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THIS WEEK'S FUN STUFF!
Scott Erickson is an experiential artist, who believes in bringing the creative process to public places, like to the set of Art Zone In Studio, where he sets up his easel and paints a picture of Nancy! Upcoming Event: The Round, musicians, poets, and painters share the stage on June 10th at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center.
Goin' to the Movies with Robert Horton -- This week's SIFF picks:
My Effortless Brilliance by filmmaker Lynn Shelton
May 24th, 9:30 p.m. (after-party at Northwest Film Forum) and May 26th, 4:00 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre
Great Speeches From A Dying World by filmmaker Linas Phillips
June 1st, 4:00 p.m. and June 3rd, 9:30 p.m. at the Harvard Exit
Robert's non-SIFF movie mentions this week:
Standard Operating Procedures, by the Oscar winning documentarian, Errol Morris, finds a new approach to the scandels of Abu Ghraib. Opens Friday, May 16th, at the Harvard Exit
Jellyfish, a prizewinning film from Israel, finds every day magic in the lives of people floating through the cityscape of Tel Aviv. Opens Friday, May 16th, at the Varsity
The Half Brothers, the grooviest twangy trio around, play guitar, mandolin and banjo to create funny, poignant, and hook-heavy tunes about food, traveling, and death. Upcoming shows: May 29th, Town Hall and June 6th, Sunset Tavern. Also check out Awesome -- part band, part art collective.
Victoria Simons is a creative dynamo, cranking out fabulous clothes, bags, and other accessories from her cool and funky Latona-neighborhood studio. Pick up her stuff at Tweed.
For 21 years, the awesome Annex Theatre has been creating exciting new work in an environment of improbability, resourcefulness and risk.
Attention cheese heads! The 4th annual Seattle Cheese Festival, featuring cooking demo's, a wine garden, fun activities for kids, and 250 hand crafted and farmstead cheeses from local and international producers, hits the Pike Place Market May 16th thru the 18th.
Don't miss the first ever art-open-house, from urban visionary artist Laura Castellenos (Kos-tee-on-oh), happening Sunday, May 18th, from 2 to 4.
Cheap Wine and Poetry, Seattle's super cool reading series, celebrates it's three-year anniversary with an outstanding lineup of poets, playwrights, and performers, on Thursday, May 29th at 7:00 pm @ Richard Hugo House
Mark your calendar for artist Anna McKee's marvelous new exhibit, entitled "Land Remants: New Prints of Terrain." Anna's show runs May 16th thru June 22nd at Francine Seder Gallery in Greenwood.
And finally, the Bellevue Arts Museum presents "Dare alla Luce," a sensual room-size installation of crocheted, beaded, and stitched fairytales, from emerging Northwest artist, Mandy Greer. Now through August 3rd.
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