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

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Events from 4/20 to 4/26/2007

Thanks for all the nice eCards and emails wishing me well. I am feeling much better!
Too bad I couldn't send out a PV email last week. I missed telling you know about some interesting events: Cross Dress Bowling, Cajun Night @ Pacific Science Center, and a Jonathan Lethem lecture. It's even worse because this week is isn't that gr

Well, such is life.

Friday, 4/20
3:30 PM Cornish College of the Arts presents Shakespeare in the Park

Saturday, 4/21
1:00 PM Lao Cultural Showcase @ Rainier Valley Cultural Center
9:00 PM Music Without Borders - Session 2
10:59 PM MR. SUPREME @ Baltic Room

Sunday, 4/22
11:00 AM Thread Show in Fremont

Tuesday, 4/24
1:00 PM Scores of Sound


Friday, 4/20

Cornish College of the Arts presents Shakespeare in the Park
Cornish College of the Arts presents Shakespeare in the Park
SEATTLE, WA – Cornish College of the Arts Theater Department presents a Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare at Volunteer Park in Seattle .
April 20-22 & April 27-29, 3:30 pm

Shakespeare in the Park
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare and directed by David Bennett
Tom Burke Memorial at Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave E , Seattle
Free and open to the public

About A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written in the late-1500s. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular and tells the story of a group of hapless mortals, clowns and lovers who are lost at night in an Athenian forest when the fairies come out to work their tricks and illusions.
Volunteer Park
April 20-22 & April 27-29, 3:30 pm


Saturday, 4/21

Lao Cultural Showcase @ Rainier Valley Cultural Center

Lao Cultural Showcase
The Lao Heritage Foundation is proud to present of its ongoing projects, to be featured during the launch:
* Gold Thread Embroidery of Luang prabang Royal Court by Prince Nithakhong Somsanith
* Music of the Kaen, Lao national musical instrument, and the saw, a two string bow lute
* Traditional dances by the local Kinnaly Dance Troupe
* Lacquer Making, used in Khon masks for epic dances and Nang Keo headdresses for royal performances
* Antique and traditional Lao Textiles by Keomontree Duangbupha
A selection of original paintings and limited reproductions by Prince Nithakhong Somsanith, and some traditional textiles will be available for purchase. The proceeds from the sales will go toward supporting our ongoing programs and projects.
For more information, please visit www.laoheritagefoundation.org
April 21, 2007
1 to 5pm
Rainier Valley Cultural Center
Free Admission


Music Without Borders - Session 2
Music Without Borders - Session 2
African, Brazilian and Middle Eastern Beats
Home | Session 1 Photos
Culture Theory presents Session 2 of "Music Without Borders", a multidimensional, internationally-inspired, power-packed evening like none other in Seattle.
Come and experience top DJs that are reshaping world beats. Here is the DJ lineup:
# DJ E3 (Portland)
# DJ Lexx
# DJ Wissam
To spread the energy and joy of Brazilian Carnaval, Seattle Sambistas will captivate you with the hot rhythms and dance moves of Brazilian samba.
In an attempt to avoid the insane crowds in Session 1, this event will be RSVP only on a First Come, First Serve basis. Dress to impress. 21+. $12 Cover. Saturday April 21st 2007. Doors open at 9:00PM.
Lo-Fi Performance Gallery is located at 429 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98109 (Map)


MR. SUPREME @ Baltic Room
Seattle legend Mr Supreme, the world renowned DJ, producer,
businessman, record collector and label owner, is the brainchild
behind the Sharpshooters, Wheedle's Groove, KEXP's Street Sounds and
countless collaborations with The Roots, Brand New Heavies, A Tribe
Called Quest, Blackalicious and more. For Safari, he teams up with
Seattle upstarts SunTzu Sound for a special set of party classics,
house, and future funk vibes. Don't miss this unique opportunity to
hear Mr Supreme take things to the next level!
SunTzu Sound presents
// Safari: Exploring Soulful Dance Music
===== MR SUPREME =====
Soul Gorilla / Conception Records
!!! Special Disco/House/Brokenbeat/Funk Set !!!
http://myspace.com/mrsupreme
http://www.soulgorilla.com
===== SUNTZU SOUND =====
KBCS 91.3FM
http://www.suntzusound.com
// Visuals by PIXELFLIP
http://www.pixelflip.com
THE BALTIC ROOM
1207 Pine Street. Capitol Hill. Seattle
$7 before 11pm. $10 after
9pm doors. 21+ $2.50 Red Stripes + Other Specials


Sunday, 4/22

Thread Show in Fremont
Hi everyone,

This Sunday is the big, I mean HUGE show called THREAD.
80 designers from the west coast, art, fashion show, lots of cool inspiring
stuff.
If anyone thinks the $5 entry is lame and you're part of this mailing list then
I've got a deal for you...
Buy one of my t-shirts and mention that you subscibe to my mailing list and I'll
give you $5 off.
I'll be selling a few of last seasons shirts for a deeeeeep discount. I've got a
couple new shirts coming out soon this weekend as well so there's lots of reasons for you
to come down to THREAD this weekend. Hope to see you.
sam trout
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
11am-6pm
Fremont Studios :: 155 North 35th Street :: Seattle
$5 RSVP
$7 at the door


Tuesday, 4/24

Scores of Sound
Cornish Music Series Presents Scores of Sound
SEATTLE, WA – Cornish College of the Arts presents Scores of Sound April 24-27, 2007. Scores of Sound is a music series comprised of four days and nights of non-stop student performances, including jazz ensembles and vocalists, new music, classical vocalists, music theatre, electronic music, instrumental soloists, gamelan music and classical chamber ensembles.
Concerts are one hour unless otherwise noted below.
Tuesday, April 24
1 pm
Composer-Performer Ensemble with Jovino Santos Neto
2 pm
Vocal Jazz Standards II, III, and IV with Beth Winter
3 pm - 4:30 pm
Composition Studios (mostly amplified)
5:30 pm
Gamelan Ensemble
8 pm
Classical Instrumental Studios I
9 pm
Chamber Music I
Scores of Sound
April 24-27, 2007
PONCHO Concert Hall
Cornish College of the Arts
710 East Roy Street, Seattle
Free and open to the public

Events from 4/13 to 4/19/2007

Sorry, not party volcano this week, I am sick!

Friday, April 6, 2007

Events from 4/6 to 4/12/2007

Busy week, not much time...

Friday, 4/6
4:00 PM Del Forte Trunk Show
5:00 PM High-Tech Art in an Old-Fashioned Setting
6:00 PM Fremont First Friday Art Walk
6:00 PM Paintings by Arne Piehl @ Fremont Coffee
8:00 PM X-ActoMundo @ Ouch My Eye
8:00 PM 25 Years of Gamelan Pacifica @ PONCHO
11:00 PM Spin the Bottle @ Annex Theatre

Saturday, 4/7
2:00 PM Jodi Picoult reads 'Nineteen Minutes'
9:00 PM GOD IS DEAD Party
9:00 PM Balls to the walls: Ben's birthday party
9:45 PM Degenerate Art Ensemble @ Bainbridge Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, 4/10
6:00 PM Opening @ Retail Therapy

Thursday, 4/12
9:00 PM Stranger's Gong Show @ Crocodile Cafe


Friday, 4/6

Del Forte Trunk Show
Del Forte Trunk Show with SSF, April 6th from 4 -7pm
Don't forget about our extra special happy hour event this Friday!


High-Tech Art in an Old-Fashioned Setting
From Gopi:
High-Tech Art in an Old-Fashioned Setting
First Friday at McLeod Residence!
Wine and snacks will be served.

Fremont First Friday Art Walk
Fremont First Friday Art Walk
is April 6th from 6-9pm - Rain or Shine!

Come help us celebrate spring in Fremont! Support your local artists and have a blast at this month's Fremont Art Walk. Join us for new shows, music, refreshments and conversation in the Center of the Universe!
LIVE at LENIN!!! Make your first stop at the statue of Lenin located at 36th and Evanston to pick the evenings’ event program and enjoy live music performances at 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm.

FRANK and DUNYA is very proud to present locally and internationally acclaimed artist Rick Simpson. To determine the course of his creations, he draws from both representational and nonobjective genres. The resulting works display contrasting images of fantasy beauty and mystery. He "invents" and portrays imaginary objects and figures often not found in reality. Much of his work is influenced by his 12-year stay in Germany and his travels through more than 50 countries, where he studied the works of modern artists and Old Masters.

At Trofeo,"100 Faces", an amazing collection of portraits of those who have given their lives in Iraq, begins its second exhibition month. The portraits are haunting, powerful, and beautifully painted by local artist Annie Adams. Whatever your position on the war, please take a minute to stop by and honor each and every soul lost to war.

FRAME UP STUDIOS welcomes Rod Pilloud and his newest series of floral and landscape watercolor paintings. Rod's work emphasizes bright color and movement, taking full advantage of the fluid properties of this medium.

CAFFE LADRO will be featuring local Seattle painter Erik Andrew.
Northwest Healing Studios exhibits artist Brooks Condon, a sculpture/ painter, working in stone, metal, wood, and pastels.

WINDOWS art gallery features minimalist paintings by Ron Paul Baum.

FREMONT JEWELRY DESIGN is very proud to showcase the amazing oil paintings of Lauren Kistner. Using bright & blending colors, she uses a unique process that allows her work to oxidize and change long after she's finished.

Fremont Coffee is having their 3rd annual Customer Art show displaying 18 customers' art including clothes designs and music.
These businesses stay open late each First Friday:
Art F/X Studio Gallery
Black Box/ M Cars
Frame-Up Studios
Form-Space-Light
Frank & Dunya
Fremont Abbey Arts Center
Fremont Jewelry Design
Gasworks Gallery - after hours party, 8-11pm
Habitude
Icon Coffee
I.O. Stone
Oasis Art Gallery
Oohlas Hair Design
Evo Times Infinity
Theo Chocolate
Trofeo
Windows Art Gallery and many more!
More information: www.fremontseattle.com and fremontfirstfriday@yahoo.com.
Official maps and list of venues may be picked up at Frame-Up Studios located at 3515 Fremont Ave. N.


Paintings by Arne Piehl @ Fremont Coffee
Hey,

I have two new paintings hanging in a group show at Fremont Coffee
Opening reception is tomorrow night 6 to 9pm.
Please stop by and take a look.

Thanks,
Arne


X-ActoMundo @ Ouch My Eye
Ouch My Eye presents: X-ActoMundo – A Stencil Show.

Stencils have been used for centuries as a form of early artistic expression and more recently as a tool for creating the signs that permeate our urban landscapes.

Today, there has been a resurgence of stencils as a form of counterculture communication. Battling against the pervasiveness of billboards, neon signs, and LED displays, stencils, along with graffiti, have been utilized by artists as a medium for expressing the views of street culture and the unrepresented masses. Unlike graffiti, stencils have had a tendency to express a collective message that many can relate to, rather than the raw self expression often associated with tagging.

Opening Reception:
Friday, April 6th 8pm - 1am
April 6th – April 27th
Featuring:
Lou Samson
Jackie Kingsbury
Spacecraft
Amy Holan
Luke McGruff
Miles Partington
Washer
Matty Harper
N8
MYTH
Avery Bloom
Celeste Cooning
Michael Chandler
Robert Brunner
JAG
Ouch My Eye is a collective of creatives working independently and collaboratively on numerous creative projects ranging from photography to architecture. Ouch My Eye strives to expand the opportunities for artists to create and share their work and blur the lines between art gallery and design studio.
Ouch My Eye just returned from a 24-hour photo marathon in Austin, Texas the results of which will open June 1st. Check out the website for other upcoming shows including: Urban Wildlife and Apocalypse Now.
Ouch My Eye
1022 1st Avenue South
Seattle WA 98134
206.381.8457
http://www.ouchmyeye.com/


25 Years of Gamelan Pacifica @ PONCHO
The Gamelan Pacifica ensemble, under the direction of Cornish Professor of Music Jarrad Powell, is celebrating a 25-year history of gamelan music in Seattle with a special performance at Cornish April 6-7. The concert is the premiere of several new works that have been commissioned for the occasion with funding provided by the Paul Allen Family Foundation.
Gamelan Pacifica began in 1980 at Cornish through an instrument building workshop and today is a full-fledged independent ensemble and non-profit arts organization. It is among the first ensembles to develop the resources to create and perform gamelan music in the United States.
April 6-7, 8 pm
PONCHO Concert Hall at Kerry Hall, 710 East Roy Street, Seattle
Tickets: $15 general; $7.50 students, alumni and seniors
Free to the Cornish community
For tickets contact Ticket Window at (206) 325.6500,
www.ticketwindowonline.com or at Ticket Window box offices located at Pacific Place, Broadway Market, Pike Place Market, Bellevue's Meydenbauer Center
http://www.cornish.edu/news/2007/03/gamelan_pacifica_celebrating_2_1.html


Spin the Bottle @ Annex Theatre
Even a good thing needs to be shaken up every once in a while. This
month, Spin the Bottle sets aside its usual format and transmogrifies into
a full-on GAME SHOW, in which members of our very own audience will
compete for valuable prizes! Prizes so fabulous, we hesitate to put them
in print -- plus, we're still gathering some. But they'll be swank, we
swear.

Rise to the challenge this FRIDAY night, April 6 at 11 pm!
The games -- which require no advance preparation -- mix quizzes and
physical challenges as we play TRIPLE THREAT, ODD THING OUT (featuring the
daffy creativity of GUDE/LAURANCE), MIND OR BODY (featuring celebrity
guests TROY MINK, AMBER WOLFE, and KEVIN HYATT), and (this is Spin the
Bottle after all) DUELING SMUT, featuring Annex's very own artistic
director and recurring smutress, GILLIAN JORGENSEN.
Providing dizzy theme music for the evening will be the a cappella
melodies of THE FABULOUS PARTING GIFTS!

And just to leaven the game show goodness, we'll also have a few
performances, including the funny-horrifying afterlife vignettes of MARK
BOEKER and the spare, sexy dance of OSCAR GUTIERREZ and GIAVANNA ENRIQUEZ!
Also featuring, as all good game shows do, a GIANT SPINNING WHEEL.
If you want to take part without competing, and get a modest discount on
your ticket price while you're at it, bring in a prop -- an unusual or
pedestrian object just lying around your house -- and you'll get $1 OFF
your already cheap ticket. These props will be used as part of our ODD
THING OUT game (featuring GUDE/LAURANCE).
With, as ever, our Bob-Barkeresque, Regis-Philbinian, Richard-Dawsonite
host, BRUCE HALL.

Annex Theatre's Spin the Bottle takes place on the second floor of the
Oddfellows Hall (at 915 E. Pine St. in Capitol Hill, just a block off of
Broadway) in Freehold's East Hall Theater. Only $9, and your ticket also
functions as a free raffle ticket! Good stiff drinks can be had at the
bar. Want to know more about Annex? Go to <www.annextheatre.org>.

Yours, StB curator Bret Fetzer
(...if you would rather not receive this monthly notice, please let me
know, as I don't wish to annoy anyone. At least not by accident. Or if
you get it more than once, let me know that too, and I'll fix that in a
jiffy...)
Annex Theatre's Spin the Bottle takes place on the second floor of the
Oddfellows Hall (at 915 E. Pine St. in Capitol Hill, just a block off of
Broadway) in Freehold's East Hall Theater.


Saturday, 4/17

Jodi Picoult reads 'Nineteen Minutes'

From Gopi:
A story of the aftermath of a tragic high school shooting, Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether people are ever whom they seem to be. Bestselling author of My Sister’s Keeper and Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult reads from her new novel Nineteen Minutes at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7 in the Microsoft Auditorium at the Central Library
Seattle Central Library, 2pm


Degenerate Art Ensemble @ Bainbridge Performing Arts Center
After Dark: Degenerate Art Ensemble
Saturday, April 7 @ 9:45 p.m.

Performing as a seven-piece band in BPA’s After Dark Series April 7, Degenerate Art Ensemble DAE is known for a mash-up of garage band music and butoh-inspired theater and dance - a performance company that through hyper-experimental music and dance transforms traditional genres into multi-dimensional explosive and expressive works. DAE is known to morph and transform – a dance company, punk/jazz band, 45-piece orchestra - the group never losing its ability to electrify an audience and create experiences that bring audiences to new territories of perception. At its core DAE’s key artists are constantly in a state of invention and re-invention – always guided by a strong unified creative vision.
This hard-edged, delicate and complex visual music and dance performance company has earned rave reviews throughout the US and Europe:
“Prepare for some serious aesthetic bastinado... make way for a few conceptions about boundaries between theater, classical and rock music to melt... [Degenerate Art Ensemble] leaves a huge chunk of the rule book tattered in the gutter.” – Willamette Week
DAE has “smeared together the styles called classical, experimental, world, jazz and rock music so completely that it seems pointless to ever untangle them again. Remember the time when there were such things as boundaries?” - Organ Magazine (London)

Degenerate Art Ensemble appears at BPA Saturday, April 7 at 9:45 p.m. Drinks and light snacks available for purchase before each performance. The one-hour performance is suitable for all ages. Tickets, $10 per person, are available at BPA, 200 Madison Avenue North, Bainbridge Island, or they may be charged by phone at 206.842.8569 or purchased online at www.theplayhouse.org. BPA Box Office hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance. BPA’s After Dark series continues June 2.


GOD IS DEAD Party
Festivities begin at 9:00pm. 21 & over only please (w/ I.D.)
By your tickets in advance online thru BrownPaperTickets & save a buck!
“God is dead. And we have killed him.
How shall we comfort ourselves…
What festivals of atonement, what sacred games
Shall we have to invent?”
—Nietzsche

April 7th 2007, the Saturday between Good Friday & Easter,
marks the one unique day on the calendar in which devout Christians, unrepentant Atheists, and guileless Heathens can all join their hands in unity, sing out loud together and rejoice in the knowledge that, yes...

GOD IS DEAD!
one night only...
...so let's have a party!!!

This year's GOD IS DEAD Party is held Saturday, April 7th at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center on Delridge Way (http://youngstownarts.org), with two auditoriums featuring bands and DJs, music and dancing, fate and frivolity.
In Room ONE:
(on the Secular Humanist Stage)
FOSCIL
SLEEPER CELL - including members of transPacific & the Graze
BLUE STAR CREEPER
ADAM GROSS & the RED KETTLE PLAYERS
In Room TWO:
(the Godless Heathen Dance Floor)
SUN-TZU SOUND
AC LEWIS (SunTzu) - live laptop set
RECESS (Shameless)
PACKY (Uniting Souls/Innerflight)
INTROCUT (foutrhcity/Hidden Habitats)
M'CHÂTEAU
Festivities begin at 9:00pm. 21 & over only please. (w/ I.D.)
The GOD IS DEAD! Party
a New Style Collective Joint
Saturday April 7, 2007
@ Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW, West Seattle
(
http://youngstownarts.org)
$8.00 Adv./$10 day-of-show
9:00pm, 21+ with ID


Balls to the walls: Ben's birthday party
BALLS TO THE WALLS "THREE"

HI friends, this is an invitation/reminder to come to BALLS TO THE WALLS "THREE", which is me and Dougs SEVENTIES ROCK PARTY!

We have an excellent selection of L.P.'s that include - IRON BUTTERFLY, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, HUMBLE PIE, FOCUS, MOUNTAIN, EDGAR WINTER, TEN YEARS AFTER, DEEP PURPLE, BLOODROCK, THE JAMES GANG and more!!

THIS TIME WE WILL EXPAND OUR SET TO INCLUDE POPULAR SEVENTIES POP GROUPS such AS - SUPERTRAMP, TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN,FREDA PAYNE, SUGARLOAF, THREE DOG NIGHT ETC.
NEW SOUL AND FUNK L.P.S -SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC, DENNIS COFFEY.

We have a new set worked up of classic 70's Fusion - MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, BILLY COBHAM, RETURN TO FOREVER AND HERBIE HANCOCK. Also some select cuts from the legendary CTI label.
And of course an expanded classic and obscure disco work out!
CONTESTS, GIVE AWAYS AND UNDERGROUND FILMS BY SOME OF SEATTLES FINEST SUPER 8 MADMEN!
ITS MY BIRTHDAY AS WELL!!!

ITS FUN AND ITS FREE! We encourage dressing seventies - but it is not a requirement.
The Cafe Racer serves food, beer, and cocktails.
Hope to see ya'
Ben Ireland & Doug Lane
LOCATION: CAFE RACER, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, cross street being roughly Ravenna, next door to the TRADING MUSICIAN, Seattle, in the U-District. ( zip code 98105 if you want to use MapQuest.
WHEN: APRIL 7th, Saturday
TIME: 9:00 pm -2 AM


Tuesday, 4/10

Opening @ Retail Therapy
New Art Show and More!

Hello my lovelies! I hope you are surviving the rain. I just wanted to give you a quick update:
We have all New art on April 10th. A group show called Faces. We contacted each artist and told them "We are are putting a show together for April. It is called Faces." That was the only instruction each artist received.
Faces is a show with over 15 artist all of which are diverse in their
approach to media, artistic philosophy, and life. The work itself
spreads across the spectrum with traditional paintings and drawings to
found art and outsider art all the way to the personal artifacts
Tuesday April 10th
Retail Therapy
905 E Pike St
6-9pm


Thursday, 4/12

Stranger's Gong Show @ Crocodile Cafe

From Slog, pointed out by Gopi:
Attention talented freaks and those who love to gawk at them: On Thursday, April 12 at the Crocodile Cafe, The Stranger will be presenting its first-ever Gong Show, hosted by yours truly.
In advance of the show date, we're looking for any and all unique and entertaining acts hungry to strut their stuff before a panel of drunken judges for fabulous prizes. This means jugglers, magicians, yodelers, strongmen, stand-up comics, clog dancers, air bands, contortionists, jug bands, sword swallowers, vaudeville acts, and anyone else with an act that's under four minutes long and doesn't involve fire or minors. (The Croc is a bar.)

For more info and to sign up for the competition, go here. (Talent may also sign-up at the door the night of the show.)
And if you just want to gawk/cheer/heckle the drunken celebrity judges (including Sarah Rudinoff, Kerri Harrop, Dave Meinert, and On the Boards artistic director Lane Czaplinski), show up at the Crocodile on Thursday, April 12 for the fabulous and totally free freak parade kicking off at 9pm.
Stranger's Gong Show
Crocodile Cafe
9pm