In college, Joe Mallahan minored in art. Mike McGinn’s iPod features a mix of music – from jazz to folk to roots reggae. Seattle Channel’s C.R. Douglas sat down this week with the mayoral candidates to talk arts and culture.
For more than three decades, weather and insects took their toll on a waterfront totem pole. So when the Port of Seattle called, we were happy to lend a hand to return the totem to its original glory and install it at its new home in Elliott Bay Park.
We think it’s cool that Gabi Campanario, who has a sketching gig with the Seattle Times, draws on arts and cultural events to tell the city’s story.
If you missed Michael Kaiser’s visit to Seattle in late August, hear what he had to say on Seattle Channel.
Seattle Art Museum has a new director, Derrick Cartwright. You can meet him at a CityClub event, Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Washington Athletic Club.
Master pianist, flutist and composer Jovino Santos Neto performs contemporary Brazilian music with his trio Thursday, Oct. 15, noon to 1 p.m. Jovino is beloved for his musical playfulness and stunning dexterity. The free concert is part of the Seattle Presents lunchtime concert series at City Hall. Check out the… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Greg Nickels today presented to the City Council his proposed 2010 budget, which maintains funding for arts grants and sends 75 percent of city-admission-tax revenues to Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. For complete details on Mayor Nickels’ 2010 Proposed Budget, visit his homepage. This is very good… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle artist Kristen Ramirez will wrap up her summer artist residency at the Fremont Bridge with a temporary audio installation, Bridge Talks Back. A short version will be broadcast from the bridge’s speakers during daytime bridge openings through April. To hear the full sound composition, including clips of people’s bridge… [ Keep reading ]
Artist Troy R. Miles will create designs for reflective decals the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will place on traffic signal control boxes in the neighborhood. Come meet Troy and share with him your ideas of the kinds of images you’d like to represent the Central District.
Seattle guitar bluesman Michael Powers returns to City Hall with his sizzling synth-guitar melodies.
