On Thursday, April 28th, the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI)is holding its Spring Fundraising Gala at the Community Center at Mercer View, 82346 SE 24th Street on Mercer Island (map). The reception begins at 6:30 PM and the main program begins at 7:15 PM. This is your chance to hang out[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
April 21st, 2011 - 5:31 am § in China
Rushdie on Art and Politics
from NT Times (excerpted) Last October the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei covered the floor (of the immense Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Moderny) with his “Sunflower Seeds”: 100 million tiny porcelain objects, each handmade by a master craftsman, no two identical. The installation was a carpet of l[...]
Nigeria Votes, on Passover
Ed. The election in Nigeria may well be much bigger news than the soap opera in Libya. Nigeria is the largest state in Africa and, in may ways, the one with the most promise. With oil wealth, a sizable educated populace, an engrafted tradition of democracy, a truly multicultural society, and gre[...]
UPDATE: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei arrested in latest government crackdown
UPDATE April 7: Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to China — saluted Ai, jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and others who “challenge the Chinese government to serve the public in all cases and at all times”. “Ai Weiwei is under investigation on suspicion of ec[...]
April 7th, 2011 - 9:13 am § in Uncategorized
Potiche: A French farce with feeling
Judith Godreche, director Francois Ozon, Catherine Deneuve, Fabrice Luchini and Karin Viard pose at the premiere for Potiche. Photograph: Claudio Onorati/EPA Venice is this year becoming a festival notable for high drama and high camp, and so it proves again with this enjoyable, farcical French pict[...]
April 5th, 2011 - 1:27 am § in Uncategorized
Homeopathy Does Work!
The Amazing Randi will give a million dollars to the manufacturers of homeopathic products to prove their claims. So, there is a way to make money selling sugar pills! Major drug retailers like CVS, Rite-Aid, and Walgreens sell brand label and chain-labeled homeopathic “remedies” for col[...]
March 7th, 2011 - 2:11 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Mayor McGinn’s Bike Stolen
Mayor McGinn looking for his bicycle. And his wife is PISSED SEATTLE—Seattle’s Mayor Mikey McGinn’s bike was stolen on Wednesday from City Hall sometime between morning recess and lunch. Although camera footage is blurry, some suspect the culprit to be Downer Dow Constantine who works [...]
March 5th, 2011 - 10:58 am § in Uncategorized
AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
**FRI – THURS MARCH 11-18, weekend showtimes 10:15 am, 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30, 11:45 pm, at the AMC Southcenter, 3600 Southcenter Mall Tukwila; The LANGSTON HUGHES AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL in a new collaborative venture called AFFRM- the African American Film Festival Releasing Movem[...]
March 2nd, 2011 - 3:10 pm § in Uncategorized
Dust & Illusions: Documentary explores 30 years of the Burning Man
Dust & Illusions explores 30 years of history of the Burning Man event. Born in the underground of San Francisco in the 1980s, the festival became the largest counter- cultural event in North America. It is unique in that it is created by the people who come to the event, the participants, not t[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Misc.
Humanities Should Not Be a Partisan Pawn.
Don’t cut humanities By David J. Skorton, President of Cornell from Washington Post Last month, the Republican Study Committee released its hard-hitting recommendations for reductions in the federal budget. Regardless of our individual politics, and whether we agree with any of the targets for[...]