This last weekend at Theatre off Jackson, the Missoula Oblongata, out of Baltimore, got us revved up for what's looking to be a killer week of experimental theatre and performance. And yes, yes...we can see the eyes of readers rolling already. More performance art! Well, here's the trick--if there's one thing we took away from Missoula Oblongata's The 50 Greatest Ladies and Gentlemen, it's that, quite the opposite of what you might expect, the off-the-wall stuff is (often) more approachable than the mainstream stuff you'd get at the Rep or Intiman or the like. more ›

One of the words most frequently associated with Susie J. Lee's work is "ephemeral." Since her MFA work showed at the Henry in 2006, she's become a rising star in the Seattle art world, even scoring notice as an "Artist to Watch" in January's ARTNews, by creating works that capture a moment that's always slipping away into the imperfection of memory. She made a digital rainstorm in the main space of the Lawrimore Project in 2007, created rooms that converse with visitors, and used a variety of digital and non-digital techniques to explore the effect of light on surfaces. more ›