Good Bye!

The time has come: This is the last Party Volcano email.
After over six years of writing this letter every week I have decided to close shop.

The first letter came out on 2/5/2006 and it has been fun writing about all the events and non-events for all those years. You can read a little summary in the 5 year birthday issue from 3/8/2007 if you want to refresh your memory.

Why is Party Volcano closing its doors? The short answer is that my job has become increasingly demanding. I wish I had a job like Matt from Seattle:

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)
http://www.wherethehellismatt.com

What started as a joke sent to a friend of his turned into an exciting job:
Traveling around the world and making silly dance movies for a chewing gum company.

Please keep in touch and continue sending me stuff.
I will keep this email account and might even post events on the Party Volcano blog.

Take care!

- Bernd

Events from 6/27 to 7/3/2008

Is it already July again?

Friday, 6/27
6:00 PM Lawrimore Biennial
6:00 PM Lushy @ High Dive Happy Hour Show
7:00 PM CoCA Belltown: Brian O'Neill Artist Reception
9:00 PM Masquarade Party @ The Crimson C

Saturday, 6/28
10:00 AM Pacific Northwest Mushroom
Noon Artopia @ Georgetown
3:00 PM Oliver Herring | Task @ Seattle Public Central Library
6:00 PM Fantagraphics Bookstore: Now Serving CHEESECAKE!
9:00 PM MANIFEST @ Little Red Studio
9:00 PM 'Shameless in Seattle' @ BOOTY CAVE ART LOFT
10:00 PM Pret-a-Partay at Mcleod Residence

Sunday, 6/29
11:00 AM Gay Pride Parade

Thursday. 7/3
5:00 PM Fragile Balance @ Punch
6:00 PM First Thu Art Walk


Friday, 6/27

Lawrimore Biennial
6-9pm
Celebrating the gallery's two-year anniversary with a survey of every exhibition shown to date.
http://www.lawrimoreproject.com/


Lushy @ High Dive Happy Hour Show

HI FRIENDS

JOIN LUSHY FOR A HAPPY HOUR SHOW AT HIGH DIVE THIS FRIDAY, June 27 FROM
6-8PM.

High Dive
513 N 36th St
Seattle, WA 98103
(Fremont)
http://www.highdiveseattle.com/
http://myspace.com/lushymusic

poster by rod filbrandt:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/lushy/Lushy-highdive-copyWEB.jpg

http://myspace.com/lushymusic


CoCA Belltown: Brian O'Neill Artist Reception

We've got a great opportunity for you this Friday evening, June 27, from 7-9pm, as the CoCA Belltown Gallery presents new work by Bellingham Ceramicist Brian O'Neill. With the weather being what it has been this week (finally!), Friday on the terrace above the gallery promises to be a great way to get the outdoor summer season off to a bang with good friends and great art all at the same time.

CoCA Belltown is located at street level of the Avenue One Condos at 2721 First Ave (corner of First & Clay), the gallery is on the Clay Street side (heading towards Western Ave).

7-9pm

2721 First Ave (corner of First & Clay)


Masquarade Party @ The Crimson C

Hi there. I am helping to promote a fun costume party on Friday. Here is the information if you are interested in posting it.

Take care!

Suz

Masquarade Party on Friday 6/27 in Seattle

Kyra, owner of "A Masquarade Costume" store in Bellevue, is hosting a fabulous costume event this Friday which I wanted to pass along:

"Behind the mysterious guise of a mask, let your body move. Don't miss this club masquerade ball at The Crimson C, the sexy, upscale venue in Pioneer Square. DJ Nicon warming up the decks with DJ HYPERFUNK, Voted #1 Seattle Club DJ 2007 on NWSource.com"

When:
Friday Jun 27, 2008
9:00 PM - 2:00am

Where:
The Crimson C
209 - 1st Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104

Costume or mask required!
$100 prize for best attire!
Photographer on site!

$ 20.00 — at the door
$ 15.00 — pre sale (purchase tickets from A Masquerade Costume store in Bellevue)

A Masquerade Costume is offering 15% discount off attire for the party.
http://www.amasquerade.com/

Suz
suzfabulous@yahoo.com
http://costume.meetup.com/1/calendar/8016828/
http://www.partypaloozanw.com

The Crimson C 209 - 1st Ave S


Saturday, 6/28

Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival

Seattle Spin writes:

Food: Mushroom Festival, June 28-29th, $5. Mushroom fans tend to be real earthy people. They have some A-list Seattle cooking talent providing demonstrations, as well as notable sponsors. While everyone knows about the button mushroom, they explore mushrooms in other edible dimensions. To round the festival out, there's an antique show.

Here are more details:

The First Pacific Northwest Mushroom

Festival will be held
June 28 and 29, 2008

This two-day event will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29, 2008, at the Nisqually Middle School in Lacey, Washington.

8100 Steilacoom Road at Marvin Road

This event is sponsored by the Hawks Prairie Rotary Club. All Mushroom Festival proceeds support local Rotary supported community and international projects.

Celebrate the mushroom with food, music, children’s activities and a variety of entertainment.

http://www.mushroomfest.org/


Artopia @ Georgetown

June 28th. Noon - 10pm. Georgetown, Seattle WA.

Welcome to Artopia Seattle Weeklys second annual celebration of all local innovative art and emerging talent. Artopia is a multi-disciplinary event that boasts an eclectic mix of art, ranging from the renowned to the obscure to the completely undiscovered.

As you wander through Georgetown, there are surprises around every corner. The program itself is unconventional, idiosyncratic, and welcoming, all like the neighborhood that hosts us. We take over the streets of Georgetown, the parking lots, alleyways, artist lofts, and warehouses and create an urban arts adventure you do not want to miss!

http://www.artopiaseattle.com/about.php


Oliver Herring | Task @ Seattle Public Central Library

Oliver Herring | Task

1o am to 5:30pm

Go after 4 pm so you can park without worrying about the parking meter running out.

On Saturday, June 28, the Frye, in collaboration with our partners the Seattle Public Library, On the Boards, and Tacoma Art Museum, will stage Oliver Herring’s performance Task. An improvisational event, Task brings together a group of thirty-five strangers of diverse ages, professions, and backgrounds to create an original site-specific artwork. The performance will take place over the course of the day at the Seattle Public Central Library in downtown Seattle. The audience for Task, if it is a usual summer day at the library, will be 7,000 people, making this performance as dynamic for the public as for the performers.

Seattle Public Central Library


Fantagraphics Bookstore: Now Serving CHEESECAKE!

Fantagraphics Bookstore Now Serving Cheesecake

Join us for an exciting exhibition of classic cartoon pin-up art this
Saturday, June 28. “Now Serving Cheesecake: The Classic Art of
Cartoon Pin-up,” organized by Los Angeles author and archivist Alex
Chun, highlights stunning original artwork and artifacts by Jack
Cole, Dan DeCarlo, Don Flowers, Bill Ward and Bill Wenzel. Chun is
the author of no fewer than six books featuring the work of these
artists and examining their contributions to American popular culture.

The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, June 28 and continues
through July 25 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, located at 1201
S. Vale St. The opening reception from 6:00 to 9:00 PM features a
live pin-up cartooning demonstration and a performance of 50s torch
songs by the Fraus. Author Alex Chun will attend to sign his many pin-
up books, published by Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books. The opening
coincides with the colorful “Artopia” Georgetown arts festival
featuring art, music, dance, performance art, film, and the ever-
popular Hazard Factory power tool races throughout the neighborhood.
Admission is free and fun is a promise.

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, located just minutes south of
downtown Seattle, is open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00.
Phone 206.658.0110. See you all soon.

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery


MANIFEST @ Little Red Studio

There's a party going on at the Little Red Studio this Saturday that promises to be ridiculous. The venue is pimp, the sound is the best the city has to offer (KV2!!!), the line up solid (over a dozen performers across 2 rooms) and there'll be plenty of eye candy (costumes, fashion show, dance performances, live art). Summer is here, come out and celebrate!!!

~ M A N I F E S T ~ | Sat, June 28, 2008 | 21+ | SEA ~

[ Featuring in the main room ]
JACOB LONDON
NORDIC SOUL
KID HOPS
ZACHARIA
MICHAEL MANAHAN + ROB NOBLE
RAMIRO

Hosted by microphone specialists...
DJ COLLAGE
MC FITZ

[ Room two presented by audiblebicycleday ]
DJ WAATER MARK
MAX HEAD INN via SURROUND SOUND w/ Ari Joshua, Skoi Sirius, & Richard La Chapelle
EDDIE NONOG
NELIA

[ Fashion shows by ]
BUDDHAFUL
KIYMBAH - Obsidian Moon
TAMMY - Jewels Deluxe
MELODY - Melodious
SKIP - Skipsdiscopony
BLAZE CHASE

*KV2 sound system courtesy of STARBORNE. Seattles cleanest and fullest system. You will be blown away!

9pm - 4am
FULL BAR w/ Elysian Brewing ON TAP!
21+ w/ID

Located at a fresh new venue...
The Little Red Studio
750 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109
www.littleredstudioseattle.com

Here's a link to the NWtekno Post:
http://www.nwtekno.org/vb/showthread.php?s=19be07bb48c9be25d14508229f2c4bdb&threadid=126953&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

Here's a link to buy tickets ($13 presale):
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/37442

www.littleredstudioseattle.com


'Shameless in Seattle' @ BOOTY CAVE ART LOFT

The REAL 'Shameless in Seattle' is going down SATURDAY JUNE 28TH at the BOOTY CAVE ART LOFT! Don't be fooled by the biters @ Neumos.

Right next door to Lofi
429 Eastlake
Only $5

W/ DJs Recess, Introcut, Kadeejah Streets
Plus special guests Champagne Champagne & Chk Minus!!!

ITS A GREAT SPACE BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT

429 Eastlake


Pret-a-Partay at Mcleod Residence

A live and Local party bringing fashion designers, hair stylists,
makeup artists and djs together to showcase other aspects of art!
Designers Hosting live trunk shows, Fashion available off the rack, live modeling and more!
where fashion, art & nightlife come together!
Come support local artists, your favorite bar and have a blast!
THIS EDITION:
DJ's Colby b & Darwin (MAD RAD, Out For Stardom)
"Trunk" designs by Daniel Webster Designs
(http://dwdesign.myshopify.com/)
and
Modeling by the Guerrilla Go Go's
Mcleod Residence/21+/10pm/FREE!

Mcleod Residence


Sunday, 6/29

Gay Pride Parade

This year the Parade is Sunday, June 29th, starting at 11:00 am from the corner of Union St. and 4th Ave. it will be limited to approximately 2 ½ hours in length this year and should take about an hour to go from the start to the end.

http://www.seattlepride.org/


Thursday, 7/3

Fragile Balance @ Punch

Fragile Balance
Patricia Hagen

July 3 – August 3, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 5-8 pm

Artist will be in attendance the first and final Saturdays of the month.

Exhibition Link
Download Press Release in Word Format

PUNCH presents Fragile Balance, an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by Patricia Hagen. In this latest work, Hagen draws inspiration from looking at electron microscope photos of cells, bacteria, viruses, and other organisms. For Hagen, the jumble of forms represents the amalgam of life in its ever evolving set of systems, and the balance necessary to maintain those systems. Using watercolor and polymer clay, she examines the structure of these organisms, and considers their place in our lives.

Hagen received her MFA from California College of the Arts in 1994 and relocated to Seattle in 2001, where she has since shown at Bryan Ohno Gallery and SAM rental/sales gallery. Her work was featured in the 2007 Pacific Coast edition of New American Painting.

PUNCH Gallery
July Hours: Noon-5 pm, Fri-Sun, or by appointment: art@punchgallery.org
PUNCH, 119 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA 98104
www.punchgallery.org, (206) 621-1945

www.punchgallery.org


First Thu Art Walk
6-9pm

Events from 6/20 to 6/26/2008

This week we've got the Fremont Fair and two events at Vain. But my favorite is Globe.

Friday, 6/20
7:00 PM Refugee art show
7:30 PM MADE IN CHINA (Benefit for SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF)
8:00 PM The Violet Hour @ Henry Art Museum

Saturday, 6/21
Noon FREMONT FAIR AND SOLSTICE PARADE
Noon "Hungry for Change" bake sale for MoveOn.org at VAIN
4:00 PM Art gallery open house party at VAIN
9:00 PM Globe - One World Under Music
10:00 PM Beauty and the Beats Bday Bash @ Deep in See Sound Lounge

Wednesday, 6/25
8:00 PM Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville

Thursday, 6/26
7:00 PM (SOUND) MAGAZINE 2nd ANNIVERSARY SHOWDOWN


Friday, 6/20

Refugee art show

Despite being censored last year, i am at it again.
View my paintings at Artvocacy Seattle!

http://artvocacyseattle.wetpaint.com/

Refugee ArtVocacy is an exhibition by King County artists and performers
who came to the US as refugees. ArtVocacy is a way for these artists to
celebrate their talents and skills with other refugees as well as with the
greater community. ArtVocacy's artists and performers recognize the vital
cultural contributions of the world’s refugees and seek to raise awareness
of the oppression throughout the world that creates refugee crises.

Friday, June 20th, 2008
7-9:30 PM
Free Admission
Center House @ Seattle Center
305 Harrison Str. Seattle 98109

WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL REFUGEE ARTISTS

On Friday June 20th, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Seattle will host the third
annual Refugee ArtVocacy in celebration of World Refugee Day. Many
refugees who arrive in the Puget Sound area have fled perilous and oppressive conditions in
their home countries. The IRC Seattle alone has resettled over 18,000
refugees since opening its offices in 1976 and currently resettles
450 people on average each year.

Refugee ArtVocacy will feature works by individuals from around the world
who are now living in the Puget Sound area, including special performances by the
Tibetan Dance Troupe, the Roosevelt Cambodian Dance Troupe, and Hosana Burundian Choir.

Also performing are two Sudanese hip hop acts: Jay One, solo rapper and an all-girl hip
hop band, entitled Black Hospitality. Visual artists with work on display will include
Saw Kennedy (Myanmar), Fasika Moges (Ethiopia), Lorenzo Jimenez (Guatemala),
Nha Vuu (Vietnam), Janet Saryadegar (Iran) and Igor Kashinskiy, Vitaly Saad,
Poul Costinsky and Petro Markovich (Russia).

Guests can anticipate a wide range of fine arts, traditional crafts, and modern artistic
expressions, reflecting the diversity and value of the cultural contributions that refugees
make in our communities. ArtVocacy takes place on June 20th from 7:00-9:30pm at the
Seattle Center House. Sponsors include ArtTech, 4Culture, Seattle Center
and the IRC.

http://artvocacyseattle.wetpaint.com/


MADE IN CHINA (Benefit for SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF)

A BENEFIT FOR MERCY CORPS
AND SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
MADE IN CHINA
a film by John Helde

Friday, June 20
7:30 and 9:00pm

All proceeds will benefit Mercy Corps efforts in Sichuan Province, China, the site of the May 12 earthquake

In this personal documentary, John Helde uncovers his father's experience growing up an American boy in pre-World War II China and discovers a community of other Americans with similar childhoods. Inspired by an account of Tom Helde's birth at the remote Sichuan mountaintop of Bailuding, John sets out to understand how growing up in China made his father who he is. Weaving together stunning black and white period home movies, photos and interviews, the documentary ultimately takes the audience from modern Shanghai to industrial Changsha to rural Sichuan, a journey that becomes an exploration of the meaning of home and growing up. An audience and critical favorite, MADE IN CHINA premiered at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival; other festival screenings include Austin Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and Big Muddy Film Festival.

The May 12 earthquake is one of the largest humanitarian disasters to hit China in the last 30 years. Nearly 70,000 people have died, and over five million are still homeless. "This has been a terrible tragedy for China, and aftershocks and the threat of flooding and disease still pose a huge danger," Helde said. "Having filmed in Chengdu and rural Sichuan, and with my family's past in that area, I feel a deep tie to Sichuan and I'm very pleased to be able to partner with Northwest Film Forum and Mercy Corps to raise funds to provide some further help to people who are now homeless and suffering as a result of this disaster."

Mercy Corps was one of the first relief organizations on the ground in Sichuan after the May 12 7.9 magnitude earthquake. The organization has procured critical supplies such as food, water, clothing and shelter supplies and delivered them to affected families. Mercy Corps is also launching an initiative to help children and youth recover from their trauma through mentoring, sports and other activities.

More information at nwfilmforum.org or 206-329-2629.
Suggested minimum donation of $10.

To donate to China earthquake relief through Mercy Corps: www.mercycorps.org
For more information on MADE IN CHINA: www.trythisfilms.com

Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122


The Violet Hour @ Henry Art Museum

The Violet Hour
STROUM GALLERY
June 21 – October 12, 2008

The violet hour is dusk, a temporal bridge from the clarity of daylight to the obfuscation of night. Borrowing a phrase from T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land for its title, this exhibition presents art about a twilight time that may be our immediate future. Artists Matthew Day Jackson, Jen Liu, and David Maljkovic imagine alternative realities that could emerge from the socio-political strife and environmental degradation now accumulating on the global stage. The Violet Hour features video, sculpture and two-dimensional works that address the physical and emotional weariness of our time in an attempt to overcome the cultural amnesia preventing us from learning the lessons of history.

Matthew Day Jackson debuts three new works, including a sculpture consisting of a crashed race car frame lit with low rider effects and an immense wood panel “painting” depicting the constellations of the night sky, made from the coin currencies of many nations. Jackson’s work explores events in American history and envisions a future of uprisings rectifying past injustices.

Jen Liu’s videos and large scale watercolor drawings feature the “Brethren of the Stone,” a back-to-nature cult that clashes with modern industrial society. Beyond the battle between nature and technology, her work underscores issues of state power and civil disobedience, modernity and nostalgia, and a comical take on science fiction and recent pop culture.

In his videos and collaged photographs, Croatian artist David Maljkovic depicts his generation as lost and listless souls unmoored from their own heritage by years of warfare. Maljkovic finds inspiration for his work in the nostalgic desire for the socialist system at a time when his country is entering the increasingly globalized European Union.

Exhibition Opening for The Violet Hour
Friday, June 20, 8 PM
Henry members FREE / Students + Seniors $8 / General Admission $10
Not a Henry member? Join or renew online.

Live music by Zeke Keeble from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. Food, drinks, and summer revelry in the Henry's Illsey Ball Nordstrom Sculpture Court.
Preview begins at 6 PM, limited to Henry Members and Patrons only.

http://www.henryart.org/ex/violethour.html


Saturday, 6/21

FREMONT FAIR AND SOLSTICE PARADE

Fremont Fair is a benefit for Solid Ground and we thank all the artists participating for supporting this much-needed cause. We are proud to showcase such a tremendous mix of wonderfully eclectic local artists. The Fremont Fair is FREE to the public so come check out the amazing performances!

http://www.fremontfair.com/music.php


"Hungry for Change" bake sale for MoveOn.org at VAIN

Saturday, June 21 Noon - 6pm
VAIN is hosting a bake sale all day this Saturday to support MoveOn.org and help elect progressive political candidates this November.

VAIN, 2018 1st Ave @ Virginia, www.vain.com | www.vain.com/blog


Art gallery open house party at VAIN

Saturday, June 21 4pm - 9pm

On Saturday, June 21st, the VAIN art gallery (adjacent to our downtown salon) will re-open as an art boutique with new + vintage art, photography, centerpiece-style jewelry, found items and high thrift collectibles. Open house reception from 4 to 9pm Saturday, June 21st with drinks, hair product giveaways, and open artist studios above the salon. www.vain.com/blog for details.

VAIN, 2018 1st Ave @ Virginia, www.vain.com | www.vain.com/blog


Globe - One World Under Music

Greetings,

Culture Theory proudly support DiscoParvaaz.com and Crimson | C Club that present Globe, One World Under Music. Join us on Saturday June 21, 2008 starting 9PM at Crimson | C Club in pioneer square. We will feature:

Womanipuar
Fire Dancing Troupe

Heather Rastovac & Sonja Hinz
Traditional Dance of the East

DJ Rhythma
Beats from Paris, San Paulo, New York, London, & Istanbul

DJ Sang-Do Lee
Latin & Disco House, & Remixes of Memorable Favorites

Nima & Maryam
Persian, Salsa, Meringue, & Arabic

Crimson | C Club & Lounge is located at 209 1st Avenue S. Seattle, WA. This is a 21+ event. $12 at the door.

More details at http://www.discoparvaaz.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16714047334

See you soon,

Wissam Tabbara
www.CultureTheory.com
info@CultureTheory.com

http://www.discoparvaaz.com/


Beauty and the Beats Bday Bash @ Deep in See Sound Lounge

Beauty and the Beats Bday Bash: You're Invited 6/21
Summer Solstice + Darnell Sue = Birthday Party. That's right, June 21s is my birthday and I want you to come celebrate with me. (Yes, it's my actual birthday). We'll be at Deep in See Sound Lounge with Sean Majors, SunTzu Sound, Sol, Jeromy Nail and....me. I'll be the girl with a pink cupcake in one hand and a record in the other.Party at 10pm - Free cover before 11pm. See you there!

Beauty and the Beats Bday Bash w/ Sean Majors, SunTzu Sound, Sol, Jeromy Nail & Darnell Sue, 10pm @ Deep in See Sound Lounge 6/21

See Sound Lounge


Wednesday, 6/25

Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville

THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS TO HOST "EXILE IN {IMAGINARY} GIRLVILLE, AN EXILE IN GUYVILLE TRIBUTE NIGHT

Seattle, WA, May 21, 2008 - It's true that we stole your lighter. And it's also true that we lost the map. That's why Three Imaginary Girls will proudly present the songs of Liz Phair's triumphant debut record "Exile in Guyville" as interpreted by some of the best up-and- coming bands in the Northwest. The event is called "Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville" and is co- sponsored by Easy Street Records, Seattle Sound Magazine, and 90.3 KEXP.

Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville takes place on Wednesday night June 25, 2008 at Chop Suey and features Throw Me the Statue, Team Gina, Star Anna, Tennis Pro, Lucy Bland, M. Bison, Tea Cozies, as well as special performances by Rachel Flotard of Visqueen and Lesli Wood of Ms. Led. The bands will perform the songs on the record in order, from "6'1"" to "Strange Loop" and everything in-between.

The event marks the 15th anniversary of the release of "Exile in Guyville" and ATO Records' re-release of the album with additional demo tracks, as well as finally releasing a vinyl version of the record. Which is certainly cause for celebration.

Speaking of celebration, the night also commemorates the sixth anniversary of Three Imaginary Girls.

"'Exile in Guyville' was such a pivotal record for me that it seems fitting to revel the start of Three Imaginary Girls to that soundtrack as performed by our favorite local bands," said Dana Bos, co-founder of Three Imaginary Girls.

Three Imaginary Girls anticipates another year of incredible live music and record reviews, as well as some new exciting changes. The website has some new looks and colors coming very soon as well as other big fun updates planned for the coming year.

But for now, the excitement is focused on June 25.

"Sure, Liz Phair just announced that she'll be performing 'Exile in Guyville' on the same name, in New York" said Liz Riley, co-founder of Three Imaginary Girls. "But I'd rather hear Rachel Flotard sing "Fuck and Run" than Liz Phair herself.

Do you wonder just how wild that would be? Join Three Imaginary Girls on June 25 to find out.

For all inquires, please contact tig@threeimaginarygirls.com


THE JUICY DETAILS

WHAT: Three Imaginary Girls "Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville" show. Co-sponsored by 90.3 KEXP, Seattle Sound Magazine, and Easy Street Records. Proceeds to benefit Planned Parenthood of Seattle.
WHERE: Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison Street Seattle, WA
WHEN: Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Doors open 8p. 21+.
COST: $8. Advance tickets available through Ticketweb. http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=276066

Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison Street Seattle, WA


Thursday, 6/26

(SOUND) MAGAZINE 2nd ANNIVERSARY SHOWDOWN

Thursday June 26
Blue Giant (Viva Voce)
Mark Pickeral
Siberian
FourthCity
Ghost of Kyle Bradford

Enter to win tickets to the vip pre-party:
email promotions@seattlesoundmag.com
w/"2" in the subject

7p / FREE / 21+, High Dive

Events from 6/13 to 6/19/2008

I have a friend in town from Germany and we will probably go to Roq la Rue. A lot of things are happening this weekend: Wissam is getting married and Ayesha is moving to San Francisco. (This is probably not interesting if you don't know them but it is big news if you do know them!) Anyways, here is the list of what is going on this week.

Friday, 6/13
6:00 PM Roq la Rue Gallery
6:00 PM "Hairy Metal Vengeance" New works by Bigfoot
7:00 PM Mild Kingdom
8:00 PM Ouch My Eye presents: Apocalypse Now
8:00 PM Thingamajiggr II
9:00 PM Noise for the Needy

Saturday, 6/14
4:45 PM Goatgirl @ Georgetown Music Festival
11:00 PM The Stay Up Late Show

Sunday, 6/15
2:00 PM Fandrich performance as Sounds Outside Fundraiser


Friday, 6/13

Roq la Rue Gallery

Roq la Rue Gallery
presents:

Chris Reccardi
"Mono"
new paintings

and

Chris Crites
"The Gun Show"
new paintings

opens Friday June 13th 6-9pm
runs through July 5th
Both artists will be in attendance
music by DJ Vodka Twist

Roq La Rue is pleased to present two solo shows for the month of June, by Seattle painter Chris Crites, and Los Angeles based artist and animator Chris Reccardi.

Chris Reccardi is a very successful animator ,having worked closely on Ren and Stimpy, Powepuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Spongebob Squarepants, as well as films (Shrek 3 & 4, “Monsters vs. Aliens [2009]) Sony Pictures (“Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs” [2009]) and the soon-to-be released “Rob Zombie’s haunted world of ElSuperbeasto” and an original Pilot for Nickelodeon “The Modifyers”).

However, in the fine art world Reccardi is highly sought after for his playful mod retro-space age paintings. Lush with color and exquisite linework, his work harkens back to animation from the 50's and 60's, exuding a pop beatnik cool and original hipster sensibility. His mix of the space age idealogy of the 60's (also called psy-fi) mixed with campy spy imagery creates a world that is hauntingly familiar yet also very of the moment.
Reccardi’s latest solo exhibition “Mono” explores a fantastical future-retro world, it’s colorfully Mod inhabitants and their mysterious bond to a secret code ...

Chris Crites also paints in a vibrant color palette, with a more somber subject matter. The iconic image of the gun is the focus of his current show. Hie paintings are painted on paper bags and painted in such a way that no surface is ever painted over twice. Each color is laid down individually in sections, and each tiny detail is left empty until the proper color is ready to be applied. This incredibly labour intensive method creates a painting that looks much like a mass produced screenprint, yet is actually a one of a kind, highly detailed original.
Crites' decision to paint such a highly charged subject is addressed in his statement:

"All tools are extensions of the human body. Guns by definition are extensions of the fist. This defines guns as tools of power, force or violence. That being said, this body of work is neither anti-gun nor pro-gun but rather an examination of a tool that has been used in much conflict and controversy throughout the modern age of mankind.
Why are Americans in particular so obsessed with guns? Why are there so many firearms in the United States? They permeate our history as well as our entertainment. They are also a big business and seem to be practically everywhere. I have no answers for why this is, but recognize how powerful a symbol just the image of a gun can be.
For better or worse, guns are a part of our history, a history that fascinates me. This series allowed me a way to examine the innovation and design of these firearms and see them in a different way..."

Roq La Rue Gallery
"Purveyors Of Fine Pop Surrealism
and Contemporary Art Since '98"
2312 2nd Ave Seattle WA 98121
(206)374-8977
Wens-Sat 1-6pm
www.roqlarue.com

www.roqlarue.com


"Hairy Metal Vengeance" New works by Bigfoot

BLVD Gallery is proud to present for the month of June
"Hairy Metal Vengence"
new works by Bigfoot

June 13 - July 5, 2008
Reception June 13 6p - 10p

BLVD Gallery
2316 2nd ave
In the Belltown Neighborhood
Seattle Wa, 98121
www.blvdart.com
206.448.8767


BLVD Gallery is proud to present the work of Oakland based artist
Bigfoot.
Bigfoot is a Bay area Graffiti legend and has been a major influence in
the skateboard
industry for close to a decade. Originally from New Jersey ,young
Bigfoot fled to California to be closer to big trees . Disassociated
from art school and human society, in 1994 he started writing "Bigfoot"
in the streets of San Francisco with relentless fury .Working often
with house paint and wooden panels ,his work depicts the conflict
between the respect for nature held by the artist's cast of Bigfoot
characters and the destructive agenda of mankind. Despite his reclusive
nature, Bigfoot has managed to stay active in society ,designing
skateboard graphics and footwear ,showing in galleries in America and
Japan,and the release of his vinyl figure with Strangeco in 2004. His
eponymous character and his love of heavy metal play a major role in
his studio work as well as his highly recognized street art. Please
join us at his opening reception Friday June 13 to Meet the artist and
Ride the Lightning.

More Info:
www.bigfootone.com/
www.sfbg.com/39/30/art_art_bigfoot.html

www.blvdart.com


Mild Kingdom

Mild Kingdom

Friday June 13, 2008 7pm

Friends of the Nib, Moonspinners, Tattoo's, Palm Reading

All to Benefit Animal Talk a no-kill non-profit animal rescue
Cafe Racer 5828 Roosevelt Way NE 206.523.5282

http://www.animaltalkrescue.org/index2.html
http://friendsofthenib.blogspot.com/
http://caferacerseattle.com/index.shtml
http://www.seattletwist.com/

Cafe Racer 5828 Roosevelt Way NE 206.523.5282


Ouch My Eye presents: Apocalypse Now

Ouch My Eye is pleased to present: Apocalypse Now – Real wrath of GOD type stuff!

Are we heading for a disaster of Biblical proportions?
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies!
Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness!
Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice...
Cats and dogs living together...Mass hysteria!

With a seemingly dramatic increase in natural disasters, economic instability, sexually promiscous behavior, community violence, corporate domination and governmental control, maybe we are heading into the long prohesised apocalypse and if so, what would it look like?

We present the Apocalyptic Visions of 20 artists, including: Amy Reinecke, Molly Magai, Maya Jeffereis, Lucy Carpenter, Jackie Kingsbury, Greg Hartman, Emily Pothast, Donald Daedalus, Bryan Ward, Dipika Kohli, Jen Maier, Douglas Gast, Patrice Tullai, Stan Raucher, Michael McDevitt, Vicki Wilson, and Dan Peters

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 13th, 8pm - 1am
With Special Guests: Kusikia
June 13th – July 13th, 2008

Ouch My Eye
1022 1st Avenue South
Seattle WA 98134
206.381.8457

The government may not be run by the anti-christ just yet, but somedays it seems we are close...On Sunday, June 15th you will have a rare opportunity to speak with someone who has been in the belly of the beast and gain insight on the elections of 2000 and 2004:

Ouch My Eye is hosting a public screening of American Blackout at 5pm followed by a Q&A session with Cynthia McKinney who will share her experience in the US Congress as well has her take on the 2000 and 2004 elections.

American Blackout
Ouch My Eye
Sunday, June 15th, 8pm - 1am
With Special Guests: Cynthia McKinney
Screening at 5pm
Q&A session to follow>
http://www.myspace.com/kusikia

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, 1022 1st Avenue South


Thingamajiggr II

Hey folks! We are happy to announce that Waggle Labs and O'Reily Radar/Ignite (Brady Forrest) are collaborating to organize Thingamajiggr II for Friday, June13: A party to celebrate the tech community in Seattle in all its most innovative forms (startups, geek art, hackery, games). Mark your calendars!

Thingamajiggr II
Friday June 13, 8pm - 1am
911 Media Arts Center

Learn more and buy tickets at: http://www.thingamajiggr.com/

At this point we are organizing a few presenters, fun workshop, art projects, games, cool tech demos, and whatever else may delight the hearts of innovative technologists like you. If you are interested in participating in any way please email us at party@thingamajiggr.com and tell us about what interesting/genius/fun tech project you want to share. We are also looking for volunteers for set up/take down/door.

Proceeds for this event to benefit 911 Media Arts Center, a local non-profit organization dedicated to supporting independent digital media artists.

Shelly
(Shelly Farnham at Waggle Labs, also "Dork Overlord" Dorkbort Seattle)

911 Media Arts Center


Noise for the Needy

FRIDAY JUNE 13
Noise for the Needy presents
The Comet
$8 | 21+ | 9PM
The Fucking Eagles
The Heavy Hearts
Strong Killings
Wild Orchid Children

The Comet


Saturday, 6/14

Goatgirl @ Georgetown Music Festival

A holy trinity of Jeppa will be worshipped this weekend- fri, sat, sun!!!

Queen Shmooquan performing 2 pieces from her repertoire in "Pandamonia."
Friday the 13th (scary larry) 10:30
Can Can
$10

Goatgirl
Saturday, June 14th @ 4:45
Jules Maes front stage
Georgetown Music Festival (all day) georgetownmusicfest.com
$14

"It's a Mircle!"
Jeppa Hall & Jason Glover: real church kid songs from the land of Zion(Utah).
Sunday, June 15th @8:00(sharp, we will start at 8pm)
Blue Moon free
--
Jeppa K Hall
myspace.com/goatgirlmusic
myspace.com/queenshmooquan
www.goatgirlmusic.com

georgetownmusicfest.com


Sunday, 6/15

Fandrich performance as Sounds Outside Fundraiser

A Shared Recital

with proceeds donated to Sounds Outside 2008

Sunday, June 15th 2008 / 2 pm

Town Hall / 1119 8th Avenue
Tickets: $20 general, $15 students & seniors
Available through www.brownpapertickets.com

Pianist Stephen Fandrich and guitarist Sean Owen present A Shared Recital, featuring the music of Yocoh, Scriabin, Frank Zappa, local composer Mark Ostrowski, and the Vihuelistas of the Spanish Renaissance. This is a not to be missed father’s day matinee performance for music aficionados of all kinds.

A spectacular performance for a spectacular cause –

Fandrich and Owen’s long-standing collaboration has taken on a series of recital performances showcasing a diverse body of work, with the net proceeds from each event going to a charitable cause. Proceeds from the June 15 performance will be donated to the Sounds Outside concert series presented in Cal Anderson Park by the Monktail Creative Music Concern.

about the performers

Word of pianist Stephen Fandrich, a passionate performer, interpreter, improviser and composer, has spread throughout classical and jazz circles in the Northwest, though his appearances have been scarce. Director of the Seattle Harmonic Voices, and a member of the Monktail Creative Music Concern, Fandrich will be playing the works of Chopin (Ballade no.2), Scriabin (Verse la Flamme), and Frank Zappa (Sleep Dirt), amid his own works.

For streaming video of Stephen Fandrich in concert please visit: http://vroomjournal.com/video/StephenFandrich.php
Classical guitarist Sean V. Owen, a student of Eliot Fisk, David Leisner, Michael Lewin and Steven Novacek, is an emerging northwest treasure. Owen will be featuring Vihuela music of the
Spanish Renaissance, Yuchoh (Sakura Variations), and the guitar etudes of local composer Mark Ostrowski.

For streaming video of Sean Owen in concert please visit: http://vroomjournal.com/video/SeanOwen.php

Balagan Theatre - 1117 East Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122



The Stay Up Late Show - Seattle's one and only LIVE late-night talk show!

The Stay Up Late Show

The Stay Up Late Show continues our triumphant return,
Saturday June 14 at Balagan Theater! Seattle's only live,
once-a-month late-night talk show turns gay, Gay, GAY for Pride Month
(and really, we're already pretty gay to begin with - just how much
further can we go??)! Come check out our fantastical gayness as well
as our usual array of trivia, excitement, and mayhem!

The Stay Up Late Show
Saturday, June 14
11:00PM (doors at 10:30p.m.)
Balagan Theatre - 1117 East Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122
(On the corner of 12th and East Pike)
$12 at the door (no reservations!)

Featuring:

Dixie Dragstrip, Co-founder of the Rat City Rollergirls!
Phoenicia & Vic, Seattle's favorite lounge act!
Product demo by Babeland!

Music! Excitement! Trivia! Fabulous guests! Intriguing prizes!

Best of all, your lovely host Rebecca Mmmmmmmm. Davis!

The Stay Up Late Show is a monthly talk show featuring a variety of
local celebrities and almost-celebrities from all over the Seattle
scene. Past guests have included Peter Steinbrueck, Sean Nelson, Kevin
Kent, Mike Daisey, Stephanie Pure, and many, many others.

www.stayuplateshow.com

Events from 6/6 to 6/12/2008

Sorry, no Party Volcano letter this week.
I am super busy...

Events from 5/30 to 6/5/2008

Thursday is Artwalk day!


Friday, 5/30
8:00 PM Foscil and Specs at BLVD this Friday
9:00 PM The Dutchess and the Duke
9:00 PM Week of Fashion Films Opening Night Party

Saturday, 5/31
11:00 AM Wing Luke Opening

Sunday, 6/1
Noon IHR - I "HEART" RUMMAGE
1:00 PM 21 Days of Black Rock City
2:00 PM Seattle Pianist Collective @ SAM

Thursday, 6/5
4:00 PM Hiawatha Lofts opening June 5
5:00 pm Discourse on Courses
5:30 PM ARCADE 26.4 Launch Party
6:00 PM Portraits and Abstractions
7:30 PM Pecha Kucha Night V. 07 – Artist Trust Benefit
8:00 PM Road Movie


Friday, 5/30

Foscil and Specs at BLVD this Friday

This Friday, May 30, Seattle Nu-Jazz Hop Band Foscil will be performing with Seattles walking Ambassador of Hip Hop Culture, SpecsOne a/k/a the Green Lover.
Specs has been burning the underground hiphop sceneand bombing his art in the Seattle area for over 20 years having released music on the Sun City Girls Abduction Label as well as his own self financed projects.

This is the 5th installment of the monthly Residential concert series that Foscil has performed
at the gallery
BLVD Gallery presents
Foscil w/ Specsone
Friday May 30, 2008
Doors open at 8pm

BLVD Gallery,
2316 2nd ave,
in Belltown


The Dutchess and the Duke

Curated by Laurie Kearney: The Dutchess and the Duke, Troubletown, Special Guests
When: Fri, May 30, 9pm – Sat, May 31, 12am
Description: An Evening at McLeod with: Lauren Hoffman and Matt Briggs (reading from recent works), Music by: Special Guest tba, The Dutchess and the Duke, Troubletown

McLeod Residence


Week of Fashion Films Opening Night Party

hope everyone is planning to come to our wild and woolly Week of Fashion Films Opening Night Party this Friday, beginning at 9pm. The party also helps us close out our week of hosting our co-presentation of SIFF's ALTERNATE CINEMA program.

Food and drink will be on hand, and music will be provided by DJ Chrispo with dancing from the lovely ladies of Tangerine Tonic. FREE!

Northwest Film Forum,
http://www.nwfilmforum.org


Saturday, 6/31

Wing Luke Opening

Seattle Spin writes:

Museum: Wing Luke Opening, May 31st - June 1st, free, celebrating its new 60,000 square foot home. Museum highlights include Community Portrait Galleries, George Tsutakawa Art Gallery, Historic Immersion Exhibits, Tateuchi Story Theatre, KidPLACE, and so on. Since it’s the opening, they'll trot out all of the local dignitaries and fun activities to make a powerful first impression, so go enjoy it while it's free.

http://www.wingluke.org/


Sunday, 6/1

IHR - I "HEART" RUMMAGE

6.1 Sunday - Chop Suey Presents
IHR - I "HEART" RUMMAGE
FREE!
12pm - 4pm

www.iheartrummage.com


21 Days of Black Rock City

Event: 21 Days of Black Rock City
"Burning Man Photography Show in Marin County"
What: Exhibit
Host: Creators Equity Foundation
When: Sunday, June 1 at 1:00pm
Where: Marin French Cheese Company
http://www.reichekretrospective.org/

For anybody in the Bay Area this weekend, come check out the opening of the Burning Man photography show that I am part of. Details at the URL above.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18466832470


Seattle Pianist Collective @ SAM

Hello Everyone!

The Seattle Pianist Collective is presenting a concert featuring composers with Synesthesia and the interpretation of color in music.

The concert features works by Scriabin, Messiaen, Peter V. Stevens, Aphex Twin and more.
Sunday, June 1st at 2pm at Seattle Art Museum. 1300 First Avenue, Seattle

We love you.

Seattle Pianist Collective

http://www.societyofcomposers.org/user/peterv.stevens.html


Thursday, 6/5

Hiawatha Lofts opening June 5

Artspace and the Hiawatha Lofts residents invite you to celebrate the opening of Artspace Hiawatha Lofts.
Thursday June 5th from 4-10 p.m. with program at 5.
843 Hiawatha Place South (one block south of Dearborn and Rainier in Seattle) See attached invitation. Please come and enjoy food, entertainment and a walk through of residential units and new businesses. We are very excited to show off our second project in Seattle. See you Thursday the 5th!!!

843 Hiawatha Place South, 4-10pm


Discourse on Courses

Discourse on Courses
Natalie Schmidt Dotzauer

June 5 – 29, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 5, 2008, 5-8 pm

Artist will be in attendance the first and final Saturdays of the month.

Jell-O molds, meatloaf, and twice-baked potatoes are a few of the basic potluck food groups that adorn Natalie Schmidt Dotzauer’s wallpaper installation this month at Punch. For Schmidt Dotzauer, these iconic and savory food staples reveal a rich and layered symbolism, interpreting the potluck as abundance, as waste, as excess in a world with hunger, but also as culture and community. She looks at how food and service create power struggles, develop guilt, and form an unhealthy habit of gaining purpose through food preparation.

“I learned to set the table before I could ride a bike. I learned that the knife blade should always point toward the plate, that the napkin should be folded so as to open in one shake, and dessert would follow each meal. I ate hamburgers in the summer; strawberries in June; deviled eggs around Easter with hot crossed buns; and in December, indulged on morsels reserved for ushering in the Holidays. Growing up with a “fellowship hour” meant eating out of duty, a styrofoam cup between you and uncomfortable silence. It seems we eat for a variety of reasons including acceptance. Food has been the timekeeper and the taskmaster; its role in life has preserved and dictated a certain socialness. I am drawn towards the roll of hostess and repelled by its serving nature. If there is a twelve-step program to shake sacrifice through service I should probably be in it.”

–– N. Schmidt Dotzauer

PUNCH Gallery
May Hours: Noon-5 pm, Fri-Sun, or by appointment: art@punchgallery.org
PUNCH, 119 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA 98104
www.punchgallery.org, (206) 621-1945

http://www.punchgallery.org/exhibitions/2008-06.html


ARCADE 26.4 Launch Party

Join us as we celebrate the release of ARCADE 26.4 Now and Next: Furniture and Product Horizons at Inform Interiors. The feature, edited by Kelly Walker w/Bill Fritts, explores the various roles industrial design plays in our evolving world.

5:30 - 7:30pm

Inform Interiors, 1220 Western Ave, Seattle, WA 98101


Portraits and Abstractions

Portraits and Abstractions
Thursday, June 5th 2008
6 to 10 PM

Studio Brick (http://brickseattle.com ), a new photography gallery and studio collective, is hosting an Art Walk grand opening reception on Thursday June 5 for a show entitled "Portraits and Abstractions". The exhibit features abstract portraiture and fine art photography from member artists Bob Hansen (http://www.bobhansenphoto.com ), Matt Freedman (http://www.silentcolor.com ), Leon Pryor (http://www.pryorstudios.com ), and Thomas Park (http://www.thomasparkphoto.com ). Artist reception from 6 - 10 PM.

Studio Brick,
214 First South, Lower Level Arcade


Pecha Kucha Night V. 07 – Artist Trust Benefit

Pecha Kucha Night V. 07 – Artist Trust Benefit: Thursday, June 5th, 2008 – 7:30PM

Please join Pecha Kucha Seattle in our first ever benefit for Artist Trust (http://www.artisttrust.org), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting Washington State artists working in all creative disciplines. We've assembled an incredible roster of filmmakers, visual artists, musicians, composers and arts visionaries. Share ideas, see great work and support the arts. We'd love to see you there! Funds raised will support Artist Trust core programs, and for every $1500 raised, Pecha Kucha will support a GAP grant. http://www.artisttrust.org/grants/GAP

EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, June 5th
Doors Open 7:30 PM
Presentations Begin at 8:30
Ouch My Eye (www.ouchmyeye.com)
1022 1st Ave. South
Seattle, WA 98134
$10 Suggested Donation at the door

Ouch My Eye (www.ouchmyeye.com) , 1022 1st Ave. South


Road Movie

Balagan and Starving Artists Present
the return of
Road Movie
Written by Godfrey Hamilton
Performed by Mark Pinkosh

Through a country of lost souls and broken hearts, a newly awakened man journeys from his darkest hours towards hope, love, and the West Coast.

SHOW TIMES
June 5-15 2008
Thursdays-Saturdays
Sundays

8pm
2pm Buy Tickets
Playing at Balagan Theatre
1117 East Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122
Just off 12th on East Pike
No one under 13 will be admitted

Balagan Theatre, 1117 East Pike St

Events from 5/23 to 5/29/2008

Better late than never...

Friday, 5/23
11:00 AM NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2008 (until 5/26)
9:00 PM? Treasure Fingers & Kill the Noise [Chop Suey]

Saturday, 5/24
11:00 AM Seattle Film Festival (until 6/15)
1:00 PM Rainier Beach Sculpture Dedication
5:25 PM SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL
6:00 PM SHAG @ Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
7:20 PM h'Art Opening
8:00 PM Take Me With You @ Balagan Theatre
9:00 PM The Twins Party

Sunday, 5/25
7:00 PM Open Mike with Poetry & Music @ Wayward Coffeehouse & Little Red Studio

Monday, 5/26
1:00 PM Seattle School's RECESSION!
5:40 PM James at NW Folklife Festival

Thursday, 5/29
8:00 PM Myth of Us @ Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University



Friday, 5/23

NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2008

The Northwest Folklife Festival is the annual free climactic celebration of year-round ethnic, folk, and traditional arts activities produced by Northwest Folklife. The Folklife Festival is Seattle's unofficial leap into summer, with four days of jam-packed excitement. Artists from the Pacific Northwest along with special guests from throughout the world create an ethnic extravaganza embracing music and dance performances, visual arts and folklore exhibits, hands-on ethnic children's activities, symposia, dance and music workshops, crafts, food, imported goods, demonstrations of traditional arts, and more! The exuberant tradition of sharing and participation at the Festival encourages exploration and learning between participants and public alike.

http://www.nwfolklife.org/P_F/festival.html, http://www.nwfolklife.org/P_F/grids/4dayperfgrids.pdf


Treasure Fingers & Kill the Noise [Chop Suey]

>>>May 23rd: Treasure Fingers & Kill the Noise [Chop Suey]
http://nwtekno.org/vb/showthread.php?threadid=125923


Saturday, 5/24

Seattle Film Festival (until 6/15)
http://www.siff.net/index.aspx


Rainier Beach Sculpture Dedication

DATE: May 24, 2008
TIME: 1:00pm
LOCATION: Seward Park Ave & Rainier Ave S
(in front of SAI Realty,
9462 Rainier Ave S, 98118)
PARKING: Along Seward Park Ave or in front of Payday Loans

Join us for the dedication of two welded steel and cast glass sculptures in Rainier Beach on May 24th, 2008. The sculptures were created by Oregon artist Garry Price and reflect the hopes that community residents imparted to him during interviews and community meetings. Enjoy light refreshments and learn more about SEEDArts!
Sites for the artwork include:
Rainier Ave & Seward Park Ave S

Rainier Ave & Wabash St, http://www.seedseattle.org/seedarts/


SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND | MAY 24-26
Sound Magazine Presents
SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL

CHECK OUT THE MAY ISSUE OF SOUND MAGAZINE:
THE 2008 SASQUATCH! PROGRAM
THE COMPLETE LINEUP, MAPS, PREVIEWS, GORGE TOUR, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS, & PREVIEWS.
plus! STOP BY THE SOUND BOOTH AT SASQUATCH FOR SUBSCRIPTION, TICKET AND T-SHIRT GIVEAWAYS AND MORE!!

The Line Up
Saturday, May 24th
R.E.M. / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / The New Pornographers / The National / Ozomatli / Beirut / Dengue Fever / Fleet Foxes / The Breeders / Okkervil River / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Destroyer / Kathleen Edwards / The Whigs / Dead Confederate / Newton Faulkner / Grand Archives / David Bazan / Joshua Morrison / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Throw Me The Statue / The Shaky Hands / Grand Hallway / Rich Fulcher / Jerry Minor / Tim Meadows / Horatio Sanz / Matt Walsh / Matt Besser / Upright Citizens Brigade / Sean Conroy
Sunday, May 25th
The Cure / Death Cab For Cutie / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Presidents of the United States of America / Christmas On Mars (Flaming Lips Movie) / Cold War Kids / Blue Scholars / 65daysofstatic / Tegan & Sara / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / The Kooks / Mates of State / Rogue Wave / White Rabbits / The Heavenly States / What Made Milwaukee Famous / The Morning Benders / The Blakes / Sera Cahoone / Cancer Rising / The Cops / J. Tillman / "Awesome" / Truckasauras / Brian Posehn / Morgan Murphy / Reggie Watts / Andy Haynes / Kevin Hyder / Aziza Diaz / Derek Sheen / Andy Peters / The Maldives
Monday, May 26th
The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / The Mars Volta / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Built To Spill / The Hives / Matt Costa / Yeasayer / Dyme Def / Ghostland Observatory / Jamie Lidell / Battles / The Cave Singers / The Little Ones / Pela / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Delta Spirit / Kinski / Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground / Say Hi / Siberian / Whalebones / The Choir Practice / The Moondoggies / Michael Ian Black / Michael Showalter / Eugene Mirman / Marc Maron / Seattle School presents "Recession!" / Mike Min / Korby Sears / Liza Keckler

THE GORGE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! http://sasquatchfestival.com/2008/


SHAG @ Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery

We’d like to invite you all to join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore &
Gallery this Saturday, May 24 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for an
extraordinary event featuring sensational Southern California artist
SHAG. He’ll be here to sign copies of his new Fantagraphics title
SHAG: A TO Z and present new works related to the book.

For the uninitiated, SHAG’s seductive renderings focusing on
anachronistic Americana are at once fresh and familiar. Tikis,
cocktails, Shriners, mini-skirts, and mid-century mod motifs define
SHAG’s singular aesthetic. His new book celebrates the pleasures of a
hedonistic lifestyle and the virtues of overindulgence. His drawings
and prints for the show here are wickedly affordable. SHAG’s previous
exhibitions at Roq la Rue in Seattle invariably sell out in advance.
The artist has agreed to allow local patrons the first opportunity to
add these exquisite pieces to their collections, so you won’t want to
miss this one!

DJ David James will spin the platters and liquid refreshments will be
provided. Admission is free, natch. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
is located at 1201 S. Vale Street in the charming artists’ enclave of
Georgetown, only minutes south of downtown Seattle. Phone:
206.658.0110. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. And
we’ll be here on Memorial Day, May 26 until 5:00 PM. See you all this
weekend.

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, 1201 S. Vale Street.


h'Art Opening

I have been encouraged to invite you to a special gathering this weekend. I will be playing a set of new downtempo gems on the Mackie Fusion soundsystem starting just after midnight. Please come early and enjoy the art and sounds...

Below is message from the host:

I'd like to invite you to the third "h'Art Opening" this coming Saturday (May 24) at the Transcendent Church of Bass. We’ve been working hard on transforming a warehouse into the Transcendent Church of Bass and things are really going well…. and really busy.

Transcendent Church of Bass - 940 Elliott Ave W, Seattle WA 98119

“h’Art Opening” is a monthly gathering that consists of an early-evening art opening featuring artists from our community, flowing into a nice event with a house-party feel. Our vision is to create sacred space for people to gather; space that promotes heart opening through music art décor, lighting, and great company. The space will have a loungy feminine feel that is soft, sensual, and dreamy, an invitation to the feminine side of the dance/art scene.

Doors open at 7:20pm
We’re asking people to come early – everyone showing up before 9pm will pay a reduced entry of $5. After 9pm there will be a $10 entry. We plan to have a cash bar serving beer and wine, and all money raised at this month’s event would go towards insurance – a very important aspect of holding space for safe and sustainable events.

I’m also really excited to let you know that Louisa ’s innovative “Sonosphere” (http://www.thesonosphere.com/) is going to be run during the event. Our goal is to offer some journeys during “h-Art Opening”. Michael Brinker is curating art for this month’s h’Art, and there will be opportunity to interact with artists, and also create your own art.

Our vision is to balance live performances and DJ sets, and overall the vibe is definitely more downtempo oriented. Make no mistake, there will be plenty of opportunity to shake your booty! Here’s a partial list of performers:

Henta and Marcel Marias (live), John Ames of EQlateral (live), Julian Klappenbach (DJ), Waater Mark, Osiris Indriya (DJ), DJ Manos (DJ), Skoi (DJ), T-prohet (DJ), and Hendrik.

Transcendent Church of Bass - 940 Elliott Ave W, Seattle WA 98119


Take Me With You @ Balagan Theatre

I'm stage managing this show and I didn't see an email come out yet, so just in case I still had time.. would you mind adding this one? If not, next weekend will do too.. it's running thru then the show after that is the following two weekends.

Thanks!
~Angel

Balagan and Starving Artists present
Take Me With You
Written by Godfrey Hamilton
Performed by Mark Pinkosh

I have a demon. I have a sickness, please cast it out, please ask Jesus to forgive me and make me whole.

SHOW TIMES
May 22-June 1 2008
Thursdays-Saturdays
Sundays

8pm
2pm Buy Tickets
Playing at Balagan Theatre
1117 East Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122
Just off 12th on East Pike
No one under 13 will be admitted

Balagan Theatre, 1117 East Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122


The Twins Party

The Twins Party
A celebration of Gemini.
Saturday May 24th
9pm to 6am
Oseao 1402 E Pike
$5 Cover
Full Bar 21+

Beats all night provided by DJs Lovevirus, Recess, Danger, Bryan
Lyons, Eric Allen, Karl Kamakahi and Jizosh with a special performance
by Aurora Diving Club. Visuals provided by Big Dark Spot productions.
This party is intended as a gift to all Geminis, hence the small
cover and the super strong $4 cocktails.

Oseao 1402 E Pike


Sunday, 5/25

Open Mike with Poetry & Music @ Wayward Coffeehouse & Little Red Studio

On Sunday, May 25 at 7 p.m.

Check out what is happening at
Wayward Coffeehouse, 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle
Open Mike with Poetry & Music. Contact
mailto:wayward@waywardcoffee.com.

SUNDAY
Or come to the LRS Studio 's open mic where everyone
is invited to read 5 minutes of original,new material
in a very relaxed supportive atmosphere.

Sunday May 25th
Open Mic Poetry Night
Every Sunday! (free)

6:30pm on Sunday evenings

1506 Franklin Ave E. 98102
(a little tricky to fine-- off of Eastlake under
freeway)
Little Red Studio: (206) 328-4758

Wayward Coffeehouse, 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle Little Red Studio


Monday, 5/26

Seattle School's RECESSION!

Seattle School's
RECESSION!

WHERE!
Sasquatch Music Festival (Comedy Tent) in George, WA

WHEN!
Monday, May 26, 1:30 PM

WHO!
Liza Keckler (Yokokoka), Kathy Kim (Toyota), Korby Sears (Wasabi), Like Lin (Iaccoca)
SAY WHUH?!?

Gonnichiwa! In Chinese, the word for "chaos" is the same word for "bargains". So what does more US economic chaos mean...? You got it - lots more Chinese. And what better reflects impending Chinese hegemony than J-POP? Not only because the hallmark of a rising superpower is its reductive pop songs (how else to lull your fat populace to utter complacency), but also because Seattle School once again is completely clueless, but still too lazy to research beyond a quick YouTube search, and can't be bothered with details (J-POP, K-POP, A-ROD, AJAX, tomato, kalamata, same-same, whatever). Which can mean only one thing - a delightful, whirlwind revue! Seattle School presents RECESSION! \(^o^)/

LET'S GET SHOPPING!

RECESSION! is the J-POP band with a candy-coated mission to inspire America to pull itself out of the macroeconomic frownzies and back to super-sugoi, wallet-emptying optimism, using an injection of catchy teriyaki-saccharine song stylings crafts sofia coppola. The show also contains spectacular choreography and visual effects and starchy snacks. RECESSION! is like no other J-POP band you've ever seen. Partially because most groups are younger, prettier, and at least 50% more Asianer. But also because Seattle School (thinking that creating a band is analogous to getting toppings at Pinkberry) drowned everything with Anime flava. Then, scratching our chins, added sprinklings of instigating consumers into a buying frenzy towards complete economic recovery. Then added some John Baldessari, but then had second thoughts and asked the clerk to scrape off that Baldessari, but then he said it would still cost the same (dick).

IT"S RAINING STIMULUS CHECKS!

The show starts off kinda campy and ironic, then switches to self conscious sincerity, then does a complete 180 and points at you and blames you for the pregnancy, when really all you ever wanted was for her to be happy. Some may call it "comedy", but Sasquatch calls it "cala-medy". Either way, it's close to what Speed Racer shoulda/coulda been, but not nearly as good as the impossible entertainment juggernaut dubbed... Ryan Seacrest (I think I once saw the tiny and elusive Ellen Page peeking out from within the deep folds of his cavernous smile wrinkles). Come check out - RECESSION!

Recession! MySpace http://www.myspace.com/recessionrecession


James at NW Folklife Festival

Hey Ladies and Gents!

I hope you are doing well!

Here's the deal, it's been five years since I made an appearance at NW folklife, and on Monday, May 26that 5:40pm I'll be there at the Alki Court stage doing a 30 minute set of Sarod & Beats. Come out and get a free sample of the latest sounds of the whetzel musical magic shop, I'm doing this one for the love and would love to see some familiar faces out there.

I'm playing at the Alki Court Stage, right after the "Unlikely Instruments Band Scramble," I believe there is also a beer garden near this stage for those who, like me, may be interested in such things . . .

Cheers!

James

http://www.funketabla.com/jwhetzel.php


Thursday, 5/29

Myth of Us @ Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University

Date Thursday – Saturday, May 29th – May 31st and June 5th through June 7th at 8 pm
Location Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University € 901 – 12th Avenue (Capitol Hill)
Ticket Info Fine Arts at Seattle University, 206.296.2244 Tickets $10 and students are free

Thanks, Maureen

Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University € 901 – 12th Avenue (Capitol Hill)