Seattle Events Calendar
10:00am
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Shifting Ground: Recent Acquisitions in the Henry Collection
This presentation is the second rotation in a two-part series showcasing new additions to the Henry’s permanent collection. This rotation features paintings, sculptures, and drawings that explore ideas of space, time, and perception. Referencing spaces and geographies both real and…
10:00am
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Carmen Winant: Passing On
Carmen Winant (b. 1983, San Francisco, CA; based in Columbus, OH) uses photography to explore collective acts of feminist care, survival, and resistance. Her work highlights the role of images in shaping feminist movements, questioning ideas about women’s power, healing…
2:00pm
Theater
Ken Ludwig's A Fox On The Fairway
Directed by David Alan Morrison A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, A Fox on the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp pulling the rug…
4:00pm
Music
Artists At The Center: IHAW-IHAW JAM BAND
Artists At the Center is a multi-year collaboration between Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Center, with support from Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition and the communities adjacent to Seattle Center campus. The project is made possible by…
7:30pm
Theater
Yaga
In-over-his-head detective Rapp finds himself in an isolated college town, asking what the disappearance of a young heir to a yogurt empire has to do with a random folktale about an old witch. Matched by an apprehensive local sheriff, a…
7:30pm
Theater
Hells Canyon
By Keiko GreenDirected by Amber TanakaAriel Lim, seven months pregnant, arrives at a remote cabin with a handful of old friends. Resentments surface and buried histories claw their way into the light, when the group hears something outside—trying to get in……
7:30pm
Dance | Theater
Fancy Dancer
Growing up half Lakota and half white, Lara lives as an outsider until she discovers the story of Osage prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and is compelled to become a dancer. But with a body that doesn’t quite conform, can she…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit)
The sketch comedy show Almost Live! aired on KING 5 from 1984 to 1999. It poked fun at regional stereotypes, gave us memorable characters and sketches, and launched local celebrities and national careers. It was a renowned success at a…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Charlene Liu: Scallion
Charlene Liu (b. 1975, Taiwan; based in Eugene, OR) creates paintings, prints, and mixed media installations that blend family histories, cultural references, and decorative patterns. Liu incorporates wide-ranging traditions into her imagery, drawing from nature, food, still life painting, and…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Christine Sun Kim: Ghost(ed) Notes
Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980, Orange County, California; based in Berlin, Germany) is a groundbreaking artist exploring sound's social and political dimensions. In her first Seattle exhibition at the Henry, Kim presents Ghost(ed) Notes, a mural animating the museum’s east…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room features an evocative ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Valor over Time (ca. 1757) by the greatest Venetian artist of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Tiepolo. Contemporary artist Diego Cibelli presents a site-specific response to the famous painting…
All Day
Film
Free Films For Tacoma Students @ The Grand Cinema!
The Grand Cinema is pleased to participate in a pilot program funded by Tacoma Creates. Students and EBT/Quest card holders living within Tacoma city limits may now attend most* public showings at The Grand Cinema. Any student of any age…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Hello Auntie, Hello Uncle: Conversations with Our Elders
Hello Auntie, Hello Uncle explores the many roles Elders play in our communities, celebrates their lives and achievements, and honors the wisdom gained with time. This exhibit elaborates on who an Elder can be and what a society that values…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Kameelah Janan Rasheed: we leak, we exceed
Kameelah Janan Rasheed (b. 1985, East Palo Alto, CA; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) is a self-described “learner” who creates multi-media works that explore the poetics-pleasures-politics of Black knowledge production, information technologies, [un]learning, and belief formation. She often integrates…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Three Empathics have moved into Seattle Art Museum and are a central feature to the latest installation imagined in our African art galleries. The popular and immersive ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space by contemporary artist Saya Woolfalk was first shown in…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Lost & Found: Searching For Home
This exhibition explores the complex relationship between place and belonging through the lens of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) identity. In this exhibit, artists unpack attempts to reconnect with their cultural homelands, through both physical and emotional…
All Day
Visual Arts | Museum Tour
Permanent Collection: Nordic Journeys
The National Nordic Museum’s core exhibition, Nordic Journeys, spans centuries, from prehistoric migrations to Viking adventures to modern-day challenges and triumphs. Go on a journey across 1.3 million square miles and twelve thousand years to explore the Nordic region. Then…
All Day
Visual Arts
SAM Teen Arts Group Presents: [REDACTED]
Born from a desire to stand against censorship and suppression online, SAM Teen Arts Group (TAG) presents [REDACTED]. TAG's response to these restrictions is to use their platform at the museum to amplify the self-expression of their community.[REDACTED] honors the…
All Day
Visual Arts | Museum Tour | Exhibit
The MiG-21 Project
The Museum of Flight’s dazzling new exhibit is the world premiere of The MiG-21 Project, SouthAfrican artist Ralph Ziman’s 5-year, multidisciplinary project transforming a decommissionedCold War-era, Soviet-designed MiG-21 fighter jet into a stunning work of art entirely covered intens of…