Seattle poets are a creative and competitive bunch, hosting a Seattle Poetry Slam every Tuesday night at Re-bar for fans of the written and spoken word. Performance poets are judged by random members of the audience on content/performance, with winners of the season going on to compete in the Grand Slam event. The winners of the Grand Slam will represent Seattle on the National Slam Team. [click to continue…]
Performing Arts
Finally, here’s a summer school program you’d actually look forward to attending. Summer at Cornish (our local visual & performing arts college) offers summer courses in several areas of study: Art + Design, Dance, Music and Theater. [click to continue…]
Pacific Northwest Ballet brings to stage Don Quixote and the tale of this middle-aged Spanish gentleman, his sidekick Sancho Panza and their travels to Barcelona. The PNB production is the American premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quixote adaptation for Dutch National Ballet in 2010. To see a ballet at PNB is truly a sensory feast – with amazing dancers, sets, and costumes – and this production promises to deliver. As an added bonus, Tom Skerritt, Seattle’s celebrated actor, stars in the lead role. [click to continue…]
