Free Talk and Movie at Frye Art Museum, Saturday, Dec 11, 2010, 2:00p.m.

It's dark.  It's cold.  The Frye Art Museum is offering to turn on new lights in your mind and heat for your bones--maybe just enough to get you to the solstice.  

 
11 Saturday
2 pm
Gallery Talks


 Implied Violence: Yes and More and Yes and Yes and Why
Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections
Frye Galleries (FREE)
2 pm
Community Cinema Seattle

The Calling

Frye Auditorium (FREE)

704 Terry Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 622-9250

Castalia Reading at Hugo House, Dec 7, 8:00p.m.

The Castalia reading series features poets and fiction writers from the University of Washington MFA program. It's now held at Richard Hugo House, and it's a great way to get through a dark, cold night in Seattle. 

Richard Hugo House

1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
206-322-7030

Punk Rock Flea Market This Saturday, Dec 4, 10a-10p in Belltown

My friend Jon just told me about this $1 event tomorrow, Saturday, December 4!

Slog has the details of The Punk Rock Flea Market.  It looks fun, inspiring, and well-timed for alternative holiday commerce.

The Underground Events Center,
2407 1st Ave in Belltown.

$1, All Ages! 

Friday. Who says it has to be black? Downtown Seattle, Nov 26.

This winter, I suggest practicing embracing light in all its forms.  You'll find electricity and fireworks downtown on Friday. 

 Tree Lighting Celebration & Holiday Parade
November 26, 2010 - Westlake Center - Downtown Seattle Washington

This holiday tradition is held in downtown Seattle every year ... and features a full-day of Holiday Fun. You'll have the Downtown Holiday Parade beginning at 8:45 AM, then the official lighting of Westlake Center's Holiday Tree and Macy's Star at 5 PM... all in conjunction with a really spectacular fireworks display.

In 2010 the Holiday Parade commences on 7th Avenue at 8.45am, marching down Pine Street and University Street before heading north to Macy's for the official Tree Lighting Celebration and lighting of Macy's star at 5pm. A spectacular fireworks display rounds off the day's activities.

Mid-week Mindfulness Meditation at Frye Art Museum, Dec 1, 12:30p.m.

Wednesdays
12:30–1 pm
Mindfulness Meditation
Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

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Special Programs and Conferences

Mindfulness Meditation

Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA
Frye Auditorium (FREE)
704 Terry Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 622-9250

Make a Book for Free, Nov 12

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE  :::  November 12, 2010

Seattle Center for Book Arts MAKE A BOOK TONIGHT! Join your book loving friends for a casual evening to celebrate book & paper arts! Friday, November 12th 5 to 10 p.m. in the Print Studio, Pratt Fine Arts Center This event is free and open to all ages Book + Printmaking Activities ~ beginners welcome! Snacks, Beverages + More! Additional info to come.... Join or renew your SCBA Membership today, or at the event! We encourage guests to pay what they can to support SCBA and offset the cost of this event. Please bring cash or checks to make your contribution to SCBA.

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Vote Tomorrow! Nov 2, 2010

As you know, this is an important election.  Just in case something happened to your ballot, you can vote via email.  Check out SLOG's post about how to do it. 

Dia De Muertos at Seattle Center House, Oct 30 & 31

Art, music, film, dance, and lots of skulls.
Free, and all ages!

Día de Muertos 2010

Saturday, Oct. 30th (12-8pm) & Sunday, Oct. 31st (12-6pm)
Seattle Center . Center House
305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109

Free Water, Everyday

If you haven't seen this yet, it's worth the eight minutes of your life to remind you how  damaging to the environment and silly it is for us to buy bottled water.

Fun Free Party for a Good Cause! Thurs, Oct 21

This could be a great way to meet people at non-profit organizations.  Lots of free goodies, but of course it's for a good cause, so we may want to bring our pocket books.  You'll need a yelp account (easy to set up) and to RSVP.  

 

You're Invited To Yelp Helps!

Goody goody get-together! On The Radar C'mon, Dudes: The Big Lebowski Fest Whack Those Balls: Smash Putt Mini Golf Cavities On Cap Hill: Sweet Tooth Crawl Elysian's Annual: Great Pumpkin Beer Fest Pickin' Pumpkins: Fall City Farms Patch

Gather your good will and gumption and head on over to Yelp Helps, the Emerald City's first non-profit soirée of its kind! We're teaming up with some of Seatown’s most dynamic non-profts and local businesses to throw the biggest, baddest, and most do-goodest gala Seattle has ever experienced! It's all going down on Thursday, October 21st, and the best part is... you're invited! This fashionable fête filled with fun and philanthropy takes place at one of Seattle’s most gorgeous and swanky spaces: Fremont Studios! You'll have the opportunity to get friendly with over 25 non-profits dishing out info through interactive demos like wine bottle ring tosses and raffles. Or rock out with Andrew Vait from Fremont Abbey Arts Center; get reel with One Reel's talent from none other than Teatro Zinzanni; geek out on Greek God's yummy yogurts; and go cuckoo for Kukuruza's gourmet popcorn. And that's only the start! As you mix and mingle with passionate Seattle helpers and cause-worthy non-profits, enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres from Chao Bistro. Continue crunching on KIND's addictive sweets while pecking at some popchips. Fancy a babycake? Fill up on frosted treats from Bellevue's new Cupcake Royale! Feeling parched? Thank Two Beers, Big Al and Emerald City Beer, three of Seattle's best brewmasters, as they wet your whistles with some wicked local brews! If you're still thirsty for more, get ready for a handful of options for spirit seekers and virgin drinkers. Novo Fogo, Jose Cuervo, and the newly-minted Moon Mountain vodka from Diageo will be shaking and stirring some crafty cocktails while Honest Tea, DRY Soda and PurBlu are offering up some nifty non-alcoholic options (though they make great mixers too!). But what’s a fabulous event without photo-documentation? Pose for a pic at the TWIF photo booth as they capture the night's festivities. Get ready for the lights, camera, action; you won't want to miss this fashionable and free event!

How the heck do you get into this sensational shindig? RSVP here!

Make Something or Make Something about Making Something

I think this is wonderful, comforting, and inspiring.


Nokia 'Dot' from Sumo Science on Vimeo.

Bierds, Hoogs, and Lebos kick off Castalia Tue, Oct 18, 8pm at Richard Hugo House

 

Sometimes the most beautiful events are free.  Three of my favorite Seattle poets will be sharing the stage on Tuesday night.  I can think of no better way to spend a chilly weeknight in Seattle.  I just found out I will be unable to attend because I get to put a little one to bed instead, but do go if you can!  

Castalia Kick Off

from The Castalia Reading Series by The Castalia Reading Series

Come to the first Castalia of the 2010-2011 year! Featuring UW Professor Linda Bierds, four-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize and author of numerous books of poetry, including FLIGHT: New & Selected Poems, First Hand, and The Seconds, and whose poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Poetry; alum Rebecca Hoogs, recipient of the 2010 Southeast Review poetry prize for her poem “Miss Scarlett,” author of the chapbook Grenade, and curator of the Seattle Arts and Lectures’ Poetry Series, whose poems have appeared in Crazy Horse, Poetry, and other journals; 1st year MFA poet Kate Lebo, whose poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Crab Creek Review, and other journals, and is a poetry editor for Filter; 2nd year MFA fiction writer Tara Ebrahimi, recipient of the 2010 Mary Rouvelas Prize for Fiction; and 1st year MFA fiction writer Nick VandenBos.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 19, 8 pm.
WHERE: Richard Hugo House, 1634 Eleventh Avenue
Free and open to the public!

More free fun on Capitol Hill tomorrow, Thur, Oct 14

Groovie Ghoulies Get-Together!

Time	Tomorrow at 6:00pm - November 1 at 6:00pm
Location	Dick Blick Art Materials Art Store/ Art Gallery @ Capital Hill 1600 Broadway Avenue Seattle, WA
Created By	Xavier Lopez Jr., Zachary Bohnenkamp, Dave Bloomfield, Brandon Baker, Sam Wallis, Curtis Ashby, Kellyportfolio Illustrations Kelly Brownlee, Carlos AguilarShow all (8)
More Info	An Awesome Group Show put together by Artist Xavier Lopez and Curated by Alexandr, Rebecca and the other employees at Dick Blick! Artists include: Carlos Aguilar, Brandon Baker, Dave Bloomfield, Zachary Bohnenkamp, Kelly Jackson Brownlee, Cash, Maggie Harbaugh, Bunny Lee, Jesse Link, Xavier Lopez, Julie Luke, Andrew Miller, Augie Pagan, Kevin "Senseitwentythree" Sullivan and Ryan "Henry" Ward,

Art and Performance around Cal Anderson Park this Thur, Oct 14

The Blitz Capitol Hill Art Walk is this Thursday!  If you are already going to be on Capitol Hill on Thursday, October 14th to check out the Vis-a-Vis performance (which you should be),  pop by and check out Graham's show and the ZAPP space.  If you haven't already, you may want to get on Richard Hugo House's mailing list.  The list will provide you with lots of fun, indoor, often free, and all-ages events that the house hosts.  

Below is some press from ZAPP (Zine Archive Production Project) at Richard Hugo House.  Last year I volunteered at the ZAPP library, and I teach occasion workshops in Zine construction there.  It's a great place to go and look through all the self-published itty-bitty-but-often-awesome journals.  There is also a space for constructing a master copy of your own zine.  ZAPP frequently has interesting art exhibits in the library, and it is just an interesting, laid-back space to meet people who are interested in comics, zines, art, and D.I.Y. creation.  

From ZAPP email:

There are a few exciting events coming your way very soon! Next Thursday October 14, artist / author and now former ZAPP outreach intern Graham Isaac is presenting Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest. Graham’s exhibit focuses on Seattle and how it’s changed over the years. Using photography, cartoon illustrations and prose, he grapples with themes of neighborhood pride, changing social landscapes and alienation from the familiar. The exhibit is from 5-8 p.m. @ ZAPP, is free, and will be running alongside the Blitz Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 

Richard Hugo House

1634 11th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122-2419
(206) 322-7030

Vis-à-Vis Society Live Installation & Performance (Wall Project)

Time	October 14 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	Cal Anderson Park off 10th Ave, red wall near mountain-fountain Seattle, WA
Created By	Sierra Nelson
More Info	NOW SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER! As you make your rounds during the October Blitz Capitol Hill Arts Walk (Thursday, OCT 14th - from 5 to 8 p.m.), be sure to come find Drs. Ink and Owning by the wall near the mountain-fountain. The Vis-à-Vis Society will be kicking off their new ongoing installation and interactive performance-site "HOW WE CAME TO BE HERE" on a portion of the giant red wall in Cal Anderson Park, as part of Sound Transit’s Capitol Hill Wall Project. Fill out a survey, add your light to the constellation of data, and watch as the live bar graphs grow up to 18 feet! Then celebrate with song and good scientific cheer. FREE! ALL AGES! STOP BY! For more information visit: http://www.myspace.com/visavissociety or http://www.blitzcapitolhill.com/

Vis-a-Vis at Elliott Bay Book Company tomorrow, Sun, Oct 10

Free, all ages, and indoors!

Time	Sunday, October 10 · 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location	Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave Seattle, WA
More Info	On lucky and momentous 10/10/10, the Vis-à-Vis Society will conduct some live & lively research on the emotional-physical state of TOTALLY CRUSHING. Data will be gathered from poem-surveys starting 5:30 PM. At 6:30 PM V-à-V findings in music, dance, and graph will be revealed! The event is FREE and open to all. This Arts Crush evening will also kick-off The Novel: Live! (http://www.thenovellive.org/) - 36 local writers writing a novel collaboratively over the course of 6 days, before your very eyes! (Co-hosted by Seattle7Writers, Richard Hugo House, and Seattle Arts & Lectures.) More info on this and other Arts Crush events: http://artscrush.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=197

It's First Thursday Already. Check Out Ryan Molenkamp's Newsletter and Make Yourself A Map!

Once again, I'm posting Ryan Molenkamp's monthly newsletter.  Once again, I give Ryan props for knowing what to see in the Seattle Art world and for getting the word out!

Hello everyone,

Well, what a busy last couple of months it's been.  So much art, so many happenings.  Thanks to everyone who helped out and who came out for The Portrait Challenge at Bumbershoot, it was a great weekend.  This week at the studio we'll be finishing up the last 40+ pages, and I'll rescan them all to the flickr page when complete.  Also, The Portrait Challenge is coming to the Seattle Art Museum's Think Tank space, for the duration of the Picasso show!  Be sure to stop by when you head to SAM. 

Thanks for all your support, here's a list of shows to check out this month:


BSC and BSC-related art events:

October 7th - First Thursday at the Baby Seal Club  This week we have artists Jenny Jenkins and Matthew Witschonke showing video and photo prints in the gallery.  Works by Chris Sheridan, Kate Protage, and myself will be on display in the studio.  Open 6-10pm  619 Western Ave, 3rd Floor.

Opening October 7th  Bullion New works by Chris Sheridan at La Familiar Gallery. Reception Thursday , October 7 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm; show runs through October 30th. 

Opening October 7th  Creeps Show  A group exhibition in the Flatcolor Gallery Loft, including work by Augie Pagan, Parksid, Chris Sheridan, Brian White and more.    Show runs through 10/31

Opening October 8th  Inside Out  Bherd Studios Gallery presents the urban contemporary work of Seattle artists: Michelle Anderst, Joe Vollan and Chris Sheridan. Each artists work is themed around the inner workings of the mechanical, human anatomy and the soul.  Reception Friday, October 8 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm; show runs through Nov 5th. 

The Portrait Challenge @ SAM!  Opening October 6th (members preview) + October 8th  In the Think Tank space.  This show will up through January 17th.  The same time as some guy named Picasso...you might have heard of him.  I'll be on hand for the Community Day on October 16th, from 10am-3pm, taking pictures and making model pages! 

KAC Redux Auction/party  I have a work, 95 Place - the attached image,  in this art auction for Kirkand Arts Center!  At the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Friday October 8th.  This Friday! 

SOIL "All SOILS Day" art Auction/Party  I also have a painting in the SOIL fundraiser Auction too!  This event is at the Seattle Design Center on October 16th. 

Don't forget to check out City Arts and Molo's Sketchbook for all the latest art, music, film and culture news!

Molo's October Art Picks:


Rendered Invisible:  New works by Curtis Erlinger  PUNCH presents Rendered Invisible, recent works by Curtis Erlinger.  Curtis has quietly been making some wonderful paintings that are far more complex than they appear at first glance.  They reference photography and seem to have a lot to do with childhood and family memories - in an interesting way.  I'm very interested to see this new large body of work.  October 7 - 30, 2010  Reception  5 - 8pm  First Thursday, October 7, 2010

After The Trees Have Grown Gregory Schaffer at Gallery4Culture.  New documentary-style photos by Gregory Schaffer "Schaffer demonstrates a remarkable ability to recognize mundane indicators of societal malaise and transform it into art"  October 7 - 29, 2010.  Reception October 7th, 6-8pm

Fall Ladies Show  20twenty.  It's in Ballard.  I've never been to the store,  but this show features the work of 2 excellent artists I know, Jess Rees and Kendal Tull-Esterbrook.  Reception is Saturday, October 9 · 7:00pm - 9:30pm 

Jess Rees is also showing (recpetion Sat Oct 9th 6-9pm):  Feather Collection. Watercolors by Jess Rees, Velouria Boutique and Gallery

Albert von Keller and Implied Violence at The Frye Art Museum  Sure I work here, but both of these shows are well worth the trip. Albert von Keller's paintings of the occult, seances, mystical healing - and the people who were involved with the scientific study of these things in Munich and Europe in the late 19th Century are fascinating.  Implied Violence is a local performance art group who do work that has a great deal of self constricting movement, theatrics, endurance challenges, altered states, and all sorts of strangeness.  I'm excited to see the Frye host an all day performance by the group on Saturday October 9th, from 11-5pm, in the exterior reflecting pool!  It will be quite a show.  Member's opening for both shows October 8th, 6-9pm.  Shows run October 9th-January 2nd.


Other shows to check out in October:

Anatomy Lessons Ghost Gallery.  "A beautifully creepy group show featuring Michelle Smith-Lewis, Corey Urlacher, Anita Arora
and Jessica Edwards."

Repercussions: Tides & Time at SOIL.  "a  travelling curated exhibition which surveys the ways contemporary artists document place and time"  Curated by Alex Emmons.  October 6-31.  Reception Oct 7; 6-8pm. 



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Ryan Molenkamp
www.ryanmolenkamp.com
Molo's Sketchbook

No Such Thing As a Free Ride?

Heading south may be free. 

Maybe you are one of the Seattlites who coos, "but I like the rain," when we hit these first days of Autumn with their gray portent of impending months of darkness.  If that is the case, I couldn't be happier for you, and I sincerely hope all your Gortex fantasies come true in the next five or six months.   For the rest of us, it's time to make sure we have at least two trips to sunnier lands planned between now and March. 

These days I'm curious about the Craigslist offers for ride sharing. People post offers for passengers for trips as close as Tacoma and as far as Miami Beach. They usually ask for a little cash and say if they are male or female. You can also post yourself, and say you are looking for a ride. You could probably even say if you couldn't offer cash. It could turn out all sorts of ways, from fun to annoying and beyond.

Maldives free with RSVP at Chopsuey, Wednesday September 29

Recently my life was greatly improved by a pair of cowboy boots.  This concert will be the perfect place to wear them.  And it's free.  Just RSVP!   

Wed.Sep.29.10 The Maldives at Chop Suey
Relentless and FILTER Magazine Present: The Maldives at Chop Suey, The Horde and the Harem, Special Guests TBA! :: Doors at 8 PM :: FREE !! RSVP with Link :: 21+ :: FREE WITH RSVP :: http://www.filtermagazine.com/musicsessions

The Maldives at Chop Suey

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website: http://www.myspace.com/themaldives
from Seattle Washington

Biography
The day had left me tired in a strange way, and I was about in the mood to skip supper and lay down in the short grass and rest, lay there and watch the white moon move across the sky. I flipped a stick into the tank and watched it bob on the rising water. It made me think of an old hillbilly song by Moon Mulligan, called "I'll Sail My Ship Alone." With all the dreams I own. Sail it out across the...more...

SAM is Free Sat, Sep 25

	Seattle Art Museum Downtown 1300 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-2003 206.654.3100 TTY 206.654.3137

According to the SAM calendar, if you go to the Smithsonian Magazine website, you can print out a ticket that will allow you to visit for free on Saturday, September 25th (usually $15)!

Free Entrance Days in Your National Parks, Sat, Sep 25

Free Entrance Days in Your National Parks September 25th

This is so cool.  

Free entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees to over 100 National parks on September 25th!  Here's a list of our National Parks here in Washington:

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park
Olympic National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Thanks Laura Mitchell for the tip!

Free Words and Cupcakes, Wed, Sep 22

You're invited to celebrate the publication of
You Will Not Come Back Unchanged

featuring poetry and prose written
by K-12 students in the 2009-10 WITS program.

Wednesday, September 22

Seattle Art Museum,
Plestcheeff Auditorium
7:00pm reading by the authors
Reception to follow with sweets from Cupcake Royale.

Free and open to the public.

For more information about the event, please email wits@lectures.org.

Writers in the Schools (WITS) matches a local creative writer with a public elementary, middle or high school or hospital to design innovative and culturally relevant lesson plans that meet the goals of the participating classes while engaging students. The program invigorates both students and teachers with fresh ideas and encouragement. Teachers report students' quality of writing improves, and they become more confident in expressing themselves. Gizan Gando from Kimball Elementary School is just one of many students inspired by the program. His writer-in-residence had this to say about him: "Gizan Gando is hungry for words that express beauty and truth. He is the writer who skips me to the front of the room when I arrive, 105% twinkle." Gizan's poem and more stories about other published students are available at our blog: http://salwits.wordpress.com/ .

Founded in 1987, Seattle Arts & Lectures is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to spark the imagination through programs that connect people and ideas. In addition to presenting today's foremost fiction and nonfiction writers, Seattle Arts & Lectures' events and courses illuminate arts, culture, and a world of ideas. Our programs include the Literary\Arts Series, American Voices,
the Poetry Series, and Writers in the Schools.

Major support for WITS provided by:
Amazon .com, Peter Byers & Virginia Sybert, The Clowes Fund,
Mannix Canby Foundation, McEachern Charitable Trust,
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA),
NEA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,
Petunia Foundation, Candace Tkachuck & Don Guthrie,
US Bancorp Foundation, WA State Arts Commission,
and WA Women's Foundation.

Special Thanks to Cupcake Royale!

Sweet Songs Are Free, Tue, Sep 21

 

 Cobirds Unite (featuring Rusty Willoughby & Rachel Flotard) free

There have been lots of chances to hear these guys over the summer and more to come  the next weeks, but this Tuesday it's free. You may have seen a lot of these folks live, but not playing together, I bet. What I've been able to hear online and on KEXP has been sweet. Kind of a last-official-day-of-a-not-so-summery-Seattle summer sort of sweet, which you just might need here in late September.

Easy Street Records

Tuesday September, 21 @ 6:30PM

Free and all-ages! 

Queen Anne Store

20 Mercer Street

(206) 691-3279

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(I also feel it's worth mentioning that the CD release party at Columbia City Theater --$8-- on Fri, Sep 24 looks fun.)

"Eating Animals" is not free tonight, Sep 20

So everyone liked the book Everything is Illuminated and then they didn't, but whatever. I liked it. I still haven't gotten around to reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close or Eating Animals. The negative reviews always smelled a little of jealously to me--Jonathan Safran Foer is 33, very talented, and had the fortune to be taken under the wing of Joyce Carol Oates as an undergrad. I probably won't pay $5 to go see him, but I doubt I'd regret it if I did. Here's the facts from the Town Hall Calendar: Jonathan Safran Foer: ‘Eating Animals’

Monday, September 20, 2010 | 7:30 – 9pm Location: Town Hall 1119 8th Ave Seattle, WA 98101-2738 (206) 652-4255 Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue Jonathan Safran Foer—the acclaimed author of Everything Is Illuminated; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; and a new worker of non-fiction, Eating Animals—spent his youth oscillating between omnivore and vegetarian. But on the brink of fatherhood, and facing the prospect of making dietary choices on a child’s behalf, his casual questioning became more urgent; Foer ended up visiting factory farms in the middle of the night, dissecting the emotional ingredients of meals from his childhood, and probing some of his most primal instincts about right and wrong. Presented by Town Hall with University Book Store. Tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Late seating not guaranteed. LEARN MORE: eatinganimals.com Read actress Natalie Portman’s Huffington Post article "‘Eating Animals’ Turned Me Vegan" Watch Foer on The Colbert Report

Decibel Festival Opening Gala, Wed Sept 22, Free!

Okay, so everything else happening at Decibel Festival will run you between $5-$25 (not to say it's not worth it), but the OPENING GALA is free and looks like it could be cool. I'm going. I just decided.

You should at least check out the Decibel Festival website. It's got gobs of info, plus it's really pretty in a tron-tastic sort of way.



dB OPENING GALA Wednesday, September 22, 2010
PRAVDA STUDIOS : 1406 10th Ave
DAREK MAZZONE /dj/ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
KRIS MOON /dj/ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
EAN GOLDEN /dj/ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
INTROCUT /dj/ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Doors open at 5:00 pm : All Ages : Free

Spam is Free

If you like to enter contests --probably if you don't mind spam-- you might want to check out The Seattle Weekly Promotions page. You can enter to win tickets to events, gift certificates to restaurants, and other random goodies. I've never done it. If you do, let me know what you think.

Lunch-time Ballet Tuesday Sep 21 at Central Library

Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.

Event type	Other
Where	*Central Library
Level, Room	Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium
Audience	Adults
Language	English
Summary	Join Doug Fullington, Educational Programs Manager at Pacific Northwest Ballet, for a preview of Director’s Choice, a program of four ballets to be performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Full Description	Fullington will introduce Director’s Choice, PNB’s fall program of four ballets, through an informal lecture and recorded film excerpts. Two works choreographed by Jiri Kylian to the music of Mozart are the "Petite Mort", a returning favorite whose choreography includes six men, six women, and six fencing foils; and a PNB premiere, "Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)", a comic tour de force utilizing bubbles, powdered wigs, and rolling ball gowns. PNB premiere "Glass Pieces", choreographed by Jerome Robbins to three works by Phillip Glass, evokes poetry through dancer groupings and movement progressions. Audience-favorite "Jardí Tancat", choreographed by Nacho Duato, rounds out the program with powerful signature work danced to traditional Catalonian songs. Audience comments and questions are welcome.
Event Notes	Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required.
Contact Info	*Central Library 206-386-4636 or Ask a Librarian

Seagulls Are Free

The Seattle Water Taxi is free if you're under five years of age. It takes you from Pier 50 over to West Seattle ($3.50), where you can walk up to Alki Beach. Or you can take it over to Vashon Island ($4.75). While you are in the neighborhood, pop down to Pier 54 and check out Ye Old Curiosity Shop.

"Millions of years of isolation from other land masses" are free this Thursday.

"Millions of years of isolation from other land masses" are free.

Miller Lecture: Gordon Collier: A Land Apart

Thursday, 9/16, 7 – 9pm

Location:

Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195

Miller Lecture: Gordon Collier: A Land Apart The 16th Annual Elisabeth Carey Miller Memorial Lecture features Gordon Collier speaking about gardening in New Zealand. This illustrated lecture will focus on the unique flora of these far off specks of land where earth meets sky. Images of some of its 40 endemic plants that cling to life there will tell a tale of millions of years of isolation from other land masses; these include two plants beloved by gardeners everywhere — the giant forget-me-not Myosotidium hortensia, and the equally spectacular Astelia chathamica. The lecture is FREE and is a gift of the Pendleton and Elisabeth Carey Miller Charitable Foundation.

Web Link:

www.millergarden.org…

Write Together

Writing is free. You can easily borrow a pen and use the back of your utility bill if you haven't got any money. Every Tuesday night I get together with a small writing group. We either compare our work from the previous week and/or write together. My friend Sierra Nelson, an awesome poet and collaborator extraordinaire, taught me this writing game.

The Rules

• Decide how many lines you want your poem to be (let's say 12, for example).
• Divide that by how many people are writing (let's say three people, so four).
• Give each person a piece of paper for their lines (each person has four lines).
• Each piece of paper represents one line of the poem. Write a rule for that line on the piece of paper.

The rules can be about grammar, imagery, meter, on anything at all.

Example: "In this line the speaker is reminded of something from their first day of high school."

or "In this line you repeat one word as many times as necessary."

or "In this line something is falling."

• Once you have all written your rules, put them in the middle of the table and mix them up.
• Without looking at them, take turns drawing one at a time and putting them in order on the table.
• Each person writes a poem following these rules in this order.

Write.
Compare.

You probably won't get a great poem from this exercise, but you'll probably get a good line or two, or an idea, or a good laugh. Mostly, you'll get the knowledge that writing is possible.

Fiddle on the Roof (or in the basement)

Bored? There is really no excuse for that. There is a camera in your computer and music and dancing in your heart. Silliness is free.

Maija Magic

Go downtown and see the works of the lovely and talented Maija Fiebig at the G.Gibson Gallery. You have until October 9. Looking is free.

So, if I didn't have plans tonight, I'd check out the Carol Tyler reading at Fantagraphics. SLOG has the details covered for you, plus some other free goodies that may be happening in your neighborhood tonight.

As always, Ryan rocks with free events worth checking out. Here's his latest newsletter:

BSC and BSC-related art events:

Sept 2nd - First Thursday at the Baby Seal Club Kate, Chris and I will all be at the studio. I'll be the tired one. Stop by though and say hi! Oh, and Kate Protage is hanging some new works at SAM Gallery in the coming weeks.

Opening September 17th Fondue: a melting pot of new works by Chris Sheridan New paintings by Chris Sheridan at Upper Playground in the U District. Opening reception form 6-9pm September 17th and runs into mid October.

Don't forget to check out City Arts and Molo's Sketchbook for all the latest!

Molo's September Art Picks:


Opening in September:

Jennifer Zwick: Partum at SOIL in the Backspace. Jennifer Zwick's been preggers and she's been painting while preggers. This show is going to be rad. Also at show is the show Beaker with Kirk Lang, Nola Avienne, and Jana Brevick. Opens September 2nd 5-8pm. Show runs Sept 1-October 2nd

Pop This Troy Gua is showing up in Port Townsand no less with Mike Leavitt at the Northwest Arts Center. Show runs Sept 3-27 with the reception on Sept 4th.


As far as other exhibitions goes I've been head down in work and I'm not sure what's happening so I checked out Joey Veltkamp's recommendations on the CAB and looks like there is some great stuff. Tim Bavington's paintings at Kucera look too delicious to pass up.

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Ryan Molenkamp
www.ryanmolenkamp.com
Molo's Sketchbook

PS I am not responsible for misspelling "Challenge" in on the video screen in the photo, this time.

Singin'in the Absence of Rain

I would never tell you what to do with your body, but if I did, if I made a tinsy-winsy suggestion these days, it would be to get wet on your own terms. Soon, Seattle, the clouds will have more to say about how wet we get than we do, but today, in August, we get to decide. So choose a slice of lake and jump or wade. Sneak over a fence into a pool. Run through a sprinkler. Set up the Slip 'n Slide. Today the water is here to heal you, to play with you, to wake you up up up to the sun.

Marcel the Shell

If you are already here, clicking on this will lead you to something free that is like a hotair balloon for being blue or an extra shot in your already happiness or maybe a magnet to the good side for your neutrality. Go see Marcel the Shell.

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

Do Nothing for FREE

It turns out procrastinating is free. Unless it's about a parking ticket.

Window Shopping

Leave your wallet in the car. If you really want something it will haunt you anyway. Yesterday I was reminded how much I love to occasionally indulge in not indulging in a fabulous store. Nube Green offers an amazing assortment of well-designed items fashioned from re-used materials. Check it out.

April is Poetry Month. What are you going to do about it?

Writers-in-the-Schools At Night
Tuesday, April 13, 7pm - Hugo House - Capitol Hill
Free
All ages
Full bar

Emily Bedard
Aaron Counts
Kathleen Flenniken
Matt Gano
Merna Hecht
Rachel Kessler
Peter Mountford
Ann Teplick
Storme Webber



Night School and the Sorrento Hotel present a Poetry and Hip Hop salon
in association with Larry Mizell Jr., Hedgebrook, Copper Canyon Press,
Whit Press.

Monday, April 26th, 8pm - Penthouse - Sorrento Hotel
Free.
All ages.
Full bar
Poets: Ruth Forman, Karen Finnyfrock, Rich Jensen, Rachel Kessler
MC's: Larry Mizell (Mash Hall), Geologic (Blue Scholars) Tilson (The
Saturday Knights), Hollis (Canary Sing)

Do it, dog.

My friend Ryan Molenkamp is 2 million times better at getting the word out than me. Here is latest BSC (Baby Seal Club) newsletter he sent me:


Good Morning!

Here's what's happening in April:

Opening on April 1st/First Thursday Art Walk:

Meet Greet Rinse Repeat - Troy Gua and apx 50 local artists are teaming up for this unusual collaborative project centered around riffs on futuristic pictorial glyphs. Artists include all 3 BSC members: Kate Protage, Chris Sheridan, Ryan Molenkamp; Sharon Arnold, Ben Beres, Susanna Bluhm, Cynthia Camlin, Daniel Carrillo, Jojo Corväiá, Chris Crites, Jed Dunkerley,Warren Dykeman, Eric Elliott, Cristin Ford, Erin Frost, Marie Gagnon, Cable Griffith, Noah Grussgott, Catherine Gua, Robert Hardgrave, Meg Hartwig, Sol Hashemi/Jason Hirata, Harold Hollingsworth, Etsuko Ichikawa, Amy Johnson, Claire Johnson, Shaun Kardinal, Ken Kelly, Counsel Langley, Margie Livingston, Greg Lundgren, Amanda Manitach, Damon Mori, Saya Moriyasu, Molly Norris, Jason Puccinelli, Ariana Page Russell, Bailey Russel, Erin Shafkind, Arun Sharma, Scott Story, Liz Tran, Kimberly Trowbridge, Slywia Tur, Joey Veltkamp, Laura Ward, Jennifer Zeyl. Monarch Contemporary Opening reception April 1st 6-8pm.

Baby Seal Club - John Osgood is taking over most of the studio! Drop by and check out his latest creations! Kate, Chris and I will be bouncing between our opening at Monarch Contemporary and the studio that on April 1st. I intend to be at the studio around -8ish. Also, just out side in the gallery space will be works Thomas Krueger + Daniel John Williams.

City Arts Artwalk Awards + Afterparty City Arts Magazine (check out their blog: CAB which (Ryan) contribute(s) to) is sponsoring a Joey Veltkamp hosted "best-of the artwalk awards and afterparty" event at The Hideout. "This is the first of a new monthly series of mini grants from City Arts, 4Culture and Blue Moon beer, offering no-strings-attached awards to local artists.
Joey and his team will collect finalists from the month's shows and narrow the top three down. Then it's up to the crowd to crown the champ- and the winner gets $500!" Starts at 8ish, and it will surely fill up the place by 9. Plus, the Dusty 45s are playing after the awards!


Attached is a photo of the glyph (Ryan) did for Troy's show, entitled: "All That Was Left Behind Was What They Made Together"

Talk is cheap? Stuff is free.

Talk about it.

Recently I decided I was ready to have a car again after a six-year break. It just seemed like there were so many cars that someone must have an extra. I wanted it to be reliable, safe enough to tote kids, get good gas mileage, and be free.

I also needed free insurance. I figured after six years of not having insurance, it wouldn't be cheap to get insured again.

I told about three people. Within a week, a friend of a friend I had never met before loaned me his 2001 Audi Allroad Quatro until August. He added me to his insurance.

I pay for gas.

You want something for free? Talk about it.

Friends of the Conservatory - Volunteer Park

Friends of the Conservatory - Volunteer Park


The Conservatory in Volunteer park is the best deal in town! Free (or what you can afford to help maintain this indoor Eden).

Take your date, your kids, yourself. The orchids, cacti, and carnivourous plants will tickle your inner exotic gardener; the make-shift wishing well will wrap magic around your requests; and the direct hit of high-grade oxogen will give you a Zen buzz that will escort you all day long.

Run Goodwill Interceptions

Helping friends organize their spaces is a great way to get free goodies. I just got two awesome books, a fancy pillow, and a super-sleek folder by helping my sister organize her office.

So, I suggest you do a trade with someone you know. You help them organize, and you get first crack at their Goodwill pile.
Exchange.
Repeat.

Coyote Now Registering for Winter Term. Classes Start January 30th.

I've been doing some recruiting work for Coyote Central. I wouldn't normally go into middle schools nor do follow-up calling, but I think this organization is amazing.

Coyote Central is an organization that offers courses to 5th-9th graders on the weekends. The kids get to do amazing things like cooking, glass-bead making, animation, and welding. The courses are not free, but there is tons of scholarship money available, and Coyote has never turned down a kid because they didn't have the cash. If you know a curious middle-schooler, check it out.

They are now registering for Winter term. The fun classes fill up fast. Classes begin January 3oth!

Large, Hairy & Literate, Thursday, January 14th, 5-8pm

I was going to just post about how awesome ZAPP is on an ongoing basis, but then I saw that they are being especially awesome right now. This harmonizes with a wonderful call I made to the universe for the world of the Sasquatch to overlap with mine. So, let's see what happens when we combine two of the most amazing species on earth: The Yeti and The Zinester!

ZAPP is upstairs at

Hugo House

www.hugohouse.org

1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122-2419
(206) 322-7030

Local artists and zinesters David Lasky, Kinoko, Kelly Froh, Greg Hofmann and Darin Shuler, among others, offer their takes on the myth of Bigfoot at Large, Hairy & Literate, a group exhibit presented by ZAPP in conjunction with Blitz!: Capitol Hill’s Art Walk, on Thursday, January 14, 5-8 p.m.

For more information about Large, Hairy and Literate, visit the ZAPP Gallery page.

Wednesday, January 13, 5:55-8:55 pm (runs thru February 28)

If you are in Tacoma, be sure to check out Ryan Molenkamp's work

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 5:55pm
End Time:
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 8:55pm
Location:
Tacoma Public Library Handforth Gallery
Description
Sound Plans is a group of 5 paintings from my San Juans and Place series, including 2 new works, and also I'm really excited to be showing my large work, Puget Sound, in such a local, public venue!

OPENING RECEPTION JANUARY 14th, 5-8pm. If you are in Tacoma, or willing to make the journey, I'd love to see you! The show will be up through the end of February, and is open during normal library hours. I have no idea what those hours are.