Friday, July 13, 2007

Events from 7/13 to 7/19/2007


Friday, 7/13
11:00 AM Oregon Country Fair (7/13 - 7/15)
6:00 PM Kukula and Nicoletta Ceccoli @ Roq la Rue
6:00 PM TIKKKI @ BLVD Gallery
9:00 PM BROKEN DISCO @ Chop Suey
9:00 PM Roots Down @ Alibi Room

Saturday, 7/14
9:30 AM Low Tide Mud Run
11:00 AM Seattle Bastille Day @ Seattle Center
6:00 PM OK OK Gallery Art Opening + Ballard Art Walk
6:00 PM Chinas Comidas @ Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
8:00 PM Rock Lottery 03 @ Neumos
9:00 PM Data Vs Wax @ Little Red Studio
9:00 PM? FORWARD SATURDAYS @ SEE SOUND LOUNGE
9:00 PM? Giving Back at Waid's
10:00 PM? KRAKT's 3 HOUR TECHNO ORGY

Sunday, 7/15
2:00 PM Free Concert @ Othello Playground
5:00 PM SoL Revival @ ToST

Monday, 7/16
9:00 PM SWEET 16s @ Alibi Room

Wednesday, 7/19
Noon Global Drum Masters (Lunchtime Concerts)


Friday, 7/13

Oregon Country Fair (7/13 - 7/15)

I have heard good things about the Oregon Country Fair. Our neighbors downstairs left on Thursday at 1 AM to get to the Oregon Country Fair when it opened at 8:00 AM so they would get a good spot on the camping ground.
Celebrate our 38th year July 13, 14, 15, 2007 and delight in our world class entertainment, hand-made crafts, delectable foods, educational displays and magical surprises at every turn of the path. We invite you to join us in our wooded setting, 13 miles west of Eugene near Veneta, Oregon, for an unforgettable adventure.
Tickets will be available for the 2007 Fair in May at all TICKETSWEST outlets in Oregon and Washington starting May 5. Please visit TICKETSWEST web site or call 1-800-992-8499 for more information.


Kukula and Nicoletta Ceccoli @ Roq la Rue
Roq la Rue is pleased to present two artists who create paintings of young women in fanciful, melancholic situations.
Nicoletta Ceccoli (San Marino, Italy) has made a name for herself illustrating children's books, including winning the prestigious Italien Anderson Prize for best illustrator of the year in 2001. She recently has been showing paintings in US galleries and has already has already garnered great demand for her allegorical, luminous, dream-like paintings. Painted in acrylic on paper, each work is meticulously crafted to the point where brush stokes disappear, and each image seems to float within it's own hazy light. This is her first major US gallery exhibition.
Kukula (San Francisco) takes a darker spin, placing her sexy/sickly doll-like subjects in situations usually only one step away from disaster. In this particular series, she explores the idea of the "last hour before death", using death as a metaphor for both a beginning and an end. She has painted most of her paintings in a 5" x 7" format to better play of the concept of her characters final snapshots, and the work will be displayed in a memento mori/funeral type setting.
Get a sneak peek online at http://www.roqlarue.com !


TIKKKI @ BLVD Gallery
TONIGHT We are having a LUAU reception for the opening of "TIKKKI" at
BLVD Gallery. Come and enjoy great art and good times.
BLVD Gallery presents
TIKKKI
New Works By Iosefatu Sua and Darvin Vida
July 13 - August 4, 2007
BLVD gallery is proud to present TIKKKI, a show of new works by
Iosefatu Sua and Darvin Vida that is a view of tikki culture from an
authentic Pacific island perspective. The imagery for TIKKKI will
revolve around the use of shameful imagery from Americas past wed with
a Polynesian aesthetic to challenge and bring into sharp focus the
disparity between reality and Tiki culture. Artist Iosefatu Sua first
conceived of this concept as a response to what he viewed as a skewed
and often condescending ideal of Island culture that is presented as
Tiki Culture. Iosefatu desired to create a body of work that would
expose the racial fetishism and cultural misappropriation that Exotica
represents with its view of Pacific Islanders as Noble Savages and
hyper sexualized Hula girls. These caricatures have nothing to do with
the harsh reality of the rampant poverty and loss of culture in
Islander communities and serve to perpetuate these circumstances by
removing the focus on real people and supplanting the proud traditions
with Kitsch and cocktails.

Iosefatu Suas fascination with art was inspired mostly by the
rebelliousness and bright colors of graffiti/urban art; an art form he
first discovered as a young boy while riding his BMX bike through the
city streets of Wellington, New Zealand. Suas Samoan born parents were
immigrants who worked several jobs to keep him and his brother away
from the impoverished neighborhoods, which were populated by the local
natives and Polynesian immigrants. His works mostly consist of
sculpture, painting, and installation. By mixing a variety of cultural
and mythological iconography and storytelling, Iosefatu explores
personal insecurities, fears, and frustrations influenced by social and
cultural stigmas such as poverty, immigration, and criminalization.
For Darvin Vida art started because of the refusal of his Mother to
constantly draw the Black Tiger Squadron fighter plane from
StarBlazers. From that point on he realized he could do drawings for
himself. His early years started off tracing Captain America comic
books and GI Joe Characters. In the late eighties Darvin was shown a
poloroid photo of graffiti from San Diego that sparked off a whole new
direction for his creativity. Today Darvin mixes these early influences
with the cultural art that reflects his Filipino heritage. Darvin Roca
Vida works with a wide variety of techniques, which include: sculpting,
painting, carving, etching, and printing.
Artist Reception Luau Friday July 13 6pm - 10pm
2316 2nd ave Seattle Wa 98121
http://blvdart.com


BROKEN DISCO @ Chop Suey
This Friday the 13th @ Chop Suey -
Make out or idolize. Your pick!
- Chop Suey had a new air conditioner installed next week!
- The Field and the Kooky Scientist are co-headlining the Idol Stage
- There's a PDX showcase in the makeout lounge
- KEXP's helping sponsor along with the rest of your favorite local
promoters
We're all super excited for this Friday's Broken Disco!!
Hope to see each and every last one of you there.

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BROKEN DISCO : JULY
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FRIDAY JULY 13TH
Chop Suey, Decibel, Fourthcity, Sensory Effect, Shameless and 90.3
KEXP present the fourth edition of Broken Disco!

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idol stage – 18+
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THE FIELD - Live!
[Kompakt - Sweden]
THE KOOKY SCIENTIST - Live!
[Ex Psychic TV, Plus 8, Telepathic - Boston]
M'CHATEAU - DJ Set
[Fourthcity, Knightriders - SEA]
RED PONY - Live!
[AKA Miss Kick - Stylus503, Juicy - SEA]
Visuals by PIXELFLIP
Featuring FUNKTION ONE Sound

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make-out lounge – 21+
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PDX SHOWCASE!!
LET'S GO OUTSIDE- Live!
[Pnuma, Soma Records - PDX]
COPY - Live!
[Audio Dregs, Holocene Records - PDX]
DJ BEYONDA - DJ Set!
[Stylus503, Juicy - PDX]
Celebrity Bartender ANTON BOMB
Featuring LUVSHACK & SHAMELESS Sound

Bios on all artists plus links to their own sites are available
through our MySpace blog - www.myspace.com/broken_disco.
@ Chop Suey
1325 E. Madison, Seattle, WA 98122
Open 9pm to 2am
18+, bar for those 21+ with ID
$12 advance, $15 Day of show


Roots Down @ Alibi Room
FRIDAY 7/13 - Roots Down with robZ & company
Every Friday I bartend and spin records and
friends drop in and play sets on open decks.
Last Friday we had 6 DJs drop in. It was sweet!
Come early, stay late, and turn off your phone.
Illin' and chillin' beginnin' at 9 pm-in'.


Saturday, 7/14

Low Tide Mud Run

Seattle Spin writes:
Also, Low Tide Mud Run , July 14th, $5. You gotta like this. It's only 250 yards, but its like running through pancake batter. Boots required, and if you cross the finish line, they spray you down with garden hoses to clean up. Those who get stuck get pulled out at their convenience, hopefully before the next high tide.
Here are more details:
5th Annual
Samish Bay Bivalve Bash
and
Low Tide Mud Run
Benefiting Community Clean Water Awareness Programs
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Gates open from 9:30am to 5:00pm.
Register Online for Mud Run
Register online through 7/10.
After 7/10 day of race registration only at the farm.

Event Information
Carpooling encouraged. Follow signs on Chuckanut Drive to free offsite parking. Free shuttle bus service to festival site.
Activities for all ages. Oyster shell sculptures, Mud Run, Kid’s Beach, great food, beer garden, local bands, dancing, contests and games. Scenic beach setting.
No pets. No coolers.
Invite family and friends to support clean water and join the fun.
For Mud Run information call:
Race Director, 425-501-0709
For Bivalve Bash information call:
Taylor Shellfish Farms, 360-766-6002


Seattle Bastille Day @ Seattle Center

Seattle Spin writes:
Bastille Day: Seattle Bastille Day, July 15th, free, this is a festival at Seattle Center, all sorts of activities, exploring all things French. If anything, you gotta admire their food and luxury goods. Also, Bal des Pompiers, July 14th, $49, a French-themed party of music, dancing, and French dishes. * Also Champagne has its own festivities and food specials planned. Here, the party goes on all day and overflows into the alley.


OK OK Gallery Art Opening + Ballard Art Walk
6-10pm


Chinas Comidas @ Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
More action at Fantagraphics Bookstore this Saturday.
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, joined by our neighbors Georgetown
Records, welcomes a reunion of Seattle punk rock pioneers Chinas
Comidas on Saturday, July 14 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. In the late 70s,
this influential band toured with the Dead Kennedy and played on
bills with legends like the Germs, Fear and Black Flag - proving
Seattle had a lively music scene before grunge.
Come down early for the colorful "AmeriVespa" scooter rally, view
Peter Bagge's lovely new exhibition, and enjoy a cold beverage at one
of the neighborhood's many diners or drinking establishments.
Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport
Way S. in Georgetown). We're open daily from 11:30 to 8:00 PM,
Sundays until 5:00 PM. Admission, as always is free to the public of
all ages. Phone: 206.658.0110.
Hope to see you there,
ER
Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport
Way S. in Georgetown).


Rock Lottery 03 @ Neumos
Hello Party Volcano,
Good/Bad Archive Project presents a benefit for The Vera Project
...
The Rock Lottery is simple, but effective. Twenty-five hand picked musicians meet at 10:00AM at the evening's performance venue. These volunteers are organized into five bands through a lottery based chance selection. The five different groups are then released to practice at different locations. The musicians have twelve hours to create a band name and three to five songs (with a one cover song limit). The bands will then return to the venue and perform what they have created in front of a waiting audience.
The twenty-five musicians included in this experiment are carefully selected in an attempt to represent a wide variety of musical styles. This event will bring together many facets of the music community that may seem incompatible, as well as musicians whose interests may conflict. The challenge for these participants is to try and go beyond their personal and musical differences and work together to create a unified group project that still contains the personal styles of each of its members.
The Seattle Rock Lottery is a benefit, with all proceeds going to The Vera Project. The musicians chosen to participate are unpaid volunteers. The participants are chosen by the Rock Lottery participant committee with suggestions from the staff of The Vera Project and other members of Seattle's music community.
Rock Lottery 03
Saturday, July 14th
Doors open at 8pm (1st band starts PROMPTLY at 10pm)
at Neumos - 925 East Pike Street Seattle, Washington 98122, www.neumos.com, 206.709.9467
Advance tickets available at - www.ticketswest.com
$10 admission, 21+
10AM - 25 individual musicians... 10PM - 5 new bands
(click on the blog entries to see past participants and the bands that they created.


Data Vs Wax @ Little Red Studio
Spy presents Data Vs Wax July 14th 9pm to 6am
This is the audiophiles edition of Spy. Two rooms of Mackie sound
with a super talented and diverse collection of DJs.
On wax: Sidious, Dillin Quent (of Theory in Motion), Beau,
CTRL_ALT_DLT and Noisemaker.
On Macs: J-Sun, NFR, DJ MU, Lovevirus, and MAC-netic.
Afterhours: Von Dewey, DANGER and Meltdown.
Visual art showings by Dave Bloomfield, John Hunt and Cameron Nagashima.
Performances by Hands of Kali and Trapezoid.
Live VJ by Meltdown Productions.
Little Red Studio
750 Harrison
Seattle WA 98109
4 blocks North of Denny at
Harrison and Dexter
$10 (Afterhours $5)
21+ (Afterhours 18+)


FORWARD SATURDAYS @ SEE SOUND LOUNGE
July 14th - Shake the shame off with...
RECESS! - LEVI CLARK! - MC ANTON BOMB!
21+
Plus...PIXELFLIP on visuals all night long!
SEE SOUND LOUNGE
115 Blanchard St. (Between 1st and 2nd in Belltown)
http://www.seesoundlounge.com
http://www.myspace.com/seesoundlounge


Giving Back at Waid's

James writes:
Hello everyone,

As you may know I am busy with ghost tours and the Summer is only just
beginning. What you may not know is that I producing a fundraiser for
the first time! Which includes a night of music and dancing. This has
been a huge undertaking for me, from designing the postcards, website,
working with other volunteers to create the night, to booking the
music and getting the press interested. I am hoping for a good show
of people at the event and hope you will consider coming to support
not only my first venture into this kind of thing, but a great cause.
I am doing this completely as a volunteer and all the proceeds from
tickets sales go to the cause.

The cause is awesome: My friend, a doctor at Harborview, travels back
and forth to Madagascar to volunteer at Andranomadio Hosiptal that has
very few resources. He returns this August and hopes to create a
larger partnership in the future with Seattle and the hospital. While
Seattle is drawing large global health interests and companies to the
region, it's people like Doctor Roesel that are at the front lines.
All of the ticket sales go to the work he is doing, to bring medical
supplies, training books and even help pay for some of the children's
school fees of families working at the hospital.

So, you want to come, right?
Well, I haven't even told you about the music or the venue! I am
MCing, Funklove from Marmalade is bringing together a team of
musicians for a night of improvised danceable funk music. At midnight,
my friend Brenna is Djing, she goes by DJ bwonder jones and Dj's at
places like the Buddha Bar in Seattle. It's at Waid's Haitian
Restaurant at 12th and Jefferson and it's on July 14th, a Saturday,
starting at 8pm.
Here are more details:
On Bastille Day, July 14th Waid's Haitian Restaurant is hosting an
event with improvised funk music by some of the best musicians in
Seattle. Ticket sales ($20 at the door) go to support a hospital in
Madagascar and the work of a Seattle doctor.
Avec Amour: Giving Back at Waid's
In Support of the Andranomadio Hospital in Madagascar
Funklove and The Golden Club Social, DJ bwonder jones
Saturday, Bastille Day, July 14th 2007
1212 E Jefferson, Seattle WA
206-328-6463

About the music: Funklove and the Golden Club Social is a live
improvised soul funk and rare groove outfit featuring a revolving
ensemble of local legendary members of Jumbalaya, Das Rut, Spirit Tuck
and the currently undisputed weekly soul/funk party, MARMALADE.
DJ bwonder jones takes the stage as well. bwonder jones is a Seattle
born barfly-artist-scientist-poet who has been performing music since
first grade. She first began Djing at Burning Man, when her friend
Sweet Chris Bell let her take the decks. She spins every Friday night at
Buddha Belltown. For the event she will be mixing some funk music into
her set.

About Madagascar: The world's fourth largest island, Madagascar, is a
Republic struggling under debt, environmental degradation,
exploitation of its natural resources, and widespread poverty. One in
seven children will die before the age of five, and half of all
children suffer from malnutrition. Childbirth kills 1 out of every 26
women. Ancient scourges such as the plague, cholera, and polio still
stalk the populace; infections such as tuberculosis, schistosomiasis,
and malaria are also major health problems. Health resources, where
they exist at all, are extremely limited.

About the Hospital: Andranomadio Hospital, a small hospital and clinic
in the center of the island treats over 20,000 people annually.
Seattle Doctor, David Roesel is a welcome colleague and friend who
works side by side with local doctors and nurses caring for
desperately ill patients, and holds training sessions for the staff to
improve the quality of care. He returns to Andranomadio Hospital in
August 2007 bringing much-needed medical supplies, training materials,
and assisting in the care of the sick. His long-term goal is to forge
partnerships which will allow Andranomadio to develop into a national
center of excellence in medical care. He plans to bring medical care
out into the rural communities, where there are currently no health
facilities at all.

About the benefit: Avec Amour: Giving Back at Waid's is part of a
larger mission for Waid Sanvil (Waid's) as well, his personal mission
is to forge community alliances in Seattle and produce events that
support global health, eventually supporting health resources in Haiti
which suffer under similar conditions as Madagascar. As a close friend
to Doctor Roesel, producing this event brings him closer to this
mission. At the event there will be a raffle with great items that
have been donated by local businesses including; acupuncture sessions,
Underground tours, and travel vouchers. Waid's also serves excellent
food.
Avec Amour: Giving Back at Waid's
In Support of the Andranomadio Hospital in Madagascar
Funklove and The Golden Club Social, DJ bwonder jones
Saturday, Bastille Day, July 14th 2007
1212 E Jefferson, Seattle WA
206-328-6463
To find out more go to www.givebackseattle.com


KRAKT's 3 HOUR TECHNO ORGY
KRAKT HATE NEUTRALITY.
WARM BEER.
ROSS PEROT.
BEIGE.
ADULT CONTEMPORARY.
PURGATORY.
KRAKT SMASH MODERATION.
BRING JOEL MULL.
BOIL RE-BAR IN SWEDISH SEXY JUICE.
BEAT DANCEFLOOR IN TECHNO ORGY.
PAY EXTRA FOR HAPPY ENDING.
KRAKT @ RE-BAR. SATURDAY. JULY 14. $13.
TECHNO. PH BALANCED FOR HER PLEASURE.
JOEL MULL | KRISTINA CHILDS


Sunday, 7/15

Free Concert @ Othello Playground
Othello Parks Concerts 2007

Join us for the second year of the Othello Park Concerts spotlighting local Southeast Seattle musicians and performers and variety of musical styles. Bring a picnic lunch and the whole family for fun-filled afternoon. Othello Park has a children's playground, hillside slide, two basketball courts and built-in barbeque grills.
Sundays: June 10, July 15, August 12 and September 9
2 - 6pm
@ Othello Park
(located at 4351 Othello St, between MLK & Rainier Ave S)
Free Admission ~ For All Ages


SoL Revival @ ToST
-Sunday, July 15th: SoL Revival @ ToST
For those still standing after the Division BBQ & Dodgeball Tournament at
Seward Park, head on over to Fremont to wrap up your weekend with a couple
cocktails and some laid-back grooves.


Monday, 7/16

SWEET 16s @ Alibi Room
MONDAY 7/16 - SWEET 16s
Random 16 mm film projections
plus 16 rpm Name that Tune
where 45s are played at 16 on
an old school (literally) phonograph.
Correct guessers keep the records...
9 pm, free
Here's to a delirious and delicious summer!
Best wishes,
robZ


Wednesday, 7/19

Global Drum Masters (Lunchtime Concerts)
City Hall becomes concert hall. Lunchtime becomes showtime. We take the show outside in the summer. Enjoy a concert on the City Hall Plaza at noon every Thursday from July 12 to
Aug. 30.
July 19 - Global Drum Masters
Bop, bam and booms a plenty as Japanese, African, Native American, and Brazilian drummers gather for a massive percussion extravaganza.
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