The event calendar is mimicking the changes of the seasons: more indoor stuff like movies and art, less Burning Man and music.
I am surprised that the Bollywood Mafia hasn't jumped on the New Orleans benefit train yet. They are usually the first one, who gets on board and the last one who tries link their show to past tragic events. I assume they are still "benefiting" for (and from) the Tsunami 2004!
I am sure I will find another of my favorite horses dead in my bed now - and some angry emails about me making fun of people dying (which I clearly didn't).
Friday, 9/9
5:00 PM PANTS OPENING in Belltown
6:00 PM Mark Mothersbaugh @ Roq la Rue
8:00 PM Terpsichore @ Broadway Performance Hall
Saturday, 9/10
6:00 PM Recycled art show in "Ballard"
7:00 PM Breast Fest @ Smarty Pants in Georgetown.
8:00 PM Niyaz @ Town Hall
Tuesday, 9/13
8:00 PM Katrina Jazz Benefit @ Zig Zag Cafe
Wednesday, 9/14
7:00 PM Independent South Asian Film Festival Opening Night @
Broadway Performance Hall
Thursday, 9/15
8:00 PM Komakino Opening Party in Vancourver B.C.
9:00 PM "Fashions Fade, Style is Eternal" Fashion Show @ Barca
Friday, 9/9
PANTS OPENING in Belltown
PANTS: permanent press.
CELEBRATE PANTS OPENING!
Everyone knows that good things come in threes: movies, Bee Gees, kidneys
--why not retail stores? Downtown Seattle's "Trilogy of Awesome" gives art,
design, and fashion the third degree.
First came Fancy, with tongue-in-cheek; a jewelry boutique offering quirky
art and customized jewlelry both beautiful and unique. Next door is
Schmancy, providing a diverse selection of collectible toys and gifts--the
perfect compliment to Fancy. Now the threesome is completed as PANTS opens a
few doors down on September 9. Fancy owner Sally Brock and Kittenpants.com
creator Darci Ratliff "pair" up to make PANTS a fun mix of fashion and
art.
The newest store will offer the same mixture of humor and design that have
been successful for Fancy and Schmancy, providing Belltown with cheeky
lingerie, as well as other outer apparel for both women and men.
Internationallly reknowned lines, such as Huit, Mary Green, and Underglam, compliment
those created by the store's owners and other local and regional artists, as
the threesome continues its quest to blur the lines between art and
retail.
Artist’s of the month of September:
Ryan Poll at Pants
Kate Greiner at Fancy
and Lisa Congdon at Schmancy
Come see what's in our PANTS.
Friday, September 9, 2005
11am-9pm (opening reception from 5-9pm)
1914 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
www.pantsunderpants.com
www.fancyjewels.com
www.schmancytoys.com
www.kittenpants.com
www.fancyschmancypants.com
Mark Mothersbaugh @ Roq la Rue
Come down and help us celebrate our LAST SHOW at our current
space! We are moving to the space next door and will be opening Oct 14th
in our new fancy space! It’s 3 times the size of the current space and
we will be putting in a art bookstore as well!
Roq la Rue
presents
Mark Mothersbaugh
"Beautiful Mutants"
opening Friday Sept 9th 6-10pm
See the whole show online now at http://www.roqlarue.com!
Roq la Rue is pleased to present it's second show by artist (as well as
composer and DEVO frontman) Mark Mothersbaugh. This series, "Beautiful
Mutants" features old photographs manipulated digitally by Mothersbaugh
to create "sickeningly beautiful beings"- genetic abnormalities treated
with fondness and humor by the artist. This series is akin to walking
through the portrait room of the Addams Family mansion, while
questioning the truths in appearances.
Mothersbaugh artist statement:
Symmetry - Rorschach's patterns, though abstract, suggest different visual
images to each person who views them, and each interpretation is
correct. Objects in this world are what they are to you because of how you
happen to see them.
People are all hiding something.
Many know exactly what that is, while most probably have no idea.
Our asymmetrical exterior hides the true contents of each of us.
Aztec Indians built gigantic Kaleidoscopic pyramids that focused light from
the sun through complex polished silver mirrors that reflected and
flipped images of
humans onto walls, giving rise to the celebration of a quest for true symmetry in
their lives.
In the 1800's people would flirt with these ideas and play parlor games with
signatures,paper cuttings, etc. It was in the early 1900's that Rorschach and other
psychiatrists developed theories and medical practices (inverted, as it
turned out) based on their intuitive hunches regarding symmetry and the internal workings of man. Humans, great pretenders to bi-lateral symmetry, are in actuality, closer to potatoes in their lack of precise symmetry.
A closer look reveals what is truly inside the people around us.
The photographs in this show were corrected in order to examine
those who have walked the planet before us. Theoretically symmetrical in
generalities, the subtle potato-like qualities of the human form allow the
tenants of these bodies to hide within their asymmetric muddiness.
Roq La Rue 2316 2nd Ave Seattle WA 98121 (206)374-8977
Terpsichore @ Broadway Performance Hall
Greg writes:
Dear Don:
My friend Anav is performing this weekend. Jerboa Dance opens its third
show at Broadway Performance Hall. Terpsichore features new works of
emerging choreographers from the Seattle dance scene and incorporates
eclectic styles. Though Terpsichore will feature lyrical, hip hop and
ballet, this production will focus on modern dance with elements of
gymnastics and athleticism. Show times are Friday, September 9th and
Saturday, September 10th at 8pm. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the
door and are available online at www.ticketwindowonline.com.
Contributing choreographers include Vania Bynum, Eric Clothier, Sarah
Champion, and Jaime Waliczek.
-Greg
http://www.evite.com/pages/gt/events/viewPub.jsp?eventID=STXGVNPEHELTLUAEZOYC
Saturday, 9/10
Recycled art show in "Ballard"
Ruby writes:
Dearest Herr Party Volcano:
this event is again happening in "Ballard,"
where you can safely park your car and the drunken Scandihoovians will
not puke all over it or you. Please check out the website for images,
this is art made from scrap, not crappy art!
love, etc Ruby
And here are the details:
The 4th Annual Invitational Recycled Art Show, sponsored by Arts Ballard
and the RE-store, as part of Artfisk and Ballard Arts Walk, will be
happening at:
New York Fashion Academy
5201 Ballard AV NW
BALLARD, USA
the show opens with a party on Saturday, September 10 ( 6 - 9 pm) and
runs through October 7, 2005.
Over 35 artists from around the Puget Sound (and one from LA), including
Ross Palmer Beecher, Marita Dingus, Diana Falchuk, Chris Jordan, Diane
Kurzyna, Marc Wenet, and Ellen Ziegler .
Recycled art as a genre encompasses a myriad of materials and
techniques: wall pieces, floor pieces, art work that hangs from the
ceiling, art work that lights up, sculptures, paintings, photographs,
and even some haute trash fashion will be on display, all of it made
from stuff most people throw away.
Recycled Art is made from anything reused, recycled, salvaged,
scrounged, found, or otherwise saved from landfills, dumpsters, scrap
yards, free bins, roadsides, gutters, alleys, houses, garages, or barns.
See what these artists do with aluminum cans, fabric scraps, candy
wrappers, wire, plastic bottles, plastic bags, pop tops, lint, lemon
peels, and other detritus.
It can be inspiring, useful, wearable, and beautiful, poignant,
impractical, hideous, humorous, or just downright trashy.
New York Fashion Academy
5201 Ballard AV NW
BALLARD, USA
http://artsballard.org/content/view/138/66/
Breast Fest @ Smarty Pants in Georgetown.
Sarah Morris writes:
Hello!
I hope you can make it to my favorite restaurant/bar
in Georgetown, Smarty Pants, this Saturday night.
They are hosting a breast cancer fundraiser featuring
a raffle for a new Vespa painted by Lucky Chopper!
(That doesn't happen everyday!) Live music and other
fabulous prizes abound. Please forward this email on
to anyone else you think might be interested.
Here are the details from the organizer Michelle:
Breast Fest will be at Smarty Pants in Georgetown.
6017 Airport Way S, 98108
206.762.4777
September 10th. Starting around 7pm. 21+ crowd. $10
suggested donation.
Live music by Sue Quigley, and Cloud City.
Grand Prize drawing at midnight for a new, red, Vespa
50. Need not be present to win.
Presale of Vespa tickets at Smarty Pants, and both
Verite locations (Ballard and Madrona) starting Friday
September 2nd. $5 per ticket or 5 for $20.
Great prizes are available for a smaller raffle held
at the event. Some of the prizes are:
*an awesome messenger bag from Reload on Capital Hill
*gift certificate from Ba Bam, Manray, and R place on Capital Hill
*passes to Eight Limbs yoga on Capital Hill
*a haircut from Zero Zero, Capital Hill
*dance lessons for two at the Century Ballroom, Capital Hill
*dinner for two with bowling or billiards from the Garage
*gift bags from Girl4Girl.
*a French manicure from Frenchy's in Madison Valley.
*gift certificate for Le Gourmand in Ballard
*Hot Spot in Madrona - meal for two.
*a party in the grotto, bartender provided, at the Rendezvous in Belltown
*Stella Pizza in Georgetown is kicking in some gift certificates
There are more prizes coming in. I just don't want to
name them until they are in my hands. Please forward
this email along to your friends. Tim and I hope to
see you all there.
Thanks,
Michelle Braasch
Breast Fest will be at Smarty Pants in Georgetown.
6017 Airport Way S, 98108
206.762.4777
Niyaz @ Town Hall
Electro-acoustic Persian group makes their Seattle debut!
“…an alluring combination of medieval Persian and Indian exoticism and
beats that are state of the art. Ali's vocals are wholly evocative of
another world and another time, which creates a wonderful tension with
Torkian and Rizzo's inspired instrumental textures.” – Billboard
Culture Theory presents the Seattle debut Six Degrees Recording artists
Niyaz. The electro-acoustic Persian group was created by Iranian
vocalist and composer Azam Ali, one of the founding members of the
acclaimed group Vas, Iranian multi-instrumentalist and composer Loga
Ramin Torkian from Axiom of Choice, and twice Grammy-nominated American
producer / remixer Carmen Rizzo (Seal, Alanis Morisette, Paul
Oakenfold). Niyaz has established a new common ground where the ageless
mystical poetry of Urdu and Persian Sufi poets is adventurously placed
in the context of sweeping electronic beats and Iranian/Indian acoustic
instrumentation. Joining Niyaz for their Seattle performance will be
oud player Dmitris Mahlis and tabla player Rahis Amad.
Niyaz will perform an exclusive, first-time Seattle concert at Town Hall
at 8:00 P.M. (Doors at 7:00 P.M.) on Saturday, September 10th, 2005.
Advance tickets are $20 - $28 through www.culturetheory.com /
(800)838-3006 or $24 - $32 at the door. For more information, please
see www.culturetheory.com
Tuesday, 9/13
Katrina Jazz Benefit @ Zig Zag Cafe
Russ (as in "Loud-Jacket Russ") writes:
My friend Frank Barbieri, who happens to be a big New Orleans fan like
myself, has decided to organize a fundraising event on behalf of that
struggling city. Appropriately, he's chosen a jazz theme for this
effort. He has asked me to invite the folks on my party list who might
be interested in this kind of thing, and I'm pleased to do so--as well
as to attend. Here's what it says in Frank's e-mail announcement:
From: Frank Barbieri
Location: Zig Zag Cafe
1501 Western Ave., Seattle, WA
When: Tuesday, September 13th, 8:00 PM
Phone: 206-227-9466
I was at Bumbershoot enjoying a show on Saturday that reminded me of
being at Jazz Fest a few months ago. The whole fairgrounds neighborhood
in New Orleans where Jazz Fest happens is now under water. It struck me
that while I was standing safe in Seattle listening to great music the
very people who brought me such great music in April are either
displaced, struggling for their lives or worst yet, dead.
I resigned myself then to do something to help, but I don’t really have
disaster relief skills. I do however, have drinking and listening to
music skills, so after a couple days of running around, I’ve put
together a Jazz Benefit for New Orleans Hurricane Victims on Tuesday,
September 13th at the Zig Zag Café from 8 to 11PM.
There will be live jazz from the Brian Kent Trio starting at 8:30, and
I’m asking people to come in their New Orleans best attire. There may
be other musical guests as well. I’m still looking around.
I’m asking for a suggested donation to the Red Cross at the door of
$10, but also encouraging gifts of more if people can afford it. The
Red Cross will send charitable receipts for any check donation (not
cash unfortunately).
Please forward on this announcement to anyone and everyone. And please
bring your checkbook for any size donation.
From: Frank Barbieri
Location: Zig Zag Cafe
1501 Western Ave., Seattle, WA
When: Tuesday, September 13th, 8:00 PM
Phone: 206-227-9466
Wednesday, 9/14
Independent South Asian Film Festival Opening Night @ Broadway
Performance Hall
Schedule for Independent South Asian Film Festival, September 14-18th,
Broadway Performance Hall
Wednesday September 14th
7:00 PM Opening Night Reception
Travellers and Magicians (Khyentse Norbu, Bhutan, 2004, 35mm, 108 min)
Short Film: In Whose Name? (Nandini Sikand, India/USA, 2004, DV, 11min)
The first feature film shot in the tiny mountain kingdom of Bhutan, a
short film challenging the political usage of Hindu icons, and a
reception with delicacies and lounge music.
Thursday September 15th
7:00 PM Wind Bird ‘Sulang Kirilli‘ (Inoka Sathyangani, Sri Lanka, 2002, 35mm, 120min)
Mental anguish almost breaks her when Rathie, an unmarried garment
worker, gets pregnant by Santha, a married soldier.
9:00 PM Shorts Program: Experimenta India!
From seminal archival classics to emerging moving image artists work,
Indian short experimental films and videos extend the boundaries of
genre and form.
Friday September 16th
7:00 PM The Journey *Sancharram* (Ligy Pullappally, Kerala, India,
2004, 35mm, 107 min)
In rural Kerala, two young girls, Delilah and Kiran, discover new
feelings growing out of their long-time friendship.
Music Video: Maati (Breakthrough.tv, India, 2005, DV, 5min)
Depicts a loving heterosexual relationship in which the man unwittingly
infects his wife with HIV
9:30 PM White Noise (Vinta Nanda, Mumbai, India, 2004, 35 mm, 102 min)
Fiery Gauri, TV soap writer, after being dumped from an affair with a
married producer, finds refuge in editor Karan.
Short Films: India Spiceland (Rahul Das, USA, 2005, DV,15min) Recent
immigrant Maneesh tries sharing his nostalgia with his girlfriend
Tiffany.
Paint Me Nude (Manan Singh Katohora, USA, 2004, DV,
20min) Devy, plagued with Tourette Syndrome, poses nude for a local art
studio.
Venue for Independent South Asian Film Festival
Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, Seattle
Tickets
$8 General
$6 Students with I/D
$85 Festival Pass excludes the Festival Launch Party
$100 Festival Pass includes the Festival Launch Party
Tickets available through Ticket Window:
www.ticketwindowonline.com
www.tasveer.org
Thursday, 9/15
Komakino Opening Party in Vancourver B.C.
I got this one from Wazhma:
NEW COLLECTIONS
Many new Fall delivieries since our August 5th email, including:
Costume National (Italy)
Ann Demeulemeester (Belgium)
Dirk Schonberger (Belgium)
Yohji Yamamoto (Japan)
Nice Collective (USA)
Next Week: Darkshadow (by Rick Owens) (France)
PRESS
As well as this week's (Tuesday) large feature on Komakino in the
Vancouver Sun's "style" section, the store has also been featured in
Vancouver magazine, Fashion magazine, The Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun
business section and the Georgia Straight.
Upcoming articles include: Hi Rise magazine, Toro magazine and the Globe
and Mail "Hot Shop" feature.
882 Homer St, Vancouver B.C.
http://www.komakino.ca/
Fashions Fade, Style is Eternal" Fashion Show @ Barca
"Fashions Fade, Style is Eternal"
We we will be presenting a Fashion Show at the Barca on Thursday
September 15th. Show starts at 9pm. The usual fun and debauchery applies
to my nights out. Beautiful people & beautiful vibe. Bring two people I
have not met and your first drink is on me! Show will be MC'd by Shane
Polusso and Noel Gaudette.
Featured Designers include but not limited to:
Kam Farris, Yoshimi Design, Erratica Hats, & Wai-Ching. French
Connection, Grassroots, Mary green & more!!
THE BARCA
1510 11th Ave
$5, 21+ over.
9pm
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=ZDINRNOPRUGPLHUNHXIT
http://www.ineedretailtherapy.com
Don Volcano's Computer Corner
What an odd site:
Stuff on my Cat
http://www.stuffonmycat.com/
My reactions to the pictures ranged from "That's just boring and cute; you can put more stuff on a cat!" to "That's wrong; poor animal!"
What do yout think?
Don Volcano
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