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FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT SEATTLE PRESENTS WAKE,  A MAGNIFICENT SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE  BY KINESIS PROJECT SEATTLE WITH MUSIC BY FILTHY FEMCORPS

January 29, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

What happens on the waterfront after the Viaduct is gone? Friends of Waterfront Seattle invites you to imagine the future park with a special pop-up umbrella performance by Kinesis Project dance theatre at Pier 58 while the public will be strolling on the Viaduct for one last time.

WAKE, a colorful, large-scale, site-specific performance on the waterfront by Kinesis Project dance theatre accompanied by music from Filthy FemCorps, Seattle’s all-female-non-binary street band, will take place Saturday, February 2 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the pier between the Great Wheel and Seattle Aquarium. Jazzy, joyful, and artful, the performance will celebrate the post Viaduct future when the city is reconnected to its central shoreline via living, dancing, powerfully beautiful art in public spaces.
Community members will line the way toward Pier 58 with breathtaking and bright umbrellas designed by Seattle artist, Celeste Cooning. The pop-up performance will have dual vantage points — waterfront visitors will be able to watch the performance from the Viaduct and the ground

 

 

Friends has been enlivening the existing waterfront since 2015 with cultural events, including live music and performances including the K-Pop Now! Festival, 206 Zulu Beat Masters hip hop beat-making competition, and site-specific dances by Kinesis Project dance theatre. Saturday’s WAKE performance is a taste of things to come with the waterfront park. To learn more about what’s coming to Seattle’s waterfront, visit www.friendsofwaterfrontseattle.org/coming_soon.

“We are thrilled to be celebrating this moment in Seattle’s history with a cultural happening representing the park’s awakening. Seattle’s future Waterfront Park will provide beautiful spaces for people to play, relax, enjoy the views, and have unforgettable experiences,” said Heidi Hughes, Executive Director of Friends of Waterfront Seattle.

Kinesis Projects dance theatre’s Artistic Director and Choreographer Melissa Riker said, “My goal is to create a vibrant and unforgettable impression of colors, music, art, and movement. WAKE will bring the energy of Seattle’s awakening Waterfront Park right before the city’s eyes.”

Friends of Waterfront Seattle is the City of Seattle’s nonprofit partner helping to build the park and ensure its lasting success. Following the public-benefit partnership model, we educate the public about the park and its benefits, raise philanthropic funds to build the park, and will partner with the City to manage and program the park long-term. Our goal is to make the central waterfront a public mixing ground where all communities can share cultural, recreational, and civic experiences in a beautiful environment. Waterfront Seattle / Friends is a founding member of the High Line Network, a movement in cities across the world to reclaim underutilized infrastructure and reimagine it as public space. Explore the future park at our project showroom, Waterfront Space, located at 1400 Western Avenue in Seattle, and open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Kinesis Project dance theatre is a non-profit organization that creates site-specific dance performances and facilitates educational programs. The company produces large-scale, space-changing, and unexpectedly intimate dances. Kinesis Project is at the forefront of the international discussion of placemaking, art engagement with diverse communities, and the cultural imperative of art in public spaces.

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Civil Rights Exhibition, Events Examines Race in the U.S. January 30-March 16 at CWU Museum of Culture & Environment

January 29, 2019 by NWFacts 1 Comment

Civil Rights Exhibition, Events Examines Race in the U.S.
January 30-March 16 at CWU Museum of Culture & Environment

In 1955, shortly after 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by white supremacists
in Mississippi, his grieving mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, distributed a gruesome black-and-white
photograph of his mutilated corpse to newspapers and magazines.
The mainstream media rejected the photograph as inappropriate for publication, but Mobley was able
to turn to African-American periodicals for support. Asked why she would do this, Mobley explained that
by witnessing with their own eyes, the brutality of segregation, Americans would be more likely to
support the cause of civil rights.
For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, a nationally-touring exhibition
from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) on the Road, will be at the CWU Museum of Culture &
Environment (MCE) from January 30 thru March 16, 2019.
Students from the Diversity and Equity Center (DEC) have collaborated with students from the Museum
Studies minor on a companion exhibit, that situates this history within the Pacific Northwest. This
exhibit will be on display from February 1 – 28 in the DEC, located in Black Hall room 105-1.

Through a compelling collection of photographs, television clips, art posters, and historic artifacts, the
exhibit traces how images and media disseminated to the American public transformed the modern civil
rights movement and jolted Americans, both black and white, out of a state of denial or complacency.
Visitors will explore dozens of forceful and persuasive visual images, including photographs from
magazines, such as LIFE, JET, and EBONY; CBS news footage; and TV clips from The Ed Sullivan Show.
Also included are civil rights-era objects that exemplify the range of negative and positive
imagery—from Aunt Jemima syrup dispensers and 1930s produce advertisements to Jackie Robinson
baseball ephemera and 1960s children’s toys with African American portraiture.
For All the World to See is not a history of the civil rights movement, but rather an exploration of the
vast number of powerful images that influenced how Americans perceived race and the struggle for
equality.
Throughout winter quarter, the MCE, in conjunction with CWU’s Africana and Black Studies and the DEC,
is hosting a series of events that address themes from the exhibition to include:

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 Jan. 31, 5 p.m. Opening Celebration – Music, food, and speakers to honor the opening of For

All the World to See

 Feb. 19, 5 p.m. Being Black in Ellensburg – A safe space for CWU’s black students, faculty, and
Wellington Events Ctr staff and Ellensburg community members to share stories.
 Feb. 21, 5 p.m. Un/Belonging: Can People of Color Call Ellensburg “Home”? – A panel featuring
the voices of people of color in our community as they reflect on living in Ellensburg.
 Feb. 28, 5 p.m. Intersectionality and Solidarity: A Roundtable Discussion with Masonya
Bennett, PhD – Join Bennett along with a diverse group of students, faculty,
staff, and community members as they consider new forms of solidarity going
forward.

Also offered are tours of For All the World to See, led by CWU black student leaders from CWU’s Black
Student Union, S.I.S.T.E.R.S., Brother 2 Brother, and Scholars in Action. These tours, called “Walking in
Our Shoes,” are open to the public and will take place:
 Feb. 7, 5 p.m.
 Feb. 14, 3 p.m.
 Feb. 21, 11 a.m.
For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights was curated by Maurice Berger,
research professor and chief curator at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore. It was co-organized by The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture and the
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
For All the World to See has been made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the
NEH. It has been adapted and is being toured by Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA). Founded in 1972,
Mid-America Arts Alliance is the oldest regional nonprofit arts organization in the United States. For
more information about Mid-American Arts Alliance and the NEH On the Road program visit
www.maaa.org and www.nehontheroad.org.
For more information about programs at the CWU Museum of Culture & Environment visit
www.cwu.edu/museum, email museum@cwu.edu, or call the gallery at 509-963-2313. The MCE is free
and open to the public Wednesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Parking on CWU campus is free after 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays.

Filed Under: African American, Arts, Entertainment, Events, Front Page Slider, History, News, Northwest

Centerstage Theatre Relaunches Education Program with the class “MAKERS! Making change through making plays” February 5th – March 14th

January 29, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

Centerstage Theatre Arts Conservatory  is re-launching it’s education program with the class “MAKERS! Making change through making plays.” The class, for for youths ages 8-14, will be taught and lead by local Federal Way teacher Ryan Campeau. Ryan has teamed up with Centerstage to bring theatre to the children of our community. 

Class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Silver Lake Elementary in room 212 from 4:00pm – 5:30pm (childcare will be available following end of school day.)

Students will collaborate with each other to write, direct, and produce their new plays, enriching communication skills while boosting students’ confidence to be boldly creative. Centerstage welcomes all students ages 8 – 14 to attend this after–school drama camp. Registration begins January 17th and ends February 1st. The total cost of the camp is $120. All students wishing to attend should have a parent or guardian email Ashley@centerstagetheatre.com for registration materials. Scholarships are available for any student in need of financial aid; please email Ashley@centerstagetheatre.com for a scholarship application.

Address of camp: Silver Lake Elementary

Room 212

1310 SW 325th Pl.

Federal Way, WA 98023

Believing that theatre is an agent of challenge, change, and education, Centerstage Theatre presents and produces quality performances to enhance the lives of people and communities in Western Washington.

If you would like more information please contact Ashley at 253.661.1444 or email Ashley@centerstagetheatre.com

Filed Under: Artist Spotlight, Arts, Entertainment, Front Page Slider, Music, People, Theatre

Seattle Arts & Lectures Literary Arts Series A Conversation with Zadie Smith Feb 27, 7:30 PM

January 26, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

Zadie Smith is one of the world’s preeminent fiction and non-fiction writers. Her novels include White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, and Swing Time, among others; and her many non-fiction works on a range of subjects from pop culture to politics are collected in Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays and 2018’s Feel Free.

 

Novelist Zadie Smith was born in North London in 1975 to an English father and a Jamaican mother. She read English at Cambridge, graduating in 1997.

Her acclaimed first novel, White Teeth (2000), is a vibrant portrait of contemporary multicultural London, told through the story of three ethnically diverse families. The book won a number of awards and prizes, including the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best First Book). It also won two EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Awards) for Best Book/Novel and Best Female Media Newcomer, and was shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Author’s Club First Novel Award. White Teeth has been translated into over twenty languages and was adapted for Channel 4 television in 2002.

Her tenure as Writer in Residence at the Institute of Contemporary Arts resulted in the publication of an anthology of erotic stories entitled Piece of Flesh (2001). She also wrote the introduction for The Burned Children of America (2003), a collection of eighteen short stories by a new generation of young American writers. Zadie Smith’s second novel, The Autograph Man (2002), a story of loss, obsession and the nature of celebrity, won the 2003 Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize for Fiction. In 2003 she was nominated by Grantamagazine as one of 20 ‘Best of Young British Novelists’.

Her third novel, On Beauty, was published in 2005, and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. She has also published two collections of non-fiction, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays (2009) and Feel Free (2018).

Zadie Smith became a tenured professor of fiction at New York University in 2010 and lives between New York City and London. Her most recent novels are NW (2012), set in north west London; and Swing Time(2016), set in London, New York and West Africa.

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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: THE BURLESQUE ALICE IN WONDERLAND

January 26, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

Tickets On Sale Now
April 3 – 7 at The Triple Door

Through The Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice in Wonderland
Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann have both gone mad… mad as March Hares, that is! In their 11th annual re-imagination of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale of nonsense and fantasy, follow Alice as she discovers what wonders lie beyond the velvet rope at Wonderland’s most exclusive nightclub, The Looking Glass and attempts to best the evil Queen of Hearts to become the next ruler of Wonderland.  Featuring top-notch local dance talent, exciting choreography by the classically-trained Lily Verlaine and the sumptuous costuming of Stephanie Seymour, you’ll see the inhabitants of Wonderland like you’ve never seen them before. And, returning for the second year, Through The Looking The Looking Glass features a psychedelic go-go jazz score by Jasper McCann, Kate Olson, and Michael Owcharuk, played live on stage by our jazz sextet, The Aces & 8’s! The superstars of Seattle’s burlesque A-list take on the roles of Carroll’s famous characters and turn Wonderland’s topsy-turvy world into an ecdysiastic tour-de-force filled with glamour, comedy, dance, striptease, and song.

The Triple Door
216 Union Street, Seattle

April 3 – April 7, 2019
Wednesday/Thursday: 7:30pm
Friday/Saturday: 7:00pm, 10:30pm
Sunday: 5:00pm, 8:00pm
$40 – $65
Box Office: 206-838-4333
thetripledoor.com
VerlaineandMcCann.com
Facebook –  /LVJMpresent
Instagram – @LVJMpresent

 

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Make your creative project happen

January 26, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

4Culture, King County’s cultural funding agency, is excited to announce their annual
grant program that supports projects for individuals and groups working in the arts,
heritage and preservation.
Here are some examples, saxophonist Gary Hammon explored the Central District’s music
history through storytelling and filmmaker Patricia Boiko recorded the stories of Women of
Color associated with the Seattle Black Panther movement.

Last year, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation hired a consultant to document Latino heritage sites for the website Revisiting Washington.
There will be workshops in January and February to ensure there is support every step
of the way. 4Culture is very interested in encouraging new applicants and working with as many
people as possible producing arts and culture in King County.

The deadline to apply is March 6 th . More information at 4Culture.org.

 

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The Black Heritage Society A Tribute to Edwin T. Pratt

January 26, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

SAVE the DATE
QUARTERLY MEMBERS and FRIENDS MEETING
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2019
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
104 17th Ave S. Seattle, WA 98144
A Tribute to Edwin T. Pratt
Presentation of the Pratt Legacy Collection
with Special Guests
The Black Heritage Society is honored to be the recipient of this fine collection that archives family photos, letters and speeches. BHS will present selected images from the collection’s digital library.
Pratt Legacy Collection Project
possible with support by
Appreciating our Partner Organizations
tap images to visit their websites
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Filed Under: African American, Arts, Community, Community News, Entertainment, Events, Front Page Slider, History, News, Northwest

Music icon Jimi Hendrix will now have a post office near his Washington state hometown named after him

January 9, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

Music icon Jimi Hendrix will now have a post office near his Washington state hometown named after him.

A bill was signed into law re-christening the Renton Highlands Post Office the James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix Post Office in the legendary guitarist’s honor.

The bill was sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith of Bellevue and was supported by the other members of the Washington state delegation in the House as well as both Washington U.S. senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.

Before rising to international fame in the late 1960s, Hendrix grew up in Seattle.

There’s no shortage of Hendrix tributes scattered around his hometown _ from a statue to his namesake park.

The Renton post office is less than a mile from the Jimi Hendrix Memorial in the Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery, where he is buried.

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Renowned Choreographer Hosts “Honor Our Own” Fete For Original Soul Train Gang

January 9, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

Who doesn’t know what a Soul Train Line is?  And, who doesn’t remember those original Soul Train dancers whose iconic moves set the stage for a myriad of dance steps, not to mention fashion, that have permeated every aspect American culture—even today?  For as significant as these dancers were to the American lexicon, they have never been honored.  Damita Jo Freeman, one of the original Soul Train dancers, renowned choreographer, actress and trailblazer decided to change all that.  On Saturday, January 12, the original Soul Train gang will be honored at a private gathering in Los Angeles—the first step in launching her new non-profit, the Dancer Jo Foundation.

Says Freeman, “I have been so incredibly blessed in my career.  I’ve been a ballet dancer, I’ve traveled the world over touring and working with incredible artists from Shirley McClaine and Cher to James Brown and Diana Ross after being plucked from Soul Train by Joe Tex.  I choreographed everything from American Bandstand and sitcoms to award shows such as The Emmys,Grammys, among others.  I even choreographed the Clos
ing Ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics with Lionel Richie and created a

dance phenomenon when I enlisted the help of 500 street dancers and 25 professional dancers to take part in a dance style that I and the original Soul Train dancers created–popping and locking.  However, the other dancers that worked alongside me never received their due—and I intend to change that by honoring our own.  This event is called Legendary 70’s Pioneers AKA Original Soul Train Gang.   I’ve opened so many doors and it’s time to give back to those who have not had the same opportunities in their careers that I have.”

Dancer Jo Foundation, while still in its developmental phase, intends to honor the contributions of unrecognized/unsung influencers artists in the field of entertainment through an annual Legendary Pioneer Awards event.  It is also planning to provide scholarships to youth in performing arts (film, TV, music, theatre and broadcasting)

For more information, please visit www.dancerjofoundation.org.

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New book invites young readers to follow the story of ‘A Little Star Named Theodore’

January 9, 2019 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

Aaron Chipley hopes to teach children the value of uniqueness and appreciation of God’s gift

Debuting author Aaron Chipley marks his entry in the publishing scene with the release of “A Little Star Named Theodore” (published by WestBow Press), an illustrated children’s book that seeks to teach young readers the value of uniqueness and appreciation of God’s gift.

A long time ago, in a special place, in the dark night sky, lived a little star named Theodore. Theodore lived with his brothers and sisters and many other stars. But he was different. All the other stars were bigger than Theodore. He had seven points instead of five points like all the other stars and he sparkled in the seven colors of the rainbow. Even though Theodore was small, he shined brighter than any of the other stars. What could be the reason behind it?

In colorful illustration and easy childlike language, “A Little Star Named Theodore” explains that everyone has been created uniquely for God’s purpose. It aims to help children discover and embrace the unique gifts God has given them.

“Children live in an environment where it’s important to ‘fit in’ with their peers. This book celebrates the uniqueness of a child that may set him/her apart from his/her peers, may be a gift from God that He will use to bring Him glory,” Chipley shares.

“A Little Star Named Theodore”

By Aaron Chipley

Softcover | 8.5 x 11in | 24 pages | ISBN 9781973642398

E-Book | 24 pages | ISBN 9781973642404

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

 

About the Author

Aaron Chipley is a husband, father and grandfather.  He has worked with children for many years.  He has raised two sons, has two granddaughters and has taught young children in Sunday school, Awana, and Bible study fellowship.

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