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School district adopts elementary music curriculum, seeks community reps

Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is gearing up to adopt the first district-wide music curriculum since 1991, and it’s seeking three community representatives to join the adoption committee.

Seattle music docudrama “$5 Cover” now streaming online

“$5 Cover: Seattle,” a 12-part docudrama series directed by Lynn Shelton, made its debut this week on mtvmusic.com. The series follows thirteen homegrown bands in a musical journey through the city, painting a rich portrait of Seattle’s robust film, music and nightlife communities.

Accepting applications for Youth Arts funding

The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is now accepting applications for our Youth Arts funding program, which supports arts training opportunities for Seattle’s middle and high school youth outside of school hours.

Art, media, open space define plan for Seattle Center

Mayor Mike McGinn announced today his proposal for future uses of Seattle Center. The proposal includes: space for radio station KEXP, a Dale Chihuly exhibition, a new children’s playground, commitment to create a north Fun Forest site green open space, and steps to move the new Memorial Stadium project forward.

Art Hazards Project invites artists to take short survey

King County’s Art Chemical Hazards Project invites artists to take a short, 13-question survey that will inform the project’s approach to protecting artists and the environment from the risks posed by hazardous chemicals in art supplies.

Adam Kuby begins work on Madison Valley Stormwater Improvement Project

This week, artist Adam Kuby began installation  of the first of two artwork projects for the Madison Valley Stormwater Improvement Project. Working at Seattle Public Utilities’ site at 30th Avenue East between East Denny Way and East John Street, Kuby will plant trees and place carved granite elements at four… [ Keep reading ]

Local filmmaker, Reel Grrls alumna wins PBS award

Naomi Nelson, an emerging filmmaker who trained at Seattle’s Reel Grrls (and who joined Executive Director Malory Graham this summer to accept Reel Grrls’ 2010 Mayor’s Arts Award) has just been awarded the People’s Choice Award from POV’s “This is My Family” competition for her documentary short Why Not.

Don’t miss this Miss, Dec. 16

Travel back to the roaring ’20s as this delightful vintage quartet, dressed in period clothing, plays tunes fit for flappers dancing in a glitzy underground speakeasy. Miss Rose & Her Rhythm Percolators are led by singer Sunga Rose, who croons and strums a ukulele while the Percolators keep time and… [ Keep reading ]

Pacific Northwest Magazine profiles “Thornton Creek”

This weekend, Seattle Times’ Pacific Northwest Magazine profiled Stephen Glassman’s Thornton Creek, a 28-foot-tall free-standing sculpture at Fire Station 39 in Lake City.

“Lifter” is big hit at Fire Station 37 dedication

A big crowd came out last Saturday to dedicate West Seattle’s new Fire Station 37 and Pete Beeman’s Lifter, a site-specific, 26-foot sculpture with an interactive kinetic feature.