Shake up your lunch hour this Thursday. Bring your dancin’ shoes to the City Hall plaza and sway to the sounds of Sexteto Tradicuba. Pedro Vargas’ newest project, the hot six-piece band plays Cuban son, guaracha and other traditional styles with modern twists. The performance, from noon to 1:30 p.m.,… [ Keep reading ]
You don’t want to miss banjo virtuoso Danny Barnes performing a free lunchtime concert at City Hall, noon to 1:30 p.m. this Thursday! Barnes is a genre-bending banjo man, guitarist and singer who rocks with electronic loops. Rolling Stone declares, “Barnes is a clever lyricist with a punk-rock past who understands… [ Keep reading ]
Thursday is Bastille Day. Celebrate during your lunch break at City Hall with the French café music of Rouge! This band of international touring musicians gives classic popular French songs passionate and playful twists. Think Pink Martini meets Edith Piaf in Seattle for a triple espresso! Click here to watch Rouge… [ Keep reading ]
An exhibition highlighting 22 artists’ responses to the built environment just opened at the Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery. Aptly titled The Built Environment, the exhibition features two categories of artworks: drawings or sculptures that represent ideas for proposed public artworks and artworks which reflect artists’ responses to architecture. Included in the… [ Keep reading ]
Because of the rain, today’s Seattle Presents performance by Choklate will be moved indoors to the City Hall lobby and conclude at 1 p.m.
We’re excited to announce the return of the lunchtime summer concerts at City Hall. Come on down this Thursday at noon to hear soul siren Choklate. Mayor Mike McGinn will kick off the diverse concert series featuring talented Seattle-based acts and welcome Choklate and her band to the City Hall… [ Keep reading ]
Performance/Art, on display at Seattle City Hall through July 11, features the dramatic work of four Seattle performance photographers who collaborate with dancers, musicians and actors to move beyond the fleeting moments of a performance to create powerful visual metaphors that convey more than a snapshot. Photographers David Belisle, Gabriel Bienczycki,… [ Keep reading ]
Animalia is a show of animals, sometimes literal and sometimes mythical, and of the imagination. The exhibition, on view at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery April 5 through July 5, features artworks by 17 artists in a variety of media, including painting, print, tapestry, sculpture, photography, drawing and mixed media.Featured artists… [ Keep reading ]
In this Issue: Know an individual or an organization making a difference in Seattle through arts and culture? Nominate them for a 2011 Mayor’s Arts Award. On Monday, April 4, we’ll open applications for the city’s Civic Partners funding program. The city is seeking artists to bring temporary site-specific art… [ Keep reading ]
Storefronts artist John Fleming prepares his installation in a vacant storefront. Photo courtesy of Storefronts Seattle. Nine artists will develop temporary, site-specific installations for vacant storefronts in Seattle’s Pioneer Square and Chinatown/International District neighborhoods for the ongoing project Storefronts Seattle. This round will be on display through June…. [ Keep reading ]
