Can't Miss It: Thursday
WITH PULP: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, a collection of five “lesbian pulp fiction” books written between ’57 and ’62, comes to the Re-Bar stage. The adapted play is based on three of the five novels, which relay the dramas of the underground lifestyle in NYC’s Greenwich Village at the dawn of America’s 2nd Revolution. (That was the fun one, of course.) A handful of secret lovers upend their lives, untying ties that bind them and walking the lines of love and lust. Fun and funny without venturing into camp, this production is touching in all the right places.
7:30 p.m. // Re-Bar 1114 Howell St. // $18-$22
SAY HI: For his first trick, Seattle Symphony Music Director Ludovic Morlot presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica," Dutilleux's The Tree of Dreams performed by violinist Renaud Capucon, and Frank Zappa's symphonic composition Dupree's Paradise. A program that combines novel pieces seems like a fitting beginning for the Symphony's novice director. Morlot, who's reputation precedes him, takes the conductor's stand for his first concert session and first entry in the 2011-2012 Wyckoff Masterworks Season. Prior to the performance will be an hour talk, "Henri Dutlilleux: An Introduction," in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium.
7:30 p.m. // Benaroya Hall // $17 - $110
DESIGN DESTINY: As far as the Seattle Design Festival's goals are concerned ("design as an active force that solves problems, contributes to innovation, and improves our lives) August de los Reyes presentation on his vision for 21st century design sounds right on target. Reyes' design manifesto seeks new principles that enable us to create solutions for the challenges of our era. He'll speak on abandoning organizational, technological and creative superstitions. What is an organizational superstition? Visit SAM tonight to find out. Other topics include "vampires, starfish, bamboo, video games and natural user interface." The 10-day festival ends this Sunday.
6:00 p.m. // Seattle Art Museum // $10
