Friday, May 18, 2007

Events from 5/18 to 5/24/2007

This is a good week: the sun is shining and we got lots of events. The Burners are crawling out of their holes, the Seattle International Film Festival starts on Thu, and Henry is turning 80.
I almost feel like getting myself a Ben Gurion ticket for their birthday bash later.
Almost...

Friday, 5/18
6:00 PM Caffe Fiore Opening Party in Ballard
8:00 PM The Big Bang Henry Art Gallery Birthday Bash
9:00 PM Trash Tea Party (BM Fundraiser for the Rockstar Orphans)

Saturday, 5/19
11:30 AM "Misery Loves Comedy" @ Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
2:00 PM VAIN's Offbeat Bridal Shower
6:00 PM Opening at Crawl Space Gallery
7:00 PM SE Asia Show at R+E Cycles
8:00 PM August Strindberg's"A Dream Play" @ Freehold Studio
9:00 PM KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE @ Baltic Room

Sunday, 5/20
1:00 PM VIVEZA ART TASTING 2007
7:00 PM One Pot Dinner at Hideout

Thursday, 5/24
5:00 PM SIFF Opening Night Gala
5:30 PM Spirits with Spidey @ Pacific Science Center


Friday, 5/18

Caffe Fiore Opening Party in Ballard

Chauney writes:
You are invited to the Opening Party for the new Caffe Fiore and my plywood cutout show.
this Friday, 6pm at in Ballard (up through June 30th)
5405 Leary- just north of the Olympic Health Club with the neon diver
Caffe Fiore, 5405 Leary, 6pm.
The Big Bang Henry Art Gallery Birthday Bash
The Henry Art Gallery presents:
THE BIG BANG BASH!

The Big Bang Theory debuted in 1927. In the same year the Henry Art Gallery was launched by a generous gift from Horace C. Henry... Coincidence?

Friday, May 18, 8 PM to Midnight (Bash Artist & Patron Preview: 6 to 8 PM)
The Henry celebrates 80 years of fantastic art and artists with a remarkable evening centered around a lively art sale, featuring a galaxy of art at outrageously attractive ($300, $200, $100!) prices.
• Astral Art Sale hosted by interplanetarily-famous auctioneer Laura Michalek!
• Sarah Rudinoff, Nick Garrison, and special guests Sissyfist perform space ballads, robot songs, and interplanetary odes.

Online Tickets sales through Brown Paper Tickets end Thursday, May 17 at 6 PM. A limited quantity of tickets will be on sale at the Henry on Friday, May 18.

CHOOSE YOUR STRATOSPHERE:

$1927 Supernova*
You’ve checked out the amazing list of Bash Artists. - you KNOW you’ll want to buy art work! Supernovas are guaranteed one work of art BEFORE the first Patron preview sale round. The Supernova round begins promptly at 6:30 PM, and you must be present to choose. Supernovas receive:
• Admission to the Bash (including the Patron preview) for TWO people.
• One artwork, paid for (And chosen FIRST! At 6:30 PM BEFORE the Pulsar round, choosing from all 200 works.)
* These tickets are limited, and the order in which Supernova payment is received corresponds to their order to choose artwork. (First to pay, first to play!)
To purchase Supernova tickets, please email mike@henryart.org or call 206.221.3244.

$150 Pulsar Patron
Attend the party preview with our 200 donating artists!
Patrons are guaranteed an opportunity to purchase work during the preview art sale round. Enjoy stellar cocktails and entertainment before the stars collide! The preview art sale round begins promptly at 7 PM, preceding the general sale of all 200 works. Patrons draw random numbers at check-in, and then choose from a selected area of artworks.

$65 Henry Comet (General Admission)
Join us for this out-of-this world art sale and party to mark our 80th year!

$50 Henry Superstar (Members)
Are you a Henry member? Great! Then your general tickets for the Bash are $50 instead of $65! Not a member? We can fix that! It’s not rocket science: call our membership hotline 206.616.8781 before you purchase your Bash ticket or visit www.henryart.org/join.htm and join online.
Why stopping at Supernova?
Here are my suggestions:
$3000 White Dwarf
$5000 Black Hole
$6000 Check Mate
$7000 Ultimo
$10000 Ben Gurion
And that's where it has to stop, because according to Ephraim Kishon nothing can beat Ben Gurion...

Henry Art Gallery
This FRIDAY, May 18. For tickets, click here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/11611


Trash Tea Party (BM Fundraiser for the Rockstar Orphans)
Trashy Tea Party - BM Camp Fundraiser!
Friday May 18th
Rockstar Orphans Presents...

The Trashy Tea Party
in Wunderland Super Happy Fun Time
a Burning Man Camp Fundraiser for the Rockstar Orphans
And Kellie R's Very Merry UNBIRTHDAY to YOU.
yes, YOU.
DJs
Manos (Sub-merge, Uniting Souls)
J-SUN (Innerflight)
Jen Woolfe (Leschi Lounge/Dreemworld.com)
Infinikid (PDX)
ESNCE (PDX)
Sklobot on SAX (Leschi Lounge/Codlauncher)
Costumes Highly Encouraged. Yes, Highly.
Live Art, Performance and Card Readings
9pm - 2am
21+
$7 donation w/ costume, $10 without
or more for increased Karma
Waids Restaurant and Bar
12th & Jefferson
http://www.myspace.com/waidsplace


Saturday, 5/19

"Misery Loves Comedy" @ Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
Hello friends,

We hope you can drop by Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this
Saturday, May 19 from 11:30 to 8:00 PM to preview "Misery Loves
Comedy," a show of new and recent work by Ivan Brunetti. You may have
seen his work on the cover of the New Yorker magazine earlier this
month. Wait'll you see his work in person! We also produced a lovely
silk screen exhibition print for only $20 - in a very limited edition
of 50 copies - so get 'em while they last. And his new collection of
the same title is simply stunning. As Art Spiegelman put it, "I enjoy
watching Ivan suffer" -- and so will you!

Ivan will be at the store for a festive reception and signing on
FRIDAY, JUNE 8 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM, but you won't want to wait until
then to see his show. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at
1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way S.) in Seattle's historic
Georgetown arts community. We're open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM (Sundays
until 5:00 PM).

See you soon.
Eric Reynolds

Fantagraphics Books
7563 Lake City Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115 USA
(206) 524-1967 x218 tel.
(206) 524-2104 fax
www.fantagraphics.com


VAIN's Offbeat Bridal Shower
Calling all non-traditional brides + wedding parties..
VAIN's Offbeat Bridal Shower
Saturday, May 19th from 2 to 6pm at VAIN
Free
*Win prizes, hair products + "F!@% TAFFETA" Offbeat Bride t-shirts
*Free VAIN goodie bags for the first 50 brides through the door
*Complimentary makeup consultations + 'Guerilla Bride' hairstyles
*Get non-traditional wedding advice from Ariel Meadow Stallings, author off OFFBEAT BRIDE: TAFFETA-FREE ALTERNATIVES FOR INDEPENDENT BRIDES
Plus fizzy drinks + cupcakes all afternoon long
VAIN
2018 1st Ave @ Virginia
206.441.3441 | vain.com | offbeatbride.com


Opening at Crawl Space Gallery
Nicholas BROWN - William LAMSON
New linocut prints by Seattle guest artist Nicholas Brown New video by New York guest artist William Lamson 19 May – 10 June 2007 OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday 19 May, 6-9pm Crawl Space 504 E. Denny Way and Olive *behind a wooden fence
Crawl Space Gallery
6-9pm


SE Asia Show at R+E Cycles
SE Asia Show at R+E Cycles, May 19, 7PM
For those of you in and around Seattle who didn't make it to Bike Expo to see "A Tale of Twos: Cycling Thailand and Laos" here's your opportunity. R+E Cycles is a small shop in the University District, so there is limited seating. The show will cost $10 and all of the proceeds will benefit Bike Works, a non-profit organization working for kids, bikes, and community in the Rainier Valley since 1996.
To reserve a seat go to this link below and follow the instructions in the newsletter.
www.rodbikes.com/archives/05_07_news.pdf
Or show up early and get a seat.
A Tale of Twos: Cycling Thailand and Laos
May 19, 7pm
R+E Cycles
5627 University Ave NE
206.527.4822


August Strindberg's"A Dream Play" @ Freehold Studio

Hanafi writes:
I hear tell that this is a keeper. Purportedly very well acted by a young cast too. The descriptive "This fantastical dive into the subconcious is a tale of biblical proportions, a sort of "David Lynch does Joan of Arc in Wonderland." is enough to get me there.
Pak Hanafi
Here are the details:
In Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of August Strindberg's
expressionistic "A Dream Play," a heavenly creature named Agnes comes down to earth to experience human suffering and report back to god, the gods, whatever. This fantastical dive into the subconcious is a tale of biblical
proportions, a sort of "David Lynch does Joan of Arc in Wonderland."
As Strindberg said about the play, written in 1901, it imitates "the disjointed yet seemingly logical shape of a dream. Everything can happen, everything is
probable and possible. Time and space do not exist." Characters merge into
each other, locations change in an instant, and a mysterious locked door
becomes an obsessively recurrent image.
First produced at the National Theatre, U.K., in February 2005, Edge Theatre
Ensemble is delighted to have this opportunity to present Ms. Churchill's
version of this play to Seattle audiences. Through movement-based ensemble
exploration, Ensemble actors bring Strindberg's darkly comic abstraction to
strange and wonderful life.
A Dream Play opens on May 4th - purchase your tickets today!
May 11 at 8 PM
May 12 at 3 PM and 8 PM (2 shows!)
May 18 at 8 PM
May 19 at 3 PM and 8 PM (2 shows!)
Freehold Studio/ Theatre Lab's East Hall Theatre
2nd Floor, Oddfellows Hall Building
1525 10th Ave, Seattle WA 98122
Tickets:
Regular -- $15
Senior/ Student/ TPS discount -- $12
Brown Paper Tickets
call 1-800-838-3006


KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE @ Baltic Room
SunTzu Sound presents SAFARI
featuring the long awaited return of

/// KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE
**10th Anniversary Tour**
[Compost Records / Especial Records - JAPAN]

BROTHERS SHUYA & YOSHI OKINO FORMED THE DJ DUO KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE 10 YEARS AGO & HAVE SINCE BECOME INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTARS OF SOULFUL DANCE MUSIC. RELEASING RECORDS ON COMPOST RECORDS & ESPECIAL, THEY CREATE MUSIC WITH CLASS, SOPHISTICATION & THEIR OWN UNIQUE BLEND OF JAZZ, SOUL, & ELECTRONIC BEATS. SUNTZU SOUND IS PROUD TO WELCOME BACK SHUYA OKINO FOR HIS FIRST SEATTLE APPEARANCE IN 4 YEARS. SHUYA WILL ALSO BE CELEBRATING HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH AFRONAUGHT,SEIJI, DOMU, VIKTER DUPLAIX, PHIL ASHER & 4HERO. UNITED LEGENDS IS OUT NOW.

along with residents
/// SUNTZU SOUND
[City Soul - KBCS 91.3FM]
video by PIXELFLIP
THE BALTIC ROOM
1207 Pine Street. Capitol Hill. Seattle
$8 ADV Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.Com
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/15214
$10 at the door
9pm doors. 21+


Sunday, 5/20

VIVEZA ART TASTING 2007
VIVEZA ART TASTING 2007

Come sample how Viveza can help you live more vividly at Viveza Art Tasting 2007. Drop in anytime from 1:00PM – 5:00PM, Sunday, May 20. Our gallery will be full of recent work from a wide range of Viveza artists. Our friendly staff will be waiting to help with questions, discuss our flexible payment options, or just pour you a glass of wine as you explore. There's much you can savor at Viveza Art Tasting 2007…

- Wine, light hors d'oeuvres and Viveza artwork freshly paired for your enjoyment
- Viveza artists available to discuss their work
- Our brand new Belltown Art Tour Guide to help you explore your neighborhood's other art experiences
- A full day of art exploration by visiting Olympic Sculpture Park, just two blocks away
- A chance to win your own piece of Viveza artwork
Date: May 20th
Time 1-5pm
Where: Viveza Art Experience
Address:
2604 Western Ave (Western @ Vine in Belltown)
Seattle, WA 98121
more info at www.viveza.com or email questions at gallery@viveza.com


One Pot Dinner at Hideout

From Gopi:
one pot is meant to be a bit more than a way of cooking, or a way to gather people, or a way to make some cash. it is meant as a gesture – a gentle fuck you – to the corporate little box we reside in and are supposed to dine in – you might see one pot plastered around town with an upside down trademark, an underscore, a conflation that says I am open source. if you are in nebraska, toledo, alabama, please take the name one pot, use it, put up posters, tag it, cook something simple, gather people and charge them money, or charge nothing, do it in a monastery, do it on a hill, your apartment, wherever, or don’t do it at all.

you want something more clear: I’m not a big fan of the transparent, a clumsy tool – but i will let you know the way I am personally using this thing called one pot - this brand that i am offering to any takers who feel the call – my little corporate one pot world headquarters in seattle washington will be hosting dinners in various locations – some open to the public and listed here, some deeply private and not listed anywhere, where we cook one simple thing in one simple pot and serve it to a group of willing participants. the main thing served on said evenings will have cooked long and hard and slow in an aged vessel. it is hardly any more complicated.

if you do decide to start your own one pot thing – be it a dinner, or a boxing match (food is not required - nothing is actually required) let me know and i will do my best to promote your endeavors, however tired, brilliant, or just plain not they may be… your event will be listed here - indiscriminately - with my own - it will be talked about in our email newsletters, it will get noticed. but. you need to send me some pictures, a broken plate, a story, some kind of talisman that speaks of what happened. if you are serious and ready (or just amused) email me at onepotorg@gmail.com. ‘till then.


Thursday, 5/24

SIFF Opening Night Gala

I don't know about the opening night gala, but if you have any recommendations for movies we should watch please send them over!
Opening Night Gala
Launching the festival on May 24 at 7 p.m. is the hysterically funny British homage to the movies and growing up in the ’80s, “Son of Rambow,” followed by SIFF’s Opening Night Gala at McCaw Hall. A VIP package includes valet parking, a private pre-screening reception, reserved seating and access to the post-screening VIP Lounge

The VIP Opening Night Experience
A Fundraiser for SIFF
Showing: Thursday, May 24, 5:00 PM
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Theater: The Allen Room at McCaw Hall
Ticket Code: VIP2007V
Purchase includes Opening Night Film & Gala and the VIP Upgrade (including valet parking, a private pre-screening reception, reserved seating, access to the post-screening VIP lounge, and a gift bag.)


Spirits with Spidey @ Pacific Science Center
Spirits with Spidey

Superhero Happy Hour | 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Spiderman 3: The IMAX® Experience | 7:30 p.m.

Join your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man for a superhero happy hour and then watch him on the largest screen in town as Science with a Twist presents Spider-Man 3: The IMAX® Experience
DJ Curtis will spin superhero inspired tunes while our caricature artist will portray guests as their favorite comic book star. The evening climaxes with a showing of Spiderman 3: The IMAX® Experience. Tickets are $20 and include the film, food and one drink, $17 for Pacific Science Center members. For tickets call (206)443-3611 or email group_events@pacsci.org. Tickets also available at the door.
Limited number of theater seats available; advanced tickets are recommended for this event.
Pacific Science Center
(206) 443-3611
Science with a Twist!
An event series for adults 21+ every third Thursday at Pacific Science Center pacificsciencecenter.org/twist


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