Friday, April 27, 2007

Events from 4/27 to 5/3/2007

Not the best week. But not too shabby either. My favorite is the Underground Dinner event with One Pot on Sat. I will be in San Francisco this weekend.
Does anybody have any recommendations?

Saturday, 4/28
2:00 PM Meet the Real Space Cowboy @ Museum of Flight
6:00 PM Underground Dinner event with One Pot
6:00 PM Jim Woodring / Bill Frisell @ Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery

Sunday 9/29
7:00 PM Reggie Watts on Sex & Destruction @ The Triple Door
7:30 PM Terpsichore's Landing @ PONCHO Concert Hall

Thursday, 5/3
5:00 PM If Walls Could Talk @ Punch Gallery
8:00 PM? "Must Don't Whip 'Um" @ On the Boards
9:00 PM 5th ANNUAL SEATTLE LAPTOP BATTLE @ Chop Suey


Saturday, 4/28

Meet the Real Space Cowboy @ Museum of Flight

John writes:
This coming Saturday the following Panel presentation will be Free to attend at the Museum of Flight.
The National Space Society plans to have another Space display at this event.
We hope to see you there to hear these Legends of Space.
Explorer Series: Meet the Real Space Cowboys

When Saturday, April 28, 2007, 2 - 3:30pm Where William M. Allen Theater Note Join us on this FREE Museum day as three of America’s earliest space explorers take the stage to discuss their unique contributions to history. Moderated by Ed Buckbee, U.S. Space Camp founder, and joined by astronauts Scott Carpenter, Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford, will recount their experiences during the earliest years of human spaceflight.
Cdr. Scott Carpenter, USN (Ret.), is one of the original seven Mercury astronauts that led the American space program and the second American to orbit the Earth.
Capt. Eugene Cernan, USN (Ret.), is the second American to walk in space and is the last human being to leave footprints on the lunar surface.

Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, USAF (Ret.), has flown in space four times and was the commander of the historic Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first meeting of American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts in space.
Ed Buckbee is the Director Emeritus of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and founder of the U.S. Space Camp. He served as a public affairs officer during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
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Underground Dinner event with One Pot

I got this one from Gopi:
On Saturday April 28, the Low Income Housing Institute presents Shower to the People: A Benefit for the Urban Rest Stop. This unique event will feature an exceptional dinner prepared by chef Michael Hebberoy of One Pot; a never-to-be-repeated evening of cabaret theater curated by performance artist Seanjohn Walsh; and an all night dance party featuring DJ Greg Jaspan.
All proceeds from this extraordinary event will benefit the operation of the Urban Rest Stop, a free hygiene facility for homeless individuals and families located in downtown Seattle. On Saturday, April 28th, 2007 Doors and bar open at 6:00

Dinner at 7:00 pm
Cabaret at 9:30
Dancing from 11:30 until 4:00 am

In the basement nightclub of The Low Income Housing Institute (formerly the Downunder Nightclub) 2407 1st Avenue, Seattle Between Wall & Battery streets Suggested donation for attending the entire event is a mere $50 per guest. Suggested entrance for the cabaret and dance party is only $25. Dancing only is $10. Dinner seating is limited to 100 guests.

Please RSVP to Joshua Okrent by either replying to this email or by calling 206.957.8076


Jim Woodring / Bill Frisell @ Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery

Not sure whether Bill Frisell will actually part of this event, or whether Jim Woodring will perform pieces by Bill Frisell. The flyer says and " Jim Woodring and Bill Frisell"
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE PRESENTS “THE IDIOSYNCRATIC CINEMA OF BRUCE
BICKFORD” ON SATURDAY MAY 12

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to host a screening of
animated shorts by Seattle-based artist Bruce Bickford on Saturday,
May 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. This event, hosted by Bickford’s
associate Jim Woodring, gives the public a rare opportunity to view
new and recent works by the highly acclaimed, yet reclusive,
filmmaker. Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale St. at
Airport Way S. in Seattle’s Georgetown arts community. The screening
is free to the public of all ages.

Bruce Bickford’s obsessive clay and line animations are at once
seductive and grotesque. The son of a Boeing engineer, Bickford began
working in film as an adolescent, drawing on childhood insecurities
and dreams to create a stunning body of work of singular vision. His
work gained international prominence when featured in Frank Zappa’s
1979 concert documentary “Baby Snakes.” Bickford’s contribution
served as a dynamic visualization of Zappa’s approach to composition-
as-metamorphosis. Bickford is the subject of the award-winning
feature length 2005 documentary “Monster Road,” which will be
available on DVD at the event. He continues to create subversive
films in seclusion in his south Seattle studio.

The program on May 12 will feature four short films, including the
public debut of a recently completed untitled line animation, in
addition to other recent works. Seattle cartoonist Jim Woodring will
serve as host. Woodring’s art, currently on view at Fantagraphics
Bookstore, shares Bickford’s meticulous and visionary approach to the
creative process. The screening will be followed by comments from
Bickford and a question and answer period with the audience. For
additional information, please contact Larry Reid at the numbers above.
The Idiosyncratic Cinema of Bruce Bickford
Saturday, May 12, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 S. Vale St. (at Airport Way S.) Seattle
Admission Free. All Ages.
206.658.0110 www.fantagraphics.com
Hours: Daily 11:30 – 8:00 PM (Sundays until 5:00 PM)


Sunday 9/29

Reggie Watts on Sex & Destruction @ The Triple Door
Dont miss the return of Reggie Watts in his most controversial and hilarious show yet. Comedian, Musician and Performer at large, Reggie will take the audience on a whimsical journey of love, light and magic in the face of an opulent and drug addled enemy bent on destroying a nations only source of hope!

Reggie Watts has done it again! The gifted lead singer of Maktub returns to the Triple Door to regale us with his many talents. This evening, Reggie, a genuine entertainer comfortable in music, theater, dance, improv and comedy, performs his wide range of artistic abilities in Reggie Watts on Sex & Destruction.
Winner of the 3rd annual Andy Kaufman Award, Reggie was singled out by the father of the late legendary comedian as a performer that bbreaks the barriers of conventional stand-up comedy by evoking emotions from the audience that range from agitation to enlightenment."

In his musical pursuits, he covers ground in soul, R&B, pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop and electronica, working with artists stretching from Soulive to Wayne Horvitz to Roy Hargrove to Meshell Ndegeocello, not to mention Maktub and Das Rut. Reggie is always a big hit at the Triple Door, so dont miss your chance to see this bona fide performer in action.
The Triple Door
For advance tickets please call 206.838.4333 or purchase on-line
www.thetripledoor.net
Saturday April 28
7& 10PM (10PM is 21+)
$18.50 advance / $20 day of
Sunday April 29-LATE SHOW
9:30PM (21+)
$15


Terpsichore's Landing @ PONCHO Concert Hall
Cornish College of the Arts Presents Terpsichore's Landing

SEATTLE, WA – Cornish College of the Arts presents Terpsichore's Landing; a showcase of new dance works featuring an eclectic variety of movement styles choreographed and performed by students in the Cornish College of the Arts Dance Department.
About the name, Terpsichore's Landing
In Greek mythology, Terpsichore ("delight of dancing") was one of the nine Muses, ruling over dance and the dramatic chorus.
Terpsichore's Landing
Sunday, April 29 at 3 pm and 7:30 pm
PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall
710 East Roy Street, Seattle , WA
Free and open to the public


Thursday, 5/3

If Walls Could Talk @ Punch Gallery
Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 3, 2007, 5-8 pm

If Walls Could Talk
Natalie Schmidt Dotzauer

“Wine ‘em , Dine ‘em…” (detail). 2007. Hand-printed
wallpaper w/ flocking on found wood. 18x20 inches.
Enter Punch Gallery this month and look down. Traffic, an interactive floor piece, lies underfoot. Deep wear marks suggest a pattern of untidy living and the act of backing oneself into a corner. Traffic is one of several pieces canvassing the gallery in May where the artist Natalie Schmidt Dotzauer investigates routines and histories of human habitation through her installations of domestic fragments and hand-printed wallpaper designs.

Schmidt Dotzauer’s domestic installations explore the connection between a physical space and one’s internal dialog. Schmidt Dotzauer, wallpaper’s decorative balance of color and design becomes a backdrop for her characteristically ironic and cheeky commentary on human activity. Using subtle and subversive pictographic narratives, she laces old adages into these flocked and fancy wallpaper patterns. If Walls Could Talk further explores relationships between people and their dwelling spaces by appropriating both deliberate and incidental patterns of daily living such as catalog designs, coffee stains, and chairs rubbing against surfaces. By doing so, Schmidt Dotzauer feels her works become imagined vestiges that can conger nostalgic feelings, charged memories and latent desires.
May 3-27, 2007
Hours: Noon-5 pm, Fri-Sun,
Or by appointment: art@punchgallery.org
PUNCH, 119 Prefontaine Place S.
Seattle, WA 98104
www.punchgallery.org, (206) 621-1945


"Must Don't Whip 'Um" @ On the Boards
Hey Party V,

Thu - Sun, May 3 - 6
On the Boards is super psyched to bring back NY artist Cynthia Hopkins and her kick-ass band Gloria Deluxe in her new music/theater show "Must Don't Whip 'Um". Cindy totally blew people away when she performed at On the Boards in 2003. She combines her amazing songwriting with innovative theatrics and the technical/multimedia wizardry of Wooster Group Associates Jeff Sugg and Jim Findlay. They are totally not to be missed. Last time she was here, the following review was printed in the Stranger:

"All those lucky enough to attend can attest, the singing/songwriting/
dancing/theater-making Ms. Hopkins is some sort of
performance art super-woman, whose press-pack comparisons to
Laurie Anderson/Tom Waits/Lou Reed are nearly as flattering to the
name-checked superstars as they are to the up-n-coming Hopkins,
who should return to Seattle as soon as possible for the rock-star reception she deserves"
listen to songs or get tickets @ ontheboards.org
206.217.9888 | Tue - Fri, noon - 6pm


5th ANNUAL SEATTLE LAPTOP BATTLE @ Chop Suey
5th ANNUAL SEATTLE LAPTOP BATTLE

16 contestants from Seattle, Vancouver B.C. and Portland competing to become the the next local hero represented in the National Battle, December, 2007 at Chop Suey featuring...
Taal Mala, Dave London, Highdropod, Technicolor Yawn, Deciduous, MC Firedrill, DJ L.A.M.P., Electrosect, Bob London, KJ Sawka, KFO, Atlas, Mat Anderson, Trick Deck, Deseptagon, & Syphilis Sauna
Showcase Performances by DJ Collage & Kris Moon
Visuals by Killing Frenzy & Tracer
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