Tag: City Hall
Massive Monkees. Photo by Jennifer Richard. We hope to see you at City Hall Open House between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saturday, April 6. The day will be filled with activities that include performances by School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA) at 11 a.m., Massive Monkees at noon,
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Posted: April 3rd, 2013 under Art Beat, Events.
Tags: City Hall, Massive Monkees, open house, School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts
The city's Curator and Collections Manager Deborah Paine recently gave City Budget Office employees a tour of the artwork chosen for their floor from the city's Portable Works Collection. A three-person art committee of employees within their office selected the artworks for the halls to help enliven the workplace atmosphere. Are you
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Posted: March 20th, 2013 under Art Beat, Public Art.
Tags: art, artworks, City Budget Office, City Hall, public art collection, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
Assistant Conductor Stilian Kirov will lead the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in a free lunchtime concert, 12 to 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, in the City Hall lobby. Mayor Mike McGinn will welcome attendees to the performance, which will feature masterworks from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Symphony will perform Bartók’s Rumanian
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Posted: February 11th, 2013 under Art Beat, Events.
Tags: City Hall, free concert, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Head over to City Hall and see 45 paintings by 10 Ethiopian artists through March 4. The artists, some professionally trained and some self-taught, hail from Seattle; Washington, D.C.; and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Ethiopian Art: Tradition, Assimilation and Change, a wide range of painting styles, both traditional and contemporary, highlight Ethiopian
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Posted: January 7th, 2013 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: Assimilation and Change, City Hall, City Hall Gallery, Ethiopian Art: Tradition, Ethiopian artists
Haiti’s January 2010 7.0 earthquake left more than one million people homeless, 220,000 killed and 300,000 injured. The country, people, culture and struggle are captured through the work of three Pacific Northwest artists in the exhibition Remember Haiti. The show opens at a reception, 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 6 and
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Posted: August 29th, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artwork, City Hall, City Hall Gallery, exhibition, Remember Haiti
The acoustic duo Kasey Anderson with special guest Star Anna brings you smoldering alt-country tunes as the perfect soundtrack for a late summer afternoon. Anderson and Anna will perform a free all-ages concert, 12 to 1:30 p.m., Thurs., Aug. 30 on City Hall’s outdoor plaza, 600 Fourth Ave. The show is the
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Posted: August 28th, 2012 under Art Beat, Events, Seattle Presents.
Tags: City Hall, City Hall plaza, concerts, free, Kasey Anderson, Seattle Presents, Star Anna
Join us for an afternoon of indie rock from Jon Solo. On Thursday, Aug. 23, Solo will perform at City Hall’s outdoor plaza, 600 Fourth Ave., for a free, all-ages concert, 12 to 1:30 p.m. The show is part of Seattle Presents, a free, lunchtime summer concert series. Only two remaining shows! Check
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Posted: August 21st, 2012 under Art Beat, Events, Seattle Presents.
Tags: City Hall, City Hall plaza, concerts, free, Seattle Presents
Kris Orlowski, rising star of the Seattle indie singer-songwriter scene, will bring his soulful band and subtly powerful songs to City Hall’s outdoor plaza, 600 Fourth Ave., for a free, all-ages concert, 12 to 1:30 p.m., this Thursday Aug. 16. Orlowski has been turning heads and rockin’ crowds across the country while touring
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Posted: August 14th, 2012 under Art Beat, Events, Seattle Presents.
Tags: City Hall, City Hall plaza, concert, free, Kris Orlowski, outdoors, Seattle Presents
Sambatuque put on a great show of music from Brazil and the Caribbean yesterday on City Hall's plaza. The concert was part of Seattle Presents free lunchtime concerts, continuing noon to 1:30 p.m. every Thursday in August. Check out the lineup here. Here's a photo re-cap of Sambatuque. All photos by Kausar Mohammed.
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Posted: August 3rd, 2012 under Art Beat, Events, Seattle Presents.
Tags: City Hall, City Hall plaza, concerts, free, Sambatuqe, Seattle Presents
Dance to music from Brazil and the Caribbean with Sambatuque, noon to 1:30, this Thursday, Aug. 2, at Seattle City Hall’s outdoor plaza, 600 Fourth Ave. The show is part of Seattle Presents, a free, lunchtime summer concert series. Check out the complete summer lineup here. Sambatuque (samba-too-kie) draws upon the rich
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Posted: July 31st, 2012 under Art Beat, Events, Seattle Presents.
Tags: band, Brazil, Carribean, City Hall, City Hall plaza, Latin, music, Sambatuque, Seattle Presents, summer concerts
