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FIRST THURSDAY!photo by pdgibson on flickrYay! It's first Thursday, the day when Seattle's art museums and galleries fling open their doors and invite you in FOR FREE! Here's a helpful list of museums offering free admission to assist you in your arting:Teen Tix Participating Organizations:Experience Music Project 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm empsfm.orgHenry Art Gallery 11:00 am - 8:00 pm henryart.orgSeattle Asian Art Museum 10:00 am - 9:00 pm seattleartmuseum.orgSeattle Art Museum 10:00 am - 9:00 pm seattleartmuseum.orgScience Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm empsfm.org**************************************************And, everybody else:Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10:00 am - 8:00 pm washington.edu/burkemuseumMuseum of Flight 10:00 am - 9:00 pm museumofflight.orgMuseum of History and Industry 10:00 am - 8:00 pm seattlehistory.orgNorthwest African American Museum 11:00 am - 7:00 pm naamnw.orgWing Luke 10:00 am - 8:00 pm wingluke.orgAlso the Museum of Glass in Tacoma also has free admission on the third Thursday of each month from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm museumofglass.orgAnd the Bellevue Arts Museum is free the first Friday of each month from 10:00 am - 9:00 pm bellevueartmuseum.orgAnd last, but definitely not least, is the famous First Thursday gallery walk in Pioneer Square. Get the lowdown on that at firstthursdayseattle.com

Here’s what’s happening at the Laser Dome this week:Thursday8:00 p.m. Laser Beatles9:15 p.m. Laser Dirge featuring the music of TOOLFriday & Saturday8:00 p.m. Laser Queen9:15 p.m. Laser Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon10:30 p.m. Laser Daft PunkMidnight Laser Floyd: The WallSunday8:00 p.m. Laser Beastie Boys9:15 p.m. Laser SublimeLaser shows often sell out (especially on Friday and Saturday nights) so check their website or call ahead before you head down there.More info: www.seattlelaserdome.comSeattle Laser Dome is located at the Pacific Science Center at Seattle Center. It is served by buses 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 19 and 24. For bus times: tripplanner.metrokc.gov. MAP.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, teens of all ages, please join us in welcoming our newest Teen Tix participating organization: Henry Art Gallery.Here's what Henry has to say about himself: "The Henry Art Gallery seeks to engage diverse audiences in the powerful experience of artistic invention and serves as a catalyst for the creation of new work that inspires and challenges."Here's what we say: The Henry is where you'll go to see the wonderful, weird, beautiful, ugly, friendly, aggressive, pointless, penetrating, contemporary work that you've been hoping was out there somewhere in the world. It is. Right here in your world. Also AMAZING workshops, lectures, and events where you can actually, like, make art, meet artists, and hang out with other people who love art like you love art. Here's the deal: The Henry is ALREADY FREE for high school and college students. How did you not know that? Oh, you did. Okay, well...good. So, here's what we got for ya: with your Teen Tix pass you can get in free all of the time, and you can take someone else along (your cool grandma, perhaps?) and get them in for $5.00 ALL DAY on Thursdays AND Fridays! To recap: You=Free, Your (non-teen) Guest=$5.00. Hooray!Here's some more:Henry Art Galleryhenryart.orgfacebook.com/henryartgallerymyspace.com/henryarttwitter.com/henryartgalleryLocated on the West edge of the University of Washington campus, at 15th NE & NE 41sthelpful map!Hours:11 - 9 Thursday & Friday11 - 4 Saturday & SundayClosed Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday206-543-2280We love you Henry! Totes BFF 4EVA!

Surely you can manage the bus ride downtown, yeah?Here's a little video he made of the exhibit, and here's a link to his blog about it. It closes a week from today. See it.Thanks to Jen Graves on Slog.Target PracticeSeattle Art MuseumThrough September 7thPost title edited 9.15.09: he flew from Houston, not San Francisco. Teen Tix regrets the error.

Apologies for the terrible title.A story in today's USA Today reports that a psychologist named Jean Twenge has written a book called The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement in which she claims that today's teenagers are more self-involved than previous generations'. She says that y'all's (again, apologies) "preoccupation" with facebook and myspace is evidence that you just can't get over yourselves, and she thinks it's unhealthy.Over at Ypulse, an actual member of Generation Y, Managing Editor Meredith Sires, sees this as another example of the media's incessant "generation bashing." She finds Dr. Twenge's conclusions a little simplistic, and suggests that all teenagers, forever and ever, have been narcissistic, it's just that now you have more (and more public) ways to express it.What do you think? Take the poll. (And thanks to Meredith at Ypulse for the phrases "self-promoting" and "attention-seeking" which I use in the poll.) Photo by whufwhuf on photobucket.

Review of Art & Copy by Spencer T.Art & Copy, as its name suggests, is a film about the intersection of art and advertisements (or copy). This documentary takes us back to the early ‘60s when the advertising industry really took off and began to create truly memorable and unique pieces of work. The examples shown in the movie are a hoot, including George Lois’ series of covers for Esquire magazine featuring, among others, Mohammed Ali as a martyred Jesus and Andy Warhol drowning in tomato soup. Also featured are the classic Volkswagen Beetle ads and a campaign for a 1960s airline where all the stewardesses wore mod spacesuits and bubble helmets. Leading the audience through the highlights of the last 50 years in advertising is where the film really shines. It showcases some truly great ads and presents us with their context via narration and interviews with the people who actually created them. It also contains some shocking statistics (the average city-dweller views 5,000 separate advertisements ...every day!), but mostly the film’s main argument is that advertising is essential to capitalism and that it’s not necessarily a bad thing- occasionally it truly is art. - Spencer T.Friday, August 21stArt & CopyNorthwest Film ForumThrough August 27th

4th Annual Seattle Bike-In @ Cal Anderson ParkSunday, August 30thBands at 7pm, movie at duskFrom NW Film Forum's website:

The fourth annual Seattle Bike-In brings together bicycle enthusiasts, transportation advocates, environmental groups, artists and community leaders for a celebration of biking and environmental sustainability. Part education fair, part community picnic, the Seattle Bike-In is a chance for adults and children to have fun, enjoy films, music and be a part of a community celebration!We are pleased to present the film Jour de Fete at dusk (around 9pm). Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Tati’s quintessential and lanky French postman, Francoise, as he makes an intelligent slapstick comedy of French rural life while dreaming of bringing modern knowhow to traditional ways. In the process he beats the best passing Tour riders, falls into duck ponds and delivers the mail. If you’re a fan of Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton, or Peter Sellers, you must see this feelgood film. It’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face.Cal Anderson Park is located at 10th & Pine on Capitol Hill. Here's a map!

I just saw it... she's pretty I guess, not ugly that's for sure. As far as "Pole Dancing" goes... THAT WAS NOT POLE DANCING. I agree she is just trying to get attention.

Go ahead. Click on it.Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78Seattle Art MuseumThrough September 7th

"cast, director, sct and teen tix blogger Jenny S. you all did something right/controversial/stimulating/provoking as no other teen tix blog appears to have received as many comments!!!!!!!"Our thoughts exactly. Hooray for thoughtful conversation and civilized disagreement.

[reposted from fb]Jessica C: I dont think it should discourage anyone. I think is gives people inspiration to say, hey, I want to be that good at dance. It also helps people like Vitolio who came from a hard background and gave him a chance to shine. This show helps people who are good, to be better and to expand their talents to not just one type of dance.

[reposted from fb]Carly S: It does make me want to continue dancing, but it also holds dancing up on a level that is not really realistic for most people that want to dance. It encourages me because the dancers are amazing and it discourages me because the dancers are so amazing I know I could never reach that level.

[resposted from fb]Amanda M: it makes me want to learn how to dance, totally jealous!

[reposted from fb]Jessica C: I love this show. It's awesome.

I love so you think you can dance, i love them showing people who can actually dance learn new things and i love that the are bringing all this awareness of different cultural dancing.

Over at our favorite local arts blog, Another Bouncing Ball, Regina Hackett takes apart dance critics who sling mud at popular dance TV shows that they haven't actually watched (much).This is me quoting Regina quoting Alastair McCauley (the dance critic at the New York Times and, as Regina points out, the only full-time dance critic employed at an American newspaper):"The little I see of 'So You Think You Can Dance' and 'Strictly Come Dancing' [the British TV dance competition] tends to put me off watching more; the camera angles seldom help you judge footwork; the whole climate feels manipulative; and the dances themselves aren't those I'd want good performers to learn..."You can read McCauley's whole piece, which is chiefly concerned with what he considers the degradation of ballroom dancing into something closer to dirty dancinghere.I know we've got some serious dancers and some lovers of SYTYCD out there (and maybe, just maybe, some serious dancers who love SYTYCD? Do you exist?) What do you think? Do shows like SYTYCD and Dancing With The Stars help make dance more accessible to a new generation, or do they disgrace the form? Comments please.- Holly A.

Das Barbecü was, to put it simply, fantastic. I marvel at how well they not only managed to condense a 15 hour opera down to 2 hours and thirty minutes, but how well they balanced the spirit of the opera with the screwball comedy that truly carries the play. A must-see, even if you have no prior knowledge of opera!

I hate cheese

You're all overreacting. I'm not big fan of hers, but either way..In relative comparison to ANY other American pop star, it's undeniable that she's one of the more wholesome.In any case, that's not a pole dance. That's holding onto a pole and wiggling around a little bit.Whatever; it's a probably just a ploy to get more publicity for her anyway.

I like cheese, not so much cheddar, I'm more of a blue cheese kind of man.and i believe this show could be compared to a wheel of cheese, smelly on the outside, but when you bite in it fills your mouth with a delightful sensation. Not to mention it packs a nutritious and healthy punch.So in my mind this show is like cheese.