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Washington Center Performances and Events Oct 5
Gaelic Storm
Oct 19
Piaf! The Show
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Oct 28 Dala
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Nov 1
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Matt Andersen and Shemekia Copeland
Nov 16 Seattle International Comedy Competition
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National Geographic Live: Nov 17 Photojournalist David Guttenfelder
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Nov 26 Sing-a-long Annie
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Nov 29 Kenny G: Miracles, Holiday & Hits Tour 2017
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Jan 23 International Guitar Night
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Jan 25 Blonde Poison Jan 26
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Jan 29 Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal
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Disenchanted!
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National Geographic Live: Cameraman Bob Poole
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Feb 10 Brian Reed
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Tiempo Libre
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Mar 8
God is a Scottish Drag Queen
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Mar 17
Seattle Men’s Chorus & Seattle Women’s Chorus
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Mar 29 Stephen Petronio Company
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Apr 13
The Center Salon
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Apr 21
Pink Martini
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Apr 26 Las Cafeteras
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May 18 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Bluegrass Band
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Washington Center Series Events Silent Movie Series: 10/15, 1/21, 4/15
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Black Box Jazz: 10/27, 1/19, 3/23, 5/11
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Comedy in the Box: 1/18, 2/22, 3/22, 4/12, 5/10, 6/14
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EXPERIENCE
THE BAND: Patrick Murphy Steve Twigger Ryan Lacey Pete Purvis Katie Grennen
GAELIC STORM THURSDAY, OCT 5, 7:30 pm
It’s hard to imagine a band just coming into their own after 20 years of success, but that’s exactly what makes Gaelic Storm a true anomaly. This multi-national, Celtic juggernaut grows stronger with each live performance, and as you can imagine, after two decades and over 2,000 shows, it is a true force to be reckoned with. With their latest release, Go Climb a Tree, their music has never sounded more representative of themselves as musicians and as live performers. The band attributes their continued success to their fanatic audience, and it’s a well-diversified crowd for sure. The country-music folks adore the storytelling, the bluegrass-heads love the instrumentals, Celtic fans love their devotion to tradition, and the rockers simply relish the passion they play their instruments with. Each band member, in their own way, expresses a deep gratitude for their fans, but it’s best summed up in the words of Patrick Murphy: “The fans are the ones that have given us this life. We’re here for them.” On Go Climb a Tree, co-founders of Gaelic Storm, Steve Twigger and Patrick Murphy, along with longtime friend and co-writer Steve Wehmever, are again at the helm of song-writing duties. The album has everything—party drinking songs (“The Beer Song”), patriotic anthems (“Green, White and Orange”), beautiful folk songs (“Monday Morning Girl”), spritely instrumentals (“The Night of Tomfoolery”), perfectly poppy songs (“Shine On”), and even a raucous pirate song (“Shanghai Kelly”). When speaking of the overall concept of the album, Patrick Murphy gives some insight: “With all the craziness and division in the world, we wanted to make an album about ‘contemplative escapism.’ Go Climb a Tree certainly isn’t about dropping out of the conversation, it’s just about taking a short hiatus to recharge the batteries before you take on the world again.” Gaelic Storm takes a true blue-collar, hard-nose approach to touring, consistently traveling the US and internationally over 200 days a year, forging a unique path in the Celtic music world. “You have to see us live. We are the true working-mans’ band,”
says Ryan Lacey, who joined the lineup in 2003. “We still, and most likely always will, tour most of the year, and that’s how we constantly hone our craft.” The dedication to live shows date all the way back to the mid-1990s, when Gaelic Storm kicked off its career as a pub band in Santa Monica, California. Due to their discovery at the pub, by the end of the decade, the musicians had appeared in the blockbuster film Titanic (where they performed “Irish Party in Third Class”). This laid the groundwork for a career that would eventually find them topping the Billboard World Chart six times, making appearances at mainstream music festivals, and regularly headlining the largest Irish Festivals across the country, all the while gaining a reputation as a genre-bending Irish rock band, whose songs mix Celtic traditions with something uniquely creative. Looking to the future, Gaelic Storm is excited about what lies ahead. They’ve added a new fiddle player, Katie Grennen, and she has affectionately become the “purple squirrel” of the band, meaning she is the perfect new addition. Pete Purvis, who joined the band in 2005 said, “With the addition of Katie, the band has never sounded better, we’re gelling on a whole new level, and the idea of sharing these new songs with our fans is exciting!”
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A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN This show will no longer take place on October 12. The box office is reaching out to current ticket holders in order to accommodate this change in schedule. If you have purchased tickets to this performance and have not yet spoken to a box office associate, please reach out before October 12 to make arrangements for your tickets. Box Office: (360) 753-8586 or boxoffice@washingtoncenter.org Tuesday–Saturday, 12:00 pm–5:30 pm
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PIAF! THE SHOW With a million tickets sold in more than 30 countries and acclaimed reviews worldwide, Piaf! The Show—a musical celebration of the life and music of the legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf—returns to America as part of the extended world tour. The highlight of the American leg of a 300-performance global tour was the special presentation at Carnegie Hall on January 6, 2017 on the 60th anniversary of Edith Piaf’s last performance at the famous venue. Now this world-renowned show comes to The Washington Center. Conceived and directed by the Nice-based theatrical maverick Gil Marsalla and starring Anne Carrere, a young French performer hailed as “Edith Piaf’s legitimate musical heiress,” Piaf! The Show premiered in 2015 as a tribute to “The Sparrow of Montmartre” on the centennial on her birthday and was inspired by the awardwinning movie La Vie En Rose. In two 45-minute acts, the show narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Parisian singer’s career through her unforgettable songs, complemented by a visual tapestry of previously unreleased photographs and images of famous Parisian locations of the Edith Piaf era. Producer and director Gil Marsalla first met star Anne Carrere in 2014, when she auditioned for another of his productions, Paris!
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The Show. Captivated by her skills and natural charisma, Marsalla offered her the role of Edith Piaf in his new production. “I have worked in show business, on and off stage, for 25 years and mounted shows around the world. But to this day, Anne Carrere is my greatest artistic discovery yet. Don’t you dare touch or polish her, she is a diamond that you want to keep raw—such is the nature of her pure and natural talent…,” says Marsalla of his leading lady. Equally impressed with Carrere were Piaf’s longtime collaborators, composer Charles Dumont, personal Piaf secretary Ginou Richer, and singer Germaine Ricord, who described Anne’s skills as “that of Edith Piaf at the top of her career.” Photo: Val Wagner
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SATURDAY, OCT 28, 7:30 pm
DALA
“We push each other to enjoy every moment, regardless, and we take great delight in where we are right now." On their fifth studio record, Best Day, Dala’s central message is as simple as it is compelling: if you’re unwilling to celebrate the impermanence of life as well as its constants in equal measure, you’re cheating yourself. It’s a sentiment the Toronto-based duo of Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine express concisely on the album’s title track, “Best Day,” and a reflection of the way they look at both their individual lives and their musical partnership. “Life is short,” Walther says. “You don’t know how long you have with the people you love, so you need to live every moment to the fullest, which isn’t a bad thing to be reminded of frequently.” Since Dala released their debut, This Moment is a Flash, in 2005, the response from fans and critics alike to their insightful brand of acoustic pop has been uniformly enthusiastic. Their 2009 release, Everyone is Someone, received critical acclaim in the EU as well as in North America. In Canada, the album garnered Dala their fifth Canadian Folk Music Award (CFMA) nomination and a Toronto Independent Music Award. Their 2010 live CD/DVD, Girls From The North Country, won the pair a 2010 CFMA for Vocal Group of the Year, a JUNO nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Group, and was broadcast repeatedly by PBS outlets throughout North America. What drew Dala together initially was their shared love of the absurd—a quirky, irreverent and occasionally self-critical brand of humor that comes out as clearly in their music as it does in their often hysterical onstage banter. “We go to some emotional places in our music,” Walther says, “Humor serves as a relief from that, and a way to give the audience permission to laugh.” The more spontaneous the dialogue between songs, Carabine adds: “The better the performance and the more memorable the evening.”
Dala have spent many memorable evenings together over the past decade. They’ve shared the stage with the likes of Jann Arden, Tom Cochrane, Richie Havens, and Arlo Guthrie, and performed at some of North America’s highest profile music festivals. Among them the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Mariposa and the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival in 2009—where Dala were the only Canadian act invited to play. Dala's most treasured influences include The Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Their signature harmonies are often underpinned by relatively sparse accompaniment from piano, acoustic guitar, ukulele and only minimal drums, and the result is surprisingly lush. Regardless of how a song originated, by the time it’s recorded, every track is a reflection of both singer/songwriters— an expression of their long friendship and the musical partnership they’ve nurtured since first meeting during a high school music class in 2002. “We call it consensus writing,” Carabine says. “No song is finished until we’re both equally excited about it. We both have to sing them live and we really do swap leads, so it’s more important that we’re both happy than one of us feeling they had control from beginning to end.” And that’s as important to their songwriting as it is to their live shows, she adds. Throughout their career the duo have toured tirelessly, building their following the old-fashioned way, by singing for anyone who’d listen and often turning first-time listeners into instant, die-hard fans. Chances are it was hard going at times, but Dala have always opened themselves up to whatever challenges and opportunities life puts in their path without reservation, and with their latest release, they show no signs of altering that approach in the least.
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MATT ANDERSEN & SHEMEKIA COPELAND
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WEDNESDAY, NOV 1, 7:30 pm
MATT ANDERSEN
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
A powerhouse performer with a giant soul-filled voice and commanding stage presence, Matt Andersen has built a formidable following the old-fashioned way—touring worldwide and letting converted audiences spread his reputation through word of mouth.
Shemekia Copeland's bluesman father recognized his daughter’s talent early on. He encouraged her to sing at home and even brought her on stage to sing at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club when she was just eight. At that time Shemekia’s embarrassment outweighed her desire to sing, but when her father’s health began to slow him down, she received the calling. “It was like a switch went off in my head,” recalls Shemekia, “and I wanted to sing. It became a want and a need. I had to do it.”
In addition to headlining major festivals, clubs, and theaters throughout North America, Europe, and Australia, Andersen has shared the stage and toured with Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Greg Allman, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jonny Lang, Serena Ryder, and more. Andersen won the 2013 and 2016 European Blues Award for Best Solo/Acoustic Act, three Maple Blues Awards in 2012, and became the first Canadian to win the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Since the release of Weightless in 2014, Andersen has received a JUNO nomination, a CIMA Road Gold award, and three consecutive Maple Blues Awards. In the fall of 2015, the award-winning artist recorded his latest album. Produced in New York with Commissioner Gordon, Honest Man sees the songwriter pushing himself into new territory. Blessed with a rich gospel soul voice and armed with a new set of songs, Matt Andersen found a perfect partner in crime with Commissioner Gordon. “He has such a great approach and was able to tie-in so many new ideas to what I’ve done in the past without losing touch with my sound," says Andersen. From writing around drum beats to bringing in a cast of players including Andy Bassford, Benji Bouton, and Lenny Underwood, Honest Man expands on what we already know and love from Andersen and brings it to a new level.
At 16, Shemekia joined her father on his tours after he was diagnosed with a degenerative heart condition. Soon Shemekia was opening, and sometimes even stealing, her father’s shows. “She grabbed the crowd with her powerful voice, poised and intense,” raved Blues Revue. Shemekia released her groundbreaking debut CD, Turn The Heat Up, in 1998, when she was only 18. In the next seven years she recorded three more albums, earned eight Blues Music Awards, a host of Living Blues Awards, and more accolades from fans, critics and fellow musicians. Two highly successful releases on Telarc (including 2012’s GRAMMYnominated 33 1/3) cemented her reputation. Copeland has performed thousands of gigs at clubs, festivals and concert halls all over the world. She’s sung with Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Keith Richards, and many others. She opened for The Rolling Stones and entertained U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait. Jeff Beck calls her “f*cking amazing.” Santana says, “She’s incandescent...a diamond.” In 2012, she performed at the White House for President and Mrs. Obama. Afterward, Mick Jagger (with whom she sang) sent her a bottle of champagne.
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SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION THURSDAY, NOV 16, 7:30 pm
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The Seattle International Comedy Competition is the REAL “Last Comic Standing!� The Washington Center is proud to host one evening of the semi-final rounds for the 38th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition! The competition lasts for four weeks, until a winner survives three rounds of eliminations and is declared at the end of November. During the preliminary rounds a combination of industry professionals and celebrity judges, aided by enthusiastic audience reactions, determines who moves
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In 2011, David Guttenfelder made history when he helped the Associated Press open a bureau in North Korea—the first-ever Western news agency in the politically isolated country. For the first time in North Korean history, images of daily life there were sent to the world, while Guttenfelder himself acted as an unofficial ambassador. In 2016, he broke through another wall when he boarded the first cruise ship in decades to travel from the United States to Cuba, and returned to the island to cover Fidel Castro’s four-day funeral procession. His talent for crossing long-closed borders has led to some of National Geographic’s most revealing geopolitical photo essays, as well as connecting people around the world through social media platforms like Instagram.
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MIRACLES HOLIDAY & HITS TOUR WEDNESDAY, NOV 29, 7:30 pm In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, GRAMMY Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop, and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary jazz. Since the early ’80s, his combination of unparalleled instrumental chops and indelible melodies has resulted in sales of more than 75 million records worldwide (45 million in the US alone) and more than a dozen climbs to the top of Billboard’s contemporary jazz chart. Kenny G has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the business during his legendary career, including Michael Bolton, Weezer, Whitney Houston, and Katy Perry. In 2015 Kenny G released his fourteenth studio album, Brazilian Nights, via Concord Records. The ten-song set, Kenny’s tribute to the ‘masters’ of Bossa Nova, is a mixture of classics and Kenny G originals. The Miracles Holiday & Hits show will be a night filled with festive spirit and contemporary classics.
Kenny G Band: Drums: Daniel Bejarano Percussion: Ron Powell Keyboards: Robert Damper Guitar: John Raymond Bass: Vail Johnson
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LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO WEDNESDAY, JAN 17, 7:30 pm Ladysmith Black Mambazo was founded in the early 1960s by Joseph Shabalala, then a teenage farm boy living on the lands just outside the small town of Ladysmith, South Africa. Joseph named the group after his hometown in order to honor his family history, included the word “Black” as a tribute to the strength of the black oxen on the local farms, and “Mambazo,” the Zulu word for chopping axe, as a symbol of the group’s ability to “chop down” any singing rival who might challenge them. Their early ability won them so many awards in local South African competitions that by the end of the 1960s the group was banned from competing. A radio broadcast in 1970 opened the door to the group’s first record contract—the beginning of an ambitious recording career that currently includes more than 50 albums, 17 GRAMMY Award nominations, and four GRAMMY Awards. During apartheid, the musicians and artists of South Africa took two paths of resistance. Some sang songs with powerful messages of revolution, and others, like Ladysmith Black Mambazo, followed a path of peaceful protest. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, he named Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s music as one of the powerful messages of peace he listened to while in jail. He designated Ladysmith Black Mambazo “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the world,” a moniker the group members hold close to their hearts. When Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993, he called on Ladysmith Black Mambazo to join him in Norway to sing at the ceremony. The group sings from a traditional music called isicathamiya (is-cot-a-ME-Ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa where black workers were taken by train to work far away from their homes and families. Poorly housed and paid worse, the mine workers would entertain themselves after a six-day week by singing songs into the early hours on Sunday morning. When the miners returned to the homelands, this musical tradition returned with them. During the 1970s, Ladysmith Black Mambazo established themselves as the most successful singing group in South Africa. In the mid-1980s, Paul Simon visited South Africa and incorporated the group's rich harmonies into the famous Graceland album (1986) – a landmark recording that was considered seminal in introducing world music to mainstream audiences.
In addition to their work with Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has recorded with numerous artists, including Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Sarah McLachlan, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris, Melissa Etheridge, and many others. They have provided music for many movies, have appeared on Broadway where they were nominated for a Tony Award and even had a documentary film nominated for an Academy Award. The group’s most recent CD, Walking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers, is a celebration of the group’s past, present and future. The group members say, “with this new CD, we wanted to honor the many people from the past, people that the younger generations must give thanks to for paving the way and leaving footsteps for us to follow. We honor the past members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, our fathers, who started this group in the 1960s. Our fathers sang as part of Ladysmith Black Mambazo because of the pride and love they shared for their people’s history and culture. We also honor the ‘elders of South Africa’ whom the younger generations admire, praise and are so grateful for all they have done for our people. These elders are the ones who have paved the way for the future of our country. These elders have laid down the footsteps we humbly follow.” Ladysmith Black Mambazo carries a message of peace, love and harmony as they travel the world year after year. They bring this message, in song and dance, to every theater they perform in. We hope you will join them as they sing their message.
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INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT
International Guitar Night is the world's premier touring guitar festival, each show bringing together the most interesting and innovative acoustic guitarists to exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. For each tour a new cast of guitar luminaries come together for evenings of solos, duets, and quartets that highlight the dexterity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar. IGN was founded in 1995 as a forum for the world’s finest guitarists/composers to play their latest original songs and share musical ideas and talent with their peers. Participants relish the chance to play with peers from different genres, and to collaborate rather than compete. This unique brand of “guitar positivity” has helped make the International Guitar Night the most successful guitar showcase of its kind.
LULO REINHARDT Lulo Reinhardt, Django Reinhardt’s grand nephew, is a third generation master from Germany. He has retained the incredible Reinhardt soul, speed, and dexterity and updated the repertoire. Lulo’s curiosity took him to southern Spain in search of flamenco roots, and to South America, exploring various musical styles of Latin Jazz. In 2007, Saga Instruments made the first Lulo Reinhardt Model Gitane 310, modeled on the classic Gypsy guitars. This inspired Reinhardt to compose more Swing material, which he combined with Latin music. Reinhardt has performed on multiple tours as a soloist with International Guitar Night, and returns as the artistic director, host, and a performing guitarist for the 2017 and 2018 tours.
CALUM GRAHAM Canadian guitarist Calum Graham began playing the guitar at the age of 13. Five years later, Graham entered the prestigious Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition, and was awarded a first place finish; a feat no other teenager has accomplished. In 2011, Graham won the Canada’s Walk of Fame nationwide “A Song For Canada” contest, and his poem was used in the song “I’m Here, (A Song For Canada)”. Graham brings an innovative sound to the industry, and at just 24, Graham has already enjoyed a career that would be the envy of most artists double his age. He performed at the Olympic Games in both Vancouver and London, has racked up some phenomenal views on YouTube, and was named one of the top 30 under 30 by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
MAREK PASIECZNY Award-winning guitarist and composer Dr. Marek Pasieczny is one of the most respected contemporary composers writing for the guitar worldwide. Pasieczny holds three Master Degrees in music, and in 2010, Pasieczny began a combined doctoral degree in composition and performance in Australia, before returning to Europe and completing his PhD at Surrey University in Guildford, UK. At the same time, Pasieczny has taken up lectureship in composition and orchestration at the university. As a composer, guitarist, lecturer, and adjudicator, Pasieczny has appeared regularly at festivals worldwide. Premieres of his works have been performed internationally, and in 2012, Pasieczny became a D’Addario artist and was featured on the cover of the prestigious Classical Guitar Magazine.
MICHAEL CHAPDELAINE Michael Chapdelaine enchants audiences and critics alike as he redefines the modern acoustic guitar with his technique, expressiveness, and versatility as a performer, composer, and arranger/producer. His performances, played on both steel string and classical guitars, include styles from blues to Bach. He is the only guitarist to win First Prize in the world’s top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres: the Guitar Foundation of America International Classical Guitar Competition, and the National Fingerstyle Championships. Michael is a Professor of Music and head of guitar studies at the University of New Mexico, and has given master classes throughout the world. Many critics consider his album Sonata Romantica to be one of the definitive recordings for the instrument.
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BLONDE POISON THURSDAY, JAN 25, 7:30 pm FRIDAY, JAN 26, 7:30 pm IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER
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Blonde Poison is a one-woman, 90-minute show that explores the Holocaust from a very different perspective. This true story explores the life of Stella Goldschlag, a German Jew who collaborated to betray 3,000 fellow Jews to the Nazis. Goldschlag was living illegally in war-torn Berlin when she was betrayed and tortured. Offered the chance of saving herself and her parents from the death camps, she agreed to work for the Gestapo and inform on Jews in hiding. She was given the name Blonde Poison by the Gestapo, who reveled in her treachery. Decades after the war, Stella agrees to be interviewed by a well-respected journalist—her last chance for redemption. Can she ever be released from her past? Carol Adams (Stella Goldschlag) is a professional actress and voiceover talent who has appeared on-stage since the age of nine in plays and musicals too numerous and too long-ago to list. Carol has also appeared on-camera in independent films, industrial films, and commercials. Her voiceover credits include national corporations (Walgreens, Intel, Kohl’s, Firestone, GE Medical, Mattel, Hewlett-Packard). She has studied acting with Cotter Smith, the current Head of the MFA Program at the New School for Drama (New York), and she is a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
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ROSANNE CASH WITH JOHN LEVENTHAL
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MONDAY, JAN 29, 7:30 pm
John Leventhal
One of the country’s pre-eminent singer/songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned four GRAMMY Awards and nominations for 11 more, as well as 21 top-40 hits, including 11 No. 1 singles. She is also an author whose four books include the bestselling memoir Composed, which the Chicago Tribune called “one of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read.” Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Oxford-American, The Nation and many more print and online publications. In addition to continual touring, Cash has partnered in programming collaborations with Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, San Francisco Jazz, Minnesota Orchestra and The Library of Congress. She was awarded the SAG/AFTRA Lifetime Achievement award for Sound Recordings in 2012 and received the 2014 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award in the Performing Arts. She was chosen as a Perspective Series artist at Carnegie Hall and hosted four concerts (including a major show of her own in February 2016) during their 2015/16 season. She continues her association with Carnegie Hall as a Creative Partner. She also served as 2015 Artist-in-Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. On October 11, 2015 she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame.
John Leventhal is a multi-GRAMMY-winning musician, songwriter, record producer, and recording engineer. Over the course of a 30year recording career, he has produced or arranged albums that have been nominated for a total of 17 GRAMMY Awards. As a songwriter, he has had over 150 songs recorded by artists such as Rosanne Cash, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, William Bell, George Strait, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Joe Cocker, Michelle Branch, Jim Lauderdale, and many others. In 2015 Mr. Leventhal received the Americana Music Association’s award for Instrumentalist of the Year. He also received his share of GRAMMYs (two) for his creative contributions to Rosanne Cash’s The River & The Thread.
Cash’s landmark 2009 album, The List, won the Americana Music Album of the Year award. In her latest release, The River & The Thread, a collaboration with husband/co-writer/producer and arranger John Leventhal, Cash evokes a kaleidoscopic examination of the geographic, emotional, musical and historic landscape of the American South. The album has received impressive worldwide acclaim and attained the highest debut in the Billboard charts of any of her previous albums. It received three GRAMMY Awards in 2015.
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Rosanne Cash
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DISENCHANTED!
THE HILARIOUS HIT MUSICAL! FRIDAY, FEB 2, 7:30 pm Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ‘em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical that’s anything but Grimm. Forget the princesses you think you know—the original storybook heroines have come back to life to set the record straight. After multiple sold-out runs nationwide, these royal renegades tossed off their tiaras to bring their hilariously subversive, not-for-the-kiddies musical to you— and what you thought about princesses will never be the same! The idea for Disenchanted! was conceived by Dennis T. Giacino, a former history teacher. When teaching his class about the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, he couldn’t help but wonder: What would the ‘real’ Pocahontas—a circa 1616, roughand-tumble 10-year-old Powhatan girl—think of the fringed deerpelt miniskirt and long, flowing hair donned by her 20-year-old counterpart in her 1995 movie comeback? A musician at heart, Giacino penned a musical number skewering the ‘princess pop culture’ that transformed Pocahontas from a revered Native American heroine into a pin-up vixen of the silver screen. Soon, Giacino found himself discovering a number of other princesses who had a bone to pick with the way they have been portrayed, and Disenchanted! was born! “You will laugh and then laugh some more at the sassy, irreverent humor.” Broadway Box raves, “Think Bridesmaids for Disney Princesses! This sidesplitting adult parody of the Disney princess posse and its mega-talented cast will make you blush and feel nostalgia all at once. Who could ask for anything more?”
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NATURE ROARS BACK Experience an epic African wildlife park through the eyes of an Emmy Award-winning natural history cinematographer. A childhood in East Africa gave cinematographer Bob Poole a fierce curiosity about the natural world as well as an adventurous spirit. Now, for a new, 6-part PBS/Nat Geo International series, Bob is drawing on that experience to document the rebirth of a lost Eden: Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, a jewel of Africa’s parks system until civil war almost destroyed it. There, he joined forces with rangers and scientists (including his sister, renowned elephant researcher Joyce Poole), on perhaps the biggest conservation project on the planet. He’ll share secrets of filming lions, crocs, elephants, and spectacular scenery, and tell how he cracked the “Gorongosa code”—learning to read the landscape and find prime locations for filming the park’s spectacular wildlife.
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Join the acclaimed cinematographer and filmmaker for unforgettable images and stories of Gorongosa’s majestic animals—and learn how the wild places we’ve broken can be put back together.
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BRIAN REED SATURDAY, FEB 10, 7:30 pm
Brian Reed is the host and co-creator of the groundbreaking podcast S-Town, which is a production of Serial and the public radio show This American Life. Reed is also the senior producer of This American Life.
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S-Town was downloaded 40 million times in its first month, setting a new record in podcasting, and is currently the number one podcast on iTunes. Reed spent more than 3 years reporting and writing S-Town, which began when a man named John B. McLemore asked Reed to investigate an alleged murder in his small Alabama town. The series won widespread popular and critical acclaim for elevating audio storytelling into the realm of great literature. As senior producer of This American Life, Reed oversees the editorial direction of the program with host and executive producer Ira Glass. In his seven years with the show, Reed has created some of its most ambitious stories, including “The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra,” an investigation into the Federal Reserve’s supervision of Goldman Sachs; “Cops See It Differently,” a nuanced look at the relationship between African Americans and the police; “Abdi and the Golden Ticket,” which follows a Somali refugee desperately trying to get to America; and “What Happened at Dos Erres,” the story of a massacre in Guatemala and its reverberations decades later. Reed has investigated multiple sketchy FBI operations, as well as produced stories about strange coincidences and car salesmen on Long Island, and a turkey who terrorized a neighborhood before getting murdered by police. His journalism has helped an immigrant gain asylum in the U.S. and prompted a Senate Committee to grill the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Before joining This American Life as an intern in 2010, Reed reported and produced for NPR as one of their Kroc Fellows and their first Above the Fray Fellow. Reed has received the Dart Award for Reporting on Trauma, the Overseas Press Club Award, and the Peabody Award.
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TIEMPO LIBRE
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WEDNESDAY, FEB 21, 7:30 pm
Three-time GRAMMY nominated Afro-Caribbean music group Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs, festival stages and dance venues, Tiempo Libre is celebrated for its sophisticated tropical music featuring an irresistible, exhilarating mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities and seductive Latin rhythms. The seven extraordinary musicians realized they shared a collective musical dream: to create the first authentic AfroCaribbean band in the United States. Driven by hopes of freedom and opportunity, and a collective musical dream, the seven musicians moved to the U.S., getting together in their “free time” (tiempo libre in Spanish) to play Cuban timba music. Since the group’s formation in Miami in 2001, its members have been on a mission to share their Afro-Caribbean heritage with as wide an audience as possible, reinterpreting and reinvigorating music born from the meeting of their musical origins with their new American experience. Today, with worldwide concert tours and albums released by leading record companies, these world music ambassadors feel lucky to have very little free time. Tiempo Libre has gained new audiences through appearances on shows such as the Tonight Show, and Dancing With the Stars. They made their debut at the Ravinia festival and have returned four times. They have performed in front of enthusiastic crowds throughout the world. Tiempo Libre’s GRAMMY nominated debut album, Arroz con Mango (2005), was both a tribute to their Caribbean roots and a celebration of the members’ new life in the U.S. The group received their second GRAMMY nomination for their second
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album, Lo Que Esperabas—What You’ve Been Waiting For. In 2009, Tiempo Libre released Bach in Havana (2009), a fusion of Bach with Afro-Cuban rhythms, reflecting the duality of Tiempo Libre’s childhood days studying classical music and nights spent playing traditional Cuban music. Their 2011 album, My Secret Radio, pays homage to Tiempo Libre’s teenage years in Cuba, a time when the government forbade its citizens to listen to American music. Eager to catch the new trends coming from the U.S., Tiempo Libre’s members used homemade antennas to secretly listen to the music coming from Miami radio stations. These secret radio sessions fueled Tiempo Libre’s dreams of living in America, free to perform their songs and build the careers they wanted. In 2012, The Cleveland Orchestra invited Tiempo Libre to participate in bilingual educational family concerts. The musical journey explored the DNA of orchestral musical tradition from its early origins in Africa, through Europe, to the Caribbean and Latin America to the modern day concert hall. True to Tiempo Libre’s philosophy that music is not just a way of life, it’s a way of experiencing living, each of the concerts invited young people to take part in the rhythmic fun. Tiempo Libre frequently draws on its classical training to play with leading orchestras, and they have collaborated with artists such as Joshua Bell, Gloria Estefan, James Galway and Paquito D’Rivera. The band performed its original music onstage every night during the award-winning musical Cuba Libre, which was based on its members’ collective stories. Every Tiempo Libre concert is a party, a celebration, and—regardless of whether “guests” choose to enjoy their sophisticated sound from their seats or on the dance floor— all engage all in exhilarating shared experience of community. This project received support from the Washington State Arts Commission; WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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MARCH 3, 2018 Top dance groups from the area perform ballet, jazz, modern, tap, ballroom, hip-hop, Chinese dance, Irish dance and more!
This year’s festival features So You Think You Can Dance Tap All-Star, Melinda Sullivan!
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GOD IS A SCOTTISH DRAG QUEEN THURSDAY, MAR 8, 7:30 pm This wickedly funny, highly acclaimed, original comedy is simply divine! God, dressed in a floral power suit, comes down to Earth to skewer everything from the Pope to politics in an unforgettable night of comedy! In this two-act comedy of biblical proportions, God has chosen to present himself to the audience in order to clear up some misunderstandings about his role as the Creator. Winner of 18 “Best of the Fest” awards and one of the most popular shows on the international fringe circuit, this show is sure to have you laughing in your seat! The production was created around the God character created by Mike Delamont and Jacob Richmond for the cult cabaret performance group Atomic Vaudeville in 2006. The character of God originally appeared in a series of sketches about a battle of the bands between Jesus and Satan. Despite being a secondary character, God became very popular and made regular appearances at the cabaret for the next five years. In 2011, Mike Delamont turned all of the material into the first production of God Is A Scottish Drag Queen. The show began touring in 2012, and subsequent sequels have toured every year since. Mike Delamont is a critically acclaimed comedian and performer. He has appeared on CBC’s The Debaters, Sirius XM’s Top Comic, Just for Laughs, and most recently at the world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. He has recently finished filming his first comedy special at the 1,400 seat Royal Theatre. Mike has won 18 ‘Best of the Fest’ awards and has been nominated for two Just for Laughs Best Comedy Awards, and three Canadian Comedy Awards.
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SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS & SEATTLE WOMEN’S CHORUS:
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SATURDAY, MAR 17, 7:30 pm Gallery Reception: 6:00 pm Standing up and singing out! The combined forces of SWC and SMC’s voices share the stage for a special unity concert that confronts the rising tide of intolerance in our country. Featuring a tour de force musical theater piece from the creators of Ragtime about the history of civil rights in America, Not In Our Town is filled with inspiring stories of equality, songs of celebration from Katy Perry and Melissa Etheridge, and a Whitney Houston dance party to bring down The Washington Center! The internationally-renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus comprise the largest community choral organization in North America, and stand out as the largest LGBTQidentified men’s and women’s choruses in the world. Along with their small ensembles, Captain Smartypants and Sensible Shoes, the group is among the Pacific Northwest’s largest, most vibrant and successful music organizations, performing in Seattle’s most prestigious venues for an annual audience of more than 30,000 patrons. Their mission is to use their voices to transform society through innovative and entertaining programs that build community, illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ people and their allies, expand inclusion, and inspire justice. Members of the choruses are representative of the large community in which we live. Members range in age, race, gender-identity, sexuality, profession,
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background, and outside interests. Members share a common vision—a more harmonious world that celebrates the unique identities and talents of all people. The organization has a rich history: the founding of two choruses and half a dozen vocal ensembles, bringing a voice to the AIDS epidemic, touring nationally and internationally, singing for marriage equality, recording sixteen CDs, debuting and commissioning dozens of original works, welcoming countless guest artists, and opening the hearts and minds of the communities in which they live, work, and visit.
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Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus perform an eclectic mix of music, from classical to contemporary, Broadway to pop, and often feature music and stories that promote social justice and equality. No matter the subject matter or style, all of their concerts have one thing in common: they are FUN!
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STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY THURSDAY, MAR 29, 7:30 pm For Stephen Petronio Company’s Washington Center debut, the program will feature a dynamic excerpt from Steve Paxton’s Goldberg Variations (1986), along with Petronio’s Untitled Touch (2017), a work driven by the immediacy of physical contact and the emotional repercussions of skin-to-skin communication with an original score by Son Lux, and the West Coast premiere of a new Petronio work, Hardness 10. Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Petronio is widely regarded as one of the leading dance-makers of his generation. New music, visual art and fashion collide in his dances, producing powerfully modern landscapes for the senses. He has built a body of work with some of the most talented and provocative artists in the world, including composers Atticus Ross, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Nico Muhly, Fischerspooner, Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Son Lux, James Lavelle, Michael Nyman, Clams Casino, Diamanda Galás, Andy Teirstein, Wire, Peter Gordon, Lenny Pickett and David Linton; visual artists Janine Antoni, Cindy Sherman, Anish Kapoor, Donald Baechler, Stephen Hannock, Tal Yarden, Arnaldo Ferrara, and Justin Terzi III; fashion designers Narciso Rodriguez, John Bartlett, Jillian Lewis, Adam Kimmel, Benjamin Cho, Michael Angel, Tony Cohen, Rachel Roy, Tara Subkoff/Imitation of Christ, Tanya Sarne/Ghost, Leigh Bowery, Paul Compitus, Manolo, Yonson Pak, and H. Petal; and Resident Lighting Designer Ken Tabachnick.
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Founded in 1984, Stephen Petronio Company has performed in 26 countries throughout the world, including over 35 New York City engagements with 18 seasons at The Joyce Theater. The Company has been commissioned by Dance Umbrella Festival/London, Hebbel Theater/Berlin, Theater Scene National de Sceaux/France, Festival d’Automne a Paris, CNDC Angers/France, The Holland Festival, Festival International Montpellier-Danse, Danceworks UK Ltd, International Cannes Danse Festival, and in the US by San Francisco Performances, The Joyce Theater, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Wexner Center for the Arts, Walker Art Center, and White Bird, among others. Over the past year, the Company performed in Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Vancouver, BC; Catskill, Mamaroneck, and Sagaponack, NY; Boston, MA; Davis and San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; New York, NY; and Scottsdale, AZ.
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FRIDAY, APR 13, 7:30 pm IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER Featuring:
In the tradition of the Paris salons, The Washington Center for the Performing Arts presents an intimate evening of music, theater, literature, and art. Join local emcee Amy Shephard as we feature several talented artists who choose to create in our vibrant region. Hosted in the cozy 130-seat Black Box Theater, each artist showcases their work followed by a few minutes of relaxed discussion, inviting conversation, and igniting creativity amongst all present.
Maria Mudd Ruth John Dodge Jim Lynch Bryan Willis ...and others!
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So often, artists work in solitude. We aim to bring artists together in an inviting atmosphere to reveal experimental work and projects, to hear direct impressions from the audience as they experience these firsthand. The Center Salon is an opportunity to broaden views in how art communicates and to explore the ways art is received. The question arises – can a salon possibly influence future work? The intent of a salon is to amuse, engage, and refine cultural tastes, and to increase knowledge through conversation. The Washington Center for the Performing Arts is proud to stand not only as a performance space, but also as a community gathering space.
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The Center Salon is open to anyone curious, suspicious, artistically engaged, or adventurous. Whether an acquaintance of an artist, an admirer from afar, an established patron of The Center, or just someone willing to share two hours of their life receiving and contributing to intellectual conversation inspired by the artists and their work: we welcome you.
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Pink Martini is a rollicking aroundthe-world musical adventure… if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.
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– Thomas Lauderdale
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In 1994 in his hometown of Portland, OR, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking that one day he would run for mayor. Like other eager politicians-in-training, he went to every political fundraiser under the sun, but was dismayed to find the music at these events underwhelming, lackluster, loud and un-neighborly. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world—crossing genres of classical, jazz and oldfashioned pop—and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals alike, he founded the “little orchestra,” Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks. One year later, Lauderdale called China Forbes, a Harvard classmate who was living in New York City, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together. Their first song “Sympathique” became an overnight sensation in France, was nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards, and to this day remains a mantra (“Je ne veux pas travailler” or “I don’t want to work”) for striking French workers. Says Lauderdale, “We’re very much an American band, but we spend a lot of time abroad
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In 2005, rooted in community and tradition, a group of students learning Son Jarocho music became known as ‘Los Cafeteros,’ named after the Eastside Cafe community center they helped found. They soon changed their name to Las Cafeteras to honor the feminine spirit of the group. Without intending to, they evolved from student group into a performance group aimed at sharing Afro-Mexican music from Southern Veracruz, Mexico in their neighborhoods. Over the years, Las Cafeteras developed a genre-bending sound and electric performance style, infusing lyrically rich storytelling with the purpose of sharing the hidden stories of migrant life in Los Angeles. Las Cafeteras were inspired not only by Mexican music, but by rock, reggae, hip-hop, and Motown. For Las Cafeteras, it was essential to use music as a way to build bridges among the different cultures and communities that historically have had tension. As Native and migrant children who are remixing roots music, the Las Cafeteras sound was brought to life by four distinct vocalists and their eclectic instrumentation, including jaranas, a donkey jawbone; a West African bass instrument, cajón; and a wooden platform used to dance Zapateado.
Las Cafeteras’ newest album, Tastes Like L.A., reflects the band’s diverse influences and attempts to represent the multiple layers of life in Los Angeles’ Eastside. Tastes Like L.A. includes songs about longing for home, love, joy, community and the fight for a better world. Citing inspiration from Nina Simone’s quote, “It is an artist’s duty to reflect the times,” Las Cafeteras use their music to tell stories about the streets where they were raised, the communities they live in today, and their dreams for the world they hope to see in the future. Las Cafeteras sing socially charged stories supported by live performances that combine dance and dialogue. With their infectious and uplifting spirit, Las Cafeteras demonstrates that while the struggle for peace, justice, and equality is a serious matter, it doesn’t mean that you can’t have a good time along the way. If anything, the joy they bring to listeners offers an inspirational soundtrack for the march towards a better future!
The success of their first studio album, It’s Time, launched the band to new heights, placing them on stages with Mexican icons Café Tacuba, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. They’ve since toured extensively in North America. Now, at a time when the lines between true and false have been insidiously blurred, Las Cafeteras present songs of activism and celebration. These songs offer a powerful counterpoint to the current dominant news narrative, while encouraging people of all backgrounds to cherish both what makes them unique and what unites them all. With open hearts and open minds, Las Cafeteras offer a timely and affirmative statement to confront a troublesome time. This project received support from the Washington State Arts Commission; WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY BLUEGRASS BAND FRIDAY, MAY 18, 7:30 pm THE BAND: Dave Walser Bach Norwood Reginald Rueffer Gerald Jones
What if...The Beatles were actually from somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota? Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band is a collection of four very different musicians creating a new sound from the greatest music ever written by the greatest band ever: The Beatles. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band’s repertoire features new and innovative takes on songs like “Back in the U.S.S.R,” “Come Together,” “Blackbird,” and many more. Bands have been covering Beatles tunes for decades, but none like this talented quartet. Imagine the music of the Fab Four shaken up with infusions of bluegrass and jazz and topped off with a classical twist. The result: a satisfying musical cocktail called Sgt. Peppers Lonely Bluegrass. “This isn’t your same old Beatles band,” says Dave Walser, founder of the innovative group. A fan of the classic quartet since he first saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show, Dave was inspired to create Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band after seeing McCartney’s “Back in the U.S.” tour in 2002. “I thought it would be fun to get some great musicians together and play all acoustic versions of Beatles songs. Each of us adds a little something different to the mix.”
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SILENT MOVIE SERIES Our annual Silent Movie Series is curated by our own house organist Dennis James. Each movie event is presented with live musical accompaniment on our historic Mighty Andy Crow Wurlitzer Organ—a treasure restored from 1924.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SUNDAY, OCT 15, 2:00 pm This justly-celebrated American cinema classic recounts the story of a demented organist lurking in the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House. His unrequited love for beautiful soprano, Christine, causes mayhem throughout the city. Lon Chaney Sr. stars in the 1925 film that defined the horror genre for audiences worldwide. Dennis James has dedicated his professional career to the continuation of the theatrical traditions of organ performance and furthering public interest in the theater pipe organ. From the time he began concertizing while still in his teens, Dennis has been at the top of the theater organ profession. He has played virtually everywhere pipe theater organs are to be found, from the preserved movie palaces throughout the United States and Canada to concert halls and theaters in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. James has played a pivotal role in the international revival of silent films with live music. He began professional film accompaniment at Indiana University while he was a music student in the late 1960s, and is renowned for providing the most comprehensive selection of silent films with historically authentic live musical scoring presentations available.
Connie Corrick returns this season to serenade the audience before each film! Connie has most recently enjoyed performing on stages throughout the Seattle area, and serves as School Programs Manager for The 5th Avenue Theatre. Skilled in a wide variety of musical styles from standards to opera, she has been a featured singer across the United States and internationally in theaters, resort hotels, cabarets, and cruise ships.
BUSTER KEATON IN STEAMBOAT BILL JR. SUNDAY, JAN 21, 2:00 pm Featuring some of Keaton’s most famous sight gags, this 1928 comedy is part prodigal son, part Romeo and Juliet, and all laughs. Keaton shines while performing his own stunts, including a legendary scene with a falling house.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN SHORTS SUNDAY, APR 15, 2:00 pm Four of Charlie Chaplin’s hilarious short films presented together for a jolly afternoon of everyone’s favorite Little Tramp! The Immigrant, The Vagabond, The Fireman, and The Adventurer all star Chaplin and his favorite leading lady, Edna Purviance.
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NEW TOTEMS: OIL PAINTINGS BY MARK LARSON
Showing: SEP 15 – NOV 10
Reception: SEPT 15 at 6:00 pm
We are living in a time of tremendous cultural and environmental change, and threatened resources. Larson’s surreal paintings are an exploration into this complicated and often strained dialectic between humanity and nature in our modern world. New Totems aims to show us how we intersect with—and have an impact on—nature. Monarch, Mark Larson
20TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY QUILT EXHIBIT Showing: NOV 16 – JAN 5
Pinwheel Delight, Carolyn Lindholm
Reception: NOV 17 at 6:00 pm
The Washington Center and the Sew Many Stars quilting group are delighted to celebrate twenty years together! The Holiday Quilt Exhibit is an annual celebration of American textile arts which combine historical concepts and patterns with contemporary techniques. With quilts featuring a variety of themes, fabrics, and colors, this event is a longtime Olympia favorite and promises to present a unique variety of perspectives through exceptional talent.
PANORAMA ARTS GUILD: A CREATIVE COMMUNITY Showing: JAN 11 – MAR 8
Reception: JAN 23 at 6:00 pm
This varied exhibit including photography, fiber arts, basketry, oil, watercolor, and many other mediums, showcases the artistic talents of Panorama retirement community residents. They are artists who have come together from different environments to share their diverse works of art with other local artists and patrons. Crocci, Charles Keck
PUGET SOUND SUMI ARTISTS Showing: MAR 13 – APR 20
Reception: MAR 17 at 6:00 pm
PSSA Association is a very active group numbering nearly 70 members from all over Washington. Puget Sound Sumi Artists was created in 1986 in Tacoma to promote an understanding and appreciation of sumi painting (Sumi-e) and Asian calligraphy (shodo). They work with traditional materials and encourage individual creativity. The artists are committed to sharing their Asian art interest with the public. Flower Spirits, Nola Tresslar
SHOW OF HEARTS: FORGED SCULPTURE BY LISA GEERTSEN Showing: APR 26 – JUN 22
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Reception: APR 27 at 6:00 pm
Geertsen has been working professionally with metal since 1999 and her commissioned work ranges from architectural fabrication to site-specific sculptures. She has a BFA in sculpture from West Virginia University and is a blacksmithing instructor and Metal and Stone Sculpture Studio Manager at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Geertsen is the owner of Firelight Forge, a custom metalwork company located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle.
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Andy Crow Wurlitzer Organ Endowment & Les Lehne Organ Performance Funds
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Portland 503.206.4174
American Guild of Organists Olympia Chapter 819 Christine & Gerry Alexander Steven & Helen Hepp Jack & Betty Laffaw Douglas Owen Dr. Oscar & Barbara Soule Bruce & Virginia Whitehouse
Ovation Society
We gratefully recognize those who have made provisions through estate plans, wills, or other planned gifts.
Monty & Wendy Cobb Judy Henderson Jim & Meredith Hutchins Eric Lee Ron & Linda Moon Sandy & John Parry Jocelyn Wood
The Washington Center Anacker Scholarship for the Arts Sally & Don Anacker Shelley & Bill Carr Robert & Teran Haase Charles & Marilyn Roe Camille & Terrence Schulte
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The Washington Center Board of Directors
Working as volunteers, the community leaders who make up the Board of The Washington Center are a critical component maintaining the link between The Center and the community. Chair: Alex Bunn CEO, Weatherly Inn Vice Chair: Spence Weigand Virgil Adams Real Estate Treasurer: Quint Newell Commercial Broker, Greene Realty Secretary: Lynn Wofford Branch Manager, Heritage Bank Downtown Branch Past Chair: Sean Padget VP Sales & Marketing, Right! Systems Inc. Chad Flook, Community Member Talia Hastie, Marketing Development Director, Evergreen Christian School Ned Hayes, Product Leadership in Software & Services, Intel Corporation Ann Flannigan, Vice President of Public Relations, WSECU George Lamb, M.D., Retired Physician Tim Martin, Community Member Kelley Morgan, Broker, Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty Riana Nelson, Management & Creative, Heavy Skies Music, Inc. Noel Ostrander, Sr. Business Acct. Executive, Comcast Business Courtney Sanford, Broker, City Realty, Inc & The Valley Athletic Club Julio Valdenegro, Owner Dealer Principal, Northwest Harley-Davidson Alison Vega, Au.D., Audiologist, Ascent Audiology & Hearing Deborah Vinsel, Chief Executive Officer, Thurston Community Media Ex-officio Members: Cheryl Duryea, Attorney, Bean Gentry Wheeler & Peternell PLLC Jeannine Roe, Olympia City Council
The Washington Center Staff
Jill Barnes, Executive Director
Alyssa Bleckwehl, Development and Marketing Coordinator Chad Carpenter, Director of Event Services Colleen Bisset, Event and Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Heather Chambers, Box Office Manager Bob Crowell, Custodian Sierra Ditmar, Box Office Associate Darrel Fishburn, Custodian Janet Freeman, Office Manager Brian Fullerton, Front of House Manager, Bartender Nancy Gaston, Business Manager Coral Garey, Front of House Manager, Bartender Kenneth Glidden, Production Staff Joe Griffith, Production Crew Lead Stacy Hicks, Front of House Manager, Bartender Michelle Himlie, Front of House Manager, Bartender Yen Huynh, Bartender Brittania Kerschner, Art Gallery Manager, Assistant Box Office Manager Beth Kober, Front of House Manager, Bartender Nicole Kochman, Box Office Associate ZoÍ Mangold-White, Box Office Associate Roger McIntosh, Production Manager Kaz McWilliam, Box Office Associate Ivey Meyers , Box Office Associate Lauren O’Neill, Head Bartender, Front of House Manager Olivia Parks, Box Office Associate Vanessa Postil, Front of House Manager, Bartender, Young Arts Ambassador Coordinator Christopher Rocco, Custodian Lu Ryle, Front of House Manager, Bartender Amy Shephard, Front of House Manager, Bartender Sarah Sugarbaker, Graphics Coordinator & Resident Designer Billy Thomas, Director of Marketing and Sales Jocelyn Wood, Development Director All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE Local No. 15.
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Hours and Contact information The Administrative Office is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday and can be reached by calling (360) 753-8585. The Box Office is open from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday and two hours prior to any ticketed event. For ticket and event information, call (360) 753-8586. Buy Tickets Online: www.Washingtoncenter.org Our emergency phone number during events is (360) 402-8586. This number, along with your seat number, can be left with family members and care providers. General Information If you will not be using previously purchased tickets, you may donate them back to The Washington Center prior to showtime. We will issue you a receipt for a tax-deductible donation. Smoking (which is defined as the use of tobacco products through pipes, cigars and cigarettes, and “vaping” with e-cigarettes or the use of e-cigarettes in any form) is only allowed outside, 25 feet or more from doorways. Discounted Tickets to most Washington Center presented events are available to seniors, students, youth 14 and under, military families, and groups of 15 or more. Gift Certificates for events at The Washington Center, in any denomination, are available through the Box Office at (360) 7538586. If you or your organization would like information regarding the rental of theaters and/or lobby spaces at The Washington Center, please call our Administrative Office at (360) 753-8585. Tours of The Washington Center, for groups large or small, can be arranged by calling the Administrative Office at (360) 753-8585.
Volunteers are a vital part of The Washington Center. Our thanks goes out to the 2016-17 helping hands who donated their time to make our work possible. Barbara Agee Arleta Agun Louise Alverson Ronald Armstrong Mimi Arnett Ann Aubuchon Ainsley Austin Barbara Baker Rod Baker Yale Balotin Lee Barnes Rosemary Barnhart Mary Bartholomew Rick Bartholomew Kris Bartruff Bill Bassett Jane Bell Luis Bernal Kathy Berndt Mike Berry Carolyn Bishop Linda Boyer Keley Brewster Dany Burgess Bob Burreson Susan Burt Carolyn Burtner Sky Busk
Cynthia Cameli Sharon Carrier Nancy Charbonneau Yahui Chi Charles Clapp Carol Cloen Wendy Cornell Larry Cowan Arvil Crase Violet Crase Miki Crooks Tyra Crooks Karen Crown Richard Curtis James Dallas Mary de Jesus Tom Demme Toni Demme Doyla Doty George Dougherty Lynn Drittenbas Maxine Dunkelman Annie Easter Tina Echeverria Martin Eussen James Eychaner Margo Eytinge
Dante Faulk Shelley Ferer Connie Fischer James Fischer Cathy Fowler Heather Francks Betty Fugazi Anne Gabriel Beth Gallatin Janet Ganey Linda Glasier Maija GlasierLawson Arlene Golladay Nicole Gordon Mary Grammond Rhonda Grantham Lynn Grotsky Catherine Grunenfelder Michael Gurling Tom Hanson Martha Hastings Alissa Hawks Jill Hayes Kathleen Heidenreich Susan Herring Richard Hoffman
FACILITY INFORMATION Performance Information Audio or video recording equipment is strictly forbidden in the theater. All alarms and ringers should be turned off to avoid possible disruption of the performance. A variety of refreshments are available for purchase in the main lobby before our performances and during any intermissions. Please, no food or drink – other than water – is permitted in our theater unless it is in a reusable Washington Center beverage cup. Restrooms are located on the Orchestra (1st), Mezzanine (3rd), and Balcony (4th) levels. ADA accessible restrooms are located on the Orchestra level. We reserve the right to remove any patron responsible for creating a disturbance that disrupts the performance or distracts the audience. At their discretion, a manager may offer a refund to assist in the process, or simply require that they immediately leave the building. Latecomers will be seated at the first appropriate break in the performance and at the discretion of the House Management. Children age three and older must have a ticket; all children 12 and younger must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Patron Accessibility ADA seating is available on the Orchestra (1st) level of our theater. To arrange these seats, please contact the Box Office in advance of your performance. ADA accessible restrooms are located on the Orchestra level. Elevator access is available on all levels except the Loge (2nd) level. Assistive Listening Devices are located in the lobby near Concessions. Please speak with an Usher for assistance.
WASHINGTON CENTER VOLUNTEERS Vicki Hohner Jasper Ilee Sheryl Jackson Patricia Jatczak Dorothy Jessee Peggy Johnson Alexander Johnson Carole Jones Rick Jones Rich Kalman Sandra Kehoe Winni Kenser Curt Knudsen Carol Kromer Mo Lally Nanette Leatherwood Dena Lee Carolyn LePage Ingrid Lewis Tom Lockhart Vicki Lovegren Lindy Lyon Bonnie Mackaness Knudsen Karen Malo Benjamin Martin Becky Mason
Ellen Matheny Bill Mauerman Lynda McCauley Lynn McCauley Anna McLaughlin Daniel McLaughlin Ted Mezen Marilyn Miller Peggy Morgan Amanda Mount Maggie Neatherlin Sharon Neigel Mary Nelson Sang Nguyen Burke O’Leary Lin O’Leary Joanne Osband Tracy Osterhout Donna Pallo-Perez Candace Palmo Rocky Perrott Kathy Peterson Raymond Philen Jodie Polehonka Valerie Pollet Maree Quade Mary Jane Rants Maia Rasmussen
Bobbi Rawlings Nan Rhodes Ann Rockway Kathy Ryan Matthew Samson Chris Sander River Scheuerell Laurie Shannon Jan Sharkey Carol Shawver Martha Shinners Chris Shipley Dave Shipley Susan Shoblom Louise Sidelinger Joyce Singleton Cheryl Smith Steph Smith Rob Snyder Lily Sobolik Judy Soicher Irina Souders Lisa Spaulding Arlen Speights Sandy Spencer Ed Stanford Sharon Stanford Patricia Starzyk
Linda Stretz Jo Sullivan Maureen Sullivan Patti Swanson Eileen Swarthout Nybe Swordfish Sally Taylor Mary Tennyson Trudy Teter Teri Thunberg Rene Toolson Marnie Tyler George Van Vladricken Karin Wagar Christina Wagner Christopher Wagner Cynthia Walsh Caelyn White Roberta Whitney Mary Wildenhaus Kat Will Candi Wines Christiane Wollaston-Joury Carol Zinke Donald Zinke
Interested in volunteering?
All you have to do is attend one volunteer training session! Find out when the next one is by visiting our website! Questions? Call the office at (360) 753-8585 and/or send us an email at volunteers@washingtoncenter.org.
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We gratefully acknowledge our sponsors for their support of the arts!
SPONSORS
Performance Sponsors:
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