Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010
Teen Tix e-news #221
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In this issue:
PICK OF THE WEEK
TEEN TIX NEWS
LITERATURE
DANCE
MUSIC
THEATRE
MOVIES & LASERS
VISUAL ART
HOW-TO TEEN TIX
PICK OF THE WEEK
Perô @ Seattle Children’s Theatre | Jan 14 - Feb 14 | more info
Teen reviewer Emma M says "Perô is a beautifully crafted European treat that everyone will love!" Brendan Kiley calls it "a mournful, beautiful play."
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TEEN TIX NEWS
Meet Justin Huertas, actor, cellist, Build-A-Bear Workshop employee, and our first ever TEEN TIX CRUSH OF THE MONTH!!! Check our teen reporter Isabella F’s interview with Justin (with video!) and then see Justin on stage in Speech & Debate,currently running to rave reviews at Seattle Rep. We love you Justin!!!
FREE Musical Theatre class at Seattle Musical Theatre! Feb 22 - 25, open to all middle- and high-school students. Contact Jeremy Ehrlich at jeremy @ seattlemusicaltheatre . org for more info.
Last month, Teen Tix member Tucker C won $200 just by using his Teen Tix pass! You can, too. Our second PASSPORT TO THE ARTS contest is now underway! Get all the info and download your passport at seattlecenter.com/teentix. Passport to the Arts: Because Teen Tix Wasn’t Awesome Enough Already.
Teachers, parents, adults who work with teens: join our new facebook group, Friends of Teen Tix for Teen Tix news of special interest to you grown-up-types.
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LITERATURE
Dr. Abraham Verghese @ Seattle Arts & Lectures | Wed Feb 10 | more info
Dr. Verghese talks about his novel Cutting for Stone and his belief that medicine, like fiction, is a “mysterious, noble, romantic and highly desirable quest” for knowledge, a way to deeply understand suffering and the human condition.
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DANCE
Break a Heart @ On the Boards | Feb 11 - 14 | more info
In a city known for dance artists with a theatrical flair, Break a Heart features some of Seattle’s most beloved practitioners as they band together in a love-themed cavalcade of dance conveniently scheduled around one of the most unfortunate holidays of the year.
CLOSING: Project 3 by Seattle Dance Project @ ACT Theatre | Jan 29 - Feb 6 | more info
Project 3 will be an exciting run of new works for the Northwest dance scene. The world premieres will stir the soul, featuring works by choreographers Edwaard Liang (former soloist, NYCB), Kent Stowell (founder and former director of Pacific Northwest Ballet), and Mark Haim (Seattle premiere).
The Sleeping Beauty @ Pacific Northwest Ballet | Feb 4 - 14 | more info
From timeless introduction to evil Carabosse’s curse, from fairies that really fly to the Prince’s wakening kiss and an imperial wedding celebration, each moment of The Sleeping Beauty faithfully portrays the beloved fairy tale with grand classical ballet, Tchaikovsky’s treasured music, magnificent sets, and exquisite costumes.
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MUSIC
Pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa @ Cornish College of the Arts | Sat Feb 6 | more info
Cosmophony is a solo piano performance inspired by our solar system. The concert includes nine solo piano pieces by Canada’s most prominent composers and brightest rising stars plus George Crumb’s remarkable work Makrokosmos II: 12 Fantasy Pieces After the Zodiac.
Violinist James Ehnes @ Seattle Symphony | Feb 4 & 6 | more info
Award-winning violinist James Ehnes performs Strauss’ Violin Concerto, a tour de force of violin technique. Come hear why critics call Ehnes "one of classical music’s biggest names."
Masterworks Season: Strauss & Schumann @ Seattle Symphony | Feb 1 | more info
An organ recital featuring works by J.S. Bach and Olivier Messiaen.
Guitarist David Starobin @ Seattle Symphony | Tue Feb 9 | more info
"[David Starobin is] arguably the most influential American classical guitarist of the 20th Century." -Soundboard Magazine
Masterworks Season: Stefan Jackiw plays Barber @ Seattle Symphony | Feb 11 & 13 | more info
Violin prodigy Jackiw (he made his professional debut at the age of 12!) plays Barber and Brahms.
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THEATRE
CLOSING: 2 by Pinter by Shadow & Light Theatre @ ACT Theatre | Jan 21 - Feb 7 | more info
Oh, theatre nerds. How happy are you right now? "Superb stagings of master work" - Seattle Times | Ages 15 and up.
Arcadia @ Driftwood Players | Feb 5 - 21 | more info
Characters find meaning in their own lives as they try to solve a mystery of what happened between 1809 and 1812 as their present day counterparts investigate these events in 2010. Entertaining, poignant and inventive drama.
Company @ Seattle Musical Theatre | Feb 12 - 28 | more info
It’s Friends, only a musical, and set in the 70s! Bobby has a bunch of girlfriends, a bunch of married friends who all want to set him up, and not a single birthday wish "not even to get married." Sondheim’s groundbreaking work was one of the first to deal with contemporary problems in a musical.
Deathtrap @ Whidbey Island Center for the Arts | Feb 12 - 27 | more info
Broadway’s longest-running comedy thriller is an ingeniously constructed play offering a rare and skillful blending of two priceless theatrical ingredients -- gasp-inducing thrills and spontaneous laughter
Glengarry Glen Ross @ Seattle Repertory Theatre | Feb 5 - 28 | more info
First prize is a Cadillac. Second prize is steak knives. Third prize? You’re fired. With David Mamet’s rapid-fire dialogue and finely crafted humor, Glengarry Glen Ross is a gripping drama that showcases razor-sharp acting from an all-star Seattle cast. | Ages 17 and up for heavy profanity, brief sexual discussion, use of racial epithets.
The Great Divorce @ Taproot Theatre | Jan 27 - Feb 27 | more info
Teen reviewer Jonathan H says "...while some of it might not all make sense upon first viewing, I definitely recommend it. It’s a show unlike one you’ve probably ever seen." Read the whole review.
CLOSING: Hunter Gatherers @ Washington Ensemble Theatre | Jan 8 - Feb 8 | more info
"...a big, booming production full of wit and carnal mayhem—the kind that may make you flinch, but you’ll laugh loudly as you do." - Seattle Metropolitan | Ages 17 and up for violence and sexual content
Love Song @ ArtsWest | Through Feb 21 | more info
A funny, off-beat, deftly written play. Teen reviewer Yvette J says "Love Song’s storyline is refreshingly different, raw and meaningful." Read the whole review.
In the Northern Lands: Nordic Myths @ Seattle Children’s Theatre | Feb 11 - Mar 14 | more info
Using incredible physicality and grand theatrical scope, In the Northern Lands bring to life a series of Norse myths through which we travel to long, long ago…
The River Why @ Book-It Repertory Theatre | Feb 9 - Mar 7 | more info
Set in the Pacific Northwest, audiences will at once connect with one young man’s hysterically funny, yet perceptive and moving journey of self discovery.
Speech & Debate @ Seattle Rep | Jan 15 - Feb 21 | more info
Although she takes issue with 20-somethings playing teenagers, our reviewer, Emma K, says "as a piece of theatre, Speech & Debate thrives" The Stranger’s Brendan Kiley calls it "nervy" and "witty."
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MOVIES & LASERS
Kurosawa-sensei @ SIFF Cinema | Feb 5 - 15 | more info
Fellini called "the greatest living example of what an author of the cinema should be." If you like movies at all get yourself to SIFF Cinema in February when they are showing five of his films, The Bad Sleep Well, The Hidden Fortress, High and Low, The Seven Samurai, and Stray Dog.
Awesome Land: Women of Dirt @ Northwest Film Forum | Feb 5 - 11 | more info
Awesome Land: Women Of Dirt celebrates the mountain bike while celebrating the women who love them. A beautiful and energetic film that opens a window into an awesome world.
Laser Michael Jackson and more @ Seattle Laser Dome | every Thursday - Sunday evening | more info
Van Gogh: Brush with Genius, Dolphins and more @ IMAX | every day of the week | more info
NOTE: Avatar 3D is NOT Teen Tix-eligible
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VISUAL ART
Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act @ Seattle Art Museum | Weds - Sun 10 - 5, open ’til 9 on Thurs & Fri | more info
Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act...(despite its lame title) is top notch...go sooner rather than later because you’ll want to come back again, and again, and again." - Stephen Cummings, i don’t know about this
Vortexhibition Polyphonica @ Henry Art Gallery | 11 - 9 Thurs & Fri, 11 - 4 Sat & Sun | more info
This exhibit breaks all the rules. 19th-century paintings hang next to contemporary art and photography, textiles and costumes, ceramics, and many other little-known art objects from the Henry’s collection, with objects grouped not based on history or medium, but by their artistic relationship to one "hub" artwork.
Dan Webb: Unring the Bell @ Cornish Main Gallery | Jan 21 - Feb 26 | more info
This solo exhibition by Cornish alumnus Dan Webb features finished sculptures, works-in-progress, early objects and drawings not previously exhibited, and an original comic book co-created by the artist and Cornish student Kelly Martin (Art ’10)
Gelatine Lux @ EMP|SFM | daily 10 - 5 | more info
Organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, this immersive installation features 20 illuminated glass sculptures in bold colors, suspended within a universe that includes sound and video components.
Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective @ Seattle Asian Art Museum | more info
This fresh installation of SAM’s renowned collection of Chinese art at the Seattle Asian Art Museum contains representative works from each dynastic period, and it is particularly strong in jades, ceramics and sculpture.
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TEEN TIX HOW-TO
New to Teen Tix? Never used your pass before? Check out this handy how-to guide!
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