Tonight at Elliott Bay Books: Bruce Holbert Reads From His Lonesome Animals
There is something soothing about a novel—the way that it can transport you from an often traumatizing, confusing world into one where boundaries,…
Dolce Vita announces largest sample sale in 11 year history
Dolce Vita is offering up 1,500 of their current season footwear and apparel items at 60-80% off. Clear your calendar for Saturday and Sunday, August 11th and 12th at Object in Belltown.
False start with Pullulation and Yada-yada
Another bit of experimental prosody from renown Seattle choreographer, dancer and poet Christin Call.
The Working Artist: Paige Barnes – The Artist
Part 3 of The Working Artist series featuring dancer Paige Barnes. Wherein Omar Willey discusses the role of the artist in society with bits of poetry.
He Wants
The Author sips coffee. The coffee is cold. The sun is rising, god bless. A child, one of his own, screams from downstairs. A ball bounces. Several thuds in succession. He sips coffee. It is still cold. Grounds in his mouth. He spits them out, but he can’t spit them all out. He resigns himself to a few grounds in his mouth. He stretches. He is unable to write more, but he is not ready to go downstairs.
Don’t Touch My Taco
Authenticity is nice and fine but cooking should be fun. “Fusion is confusion” is a stupid rhyme. I made a new rhyme for you: “Suspicious can be delicious.” Just make your tacos delicious and let the food police argue about ruining tradition.
Why Ichiro’s Departure Makes This Nikkei Girl Sad
Ichiro’s image was linked in my mind with my father, my cousins and uncles, the members of my Japanese American family who love baseball. Ichiro is Japanese, not Japanese American, but seeing him at the plate reminded me of those Ansel Adams pictures, taken of Japanese American players during World War II, behind barbed wire. Ichiro was a Japanese man, succeeding wildly at an all-American pastime.
Objects in Motion: An Interview with Animator Tess Martin
Cole Hornaday talks with experimental animator Tess Martin about her work with SEAT and her part in the upcoming film, Barzan.
Selling the American Dream with Products Made in China
When Ralph Lauren won the job of designing and producing the 2012 US Olympic uniforms, he could have calculatedly issued a press release stating that “in support of our athletes and the nation’s job market, he was going to find a US factory and have the team’s uniforms made locally, even if it meant a slim profit margin.” Had he done this, he would be a hero right now, rather than a joke.
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