What a busy week - no time for comments. Here is the list.
Gotta run!
Friday, 9/17
6:30 PM Book Sale @ Sand Point (9/17-9/19)
7:00 PM Tiki Art Now @ The Shooting Gallery (San Francisco)
7:00 PM Silent Waters (ISAFF)
8:00 PM Velocity Dance Center's 3rd Annual Fall Kick Off Showcase Extravaganza
8:00 PM "They Shoot Painters Don't They?" @ CoCA
Saturday, 9/18
2:00 PM Flatchestedmama's commitment ceremony
7:00 PM SAMA! @UW Brechemin Auditorium
Sunday, 9/19
8:00 PM The Seattle Phonographers Union @ On the Boards Studio Theatre
Tuesday, 9/21
9:00 PM DZIHAN & KAMIEN @ Chop Suey
Thursday, 9/23.
10:00 AM Vancouver International Film Festival (9/23 - 10/8)
9:00 PM No Vote Left Behind (9/23 - 9/26)
Friday, 9/17
Book Sale @ Sand Point
PV's CDO (Chief Discipline Officer) Andrew flies in from Thailand for this sale. He gives us an advance preview:
If you love books, this is an enjoyable event. Friends of the Seattle Public Library sponsors this sale twice per year. There are about 100,000 books, most of which are donated but some are old library books. Most books are priced at $1.00. There is a large "better books" section where books are priced as marked-still very reasonably-and a rare and old books section which occasionally has some neat finds.
Books are arranged in rough categories-fiction, travel, cooking, foreign language, etc-but beyond that, it's a jumbled mess with large boxes of books crammed under the tables waiting for more room to be made. That's actually half the fun-it's sort of like picking through books at a giant garage sale.
For planning purposes:
Friday is Member's Preview for members of Friends of the Library. Membership costs $15.00 for one year and allows you advanced crack at the Fall and Spring book sales. You are, however, limited to buying 25 books at this preview. You can purchase a membership at the door. I think it's worth the membership price if you are a book fanatic and plan to go to both sales during the year. You get first pick and, although it's crowded, it's not nearly as bad as the overwhelming crowds on Saturday.
Saturday is the first day that the sale is open to the general public. Generally, Saturdays are a madhouse-especially in the morning and early afternoon. It can be hard to move through the aisles there are so many people packed in. I, personally, find it too claustrophobic with the crowds to bother going on Saturday.
Sunday is the second day that the sale is open to the general public. It's still cro! wded but usually not nearly as bad as on Sunday. Also on Sunday, they run specials-e.g. all books half price, etc. And if you stick around to the very end, sometimes they will even bargain down further in the rare books room. The downside is that although there are a lot of books still left, they have been picked over. Still, I've found some real treasures on Sunday at bargain prices.
Sand Point/Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 30
Friday: Member's Preview 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm (Membership available at door for $15)
Saturday: Public Sale 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: Public Sale 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Helpful Hint: Bring a comfortable backpack or large bag for hauling books around. They don't provide bags or boxes at the door, so it's really best to bring your own.
More info, including bus routes: http://www.splfriends.org/index.php?page=BookSales
Tiki Art Now @ The Shooting Gallery (San Francisco)
Marlow is pointing out this one in San Francisco:
Tiki Art Now" - Art Show
@ The Shooting Gallery
Showing September 14 to October 9
Curated by
Otto von Stroheim of Tiki News
Show works by:
Shag - Isabel Samaras - Bosko
Munk Tiki - Dave Burke - Sunny Buick
Marco Almera - and many more
Artist reception September 17
The Shooting Gallery
839 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 931-8035
http://www.shootinggallerysf.com/Books/Books.htm
More Tiki News: http://www.tikinews.com/
Silent Waters (ISAFF)
SILENT WATERS (Khamosh Pani)
Sabiha Sumar, Pakistan, 2003
Punjabi with English subtitles, 35mm, 95 minutes
Official Selection at Seattle International Film Festival 2004
Winner! Golden Leopard (Best Film), Best Actress (Kirron Kher) –
Locarno International Film Festival
Ayesha is a middle-aged woman whose life centers around her son,
Saleem-- a gentle, dreamy, 18 year-old in love with Zubeida. Ayesha and her
son live in the village of Charkhi, Punjab, Pakistan. Ayesha, a widow,
maintains her home from her late husband's pension and also by giving
Qur'an lessons to young girls. The story begins in 1979, in a Pakistan
dictated under President General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law. In a few
months the country will become a state ruled by Islamic Jurisprudence.
Saleem becomes intensely involved with a group of Islamic fundamentalists.
Ayesha and Zubeida immensely worry for him. The plot thickens when Sikh
pilgrims from India pour into the Pakistani village to visit the land
that was abandoned during the Partition of South Asia in 1947.
Here is the complete schedule for the Independent South Asian Film Festival (ISAFF) from September 16-20, 2004 provided by Wissam's Culture Theory newsletter:
Thursday (9/16)
8:00 pm OPENING GALA NIGHT.Celebrate the rich culture that inspires the cinema, art, and music of South Asia. (Last day for advanced tickets). More
FRIDAY(9/17)
7:00 pm SILENT WATERS (Khamosh Pani) Pakistan, 2003
9:00 pm EVERYBODY SAYS I'M FINE Bombay, India, 2001
SATURDAY(9/18)
1:00 pm CROSSING THE LINES: Kashmir, Pakistan, India Pakistan, 2004
2:00 pm AWAKENED DREAM (Khwaab) San Francisco, USA, 2004
5:00 pm ECLIPSE (Grahanam) Andhra Pradesh, India, 2004
7:00 pm FINAL SOLUTION Gujarat, India, 2003
SUNDAY(9/19)
1:00 pm BANGLA EAST SIDE New York/Bangladesh, 2004
2:00 pm FORUM: WOMEN FILMMAKERS Screening + panel discussion with South Asian women filmmakers
5:00 pm FORUM: TRIKONE NW Screening + panel discussion with South Asian queer community
7:00 pm AUGUST SUN (Ira Madiyama) Sri Lanka, 2003
MONDAY(9/20)
6:00 pm AUTUMN'S FINAL COUNTRY Kashmir, India, 2004 BATTLE FOR BLUE GOLD Kerala, India, 2004
8:00 pm INDIAN COWBOY New Jersey, USA, 2003
10:00 pm Closing party at the Baltic Room
About ISAFF:
Festival Dates: September 16-20, 2004 at Broadway Performance Hall
Seattle’s 1st Independent South Asian Film Festival (ISAFF) is
presented by Tasveer, in collaboration with Northwest Asian American Theater,
present rarely seen films, a recently-banned documentary, dynamic forums
on important social issues, and a fantastic Opening Gala party by
Culture Theory, the organizer of the Opening Gala for the Arab & Iranian
Film Festival.
Velocity Dance Center's 3rd Annual Fall Kick Off Showcase Extravaganza
Velocity Dance Center Presents
The 3rd Annual Fall Kick Off Showcase Extravaganza
Get your tickets now…
To a weekend festival of dance showcasing the best of the best Seattle dance at Velocity. Five artists per evening, 15 hand-selected performances over the course of the weekend, take the stage to perform the “greatest hits” of 2004 and preview exciting works to come in 2005.
Spend the weekend at Velocity and take advantage of our special 3-night festival pass!
Show Info:
September 17th –19th (Fri.-Sun.)
8:00 pm performance/ doors open at 7:30
Velocity MainSpace Theater
915 E Pine St, 2nd Floor, Odd Fellows Hall
Ticket Info:
$20 – 1 night
$35 – 2 nights
Festival pass - $40 for all 3 nights
Call (206) 325-8773 x2 for reservations or email
Advance reservations are recommended.
Artist Line Up:
Friday Night – September 17
The Pat Graney Dance Company
Jessica Jobaris
Crispin Spaeth Dance Group
Paige Phillips
Locust
Saturday Night – September 18
Spectrum Dance Theater
Ricki Mason / Launch
Rob Kitsos
Lingo dancetheater
The Degenerate Art Ensemble
Sunday Night – September 19
Christian Swenson
BetterBiscuitDance
Maureen Whiting Company
LeGendre Performance Group
AcornDance
Velocity Dance Center
915 E Pine Street, 2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 325-8773
"They Shoot Painters Don't They?" @ CoCA
"They Shoot Painters Don't They?" Mark your calendars - This year's 24-hour painting marathon and auction will be held on Friday and Saturday, Oct 1 & 2 in Fremont at 124 N 35th St. The Opening of the Marathon Artists Preview Show will be on Friday, Sept. 17 at CoCA. This special show let's you scope out the Artists participating in this year's Marathon and plan your auction purchases! More details for the Marathon and Auction can be found at www.cocaseattle.org/marathon and tickets can be purchased online at Marathon/tickets. This year's auctioneer is once again the fabulous Laura Michalek
CoCA. 410 Dexter Ave. N.
http://cocaseattle.org/marathon/
http://cocaseattle.org/marathon/tickets.htm
Saturday, 9/18
Flatchestedmama's commitment ceremony
DJ Superjew wishes us a happy Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year 5765) and writes:
i hope a lot of you will be able to make it to Flatchestedmama's
commitment ceremony this Saturday Sep 18th. miss dawn cerny and i have
labored LONG AND HARD over the letterpress program for this event, and
miss FMC has worked her BUTT off to make it happen. this promises to be
a once-in-a-life opportunity to catch an emerging artist in her prime:
saturday sept 18
flatchestedmama's and amy ellen trefsger's commitment ceremony
('wedding')
ceremony: 2pm at Golden Gardens (if rain, move to CoCA)
reception: 8pm at Center on Contemporary Arts (410 Dexter - across
Hostess factory)
featuring:
matrons of art {tory franklin, eroyn franklin, caffeine, andrea j
gardner, erin norlin},
P.A.N., cello and violin, father of the artist, DJ superjew, New Death
Show, Dalmatians, bachelorette party footage, art, much more!
www.mariannegoldin.com
www.dawncerny.com
www.flatchestedmama.com
SAMA! @UW Brechemin Auditorium
James Whetzel recommends:
SAMA! Saturday, Sept. 18, Brechemin Auditorium, UW campus. 7pm. $18
at the door.
An evening of creative new global music inspired by the rhythms and
melodies of India, Greece, and beyond will be in concert at University of
Washington Music Building, Brechemin Auditorium, on Saturday, September
18, 2004 at 7:00pm.
SAMA - Hindi, meaning, “the permeation of rhythmical and musical energy
in the atmosphere of a room when music is being passionately played or
performed,” is the collaborative project of Tabla virtuoso, Vishal
Nagar, and Drummer, Leftheri Mahlis.
Ticket Details
Tickets are $15 in advance (Checks to be received by Friday September
17th 2004)and $18 at the door . To purchase tickets in advance, email
musicsama@yahoo.com , or call 206-915-7467 . More information can be
found at www.pacifictabla.com . Event has been co-sponsored by Ragamala,
Pratidhwani, Seattle Drum School, and Pacifictabla.
Musicians:
Pt.Ramesh Misra (Sarangi)
Lefteri Mahlis ( Drums/toumbek )
Demitri Mahlis( Ud/Bozuki/ Guitar)
Vishal Nagar ( Tabla)
Sunday, 9/19
The Seattle Phonographers Union @ On the Boards Studio Theatre
Another recommendation by James Whetzel:
On the Boards Studio Theater, 100 West Roy on Queen Anne Hill, 8 pm,
$0-$5 sliding scale donation.
The Seattle Phonographers Union improvises collectively, solo, and in
small groups with unprocessed field recordings made next door and around
the world.
Sound sources include distantly rasping pine trees, rushing rivers,
buzzing wasps, vibrating machinery, touch football in the park, gulls
alighting into the sky, and other overlooked ambiances of everyday life as
well as rugged audio from the recent protests at the RNC in New York.
The line-up: Steve Barsotti, Christopher DeLaurenti, Dale Lloyd, Perri
Lynch, Toby Paddock, Steve Peters, and Jonathan Way as well as a solo
set from special guest acclaimed sound artist Bernhard Gal
(Vienna/Berlin) who is touring the United States.
This extract by Francois Couture (All Music Guide) about the recent
Phonographers Union cd, Live on Sonarchy Radio (Accretions), offers more
detail:
"With an acute sense of listening, the artists are combining their
recordings (not mere sounds but chunks of space, as the microphone picks up
more than just a birdsong or a creaking floor), creating a gripping
aural symphony where the listener is left free of linking sounds together
or imagining scenes that would accomodate all the sounds heard at one
particular moment. More free-form and easy-flowing than musique
concrète, much more concrete than experimental electronica, this music speaks
to the mind and the soul, as some of these sounds are very familiar, but
their combinations evoke surreal situations."
The Seattle Phonographers Union at On the Boards Studio Theatre,
Sunday, 8pm $5
Tuesday, 9/21
DZIHAN & KAMIEN @ Chop Suey
Chop Suey, Planet Beat & Fusion Radio Present
DZIHAN & KAMIEN
Darek Mazzone (KEXP, KUOW, Naxos)
$10 adv.
9pm doors
Chop Suey
Thursday, 9/23.
Vancouver International Film Festival (9/23 - 10/8)
The 23rd annual Vancouver International Film Festival will be held September 23 - October 8, 2004. The festival began in 1982. More than 150,000 people attended 500 screenings of over 300 films from more than 50 countries. In 2003 there were a record 261 feature and mid-length films, plus 85 shorts.
The broad spectrum of fiction and nonfiction films from around the world is divided into the following sections:
• Cinema of Our Time—Featuring the best new cinema from around the world. Last year 61 films from 29 countries were presented, 17 of which were North American or International Premieres.
• Canadian Images—the biggest showcase of Canadian film in the world. At VIFF 2003 there were 95 Canadian films, including a record 35 features, four mid-lengths and 58 shorts.
• Dragons and Tigers: The Cinemas of East Asia—the largest annual exhibition of East Asian films outside Asia; 61 films were screened last year, including three world premieres, 26 international premieres, eight North American premieres, six Canadian premieres, and one English-Canadian premiere.
• Nonfiction Features - Vancouver film fest-goers love documentary films – in 2002 documentaries won both popularity-based awards, while last year another, The Corporation, was named the Most Popular Canadian film. The 2003 program included a record 68 feature-length documentaries, including three world pre! mieres, eight international premieres, seven North American premieres and 14 Canadian premieres.
• Spotlight on France—This annual sidebar celebrates the unique achievements of France’s strong national cinema.
• Archival Series—Last year's series, Los Angeles Plays Itself, provided a look at the unique relationship between the world's most famous film city and it's dominant industry.
In addition to our main sections, for younger filmgoers the VIFF offers the High School Outreach Program. Now in it's sixth year, this program provides a unique opportunity for Vancouver-area students to experience the best that international cinema has to offer. We also classify a number of other films for younger viewers to attend. Please check the Classified Films page for further information, or ask for more details at the box office.
VIFF: http://www.viff.org/viff04/index.html
Schedule: http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/filmguide/schedule-list.php
No Vote Left Behind (9/23 - 9/26)
The Three Imaginary Girls write:
Hi imaginary friends~!
Just a quick note to tell you that No Vote Left Behind shows all go onsale at 10am TODAY, September 10th. You can get tickets by phone or online, and we suggest you hurry, as these shows are sure to go fast...
Thursday, September 23rd
Crocodile Cafe - Cure Cover Night, 21+, $10
Graceland - Queensryche Unplugged, 18+, $25,
Sunset Tavern - The Fondas, Thee Flying Dutchmen, Guests: 21+ $5.00
Friday, September 24th
Sunset Tavern - Hedwig v. El Vez, Purty Mouth, 21+, $12
Crocodile Cafe - John Vanderslice, Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) and John Roderick (Long Winters), Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson (Centro-Matic), the Zutons, 21+, $15
Showbox - Pearl Jam, Smoosh and DJ Cherry Canoe, 18+, $40
Saturday, September 25th
Sunset Tavern - John Doe, Grant-Lee Phillips, Alan Sparhawk (Low), and Mark Pickerel, 21+, $30
Showbox - Mudhoney, The Avengers, Kinski, Pansy Division, with special guest David Cross, 21+, $15
Crocodile Cafe - The Divine Comedy, The Turn-Ons, The Delays, The Futureheads, 21+, $15
Sunday, September 26th
Tractor Tavern - Cracker, Radio Nationals, 21+, $25
Sunset - Jon Brion, Jon Auer, 21+, $15
Get thee to a Ticketweb!
xo!
tig
No Vote Left Behind: http://www.novoteleftbehind.net/news_20040910.php
Buy tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=xxx&query=schedule&promoter=novote&REFID=election
TIG: http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/
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