Saturday, March 3, 2007

Events For 10/3 to 10/7/2002

Thu 10/3.

5:00 PM "Ode to Icarus" @ 619 Western Ave, 6th Floor.
6:00 PM Gamelan Pacifica @Town Hall.
6:00 PM 11 Shows in 11 Months @ 321 3rd Ave S.
7:00 PM The Wet Zone @ GUPPY'S!
9:00 PM Super-8 vs. DV Deathmatch @ Consolidated Works.

Fri 10/4.
6:00 PM Zapatismo @ SAW.
6:00 PM "Size Isn’t Everything" @ Roq La Rue.
7:00 PM Big Time @ Vital 5.
8:00 PM Seattle Underground Film Festival (10/4 - 10/8).
8:00 PM "Going South" Fundraiser @ The Monkey Pub.

Sat 10/5.
6:00 PM Sean Vale@pound.
7:00 PM COLLABORATORS @ Soil.
10:00 PM UFO AU GO GO @ Sit and Spin.
10:00 PM The Guest Stars @ I-Spy.
10:00 PM CASSANDRA'S PROPHECY @ FuNC.

Sun 10/6.
3:00 PM "Marshmallow World" @ Little Theater (S.U.F.F.).

Mon 10/7.
6:00 PM Amanda's photography opening @ Shoreline Community College.
7:30 PM Seamus Heaney, Lecture @ Benaroya Hall.


Thu 10/3.

"Ode to Icarus" @ 619 Western Ave, 6th Floor.

The Space Virgins like this event:

Make sure you all check out the "Ode to Icarus" It's referred to as a "neo-illusionist performance opera" this ambitious project is rooted the 619 Western building *6th floor* and is taking place this Thursday Oct 3rd for 1st thurs/art-walk at three locations--simultaneously. 1st and jackson/occidental park and the Last Supper Club.

The event begins at 5pm with the street andd park performances and at some point the entire procession will join forces (in occidental park) and will proceed to the Last Supper Club where a celebration of epic proportion will continue until the wee hours of the morning....

This project has been in the werks for over a year and literally involves hundreds of people...oh and by the way I'll be in downstairs area of the upper Club doing my drum thing with a couple of dj's for the after hours...

Much of the performance will take place outside, at a couple locations at once. Check the website, www.odetoicarus.org for more details. The finale: Plato's Symposium & Party will be at the Last Supper Club around 8pm. Tickets are $15 at the door, but a handprinted, limited edition ticket may be purchased beforehand for $10. Either respond to this email or call the studio at 206.621.2000 if you are interested. We'll find a way to get you set up. (Sorry, no surcharges by overpriced ticket companies).

619 Western Ave, 6th Floor.
www.odetoicarus.org


Gamelan Pacifica @Town Hall.

Steve (nasih putih buddy) Miller is inviting us to this beautiful concert:

Hey folks, it's that season again, where a bunch of whities sit around big metal instruments and pretend we know how to make them sound real purty. Of course I'm talking about Indonesian Gamelan and my group, Gamelan Pacifica specifically. We have a FREE show this very Thursday, Oct 3 at (note the unusual time) 7pm. Doors open at 6. Location: Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave (corner of 8th and Seneca on First Hill). What makes this show so cool are two things: there will be many live dances accompanying the gamelan as well as other dances from Malaysia and Thailand. The second cool thing about this is that there's going to be a "Southeast Asia Textile Exhibit and Market."

I'm sure grandma's shawl is getting a little threadbare and nothing would make her happier than a nice new Indonesian sarong for Christmas!
So, let the kreteks get fired up, let the bonang and rebab duke it out for the buka, and let your mind get all confused as you try to figure out what the hell all those dancer's hand mudras are supposed to mean (hint: it's probably mythical AND sexual in nature).

I saw Gamelan Pacifica perform before and found the music to be beautifully sonorous and gently haunting in an odd, lilting way. I loved it. That is really saying something, too, because I generally hate, and I mean HATE going to live music performances. I know this conflicts with First Thursday Art Walk, but I think it's going to be more enjoyable than the Art Walk; and it's where I'll be this evening.

Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave (corner of 8th and Seneca on First Hill). 6 PM, free.


11 Shows in 11 Months @ 321 3rd Ave S.


One Night Only: 11 Shows in 11 Months is a series of one-night only visual art shows curated by Randy Wood. They take place once a month in different locations around Seattle. The atmosphere at these openings/one night events have the same excitement and non-permanence of a rock show. This series serves as an example that artists not represented by commercial galleries can inexpensively create their own circuit by finding spaces and promoting visual arts shows as a one-night event.

This time you'll see works by:

Stacey Holland painting
Laura Harper photography
Paul Davies interactive sculpture

Opening reception, and only day of show, Thursday, October 3rd, 2002
6-10 PM. 321 3rd Ave S, between Seattle Lighting and King St Station in
Pioneer Square. Look for the One Night Only signs.
www.randywood.cc


Super-8 vs. DV Deathmatch @ Consolidated Works.

This Thursday, super-8 films goes head to head with digital video in five rounds of competition alternating between film and video projection:

Color commentary by: Jamie Hook and Alex Mayer
Additional Contributors: Consolidate Works, 911 Media Arts, Wiggly World
Studios, the Seattle Underground Film Festival and Emerald Reels Music by DJ Squidleedee.

Proceeds benefit the 2003 Satellites alternative film & video festival,
which will take place in April next year rather than June as it has in
past.

Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave. N., 9pm $7.
http://www.emeraldreels.com/S8vsDV.htm



The Wet Zone @ GUPPY'S!

Some people in West Seattle are now screaming: "Is this a dream come true - or have I died and gone to heaven? I am just thrilled that this magical night of splendor would occur in west seattle- the happiest place on earth!! thank you god/buddha/david koresh/nsync!!!! (and who couldn't use $25??!!!)"

The reason for this excitement is The Wet Zone @ GUPPY'S, every first Thursday:

"First Thursday: The Wet Zone @ GUPPY'S! Our monthly wet T-shirt contest (for the women) and wet tighty-whities contest (for the guys). It's all in good fun, and hostess Miss Chlamydia Burns keeps it moving. $25 cash prizes for the winners!!!"

Never heard of Guppy's? Neither have I:

"Guppy's is Seattle's newest meeting place for the queer and alternative communities (and lots of others who appreciate being around a diverse group of people). We appeal primarily to mid-career professionals who are looking for a place to meet friends, chat, relax, and just hang out without feeling like they are 'in a bar'. We offer a social bar area, a games area with two pool tables, air hockey and pinball, lots of tabletop video games, a unique 'living room' with sofas and a TV, and a separate dart alley. The music is fun but never so loud that you can't carry on a conversation without getting hoarse by the end of the night."

Guppy's is located at 4752 California, West Seattle Junction.


Fri 10/4.


Zapatismo @SAW

Press release:

Secluded Alley Works proudly presents "Zapatismo", paintings on gourd and canvas by Alexandra Gjurasic. The work is based on the artist's participation and reflections on observing the Zapatista caravan and demonstration in Mexico District Federal in 2001. The artist was awarded the John Caughlan Activist Award by the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Offices (L.E.L.O), and acknowledged by King County and Mayor Paul Schell for social justice work in Mexico based on her participation.

By the way, Party Volcano has heard that SAW's "(seclusion)" has been cancelled. It was planned for 10/4 and 10/5. It sounded like a good idea:

Sponsored by Secluded Alley Works, The Seattle Arts Commission, The King County Arts Commission and The Slender Means Society, (seclusion) is an interactive arts exhibition like no other. Participants will board a BUS WITH BLACKENED WINDOWS and be transported to an undisclosed location to view the works of 50 Northwest Artists on the theme of seclusion. Last year's (seclusion) brought nearly 200 participants to 5-acres of woods in the middle of nowhere for the interactive event. Scattered about the dimly-lit paths were the works of visual, performance, sound, video and theater artists on the theme of seclusion. This year’s indoor event takes place in a 41,000 square foot maze of rooms.

Secluded Alley Works (SAW). 113 12th avenue. Opening reception: Friday, October 4, 6-10pm, with a special performance by the Puppetistas at 8pm.


"Size Isn’t Everything" @ Roq La Rue.

Roq La Rue Gallery presents Jason D'Aquino, "Size Isn’t Everything".

D’Aquino creates miniature, labor intensive drawings, using a
magnifying glass to skillfully create the tiniest of details in each piece.
D’Aquinos pieces have an aged feel due to using scavenged turn of the
century paper or matchbooks with scorch marks, which he then
embellishes by framing in Lucite. This gives each jewel-like piece the effect of
being a worn artifact that has been found and placed in a museum or
curio shop.

The drawings themselves tend to revolve around a dark fairytale theme, often seen in older, pre-PC children's books, when naughty children found bad things happening to them, and monsters were ridiculous but also quite frightening. Other subject matter includes allegorical symbolism and the play between the forces of light and dark, good and evil, and the part playful/part sinister world that resides between both. Occasionally a pop culture or current political reference will show up, giving the viewer the sensation that the seemingly old drawings appear to depict characters before they were even created in the real world.

Roq La Rue, 2316 2nd Ave (new address). Opening reception Friday 10/4
6-10pm. Liquids, snax, DJ Jeffrey (from Wall of Sound) The artist will
be at the opening!


Big Time @ Vital 5.

A German saying teaches us "Everything comes to an end except for sausage" - sausage has two ends. Well, this is it. Vital 5's last show "Big Time", an explosion of pop art featuring new works by Randy McCoy, Robert Hardgrave, Greg Lukens, Robert Adams, and Zach Corum:

This will represent the last opening exhibition at Vital 5's - 2200 Westlake Location. We ask that you fly your freak flag high for this last celebration. Call it an early halloween, an excuse to wear that funky suit, or just a plain old tribute to a great building slated for destruction. In any event, come on down for one last exhibition at Vital 5. We will be taking the winter off and catching our breath from a two year sprint at our Westlake location. Thank you for all of your support and we hope you can make it by for BIG TIME.

Come and see the show and say goodbye to one of the coolest galleries in Seattle.
Vital 5 is located at 2200 Westlake on the southeast corner of Westlake
Ave. and Denny.


Seattle Underground Film Festival.

S.U.F.F. is dedicated to bringing Seattle the very best in new, compelling film and video works from around the world by giving a voice to the truly independent filmmaker whose maverick exuberance and limited resources transcend the pedestrian glut of mainstream cinema.

Amanda Koster is recommending "Marshmallow World" by director Per Hanson from LA. If you like Wes Anderson, The Coen Brothers, Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch, Ben Stiller & Jon Favreau, theirs and other influences are probably recognizable too. Marshmallow World is screening at 3PM @ The Little Theater in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle on Sunday, October 6th.

Here is the MARSHMALLOW WORLD synopsis:

"Andy Kowalski has a wonderful life - he just doesn't know it yet. Marshmallow World is a dark comedy about...well...the meaning of life...or rather, accepting and appreciating the gift of an often unpredictable and imperfect existence. Andy hates his job until he loses it just before the Christmas holiday. Obsessive about his future, Andy has to learn not to think but to feel. Ultimately, Andy learns to let go and appreciate the importance of just being alive."

As you can probably tell from the description above, the film is a darkly comic take on "It's a Wonderful Life."

http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/2002intro.html
Oct.4-8, 2002.


"Going South" Fundraiser @ The Monkey Pub.

K.D. is pointing out this event, a nice diversion on an October evening. It's a fundraiser for "Going South" video shoot:

Benefit for our upcoming Music Video for "Salt Wells"
(http://www.southerlytrends.com/gsvideo.htm)

There's going to be a raffle with lots of great prizes, special musical
guests, and everyone is sure to have a good time. You will be there or
kindly be square.

The Monkey Pub, 5305 Roosevelt Way NE.


Sat 10/5.

Sean Vale @ Pound Gallery.
Pound Gallery. 6-10pm. Free.
http://www.poundgallery.com/upcoming.html


COLLABORATORS @ Soil.

Party Volcano is recommending this opening. The Stranger's own Emily Hall is one of the curators of this show and the list of artists includes Susan Robb and Greg Lundgren. Can you ask for more?

Misinterpretation? Blindness? Secret codes? The possibility of a Strange new intimacy? Yoked into collaboration, pairs of writers residing in NYC and visual artists in Seattle-previously complete strangers-have spent the last three months under mutual surveillance: rifling through mementos to send one another, employing bi-coastal spy networks, trading original works, plotting ornate surprises/secret trysts, and marshalling their overall creative efforts toward nine collaborative works, plus documentation of the relationships, to be shown at SOIL and Richard Hugo House.

SOIL GALLERY, OCT 5th - 30th 1317 E PINE ST SEATTLE WA.
OPENING RECEPTION OCTOBER 5, 2002 7-10 PM
http://www.soilart.org/collab/index.html


UFO AU GO GO @ Sit and Spin.

Chris is reminding us about the last (for this year anyway) UFO AU GO GO coming up this week. If you haven't been to one, this is your last chance to check out this fun and unique night. If you have attended before, you know you shouldn't miss it:

UFO AU GO GO - A NIGHT OF MOD SCENES AND GROOVY SOUNDS

60's mod and psychedelic rock, soul, Brit Pop, Acid Jazz and International Pop will be on the aural menu. Go Go Dancers and far out projections will be on the visual.

Featuring resident DJ Chris Porter and guest DJ DJango. GUEST BANDS -
THE BOSS MARTIANS and JON AUER. DANCING BY MEMBERS OF THE GUN ST. GIRLS. Visual projections provided by Killing Frenzy Productions. Mod dress encouraged.

SIT & SPIN (2219 4TH AVE. IN BELLTOWN)
$7 admission ($4 for FESTERING OCTOBER SCOOT PARTICIPANTS).
Check out this month's flyer on our website www.ufoaugogo.com .


The Guest Stars @ I-Spy.

From an email:

Darlings, pass the word on—Oct 5th some great live pop/rock/electronic mutations to be heard this Saturday night at Ispy, with 3 great projects: mars accelerator’s side project YAM, waterkillthesun, and The Guest Stars. An after party is rumored for the dedicated…1921 5th Avenue downtown seattle ($6 or list email seankell100@hotmail.com)

CASSANDRA'S PROPHECY @ FuNC.

It looks like Phoenix is going out of business:

We lost money at Phoenix Festival so we are trying to raise some funds to get the damn creditors off our back, but we are committed to doing it in a way that you will enjoy. Be sure to tell your friends, bring lots of money for the hooch, dress up all snazzy like and have a laugh with us.

Here is there invitaion:

We, the people you may know as "the Phoenix Festival organizers" would like to invite you to a very special event. After three years of fun filled summer festivals revolving around the theme of a firey bird... its time to finally kill that nappy winged beast for good...

Join us for the slaughter and learn what the future has in store (100 monkeys?)

***DJ music by Seattle's finest audio technicians***
-Ki
-Chloe
-Advent
-Variform
-Jerry Abstract

***tons of art, installations, and other performances***
-Chickenhed Chicken Fried Alter
-Santorini Liquid Fire & Dancer Supression Crew
-Twozdai Hulse
-Holly Belknap
-12
-The Gyrosphere
-Foxfire
-The Cathedral of Hate
-Saturnia monkfish goddess ( queen of black rock city )

FuNC, 160 N Canal, in Freemont, 10PM. $10.
If you come dressed as a character from your favorite myth, religious parable or Bob Dylan song, you will be forced to donate $8.00. If you don't bring a costume, you may be made fun of and then forced to donate $10.00.
www.mimeticmusic.com
www.phoenixfest.com


Mon 10/7.

Amanda's photography opening @ Shoreline Community College.

Amanda Koster is inviting us to her opening:

I have just completed a documentary piece on immigrant and refugee students who attend Shoreline Community College. The project was funded by the Department of Education.

The work is on exhibit at Shoreline Community College, featuring 54 photographs and excerpts from interviews with seven immigrant and refugee students who participated in the project during spring quarter 2002. The students are from Laos (ethnic Mien and ethnic Hmong), Korea, The Ukraine, Gambia and Mexico (1st and 2nd generation).

The official opening of the work will be at Shoreline Community College¹s Gallery in Administration Building #1000 on Monday, Oct. 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and will run through Oct. 31. Sen. Paul Shin (D-21st District) will deliver the keynote address at 6:30. The students will also be present and some in traditional clothing.

Shorline Community College. 16101 Greenwood Avenue North. 6pm-8pm.
Campus map link:
http://www.shore.ctc.edu/shoreline/collegemaps1.htm


Seamus Heaney, Lecture @ Benaroya Hall.

Nobel Prize Recipient Poet Seamus Heaney is giving a lecture:

In 1995 Seamus Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy praised him "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past." Born in 1939 in County Derry, the eldest of nine children, Heaney was raised on his parents' farm in Northern Ireland. His poetry is deeply marked by both his rural upbringing and his experience of political unrest. "He has often written of the poet as a kind of farmer," notes The New York Times, "as though Ireland's wet peat were a storehouse of images and memories." But violence is always intruding on this bucolic life, as he makes clear in his famous poem "Digging":

"Between my finger and my thumb/ The squat pen rests; snug as a gun." Heaney's first poetry collections, Death of a Naturalist (1966) and Door Into the Dark (1969), earned him international acclaim. He has gone on to publish numerous collections of poetry, three works of criticism, and The Cure at Troy, a version of Sophocles' Philoctetes. In 2000, Heaney published a new translation of Beowulf, turning the Anglo-Saxon epic into an international bestseller a thousand years after it was
originally written. His most recent publications include Opened Ground (1998), Diary of One Who Vanished (2000), and Electric Light (2001).

Benaroya Hall, 7:30 p.m.
http://www.lectures.org/heaney.html

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