Here is the party volcano forecast for this week: There are no events on Friday but starting with Saturday you'll see a mild eruption of interesting events and shows. My favorites are Furball, IQU, and the Aki Kaurismaki retrospective at Grand Illusion.
Saturday 1/24
6:00 PM Housewarming Party for CoCA
7:00 PM Buffalo Bill's Defunct Fundraiser @ Bemis
8:00 PM Furball @ Old Drinkmore Café
9:00 PM IQU @ Pioneer Square
9:00 PM? Skin Party - not in Seattle.
9:00 PM? Soiree @ Mantra Kickoff Party
Sunday 1/25
7:30 PM AXOLOTL @ Dance Underground.
Tuesday 1/27
7:00 PM Aki Kaurismaki's DRIFTING CLOUDS @ The Grand Illusion
8:00 PM Slideluck Potshow 22 @ Aftermath
Wednesday 1/28
7:00 PM Stage Fright @ Hugo House.
Thursday 1/29
8:00 PM The Mineola Twins
8:00 PM Soirée Francophone à Capitol Club
9:00 PM? DjML & Casey Ann @ The Premier
Saturday 1/24
Housewarming Party for CoCA
CoCA has moved and they are having a party this Saturday:
CoCA requests the pleasure of your company for a housewarming party on Saturday, January 24, 6 - 10 PM at our new location! We are permanently moving to 408 Dexter Ave. N as of 2/1/2004 and would like to take this opportunity to show off our new space and let you know about some of our needs for help and support. We have music lined up for your entertainment and will be serving beer & wine at a cash bar to benefit CoCA and help defray some of our expenses for moving and build out. We also hope to show some videos and slides which highlight CoCA past & present.
There is no admission fee but donations will be gladly accepted in the form of cash, checks, credit, building materials, volunteer skills, and any other ways you feel you can help.
Volunteer musicians scheduled to appear include Plan B & jimmy carter. Many of you are familiar with Plan B from their many appearances at CoCA including our recent Blak & Blu Ball. jimmy carter is actually comprised of brothers Jeremy Carter on hand built instruments and electronics and Tim Carter on drums (sorry no renditions of "Salt Peanuts" by former presidents...at least that we know of. You never know who might drop in at CoCA). There are many good people volunteering their time, skills, and abilities to make this happen so we hope you will come out as well to show your support and let them know they are appreciated!
Center on Contemporary Art, NEW: 408 Dexter Ave. N, 6-10.
http://www.cocaseattle.org/CoCAMap.htm
Buffalo Bill's Defunct Fundraiser @ Bemis
Here is what I am reading between the lines: An ambitious film project in Seattle has burnt through its cash reserves and desperately needs our money:
Help Buffalo Bill's defunct get to the finish line!
Years in the making, the WigglyWorld Start-to-Finish film Buffalo Bill's Defunct is just about complete! Director Matt Wilkins locked picture on the edit, audio wizard Tom Rickell is flying through the sound work, and thanks to an amazing partnership with Modern Digital we¹re able to re-telecine the film, have first rate color correction and finish the film.
We've got one last fundraiser to get the film completed and we want you to attend. Interested in helping a great feature film in its last stages? (This is always the sexiest, most dramatic time to help.) Been tracking the project, and dying to see it on the big screen? Join us for live music, drinks, hobnobbing with the cast and crew, and a sneak preview of a few scenes from the completed film.
Let's see what kind of movie are we talking about:
"Buffalo Bill's Defunct" is an intergenerational study of the various messes family members make when they attempt to deconstruct the walls that separate them, and the subsequent ways they go about cleaning up their messes. The film consists of five chapters, each a story that revolves around a potent metaphor: the skeletal remains of a garage, an eviscerated deer, a watermelon seed lodged in an ear, a painted drunk, a middle-aged woman in a prom dress.
Would I want to watch that movie when it's finished? - No!
Would I want them to finish their project? - Sure, why not.
If you get a kick out of hanging out with the film crew of a Seattle based independent movie and get a free tour through the unique Bemis Building you should definitely go. Otherwise there are plenty of great events to go this Saturday.
Buffalo Bill's Defunct fundraiser
Saturday, January 24 7pm
55 S. Atlantic Street #414, Seattle,
in the beautiful old Bemis building, near Safeco Field
More info on the project at:
www.sisyphusproductions.com
www.nwfilmforum.org/wigglyworld/start2buffalob.shtml
Furball @ Old Drinkmore Cafe
Black Rock City Animal Control presents:
FURBALL
A Theme Camp Fundraising Event
DJ, Dancing, Drinks and a Chill Space
$15 at the door, $10 in animal costume
(21+ id required)
Music all night long by DJ Ki, DJ Diem, and DJ Darek Mazzone
Libations available at the Open Bar
Play all night long in the infamous BRCAC Ball Pit
I think, this invitation by itself doesn't make sense to many of our readers and needs some explanation.
You probably already know, but let's start from the begin: Burning Man (BM) is an "annual art festival and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance" in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. There main web site is http://www.burningman.com . There are tons of "theme camps" at BM. One of them is Animal Control Center. (To get a better understanding of the theme camps it might be helpful to browse through one of those many BM galleries like http://www.maniahill.com/images/gallery/Burning_Man_2003?&page=4 .)
There are a lot of people here in Seattle that participate actively at BM every year. You can get a complete list of Seattle BM camps at http://www.burningmanseattle.com/people/theme2003.asp .
So what does Animal Control exactly do at BM? Here is what they did last year:
BRCAC will make daily collections of pesky playa "creatures" who are running free causing disturbances to camps, streets and or persons of the City. These captured animals will be documented and tagged for scientific research and easy recognition, and possibly spayed/neutered and given "shots". Our trained staff will use the latest in animal reform practices to allow these potentially dangerous animals the chance to be reintroduced to life on the playa. If our staff concludes that an animal has achieved reformed status they will have the opportunity to be adopted by a responsible Black Rock City citizen. Otherwise they will be put to sleep.
The cover charge is $10 to $15. But it will probably be worth it.
Animal Control Fundraiser
January 24: Furball 8PM; Old Drinkmore Cafe;
239 Bellevue Ave (corner of Bellevue and Thomas);
$15 at the door or $10 in advance or in animal costume; 21+.
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=JHYLSKXVOSSHZRNJJTBI
Flyer: http://www.evite.com/viewPict?pictID=VLVQMNGFSMYSPSPPLVRW
http://www.brcac.com/
IQU @ Pioneer Square
DJ Superjew - who is one of the recent winners of the Lucky Strike Art Pack contest (see www.seattleartpack.com) - is pointing out this event. I have been to IQU shows before and I am in full agreement with her recommendation:
Hello Kitties
Another SJ post for your sweet information:
There's going to be a sick, sick show on Saturday night that none of you should miss (that is, unless, you don't live in Seattle). Details:
IQU
Seksu Roba (formerly on Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
Dalmatians (Imputor?)
(avec) DJ Mat Griese and DJ K.O.
(voila!) a groovetube installation by Mat Griese
(et) live visuals from Sientific American
(on va voir)...the Flyer by Chuck Dong
Some of you may remember this as the "Giant Robot" party space from last fall. And I don't have to tell you that this is going to be the happeningest party for a while...just look at the roster. I'll see you there, plan on it!
Kisses
SJ
www.mariannegoldin.com
Saturday, January 24, 2004, 9pm, 21 & over, $7.
562 1st Avenue, 4th floor (across from the Triangle Pub in Pioneer
Square).
For info check out: http://www.iquiqu.com or http://www.imputor.com
Skin Party - not in Seattle.
PV reporter Ron Jeremy (PV Halloween Consumer Report 2003) was throwing in this note the other day:
Not in Seattle, but you should write something funny about it...
http://www.skinparty.com/info.php?i=420
Here is the link for info on how to get invited...
http://www.virtualviplounge.com/info.php?i=629
Another one...
http://www.gregos-nyc.com/
And an article about the burgeoning scene that this is a part of...
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/fashion/11SWIN.html?ex=1074924835&ei=1&en=fc62d2253353771d
Since I don't have much time this week to do the research and write something entertaining about it I'll let you do the work of figuring out the details...
Soiree @ Mantra Kickoff Party
PV reader Tom writes:
I was hoping I could add an event to your weekly mailings.. A friend turned me onto your list and I'm hooked.. I'd love to have our event join the list..
Thank you
Thomas Bowman
Soiree
Of course we are mentioning it!
Lineup:
J Mundo [Dallas] , Rama ft. MC Insight , Anchimon
The Northwest's biggest 2step and UK Garage series kicks off a new bi-weekly event. Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month you can catch the most up front sound coming out of the UK. The recently opened Mantra Lounge features one of the top sound systems in seattle, perfect for the heavy basslines which are sure to make you shake your ass.
January 24th 2004
Soiree @ Mantra Kickoff Party
Mantra Lounge - 210 South Washington St.
Sunday 1/25
AXOLOTL @ Dance Underground.
This Sunday AXOLOTL will open at Dance Underground. I don't have much information about it except for what I could find in the Stranger:
An experimental, interactive performance with Amii LeGendre and others, directed by Karl Frost.
I really like what Amii LeGendre is doing and I have been to many performances with or of her. In my opinion Amii LeGendre and D7 offer great opportunities for exploring and enjoying modern dance in a small town like Seattle. (If you are interested in modern dance and are willing to pay a little bit more you should check out Mark Morris, who is coming to Seattle soon.)
Dance Underground, 340 15th Ave E, 790-1645. $10-$20. Opens Sun Jan 25 at 7:30 pm. Through Feb 8.
http://www.thestranger.com/current/theater_listings.html
Tuesday 1/27
Aki Kaurismaki's DRIFTING CLOUDS @ The Grand Illusion
We are guilty of not telling you earlier about "Heaven and Helsinki", the complete retrospective of finish director Aki Kaurismaki at the Grand Illusion. I love his movies especially the ones that no theater would show because they are so depressing. Many people have probably seen "LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA" but I prefer the darker ones like THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL and ARIEL. That's why my choice for Tuesday will be DRIFTING CLOUDS and not LENINGRAD COWBOYS MEET MOSES, which I expect to be somewhat more upbeat.
Here are the details:
Tuesday- Thursday, January 27- 29 at 7 pm
NORTHWEST THEATRICAL PREMIERE! NEW 35mm PRINT! NOT AVAILABLE ON VIDEO!
DRIFTING CLOUDS
(KAUAS PILVET KARKAAVAT)
(Aki Kaurismaki, 1996, Finland, 35mm, 96 min.)
Set in Helsinki in 1996 amidst widespread unemployment, DRIFTING CLOUDS seems to have come from a 1950s period melodrama, with its bright color schemes and deliberately cloying nostalgia. A married couple (a bus driver and a waitress) both lose their jobs and must struggle to maintain their income, relationship and sanity. Kaurismaki describes the film as a cross between THE BICYCLE THIEF and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. In Finnish with English subtitles.
"…a beautiful, melancholy work that all but restores humanism to contemporary cinema. Who else could make a comedy about unemployment, and turn it into a soulful, transcendent statement about hope and survival?"
-James Quandt, CINEMATHEQUE ONTARIO
A Kaurismaki movie wouldn't be a Finish movie without making references to sad Finish Tango. If you get hooked up to it like I am you should get the sampler "Tule Tanssimaan". Okay, I stop.
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/grandillusion/
Tule Tanssimaan: http://www.trikont.com/catalogue/312_finish_tango/312_finish_tango.html
Slideluck Potshow 22 @ Aftermath
Diana, Jed, and Steven are hosting another Slideluck Potshow. It seems like over the years this event has opened itself more and more open to the public. I should have kept that one email I got after I was recommending a Slideluck Potshow in 2002. The text said something like: We don't need you party hipsters and yuppies at our art event. But that was long time ago and Slideluck Potshow is now in good hands of people that are open minded and don't discriminate party hipsters and yuppies like you and me...
Hey there,
Once again it's time to break out your photos for Slideluck Potshow. This time around the theme is
Austere/Ostentatious
Much beauty can be held by simple form and function - the quality of a line, the texture of a shape, the personality of a face. At the same time, we often yearn for the sweetness of rich color, complex patterns, or a flamboyant portrait. So, come out and show some work, whether new or old, on the theme or off.
For those of you who still don't know what slideluck is about, it is a slideshow and a potluck. Please bring good food, strong drink and up to 5 minutes worth of
slides. Doors will be open at 7:30 and we'll start the slides around 8ish.
We will have a traditional slide projector and a digital one. If you want to show digital, please drop me a line so that I can sign you up. We will be renting a nice one this time around and will be splitting the cost. I'm thinking it will be about $10 a piece. Bring your .jpg images on a cd.
High fives go out to Diana for letting us host at the Aftermath Gallery. http://www.aftermathgallery.com
See ya there,
Steven
Aftermath, 928 12th Ave
Tuesday, January 27, 8:00pm
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=OEGNXDJIAWADCQOMAHFJ
Wednesday 1/28
Stage Fright @ Hugo House.
The press release says:
Richard Hugo House's very own Stage Fright, the best FREE youth open mic night around, presents a new year. Stage Fright is held every fourth Wednesday of the month, at 7pm. Stage Fright offers a safe and respectful environment for youth ages 14-24 to share their work.
Stage Fright encourages youth to play music, sing, act, bring in their poetry, short stories, whatever they feel like to express themselves. Stage Fright offers FREE food and entertainment for all ages. This is our space to experiment with our own performance art, and feel comfortable doing it.
The first few dates for 2004 are:
January 28
February 25
March 24
Hugo House is at 1634 11 Ave. on Seattle's Capitol Hill, between Pine and Olive Streets. There is limited parking available in our lot. For more information, visit www.hugohouse.org, or contact us at (206) 322-7030 or stagefright@hugohouse.org.
Thursday 1/29
The Mineola Twins
Theater plays are always risky. But Pay-What-You-Can Thursdays are a good way to hedge your risks. For me Thursdays are Watch-What-You-Can-Stand Thursdays and this play doesn't make my list. I am simply not into this kind of shows but you might be:
Just in time for election year, Theater Schmeater presents The Mineola Twins, Paula Vogel¹s raucous and passionate satire of American politics, opening on January 23 and running through February 21.
Just how different can identical twins be? Myrna, the ³good² twin, is a staunch conservative and ³stacked², and Myra, the ³evil² twin, is a radical, activist, lesbian, and flat as a pancake. Follow the battles between these two (almost) identical twins through the landscape of the Eisenhower, Nixon,
& Reagan/Bush administrations, as each twin lives out one extreme of America¹s conservative/liberal split, trying to define herself in opposition to the other and exploding our political culture along the way. Wildly theatrical, and ultimately moving, The Mineola Twins takes on the unique schizophrenia that is American politics.
Paula Vogel is the winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Award for Drama for How I
Learned to Drive; she has also received multiple Best Play Obies and numerous other honors. Her other plays include And Baby Makes Seven, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, The Baltimore Waltz, and Hot 'n' Throbbing.
The Mineola Twins
By Paula Vogel
Directed by Anita Montgomery
Featuring Victoria Dicce, Rachel Hynes, and Zach Lundin.
January 23 - February 21, 2004 (sneak preview Thursday, January 22)
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
*Special Sunday matinee February 1, to be followed by a discussion with the director and cast*
Thursdays: Pay what you can.
Friday & Saturday: $15
Sunday matinee: $12
Under 18 always FREE
Theater Schmeater is located at 1500 Summit Avenue between Pike and Pine on Capitol Hill.
www.schmeater.org
Soirée Francophone à Capitol Club
Monsire Wissam de Tabbara is inviting us to an evening of chatting in French:
Salut tout le monde,
Cette soirée Francophone est spécial. J’ai réservée la chambre bleue privée au capitol club. Le Capitol Club a une ambiance et des décors du Maroc. Les bancs sont placés en rectangle de façon à ce que tout le monde puisse communiquer plus facilement ensemble. Comme toujours, invitez vos amis francophones et venez avec vos histoires intéressantes et amusantes. On commence a 20 :00 (08 :00PM).
Veuillez-bien répondre à cette e-vite pour nous aider à organiser cette soirée. Comme toujours, vos amis parlant français sont les bienvenus. Pour les nouveaux, notre groupe est formé de jeunes francophones sympas de tous horizons qui se retrouvent pour passer de bons moments. On se rencontre une fois par mois dans un bar différent à Seattle.
Vous pouvez accéder aux photos de la dernière soirée à cette adresse : http://groups.msn.com/francophonedeseattle
CitySearch :
http://seattle.citysearch.com/profile/10798232/
A Bientôt,
Wissam Tabbara
Wissam, who has a lot of fun hosting these events, recently suggested that I should create a German evening. His point was that Franz hosts an Italian evening every once in a while and nobody is covering the "German market". I haven't decided yet. Putting a bunch of Germans in a room with alcohol is usually not a good idea (see New Directions In Alcohol Consumption from last week). But I could probably handle it every two months.
Capitol Club, 414 E Pine St
Thursday, January 29, 8:00pm
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=DLDAMRJHKYIHESJWLWDP
DjML & Casey Ann @ The Premier
DjML is back:
Thursday Jan, 29th, save the day (actually the night). . .
We're gonna have a party!
*DjML & Casey Ann spin at the cool new bar, restaurant and concert
venue, The Premier*
The Premier, 1700 1st Ave S. . . 1 block south of SAFECO field.
The Premier is set to become the new place to experience great events. Featuring a concert space that plays host to thousands of people, and a classy restaurant, bar and dance floor, The Premier is redefining how Seattle is entertained.
See you there,
DjML
Details:
For more details on everything. . .
DJML website: http://www.djml.com/
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