#x153;lunch in middle schoolâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;Ś Live Through This: A Retrospective (Aug 9) is a retrospective of Riot Grrrl-influenced work, including handmade zines, mix tapes, and photographs, created between 1995 and 2000 by â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queer Catholic School Survivorâ&#x20AC;? Leigh Riibe.
WESTERN BRIDGE UĂ&#x160;3412 Fourth Ave S, 8387444, www.westernbridge.org, open Thursâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat New work by Roy McMakin (through June 30), the artist-architect who also designed Western Bridge. The show is called I Continue to Believe in the Potential to Express Hope and Sorrow Through Furniture.
WINSTON WĂ&#x201E;CHTER GALLERY UĂ&#x160;203 Dexter Ave N, 6525855, www.winstonwachter.com, open Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat Sculpture by Julie Speidel and painting by Chris Cox (through June 30)... Painting by Stephen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell and a group show by G8 Glass (through Aug 31).
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E LIZ ABETH JA M ESO N At Fetherston Gallery. gallery.com, open Tuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat Nathan DiPietro (Sept 1-Oct 6), influenced by the regionalist painting of the 20th century, makes homey, reassuring portraits of dystopian landscapesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; real ones, like the Issaquah Highlands, a cookie-cutter subdivision that has taken over the land near where DiPietro grew up. This show is all new works. Sky Journal is sweeping new landscapes by Northwest artist Victoria Adams (through July 7)â&#x20AC;Ś Summer group show highlighting new works by gallery artists including Ken Kelly, Michael Stasinos, and Katherine Ace (July 10-Aug 25).
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JUNE 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24 Seattle Erotic Art Festival They say it will be the biggest ever. (Size queens.) The Seattle Erotic Art Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary by expanding from a one-weekend show into a 10-day-long exhibition of art, performances, short films, spoken word, interactive installations, lectures, burlesque, after-parties, and many other, um, events. The first weekend, SEAF will be a central part of the Fremont Fair, which is when everyone already takes off their clothes and rides around on bikes, and the second weekend of SEAF coincides with Seattle Pride. DAMN! The 2012 visual art jurors are Dan Savage, Ellen Forney, Daniel McGlothlen, Jim Duvall, and Mistress Matisse. UĂ&#x160;155 N 35th St, schedule at www.seattleerotic.org, 18+
JUNE 27 AND JULY 11, 7-9 PM Speed Dating at the Project Room As part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Solutions,â&#x20AC;? The Project Roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big summer topic (the venue tackles a topic a season, rather than limiting itself to an artist or a type of art), Susie Lee has devised this â&#x20AC;&#x153;speed dating eventâ&#x20AC;? for artists and technology workers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;to investigate the nature of problem solving across different fields.â&#x20AC;? On the first date in June, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sit across a table from one another and try to figure out where the hell the other person is coming from. On the second date in July, the whole group will identify problems that need attention and energy, and reflect on solutions. That night is called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dinner and a Movie?â&#x20AC;? There will be chaperones, who will will be eavesdropping and live-Tweeting. UĂ&#x160;1315 E Pine St, www.project roomseattle.org)
JULY 14, AUG 11, SEPT 8, 6-9 PM Draw Attack! at Georgetown Atelier Tenaya Sims studied at Gage Academy in Juliette Aristidesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Classical Atelier, and now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opened a classical school of his own to the south. The school hosts a drop-in live drawing session with a costumed model every month during Georgetown Art Attack. UĂ&#x160;5628 Airport Ave S, Ste 330, www.georgetownatelier.com)
JULY 26-29 The Long Walk For the third year in a row, artist Susan Robb will lead 50 walkers more than 40 miles over four days, from the city of Seattle (this time, starting at Golden Gardens Park) out to the falls of Snoqualmie. Along the way, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see new sides to King County, camp in parks, celebrate with a formal dinner, and experience interactive artworks. Then, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll jump in a car and it will take 40 minutes to get home. The experience of the Long Walk is an experience in stretching time into space. Very recommended (and prepare for blisters). If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to walk but want to witness the spectacle, The MidPoint Mash-Up celebration will be held at McCormick Park in Duvall on July 27. UĂ&#x160;All details at www.thelong walkseattle.com)
JULY 27-29 Bellevue Arts Museum ARTSfair A giant arts fair and festival, with hundreds of booths of painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, performance, artist demos, and food and live music. UĂ&#x160;Bellevue Square and Bellevue Arts Museum, Friâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat 9:30 am-9:30 pm; Sun 9:30 amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 pm, www.bellevueartsfair.org)
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MONTHLY ART WALKS Wallingford, first Wednesday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; Pioneer Square, first Thursday, 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 pm; Fremont, first Friday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; Capitol Hill, second Thursday, 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 pm; West Seattle, second Thursday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; PhinneyWood, second Friday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; Central District, second Saturday, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 pm; Georgetown, second Saturday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; Ballard, second Saturday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; Belltown, second Friday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; Pike Hike, third Thursday, 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 pm; Columbia City, third Friday, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; U-District, third Friday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 pm; International District, third Saturday, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9:30 pm (Mayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug). Go to www.seattle artwalks.org for more info.
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player in Seattle Symphony. Though he broke off to pursue his own career, he oversees classical music at Town Hall and still pops up now and again, including in this program with an all-cello ensemble in a program featuring a commission by musician/DJ/ composer Mason Bates, plus works by Piazzolla, Pärt, Led Zeppelin, and Strauss.
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Persian music and poetry with Ostad Hossein Omoumi and Jessika Kenney (June 30): Do this! Ostad Hossein Omoumi is a Persian classical music master (he performs on the iÞ, the traditional reed flute); he was born in Iran in 1944 and has performed all over the world. He’s now based at UC Irvine, but he’s worked in Seattle before, and one of his students here is the remarkable independent vocalist Jessika Kenney. They’ll be joined in music and poetry by Iranian writer/scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz. It’s the culmination of a four-day Classical Persian Music & Poetry summer workshop at Cornish that’s open to anyone (www.cornish.edu/summer/ courses/classical_persian_music_poetry).
Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman-Santana All-Star Jazz + Rock + Blues
THU 7/19 - SUN 7/22
JAMES COTTON “SUPERHARP” BAND Grammy-Winning Blues Harp Legend!
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RAVI COLTRANE Saxophonist and Composer Deep, Cerebral, Masterful. Touring in Support of New Blue Note Release
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The New Sans Souci and the Patterson Family (June 17): A Baroque-based chamber music concert in a program including horn and viola quintets by Mozart, flute and flute-violin duo concerti by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and the Seattle premiere of Seattle composer Huntley Beyer’s / iÊ >««ÞÊ/>L i.
DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND Funking Up Seattle with New Orleans Style Brass Jams!
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Sweeney Todd summer opera camp production (Aug 17–25): The culmination of Seattle Opera’s teenager summer camp this year is the darkly modern -Üii iÞÊ/ ``, the story of the maniacal London barber. Admission is by donation. (-i>ÌÌ iÊ*ÕL VÊ / i>ÌÀi]ÊÇΣÓÊ7Ê Àii Ê > iÊ ÀÊ )
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The Planets: An HD Odyssey (July 12–14): Women of the Seattle Symphony Chorale and the Seattle Symphony, led by Ludovic Morlot, perform Holst’s homage to the galaxy to the sights of projected high-def images of the solar system from NASA.
Resonate (June 19): “Not your classic classical concert,” curated by Sam Anderson of Hey Marseilles and with modern dance by Victoria McConnell of project29 and live music by Tito Ramsey and others. Seattle Ladies Choir (June 29–30)
Michael Feinstein: The Good Life (July 27): The crooner in the style of Sinatra/Cole/et al. and his 17-piece band.
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Turandot (Aug 4–18): Maybe Turandot, the cruel mythical Chinese princess who has the heads of her suitors cut off when they inevitably fail her riddle A&P: SEATTLE ART & PERFORMANCE
test, just doesn’t want to get married. Did Puccini ever think of that? Hmm? She could have been the Queen Elizabeth of her day! Okay, that’s another story. In this classic opera, based on a story by the Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi and left unfinished by Puccini when he died in 1924, Turandot’s cold heart is warmed by the nobility of a slave girl. Though the piece is popular, it hasn’t been staged at Seattle Opera since 1996, when Jane Eaglen sang it. This new production (also touring to Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Ohio) is the Seattle debut of Quebecois director/designer team Renaud Doucet and André Barbe. In photographs, their version looks like a spectacular fairy tale. Expect bright colors, gongs, racially questionable mustaches, and bleeding, screaming, freshly decapitated heads.
Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies (June 30)
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Onyx Chamber Players: Music from America & the British Isles (June 24): This trio—cellist Meg Brennand, pianist David White, and violinist James Garlick—is based in Seattle and Chicago.
Joshua Roman & an All-Cello Ensemble (June 19): You love him. You really love him. Who wouldn’t? Joshua Roman is a curly-headed Dionysus of a cellist. He was once the youngest principal
Antama (June 29–30, July 1): The Esoterics are a thrilling a cappella group that does just what their name promises: They perform music you haven’t heard elsewhere, and aren’t likely to. Led by Eric Banks, this early summer concert is a series of works on the theme of community by lesbian and gay composers, including David Conte, Frank Ferko, Robert Kyr, Steven Sametz, Donald Skirvin, Joan Szymko, and Karen Thomas. ( Ê* }À ÃÊ À ÃÌ > Ê ÕÀV ]Ê xääÊ À >`Ü>ÞÊ )
FESTIVALS Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival (July 2–29, www.seattlechambermusic. org): Animating Benaroya Hall during its quiet summer months, this is a total feast of chamber music, with 26 concerts in 27 days focusing on beloved repertoire by composers from Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Bartok to Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. There are new works, too (the world premiere of Gary Kulesha’s Quartet for Piano and Strings happens July 20), family concerts, and a free evening concert at Volunteer Park (July 25, featuring Dvorak’s Sextet for Strings in A Major, and Tchaikovsky’s summery - ÕÛi ÀÊ`iÊ Ài Vi) that’s preceded by a musical instrument “petting zoo.” Pet a cello. The 19th International Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival (July 8–22, www.icicle.org): Eight concerts in an idyllic setting at Leavenworth. Olympic Music Festival (Weekends June 30–Sept 2, www.olympicmusicfestival.org): Every weekend all summer, musicians perform chamber music while picnickers lounge in a barn on a 55-acre farm on the Olympic Peninsula. Üià i. Bellingham Festival of Music (July 6–21, www. bellinghamfestival.org): Rather than the typical summer chamber-music festival, this schedule features a full festival orchestra focusing on symphonic music. There are seven concerts, led by artistic director Michael Palmer, and including the soloists Joshua Bell and Lynn Harrell. Marrowstone Music Festival (July 22–Aug 5, www.marrowstone.syso.org): Some 200 aspiring professional musicians aged 13 to 25 come to Bellingham every summer from all over the world. This is your chance to hear ambition play. Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival (July 27–Aug 4, www.methowmusicfestival.org): Seven chamber music concerts (including chamber opera!) performed at the pretty Signal Hill Ranch, halfway between Twisp and Winthrop. Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (Aug 10–25, www.oicmf.org): This 15th-season lineup is 16 days of concerts in settings ranging from private homes to village greens. Mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade is expected to perform “art songs from ‘La Vie en Rose’ to ‘Send in the Clowns.’”
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by Charles Mudede SAT 6/30 Thomas Marriott Quartet Thomas Marriott is a prolific local jazz trumpeter who has won several awards and has the deceptive ability to make his artâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an art he has carefully crafted over many years and that is technically demandingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sound so easy. His mastery of the instrument has nearly removed all signs of effort. All you hear is a beam of sound that seems as natural as a breeze on the surface of a pond. For an introduction to his world, I recommend his CD Human Spirit. UĂ&#x160;/Ă&#x2022;Â?>½Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁ{Ă&#x160;-iVÂ&#x153;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;{{Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021; {Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Â?>Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;\Ă&#x17D;äĂ&#x160;ÂŤÂ&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;fÂŁx
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albums and was known for being deeply spiritual; his father is, of course, a jazz god. Yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strange that Ravi Coltrane picked up the instrument (saxophone) his father dominated and revolutionized. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also strange (in the ghostly sense) that he sometimes does sound just like his father, particularly on the more strained or stretched notes. Yes, much in Ravi Coltraneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music and mode (which is deeply intellectual) can be attributed to himâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; his own development, life, and geniusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but there does appear to be a gene in the Coltrane family for the mastery of the saxophone. UĂ&#x160; >ââĂ&#x160; Â?Â?iĂ&#x17E;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;äĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2C6;Ă?Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; {{ÂŁÂ&#x2021;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â?>ââ>Â?Â?iĂ&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2021;\Ă&#x17D;äĂ&#x160;ÂŤÂ&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;fĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;°xä
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ALL THAT JAZZ DIMITRIOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S JAZZ ALLEY This is the place to hear national and international jazz acts nearly every night of the week. If you live in Seattle and have not heard of Jazz Alley, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible you have never heard of jazz music. UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;äĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2C6;Ă?Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;{{ÂŁÂ&#x2021;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â?>ââ>Â?Â?iĂ&#x17E;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C; TULAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S If Jazz Alley is about national/ international acts, Tulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is all about our cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jazz talent. Tulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Jazz Alley are downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main jazz planets. UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁ{Ă&#x160;-iVÂ&#x153;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;{{Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021;{Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁ]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Â?>Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C; EGANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BALLARD JAM HOUSE This establishment has a strong commitment to young jazz performers. Indeed, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to tell if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a club or a school, and this confusion is meaningful because the original place for a jazz education was not a school like Cornish but a club like Eganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Jazz and blues happen here from Tuesdays to Saturdays. UĂ&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x2021;äĂ&#x2021;Ă&#x160; 7Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;nÂ&#x2122;Â&#x2021;ÂŁĂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁ]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°L>Â?Â?>Ă&#x20AC;`Â?>Â&#x201C;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C; THE TRIPLE DOOR This popular downtown spot
always has jazz on Mondays and lots of jazz shows on its calendar. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s especially great when people play jazz near that huge fish tank in the bar. It feels very noirish. UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁĂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160;1Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;nĂ&#x17D;nÂ&#x2021;{Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂ?i`Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C; THE ROYAL ROOM Though partly owned by one of the stars of Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jazz scene, Wayne Horvitz, the Royal Room isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strictly a jazz club. On some nights, you may hear African music; on others, rock. But on Wednesday night, you can always catch the Royal Jazz Session, which features Brendan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell (guitar), Carmen Rothwell (bass), Chris Icasiano (drums), and Gus Carns (piano). UĂ&#x160;xäääĂ&#x160;,>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;-]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;äĂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2122;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x201C;ä]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x17E;>Â?Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
VITOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Jazz happens here on almost every night. Ron Weinstein Trio, Michel Navedo Quartet, Darrius Willrich Trio, and Jerry Zimmerman are some of the acts that contribute to Vitoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defining mood, which is somewhere between â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Velvet Fogâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lush Life.â&#x20AC;? UĂ&#x160;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2122;Ă&#x2021;Â&#x2021;{äxĂ&#x17D;]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C; HIROSHIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friday night, and suddenly you have the urge to eat sushi and listen to live jazz. Where to go? The answerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy: Hiroshiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;xä£Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â?>Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x2C6;Â&#x2021; {Â&#x2122;Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x2C6;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
SERAFINA This restaurant hosts live jazz (trios and duos) on the weekends. UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä{Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â?>Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2021;änäĂ&#x2021;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x20AC;>vÂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x160; Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE This jazz joint has a great atmosphere and a calendar that features solid jazz acts like the Kareem Kandi Band and the Cornish-educated/NYC-based jazz singer Kelly Ash. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open Wednesday through Saturday and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never a cover. UĂ&#x160;xĂ&#x201C;{ÂŁĂ&#x160;1Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;{äĂ&#x201C;Â&#x2021; Ă&#x17D;ä{Ă&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â?Ă&#x2022;VÂ&#x2C6;`Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
MONAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S This bistro and lounge hosts live jazz Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. They also have a 9-to-10 pm happy hour. UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;{Ă&#x201C;ÂŁĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;xĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x2C6;Â&#x2021; ÂŁÂŁnn]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
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strength of its ideas—sounds an awful lot like the future to me. Other publishers would pigeonhole novels into literary, horror, or science fiction categories; at Small Beer, they’re just good. (It probably helps that Link is an excellent writer of short weird fiction in her own right.) This is a rare and welcome opportunity to look behind the scenes of one of the best publishers in the nation today. UÊ1 ÛiÀÃ ÌÞÊ Ê-Ì Ài]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
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by Paul Constant MON 6/18
Samuel Popkin Right around now, you should start panicking about the 2012 elections. As we head down the stretch into fall and the general election on November 6, it’s time to consider the United States with President Mitt Romney at the helm. Samuel Popkin is a political science expert with an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of presidential campaigns. He’s maybe the closest thing we have to a crystal ball when it comes to politics, and his new book, The Candidate: What It Takes to Win and Hold the White House, is the accumulated storehouse of all his knowledge. UÊ/ Ü Ê > ]ÊÇ\ÎäÊ« ]Êfx
THURS 6/28 Chloe Caldwell and Diana Salier Cheryl Strayed calls Caldwell’s collection of essays, Legs Get Led Astray, “a scorching hot glitter box of youthful despair and dark delight.” Topics include love, books, and babysitting. Salier is a poet whose first collection, Letters from Robots, walks a fine line between confessional poetry and fun old science fiction novels. She’s a splendid reader of her own work. UÊ Õ} Ê ÕÃi]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
FRI 6/29 Jess Walter The last time Jess Walter came west of the mountains from his home in Spokane, he wowed a packed room in the Hugo House with a story about zombies working at Starbucks. Now he’s coming to town with Beautiful Ruins, a novel about a man who’s haunted by a dead actress. It’s sure to be funny and involving and packed with the kind of brilliant writing that makes Walter one of the best writers at work in Washington State today. UÊ-i>ÌÌ iÊ ÞÃÌiÀÞÊ Ã «]Ê ]ÊvÀiiÆÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii Chris Hedges Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who tackles only the biggest issues of our time—war, religion, and now poverty. His newest book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, studies Camden, New Jersey, the poorest city in the United States. Hedges examines the ties between poverty, education, and crime (Camden’s high schools are currently barely functioning at a mind-boggling 70 percent dropout rate). Days of Destruction is a book that’s coming out just in time, addressing a problem that the United States, whether through Occupy or the Tea Party, has been arguing about. UÊ/ Ü Ê > ]ÊÇÊ« ]Êfx
TUES 7/3 George R. R. Martin It’ll probably be a while before George R. R. Martin publishes the next novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. It’ll also probably be a while before the next season of HBO’s Game of Thrones comes out. That makes this appearance your best shot at a GoT fix for the next, oh, year or so. Martin will read, answer questions, and talk about whatever tickles his fancy. He owns two cats; I’m sure he’d be happy to talk about them. UÊ/ Ü Ê > ]ÊÇÊ« ]Êf£ä
FRI 7/6 G. Willow Wilson Wilson is a local author who is best known for The Butterfly Mosque, her memoir about converting to Islam, but she’s also written a bunch of great comic books, too, ranging from Superman to her own short-lived conspiracy-minded series Air. Tonight, she debuts her first novel, Alif the Unseen, the story of a young hacker fighting for freedom in a locked-down
Mark Baumgarten Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music is a book that had to be written, but it’s still kind of surprising that it’s already happened. Olympia’s K Records’ stripped-down aesthetic battered joyously away at the polished studio ethic that was dominating music for the last few decades. Let’s all show up and thank Mark Baumgarten for shaking down Calvin Johnson and friends to tell a story that should be told. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
Jess Walter 6/29 at Seattle Mystery Bookshop
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Middle Eastern country. Things get fantastic soon after—not many books are compared to Neal Stephenson and Neil Gaiman at the same time—and readers are left to question whether this is a thriller with serious philosophical thought thrown in, or a philosophical novel that happens to be structured like a thriller. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
MON 7/9 Joe Meno, Nathan Larson, Ryan Boudinot Office Girl might be Joe Meno’s breakthrough novel. Set in 1999, Office Girl tells the story of a pair of young, intelligent drifters who decide to start their own art movement. It’s a stripped-down experience of a novel (press materials promise no politics, war, or economic collapses happen during the course of the book), which means Meno’s crystalline prose has a chance to shine. Larsen’s The Nervous System is the exact opposite of Office Girl—a loud, brash postapocalyptic novel about good guys and bad guys in a trashed New York City. Both authors read with local novelist-made-good Ryan Boudinot, who has experience with both quiet character pieces and noisy dystopian futures. UÊ Õ} Ê ÕÃi]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
TUES 7/10 Connie Willis July is proving to be a provocative month for science fiction in Seattle. Connie Willis is one of the greats—she’s been kicking readers’ brains around the inside of their skulls for years with To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Doomsday Book. And she’s still putting out critically acclaimed work: In 2010, she published her World War II–set time-travel duology Blackout/ All Clear. Expect this to be a freewheeling, career-encompassing chat, which is just the way we like ’em. UÊ1 ÛiÀÃ ÌÞÊ Ê-Ì Ài]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
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acclaim. It follows a man known as Mark Spitz as he and a clean-up crew travel around New York, exterminating the zombies left lingering around the office buildings and department stores of the city. Just when you think the zombie concept has been eaten to shreds by inferior authors, Whitehead goes and pumps more themes—race, sadness, identity—into a tired trope, reinvigorating it to shamble the earth for another day. Now that Zone One is in affordable paperback form, you have no excuse for not reading it. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii Kelly Link and Gavin Grant Most publishers are hit-and-miss affairs. Sometimes they publish a few popular stinkers, just to pay for the betterwritten, more prickly pursuits. But Kelly Link and Gavin Grant’s Small Beer Press doesn’t make those kinds of compromises. Their mission statement—publish weird fiction and promote that fiction on the quality of its language and the
THE USUAL SUSPECTS ELLIOTT BAY BOOK COMPANY Readings and events (including kids’ story time) happen practically every day; also presents off-site events with Seattle Public Library, Town Hall, Benaroya Hall, and local museums. UÊ£xӣʣäÌ Ê Ûi]ÊÈÓ{ ÈÈää]ÊÜÜÜ° i ÌÌL>ÞL °V UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE At nine locations, various kinds of readings and events (including kidfriendly ones) practically every day. UÊ{ÎÓÈÊ1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ7>ÞÊ ]ÊÈÎ{ Î{ää]Ê ÜÜÜ°ÕL ÃÌ Ài°V
Greenwood Lit Crawl Last March, the APRIL Lit Crawl was a great success, stretching from Bluebird Ice Cream to Piecora’s and several other spots on Capitol Hill, culminating in a boozy parking-garage reading from Ed Skoog. Now some participants in the APRIL Lit Crawl are hosting their own three-hour drunky tour through the bars and coffee shops of another highly literary Seattle neighborhood. The press release promises dance, performance art, and more surprises along the way. Readers include Kate Lebo, Brian McGuigan, Paul Nelson, Tara Atkinson, and many more. UÊ-Ì>ÀÌÃÊ>ÌÊ/>ÃÌÞ]ÊÇx£ÎÊ Àii Ü `Ê ÛiÊ ]Ê ÜÜÜ°v Ûi> >À Ã°Ü À`«ÀiÃðV ]ÊÊ È\{xÊ« ]ÊvÀii
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THIRD PLACE BOOKS Kids’ story time every Saturday morning, “Science on Tap” in the basement pub every last Monday of the month,
Colson Whitehead Last fall, Colson Whitehead published his zombie-filled novel Zone One to great
RICHARD HUGO HOUSE A freewheeling literary nonprofit with a bar, a cabaret, and a more formal readings/theater space, hosting everything from a full slate of writing classes to open mics to tiny literary magazine launch parties to big names like Sherman Alexie, Sam Lipsyte, and Pam Houston. UÊ£ÈÎ{Ê££Ì Ê Ûi]ÊÎÓÓ ÇäÎä]ÊÜÜÜ° Õ} ÕÃi° À}
Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black Don’t even ask me how this happened, because I do not know: The very funny Michael Ian Black has partnered up with John McCain’s daughter to write a bipartisan, humorous portrait of our nation in 2012 titled America, You Sexy Bitch. (While Meghan McCain is a terrible writer and not a very bright political thinker, presumably some of Black’s comedy chops have rubbed off on her.) Their interviews with average voters about some of the most divisive issues of our time—guns, abortion, gay rights—are sure to be interesting. At the very least, this should be some kind of freak show evening to remember. UÊ/ Ü Ê > ]ÊÇ\ÎäÊ« ]Êfx
TUES 7/24 Chuck Palahniuk Say what you will about Chuck Palahniuk—and I have—his first three novels were something special. Now Palahniuk is courting fate by going back and “remixing” Invisible Monsters into a longer, differently shaped novel. Many have tried to produce a director’s cut– style novel, but most have failed. We’ll have to wait and see if Palahniuk manages to add to his models-on-a-rampage novel—my favorite of his, for what it’s
and other events on occasion. UÊÈxä{ÊÓäÌ Ê ÛiÊ ]ÊxÓx ÓÎ{Ç]ÊÜÜÜ° Ì À`« >ViL ðV SEATTLE MYSTERY BOOKSHOP A local mystery author reads every month, coinciding with First Thursday Art Walk, along with book signings once or twice a month. UÊ££ÇÊ iÀÀÞÊ-Ì]ÊxnÇ xÇÎÇ]ÊÜÜÜ° Ãi>ÌÌ i ÞÃÌiÀÞ°V OPEN BOOKS A poetry-dedicated bookstore with readings at least once a week: Thursday, Friday, or Saturday evenings, or Sunday afternoons. UÊÓ{£{Ê Ê{xÌ Ê-Ì]ÊÈÎÎ än££]ÊÜÜÜ° «i « iÌÀÞL ðV LEFT BANK BOOKS Collectively owned nonprofit bookstore with an anarchist/leftist/radical focus, hosts readings once or twice a month. UÊ ÓÊ* iÊ-Ì]ÊÈÓÓ ä£ x]ÊÜÜÜ° ivÌ L> L ðV EAGLE HARBOR BOOK CO. Readings of various sorts at least once a week, mostly Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, often both. UÊ£xÇÊ7 à ÜÊ7>ÞÊ ]Ê > LÀ `}iÊ Ã > `]Ên{Ó xÎÎÓ]ÊÜÜÜ°i>} i >ÀL À L ðV THE BOOK LARDER A community cookbook store that offers classes, demos, and signings several times a month. UÊ{ÓxÓÊ Ài ÌÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÎ Ç {ÓÇ£]Ê ÜÜÜ°L >À`iÀ°V BENAROYA HALL Hosts Seattle Arts & Lectures one to three times a month. UÊÓääÊ1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ-Ì]ÊÓ£x {Ç{Ç]ÊÜÜÜ° Ãi>ÌÌ iÃÞ « Þ° À}ÉLi >À Þ>
worth—or simply destroys it. Either way, it should be interesting to watch, and Palahniuk remains a fantastic reader of his own work. UÊ/ Ü Ê > ]ÊÇ\ÎäÊ« ]Êf£ä®
TUES 8/7 Nancy Kress It’s been a big year for Nancy Kress. She’s published two books already—a postapocalyptic novel titled After the Fall, During the Fall, Before the Fall and a collection of DNA-themed short stories called Fountain of Age—and she’s got a young adult novel coming out this fall, too. Though she’s a Seattleite, she doesn’t make very many local appearances, so this is a rare opportunity to talk to the beloved sci-fi author about why she’s so awesome. UÊ1 ÛiÀÃ ÌÞÊ Ê-Ì Ài]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii How to Be a Person Launch Party Christopher Frizzelle, Bethany Jean Clement, Dan Savage, and Lindy West have smooshed together all of The Stranger’s collective knowledge into a book titled How to Be a Person: The Stranger’s Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself. This is, of course, a huge conflict of interest, so don’t take our word for how great this book is: Dave Eggers says, “About four or five books a year tell the truth,” and Person “is one of them.” Tonight is the maiden voyage of the book into the world, and the birthing process will involve a reading and a big party with a keg and hopefully some tacos. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
THURS 8/9 Michele Dunkerley The houses Hank Schubart planned on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia take the environment into account, and they’re beautiful—unlike the ubiquitous terrible condos we see everywhere around here, Schubart’s houses are beautiful, wood-and-glass constructions that almost appear to have launched themselves out of the cedar and moss surroundings. Dunkerley’s book Houses Made of Wood and Light examines Schubart’s work and hopefully presents a new road map for Northwest architects to follow. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
FRI 8/10 Laurie Frankel What’s summer without a grand romance? Goodbye for Now is a literary novel with lighthearted, amorous intentions. A computer programmer named Sam gets fired from his matchmaking company for being too good at his job. Luckily, things aren’t all bad—he’s fallen in love with a woman. Unfortunately, that woman’s grandmother dies suddenly, and Sam decides to set about creating a computer program allowing his girlfriend the opportunity to speak to her grandmother one last time. That’s when things get out of hand. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
SAT 8/11 Kate Bornstein Kate Bornstein was born a man. As a man, she served as a lieutenant on the flagship vessel in the Church of Scientology’s mighty fleet. Now she’s a lesbian playwright known for her piercing, funny autobiographical pieces. A Queer and Pleasant Danger is her newest book, an account of the wild, weird, and terrible things that happened to her along the way. If that doesn’t sound like grist for a memoir to you, you have lived a far more exciting life than the rest of us. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii
TUES 8/14 Maria Semple Maria Semple, a Seattle transplant, has worked on TV shows like Mad About You and Arrested Development. But lately, she’s been focusing on writing comic fiction about wealthy people who make stupid decisions. Her newest novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette, makes its world debut tonight, and it will be interesting to see how it’s treated locally—it’s an epistolary novel written by a woman who just moved to Seattle and totally hates it. Expect to see a lot of local sacred cows led to the slaughterhouse of hilarity. Or something. UÊ ÌÌÊ >Þ]ÊÇÊ« ]ÊvÀii SUMMER 2012
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By David Schmader Festivals & Series
JUNE 22–JULY 5 Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and The Masters of Studio Ghibli A 15-film retrospective of animation produced by Tokyo’s Studio Ghibli, creators of Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl’s Moving Castle, presented here in new 35 mm prints. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê +Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ
JULY 2–AUG 27 Command Performances in HD Every Monday night, the Film Center presents top-tier operas and ballets from around the world, all captured live onstage and broadcast in HD. Among the highlights: the Bolshoi Ballet’s Le Corsaire (July 9), the Teatro Antico Taormina’s Norma (Aug 13), and the Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty (Aug 20). UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ Ê i ÌiÀ]Ê -i>ÌÌ iÊ i ÌiÀÊ ÀÌ ÜiÃÌÊ, Ã]Ê ÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ
JULY 7–AUG 26 Films4Families Summer Musicals Weekend daytime screenings of song-and-dance cinema fit for the whole family. Among the highlights: Mary Poppins (July 14-15), Newsies (Aug 4-5), and Mad Hot Ballroom (Aug 18-19). UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê +Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ
THE RECORD : CONTEMPORARY ART AND VINYL HENRY ART GALLERY JULY 14 – OCTOBER 8, 2012
JULY 26–29 Into the Vaults: Celebrating the Library of Congress Four days of classic Hollywood cinema in pristine archival 35 mm prints. The Uptown hosts the Buster Keaton double feature (featuring live accompaniment by Donald Sosin), while the Film Center hosts everything else, from timeless adventure flicks (1939’s Only Angels Have Wings) to screwball comedies (1936’s My Man Godfrey). UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ Ê i ÌiÀ]Ê -i>ÌÌ iÊ i ÌiÀÊ ÀÌ ÜiÃÌÊ, Ã]Ê ÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ
AUG 2–31 Exhibition Opening: Friday, July 13, 6 - 9 PM FREE for Henry Members, $10 General Public With performances by The Hive Dwellers and Slash Tires and a reading by Mark Baumgarten, author of Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music
Hot Summer Nights A month-long parade of films for hot, or at least temperate, summer nights, from adolescent classics (Dirty Dancing! Meatballs!) to classic classics (Rear Window! Gone with the Wind!) to films that just scream summer (Do the Right Thing!). UÊ i ÌÀ> Ê i >]Ê£{££ÊÓ£ÃÌÊ Ûi]Ê ÎÓn ÎÓÎä]ÊÜÜÜ°Vi ÌÀ> V i >Ê °V
Events JUNE 15–17 The Henry presentation of The Record is organized by Curator Sara Krajewski with generous support from ArtsFund, 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax, the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, and media sponsorship from The Stranger.
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Possession The unreleased-in-the-US French cult horror film of 1981, starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill, and hailed as a violent, brainy, surreal masterwork. UÊ À> `Ê Õà ]Ê£{äÎÊ ÊxäÌ Ê-Ì]Ê xÓÎ Î Îx]ÊÜÜÜ°}À> ` ÕÃ Ê V i >° À}
JUNE 18–25 Bill Murray Mondays Ballard eatery/drinkery King’s
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deeply creepy children’s programming. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê +Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ]ÊÈ\ÎäÊ«
Hardware showcases the cinematic legacy of America’s most pathos-ridden clown. June 18: Kingpin and Rushmore. June 25: The Royal Tenenbaums and Lost in Translation. (Movies are free, and there’s booze and food available throughout.) UÊ }½ÃÊ >À`Ü>Ài]ÊxÓÓxÊ > >À`Ê ÛiÊ 7]ÊÇnÓ ääÓÇ]ÊÜÜÜ° }à L> >À`°V
JUN 22–JUN 28 Lost Bohemia Josef Birdman Astor documents the decades of influential doings in the residential artist apartments above Carnegie Hall, protesting their 21st-century closure by celebrating their quirky glories. (If you saw Bill Cunningham New York, this is that place.) UÊ ÀÌ ÜiÃÌÊ Ê ÀÕ ]Ê£x£xÊ £ÓÌ Ê Ûi]ÊnÓ ÇnÈÎ]ÊÜÜÜ° Üv Ê v ÀÕ ° À}
JUNE 22–24 Peter Greenaway’s Nightwatching and Rembrandt’s J’Accuse These two Peter Greenaway films are obsessed with Rembrandt. Nightwatching is a witty cinematic biography of the artist; Rembrandt’s J’Accuse is a studious documentary that takes a forensic look at Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Night Watch. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ Ê i ÌiÀ]Ê -i>ÌÌ iÊ i ÌiÀÊ ÀÌ ÜiÃÌÊ, Ã]Ê ÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ
JULY 3–10 100% Off: A Recession-Era Romance Seattle director and 2012 Stranger Genius Award nominee Shaun Scott presents the Seattle premiere of his “recession-era romance,” in which four college students attempt to figure out their lives amid a collapsing economy. UÊ À> `Ê Õà ]Ê£{äÎÊ ÊxäÌ Ê-Ì]Ê xÓÎ Î Îx]ÜÜÜ°}À> ` ÕÃ Ê V i >° À}
JULY 5 Search & Rescue Visiting archivist Gem Seddon presents a night of delights drawn from the Film Forum’s collection of “educational, instructional, and downright catastrophic 16 mm reels.” UÊ ÀÌ ÜiÃÌÊ Ê ÀÕ ]Ê£x£xÊ £ÓÌ Ê Ûi]ÊnÓ ÇnÈÎ]ÊÜÜÜ° Üv Ê v ÀÕ ° À}
JULY 5–AUG 9 Queen of Screwball: The Films of Jean Arthur A six-week retrospective of the great Jean Arthur, whose chirpy brilliance lit up some of the greatest screwball comedies of all time. Highlights include 1935’s The Whole Town’s Talking (July 5), 1938’s You Can’t Take It With You (July 19), and 1948’s A Foreign Affair (Aug 9). UÊ-i>ÌÌ iÊ ÀÌÊ ÕÃiÕ ]Ê£ÎääÊ ÀÃÌÊ Ûi]ÊÜÜÜ°Ãi>ÌÌ i>ÀÌ ÕÃiÕ ° À}
JULY 14 Owen Egerton’s Best of God A feature-length montage, compiled by author and comedian Owen Egerton, of the most absurd God moments in pop-culture history, from kosher rappers to tongues-speaking televangelists to
Master Pancake Theatre vs. Twilight The impressively hilarious comedy squad from Austin returns for a live skewering of the endlessly deserving teen-vampire flick. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê +Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ
Openings JUNE 15 Your Sister’s Sister Lynn Shelton’s latest is a scrappy rom-com that explores grieving, sexuality, and sisterhood. UÊ }Þ«Ì > Ê/ i>ÌÀi]ÊnäxÊ Ê* iÊ-Ì]Ê Çn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV ® Keyhole Guy Maddin returns with this trippy mixture of noir, ghost story, and The Odyssey. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ Ê i ÌiÀ]Ê -i>ÌÌ iÊ i ÌiÀÊ ÀÌ ÜiÃÌÊ, Ã]Ê ÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ]ÊÈ\ÎäÊ« ®
JUNE 22 Here A drama chronicling the brief, intense relationship between an American engineer and an expatriate artist in Armenia. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê +Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vv° iÌ]ÊÊ È\ÎäÊ« Grassroots The real-life tale of Grant Cogswell’s run for Seattle City Council, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. UÊ >ÀÛ>À`Ê Ý ÌÊ/ i>ÌÀi]ÊnäÇÊ Ê, ÞÊ -Ì]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV Where Do We Go Now? A seriocomic fable about a village in which a Christian church and a Muslim mosque stand side-byside. UÊ-iÛi Ê >L iÃÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê ££Ê Ê xäÌ Ê-Ì]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV I Wish In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s dramatic comedy, two young brothers separated by divorce are convinced all will be well if they make a wish on a new train line in between their two homes. UÊ6>Àà ÌÞÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê{ÎÓ Ê1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ 7>ÞÊ ]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV
JUNE 29 Polisse Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, this gritty French drama follows a photographer assigned to cover the Child Protection Unit in Paris. (Think Law & Order: SVU meets French vérité.) UÊ6>Àà ÌÞÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê{ÎÓ Ê1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ 7>ÞÊ ]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV
JULY 6 A Cat in Paris An Oscar-nominated, handdrawn animated feature set in the shadowy alleyways of Paris. UÊ6>Àà ÌÞÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê{ÎÓ Ê1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ 7>ÞÊ ]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV To Rome, with Love Woody Allen’s latest stars Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, and Penelope Cruz. UÊ Õ `Ê{xÌ Ê/ i>ÌÀi]ÊÓ££xÊ Ê {xÌ ]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV
JULY 13 Pink Ribbons, Inc. A well-timed exposé on the corporate-sponsored breast cancer
movement. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ 1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê+Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vvÊ ° iÌ]ÊÈ\ÎäÊ« Beasts of the Southern Wild A Cannes-honored blast of magical realism about a girl in a southern Delta community who searches for her missing mother. UÊ }Þ«Ì > Ê/ i>ÌÀi]ÊnäxÊ Ê* iÊ-Ì]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]Ê ÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV Take This Waltz The second, reportedly great film from Sarah Polley, tracking a year in the relationship of a married couple (Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen). UÊ >ÀÛ>À`Ê Ý ÌÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê näÇÊ Ê, ÞÊ-Ì]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]Ê ÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV
JULY 20 Dark Knight Rises You will go, you will have fun. Don’t get fatally trampled. Do take some medicine for your glaucoma. Get a shake at Dick’s afterward. UÊ7 `iÊÀi i>Ãi Trishna Michael Winterbottom’s brutal reworking of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles, starring Freida Pinto. UÊ >ÀÛ>À`Ê Ý ÌÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê näÇÊ Ê, ÞÊ-Ì]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]Ê ÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV Portrait of Wally A documentary about the fight for the return of an Egon Schiele painting seized from a Jewish family by Nazis. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ 1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê+Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vvÊ ° iÌ
JULY 27 Sacrifice Farewell My Concubine director Chen Kaige’s reinterpretation of the Chinese opera Orphan of Zhao, retold in the classic wuxia style. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ 1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê+Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vvÊ ° iÌ Easy Money The Swedish thriller about a young man who becomes a runner for a coke dealer (soon to be remade starring Zac Efron, for real). UÊ6>Àà ÌÞÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê{ÎÓ Ê 1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ7>ÞÊ ]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ì i>ÌÀiðV
AUG 3 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry The celebrated documentary about China’s most famous international artist and the decade he’s devoted to opposing the Chinese government. UÊ >ÀÛ>À`Ê Ý ÌÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê näÇÊ Ê, ÞÊ-Ì]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]Ê ÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV Dark Horse The latest from indie squirmmeister Todd Solondz, this one’s
about a toy-collecting man-child’s attempts to leave his fantasydrenched past behind. UÊ6>Àà ÌÞÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê{ÎÓ Ê 1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ7>ÞÊ ]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ì i>ÌÀiðV
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AUG 10 Union Square Writer/director Nancy Savoca—who gave us the great Dogfight— returns with a slice-oflife comedy about two Bronx-born sisters trying to reconnect after years of estrangement. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ 1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê+Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vvÊ ° iÌ The Imposter A hit at SIFF, this fascinating documentary tells the real-life story of the dark-haired, dark-eyed French Algerian man who managed to pass himself off as a missing blond-haired, blue-eyed boy from Texas. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ Ê i ÌiÀ]Ê-i>ÌÌ iÊ
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The Queen of Versailles A documentary about a billionaire couple who were halfway to building a full-scale replica of Versailles in the US when the recession hit, leading the couple to financial ruin and inspiring them to invite a camera crew to record the minutiae of their schadenfreuderich fall. UÊ-iÛi Ê >L iÃÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê ££Ê ÊxäÌ Ê-Ì]ÊÇn£ xÇxx]ÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ê Ì i>ÌÀiðV Unforgivable A French thriller about a crime writer who hires a detective to investigate his wife. 6>Àà ÌÞÊ/ i>ÌÀi]Ê{ÎÓ Ê 1 ÛiÀà ÌÞÊ7>ÞÊ ]Ê Çn£ xÇxx]ÊÜÜÜ° > ` >À Ì i>ÌÀiðV
AUG 24 The Green Wave This documentarywith-animated-bits aims to expose the “outrage, sadness, and fear” around the 2009 Iranian elections. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ 1«Ì Ü ]Êx££Ê+Õii Ê iÊ ÛiÊ ]ÊÜÜÜ°Ã vvÊ ° iÌ
Now hosting local artists!
Milos Forman: What Doesn’t Kill You… Legendary Czech filmmaker Milos Forman gives viewers an intimate tour of his filmography while exploring the history that has influenced his work. UÊ- Ê i >Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ Ê i ÌiÀ]Ê-i>ÌÌ iÊ
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Annual Stillaguamish Festival of the River With a fun run, a powwow, lots of Northwest food and craft vendors. Live music includes Junkyard Jane, Alejandro Escovedo, LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends, Brett Eldridge, Marleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ghost, and many more. UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä{ÂŁĂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;`>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;,`]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?>}Ă&#x2022;>Â&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;°Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2DC;°Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2030;viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;>Â?
SUMMER FESTIVALS
AUGUST 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12
By Megan Seling
Everything for Everyone Festival This is the inaugural Everything for Everyone Festival, which is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;free political and cultural gatheringâ&#x20AC;? featuring music, art, speakers, and more. A venue and schedule was not announced at press timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;follow their progress at www .everythingforeveryone.org.
JUNE 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;23 Catapult Fest Catapult Fest takes place at Seafarers Memorial Park on the lovely shores of Anacortes, with a lineup composed of all-Northwest talent, featuring the Lonely Forest, Special Explosion, Kithkin, Cat from Hue, Whitney Ballen and the Intimates, Us on Roofs, and many more. UĂ&#x160;-i>v>Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;>Â?Ă&#x160;*>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;-i>v>Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; 7>Ă&#x17E;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x2DC;>VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;f£ä]Ă&#x160;->Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; vĂ&#x20AC;ii]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°V>Ă&#x152;>ÂŤĂ&#x2022;Â?Ă&#x152;viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
AUGUST 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18 Total Fest XI For more than a decade now, bands have been invading Montana to take part in Total Fest, an all-ages, volunteer-run DIY festival. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup (so far) includes Sandrider, No-Fi Soul Rebellion, Dreamdecay, Rock n Roll Adventure Kids, and more. Road trip! UĂ&#x160;6>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â?>]Ă&#x160; /]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;>Â?viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}
JUNE 23 Paradiso Festival Presented by USC and featuring performances by Avicii, Afrojack, Donald Glaude, LA Riots, Above & Beyond, Knife Party, Excision, and many more. This festival is 18+ and VIP passes are available. UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}iĂ&#x160; Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2021;x{Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2C6;Â?Â&#x2C6;V>Ă&#x160;,`Ă&#x160; 7]Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}i]Ă&#x160;fĂ&#x2C6;x]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°>Ă&#x20AC;>`Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;>Â?°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
AUGUST 17â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19 Seattle Hempfest The musical lineup for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hempfest was not released by press time, but past performers include Kotton Mouth Kings, Manooghi Hi, the Accused, and members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â?iĂ&#x160; `Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;>Â?Ă&#x160;*>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x17D;ÂŁĂ&#x17D;äĂ&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Â&#x17D;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;7]Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x20AC;ii]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2026;iÂ&#x201C;ÂŤviĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}
JUNE 24 2012 PrideFest Musical guests at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PrideFest include Cazwell, Debby Holiday, DJ Phil B, Peppermint, Vockah Redu & the Cru, and more. UĂ&#x160;-i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?iĂ&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;ÂŁĂ&#x160; iĂ&#x20AC;ViĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;`iviĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?i°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}]Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x20AC;ii
JULY 6 Shockwave Festival The Seattle stop of this touring metal and hard rock festival includes performances by Fear Factory, Voivod, Cattle Decapitation, Misery Index, Revocation, Havok, Dirge Within, and many more. UĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;-iĂ&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;]Ă&#x160;££äĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;nĂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2021; ÂŁĂ&#x17D;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;fĂ&#x201C;xĂ&#x2030;fĂ&#x201C;Ă&#x2021;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x203A;iviĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
JULY 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14 Victoria Skafest Featuring Toots & the Maytals, the Pietasters, Leroy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heptoneâ&#x20AC;? Sibbles, Larry & His Flask, and Easy Big Fella. Pick it up, pick it up. UĂ&#x160;6>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160;6Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;>]Ă&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;>Ă&#x192;Â&#x17D;>viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;°V>
JULY 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15 West Seattle Summer Fest Every year, the West Seattle Junction closes off the streets for a weekend to bring together local music, food, arts, and more. The musical lineup hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been announced at press time, but past performers include beloved locals like the Fastbacks, Head Like a Kite, the Cops, Caspar Babypants, the Dusty 45s, and Jesse Sykes. UĂ&#x160;7iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;-i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;VĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;]Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x20AC;ii]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x153;Ă&#x192;Â?Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;VĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;°Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}Ă&#x2030;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;
JULY 14 Slack Fest With performances by the Moondoggies, Hobosexual, Hounds of the Wild Hunt, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Rolling Stones,â&#x20AC;? Big Wheel Stunt Show, Country Lips, and more. UĂ&#x160;-Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;}Ă&#x160;,>ViĂ&#x160;/Ă&#x20AC;>VÂ&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;ÂŁÂŁĂ&#x160;Ă&#x2021;äĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; -Ă&#x152;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x153;`]Ă&#x160;fĂ&#x201C;xÂ&#x2021;fĂ&#x17D;x]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°v>ViLÂ&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160; °VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x2030;Ă&#x192;Â?>VÂ&#x17D;viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;
JULY 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;21 Basin Summer Sounds A free music festival with Vicci Martinez, Pearl Django, the Sweetback Sisters, the Chris Eger Band, Bowling for Soup, and more. Also: a car and bike show, and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities. UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x160;7Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;i]Ă&#x160; ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;>]Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x20AC;ii]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°L>Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
JULY 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;22 Capitol Hill Block Party Three days and 100 artists, including Neko Case, Major Lazer, Fitz and the
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JULY 28 Island County Democrats SummerFest With jazz and blues music from Janie Cribbs and Her Band and a buffet dinner. Proceeds benefit Island County Democrats. UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; >Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x17E;iĂ&#x20AC;½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;i]Ă&#x160;{Ă&#x2C6;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x201C;Ă&#x160; /Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x17D;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;,`]Ă&#x160; >Â&#x2DC;}Â?iĂ&#x17E;]Ă&#x160;f£äÂ&#x2021;fĂ&#x201C;ä]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â?>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;`iÂ&#x201C;Â&#x153;VĂ&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;°Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;`ÂŤĂ&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
AUGUST 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 StrutzFest The StrutzFest lineup features just about every kind of rock tribute band you could imagine (AC/DC, CCR, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath) as well as bands that play their own songs, including the Davanos, Blue Tattoo, Superfekta, and Strutz. Proceeds benefit Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital and the Special Olympics. UĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x160;*>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;]Ă&#x160;{Ă&#x201C;xä£Ă&#x160;-,Ă&#x160;xĂ&#x17D;ä]Ă&#x160;
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AUGUST 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26 festival featuring Dierks Bentley, Kix Brooks, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, and many more. UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;}iĂ&#x160; Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;i]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x20AC;iiÂ&#x2021;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;fÂ&#x2122;ä]Ă&#x160;7>Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;i` iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C; Pickathon 2012 Six stages, 80 acres, and musical performances by Neko Case, Dr. Dog, Blitzen Trapper, the Cave Singers, Thee Oh Sees, THEESatisfaction, Y La Bamba, and many more. UĂ&#x160;*iÂ&#x2DC;`>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;]Ă&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x2C6;xnÂŁĂ&#x160;- Ă&#x160; >}iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;,`]Ă&#x160; >ÂŤÂŤĂ&#x17E;Ă&#x160;6>Â?Â?iĂ&#x17E;]Ă&#x160;",]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;iiÂ&#x17D;iÂ&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;fÂŁÂ&#x2122;ä]Ă&#x160;ÂŤÂ&#x2C6;VÂ&#x17D;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
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AUGUST 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 Summer Meltdown Featuring Beats Antique, Karl Densonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tiny Universe, EOTO, Blitzen Trapper, Pickwick, the Moondoggies, Elephant Revival, and many more (with visuals by Slick Lasers and the Root Systemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;trippy). UĂ&#x160;7Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i>Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;]Ă&#x160; {Ă&#x201C;xä£Ă&#x160;-,Ă&#x160;xĂ&#x17D;äĂ&#x160; ]Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;]Ă&#x160;fÂŁ{äĂ&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;iiÂ&#x17D;iÂ&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160;fĂ&#x17D;äÂ&#x2021;fĂ&#x2C6;äĂ&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;`>Â&#x2C6;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;iÂ?Ă&#x152;`Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2DC;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
Live at Squamish With performances by the Tragically Hip, Chromeo, Brett Dennen, Mark Farina, the Airborne Toxic Event, City and Colour, the Sheepdogs, Mother Mother, Plants and Animals, and many more. UĂ&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;`Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;iÂ?`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;EĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;}}iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;-ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Â&#x2122;xäĂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;}}iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x2DC;i]Ă&#x160;-ÂľĂ&#x2022;>Â&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;]Ă&#x160; ]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â?Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;ÂľĂ&#x2022;>Â&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
SEPTEMBER 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 Bumbershoot The 42nd annual Bumbershoot lineup includes a billion bands, writers, comedians, dancers, and more. A few musical highlights include Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Addiction, Tony Bennett, M83, Passion Pit, the Promise Ring, and something called a Skrillex. UĂ&#x160;-i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?iĂ&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;]Ă&#x160;f{äÂ&#x2021;f{xĂ&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x160;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Â?iĂ&#x160;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; ÂŤ>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2030;f££äĂ&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x20AC;iiÂ&#x2021;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160;LĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;LiĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2021; Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;°Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x2DC;}iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;VÂ&#x17D;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x192;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
SEPTEMBER 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 MusicfestNW The line-up for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Musicfest, which takes over several of Portlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clubs every September, includes Silversun Pickups, Passion Pit, Girl Talk, Dinosaur Jr., the Helio Sequence, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and dozens more. MFNW also added a tech conference to this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedule, which features speakers from Draplin Design Co., Flipboard, and Chirpify. UĂ&#x160;6>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160;*Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â?>Â&#x2DC;`]Ă&#x160;",]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;VviĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x153;°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
SEPTEMBER 13-16 Rifflandia Festival The annual Victoria, BC, festival (now in its fifth year) features dozens of music makers, including the Flaming Lips, CAKE, Sloan, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Saul Williams, and Morgan Page, with several more set to be announced later this summer. UĂ&#x160;6>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160;6Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;>]Ă&#x160; ]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°Ă&#x201C;ä£Ă&#x201C;°Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;vvÂ?>Â&#x2DC;`Â&#x2C6;>°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
SEPTEMBER 26-30 Decibel Festival As of press time, the lineup for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Decibel Festival (Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual electronic music festival) features Kimbra, Carl Craig, Fennesz, John Talabot, Ariel Pink, Matthew Dear, Nina Kraviz, and many more. Decibel will announce its full lineup July 11. Stay tuned to lineout.thestranger.com for updates. UĂ&#x160;6>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x2022;Â?Â?Ă&#x160;viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;>Â?Ă&#x160;ÂŤ>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;fÂŁÂ&#x2122;x]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°`LviĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;>Â?°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;
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With over 250 performances and exhibits across all disciplines, Seattle is home to the nation’s largest arts festival. This Labor Day weekend, fall in love with Bumbershoot all over again, or start the love affair for the first time. Buy your Bumbershoot tickets today. Art lovin’ kids 10 and under are free!
1 Reel Film Festival
Writers of Futurama
Seattle Symphony UnTuxed Youngershoot Trivia Night with Ken Jennings
John Waters
ELVIStravaganza
AND MUCH MORE!
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