In this issue: Message from the interim director: 2010 recap and the future. The 2011 Youth Arts online application will open Wednesday, Dec. 15. Tour the new West Seattle fire station and see Lifter, a new site-specific, 26-foot sculpture. Nearly 200 supporters of equitable arts opportunities for youth attended the… [ Keep reading ]
Slow down, come in from the cold and enjoy warm jazz vocals that Cadence Magazine raves are “deliciously soulful.” A former Earshot NW Vocalist of the Year, Gail Pettis infuses her music with “a retro air that hints at the silken sophistication and storytelling elan of the young Nancy Wilson,”… [ Keep reading ]
Loosen the knees and move as you please to the zydeco sound of Cajun French vocals, rub-board rhythms, squeeze box harmony and Southern Louisiana charm. Whozyamama plays a free concert 12 to 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18 inside Seattle City Hall. This free concert is part of the Seattle Presents… [ Keep reading ]
Thirteen artists who graduated from the 2009 Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program in visual arts reunite to share new work created since completing the program. Postscripts from the EDGE will be on view Nov. 3 to Jan. 4, 2011, at Seattle City Hall. The exhibition is a visual portrayal… [ Keep reading ]
Intensely musical and felicitous, Persian poetry has inspired the soul for over two millenia. Join Iranian vocalist and tar (Persian lute) player Parvaneh Daneshvar and Seattle vocalist and composer Jessika Kenney for Arghavan: Soul of Wine, a duo performance of classical Persian music and poetry. This free concert takes place,… [ Keep reading ]
Bring the kids for a session of sweet folk and country serenades from The Starlings, 12 to 1:00 p.m., Thursday, October 21, at City Hall. Their insightful music is packed full of storied songwriting, tender vocal harmonies and acoustic goodness all “buoyed by shimmering vocalist Joy Mills,” writes the Seattle P-I.
Get swept up in the interactive fandango (folk and flamenco dance) traditions of Veracruz, Mexico at a free show of The Seattle Fandango Project 12 to 1:00 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, at City Hall. Dancing on box drums, festive melodies and bright flowing dresses immerse the audience in convivencia (the spirit of living and being in community).
Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit youth arts educator, celebrates a decade of service to the community with a photo retrospective by Susie Fitzhugh. An artist reception for Reflections: Ten Years of Arts Corps Photographs by Susie Fitzhugh will be 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, in City Hall’s lobby,… [ Keep reading ]
Be sure to get ya boogie on when Seattle Presents hosts Clinton Fearon and Boogie Brown Band in a free concert at Seattle City Hall, 12 to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 26. A key member of the legendary reggae group The Gladiators, Fearon also grooved with Yabby You, Jimmy Riley, Max Romeo, Junior… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Presents concert series welcomes Latin Expression, 12 to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 19, outside at City Hall plaza. Bring your dancin’ shoes because a floor is provided and The Seattle Times raves that this band “serves its salsa HOT, HOT, HOT!! Power salsa that gets people dancing.” Watch a video… [ Keep reading ]
