Can't Miss It: The Weekend
LASER JACKALOPE: The Georgetown Art Attack returns this Saturday with another characteristically strong assortment of color, sound, and creation. This month, look for an improvisational music performance by experimental sound artist Rob Angus, a collaborative show by Corey Urlacher and Kat Houseman including live music and belly dancing, a group show curated by Twilight Artist Collective including Curtis Ashby (CASH), Jenna Colby, Twozdai Hulse, Xavier Lopez, ninjagrl, Rick Simpson and Linus Von Moos, and so much more. When things go south, they get better.
Saturday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. // Georgetown // FREE
TURKISH SOUNDTRACKS: The Turkish Music Ensemble makes its debut with a Technicolor splash, putting together an evening of music drawn from the evocative film musicals produced in Istanbul in the 1930s-’60s. In the hands of ensemble founder Munir Nurretin Beken, one of Turkey’s most well-known ud players and composers, along with Ali Jihad Racy, master of the ney and bazouki, and Ahmet Erdogdular, one of Turkey’s foremost vocalists, these scores draw breath once more. Show up early for a pre-concert talk with Beken on the ensemble, Istanbul cinema, and the music scene in Turkey.
Saturday 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. // Town Hall // $20 ($17 Town Hall members, students & seniors)
THALIA MOZART MAHLER: Of the nine Muses in Greek mythology, only one was also a Grace, the embodiment of beauty: Thalia. As conducted by Stephen Rogers Radcliffe, Thalia Symphony does not take the Muse’s name in vain. For over 60 years, the Symphony has been a classical outlet for Seattle musicians, and Sunday’s show is no exception. The orchestra’s third concert of the season includes Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, featuring George Fiore, former chorus-master for the Seattle Opera, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. If you arrive early, you’ll have a chance to catch a lecture by Mahler scholar Professor Eric Hanson, upliftingly entitled Mahler's First Symphony: The Victory of Life and Spring Over the Icy Death of Winter. If only our own seasons would be so inspired.
Sunday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. // Town Hall // $15 ($10 Town Hall members, students & seniors)
