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A comprehensive list of Arts Events happening around Seattle. Updated August 18th 2010.

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Highlights Visual Arts Performing Arts Film/Media Written Arts Art News/ Opportunites Highlights Michelle Cruz Skinner, a Filipino American writer from Hawai’i reads from her new book of short stories entitled “In The Company of Strangers” (Bamboo Ridge Press) on Tuesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. Author R. Zamora Linmark describes the book as “deceptively simple [...]

Highlights Elliott Bay Book Company has achieved a smooth transition to its new Capitol Hill home at 1521 10th Ave. Come hear Ed Lin read from his new detective novel on May 1 at 4 p.m. Reading with Lin is college classmate and former Examiner staff writer Soya Jung. Also Jean Kwok on May 8 [...]

Highlights Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India bring traditional Indian dance to Seattle in a concert set for April 17 at 8 p.m. at the Moore Theatre. Presented by Seattle Theatre Group. (877) 784-4849. There is a painterly beauty to every frame of every shot by the late director Kenji Mizoguchi. Before he began a career [...]

Highlights The Wayward Music Series presents “moveable, long commutes between loved ones, music for motors and personal strings”, a performance by pianist Tiffany Lin (see related story in this issue for details on this project) for retuned piano plus “Piano Monster” a re-built by Ranjit Bhatnager. April 2 at 8 p.m. At the Chapel Performance [...]

Highlights Wing Luke Asian Museum opens yet another new exhibition entitled “Paj Ntaub – Stories of Hmong in Washington State” on view from March 5 – Oct. 17. Family photos, cultural artifacts, first person stories uncover their history and culture in Washington state. Exhibition opening reception for members and invited guests on March 4 from [...]

Highlights Cincinnati-based musician C. Spencer Yeh  (voice, violin, electronics) participates in the annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival and joins Chris Corsano, Bill Horist and Wally Shoup in a concert on Feb. 18 at Ballard’s Sunset Tavern. 5433 Ballard NW. ACRS 2010 Art Opening with support from Washington State Arts Commission, 4 Culture and Odyssey Enterprises [...]

Highlights “Kurosawa-sensei” brings new prints of five classic films by master Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa. Includes “Seven Samurai” and “Stray Dog.” Feb. 5 – 15 at SIFF Cinema at 321 Mercer St. (206) 633-7151. “Farewell: A Fantastical Contemplation of America’s Relationship with China” features Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dancers with a live score by composer Byron [...]

Highlights Inspiring Community Through Film: A Night with Tadashi Nakamura” (see elsewhere in this issue for related story) gives us a chance to meet this L.A.-based filmmaker and see two of his community based films. Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.  NVC Community Hall. For reservations, e-mail: ryenms@gmail.com. ”TAO: The Martial Art of Drumming” (see related [...]

By Alan Chong Lau Highlights Noted New York Times science writer Carol Kaesuk Yoon travels from her Bellingham home to Seattle to read from her new book “Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science” (W. W. Norton & Co.)  in which she shares her observations on how animals (including humans) perceive the world in [...]

By Alan Chong Lau Highlights Pamela Yasutake sings and dances in the role of Mary in Langston Hughes Cultural Center’s production of “Black Nativity” currently on stage at the Intiman Theatre through Dec. 22. 201 Mercer St. (206) 269-1900. Mochizuki is a traditional Japanese New Year celebration that involves the pounding of sweet rice to [...]

Highlights Bora Ju, Korean gayageum virtuoso (traditional Korean stringed zither) is the “artist-in-residence” at UW’s School of Music for the fall quarter, 2009. During her time here, Ju is performing around as much as possible. Don’t miss hearing this virtuoso Korean musician while she is in the area. Future performances include Dec. 4 at 7 [...]

Highlights The First Annual Slack Key Festival takes place on Nov. 22 at Town Hall from 2 – 6 p.m. With concerts and workshops from Hawaiian music masters and Ukulele virtuosos including Cyril Pahanui, Leabert Lindsay, Sonny Lim, David Kamakahi, Kunai Galdeira, Makana Donald Kaulia and Jeff Peterson. There will be an Evening Dinner/Heavy Pupu [...]

Highlights Opening Nov. 19 from 6- 8 p.m. and continuing on view through Dec. 22 is a new show by of ceramic sculpture and installation by UW ceramic professor Akio Takamori entitled “Europeans” in which the artists continues his wry look at world history, colonialism and how different cultures meet and collide. Expect humor and [...]

October 21st 2009 Highlights Concerts of ethnic music abound this month. Ragamala presents “Utsav 2009”, Seattle’s Annual South Asian Performing Arts Festival Oct. 30 at East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue, Oct. 31 at Kirkland Performance Center in Kirkland and Nov. 1 at East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue. The festival features exciting performances by [...]

Highlights Wing Luke Asian Museum presents “Yellow Terror: The Collection and Paintings of Roger Shimomura” with two opening reception events on Sept. 10. First up is the members exclusive preview with the artists and co-curator Dr. Stacey Urodomo-Barre from 6 to  7p.m. RSVP by calling (206) 623-5124×126 or e-mail jaquino@wingluke.org Not a member? You can [...]

Highlights Noted modern composer and Seattle native Paul Chihara will return to town to witness the performance of his new piano quintet, “La Foce” on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at UW’s Brechemin Auditorium as part of the “East-West Piano Arts Series” coordinated by Regina Yeh. Zhou Long and Bright Sheng are some of the [...]

Highlights The Tokyo-based dance troupe Pappa Tarahumara takes on the Chekhov classic, “Three Sisters” Jan. 31 – Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. at On The Boards. Contemporary twists include a meditation on female identity, coming of age and obsession with youth culture. University of Washington professor and author Sasha Su-Ling Welland will give a free [...]

By Alan Lau Highlights “To Sleep So As To Dream,” Kaizo Hayashi’s beautiful celebration of Japanese silent cinema, is screened with new music and “benshi” narraration as performed live by Aono Jikken ensemble on Jan. 19 & 20 at 7 p.m. Get your tickets early as performances tend to sell out fast. Also Northwest Asian [...]

Samoan Art & Artists: O Measina a Samoa by Sean Mallon University of Hawai’i Press Review by Anne O’Rourke “Samoan Art and Artists” looks generally at art in the Samoan culture. Sean Mallon has chosen to look at traditional arts and how they have moved into contemporary Samoan society both in Samoa and abroad. There [...]

The 1.5 Generation – Becoming Korean American in Hawai’i by Mary Yu Danico University of Hawai’i Press Review by Joomi Lee I wasn’t born or raised in Korea and didn’t grow up in Hawai’i. But, I still found much that I could identify with in Mary Yu Danico’s thoughtful treatise on the 1.5 generation of [...]

Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture by Lee Tonouchi Tinfish Press Review by Amy Nishimura Lee Tonouchi’s “Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture” argues that Pidgin speakers are as intelligent as those who use Standard English. Editor of the local journal Hybolics and author of “da word,” Tonouchi, a.k.a. “Da Pidgin Guerilla,” demonstrates a creative [...]

Kamehameha: The warrior king of Hawaii By Susan Morrison Illustrated by Karen Kiefer University of Hawaii Press Ages 10 and up Review by Doug Ing A highway, a shopping center and a private school are named for Kamehameha. He united all of the Hawaiian Islands under one rule. There is a statue of him across [...]

“You Got Poi, Bra’?” Every Thursday without fail, there is a familiar question put to me where I work in the produce department of Uwajimaya in Seattle’s International District. “You got fresh poi, bra’?” That question is always accompanied by a beaming smile and a “mahalo” when the answer is positive. Hawai’i is often forgotten [...]

Highlights China is a country that is waving goodbye to the past at quickly as it is throwing itself into the wave of the future. No more is this better reflected than in their film. The University of Washington’s East Asia Center and China Studies Program presents a fascinating series of documentary films with English [...]