Wednesday night music and film lovers alike shuffled into the Triple Door to experience a once in a lifetime performance. SIFF asked Damien to take part in their festival and he was immediately intrigued. They wanted him to play music to accompany a film and he agreed with one stipulation: the films he played with would be directed by the Russian-born French film maker Dimitri Kirsanoff. Like any normal eighteen year old boy, Jurado was entranced by the macabre and beautiful avant garde films Kirsanoff had created (we're just kidding, no eighteen year old boy loves those; which is what makes Damien the unique and wonderful person he is). more ›

ART/MUSIC DIALOGUE: Cross your artistic boundaries when World music KEXP DJ Jon Kertzer and UW School of Music Professor Philip Schulyer dialogue about how Algerian music influenced and shaped a current Henry Art Gallery exhibit by French-Algerian Kader Attia. more ›