Get Out This Weekend: Matt & Ben at Freehold Theater
On this Valentine's Day, we also take the time to honor the kind of love that exists between two straight dudes -- the primarily heterosexual feelings that a man has for his BFF. Exhibit A: Stan and Kyle. Exhibit B: Jay and Silent Bob. Exhibit C: Matt and Ben, the celebrity spoof of the relationship between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, focusing on the period right before they became famous (i.e., the making of Good Will Hunting). Except in this case, the duo didn't so much write the Oscar-winning screenplay that catapulted them to celebrity status as it literally fell out of sky, fully composed, into Ben's apartment while the two aspiring stars were working on a whole other project: their film adaptation of Catcher in the Rye.
Panel on Capitol Hill's Future Tonight @ 5:30
For all those interested, tonight the Capitol Hill Arts Center will be hosting a panel discussion with the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce on the topic of "Is there still room for culture on Capitol Hill?" The impetus behind the event is the generally rapacious rate of condo-conversion and construction that's pushed out notable businesses along Pike/Pine, and now finds its apogee in the sale of Oddfellows Hall, which threatens to displace a number of arts organizations that took advantage of the low rents. Without access to such buildings, arts organizations could face a rapid exodus from Capitol Hill, hastening its transformation to yuppie-land. All those interested should attend.
The Latest Hole In The Arts Scene
It's not that development in itself sucks; it's that our county and city government doesn't believe in development for art's sake, despite all those studies about the half billion the arts return to the community. When we look around, we don't see a lot of public investment in the single most expensive thing that artists and smaller arts organizations have to face: a place to work, rehearse, show, perform.
We Review: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead @ Chamber Theatre
The story is Waiting for Godot meets Hamlet -- two of Hamlet's bit parts, courtiers named Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, find themselves existing "backstage" solely for the purpose of popping onstage every so often as a plot -- unknowable to them -- calls for. In Ghostlight Theatrical's production, Patrick Allcorn's Guildenstern and Jeff Pierson's Rosencrantz are long on existential confusion and short on "being there."
Friday Get Out: SCUBA
SCUBA: The national tour presents works by three emerging national talents in contemporary dance: Zoe Scofield (YouTube) & Juniper Shuey (Seattle), LEVYdance (SF), and Justin Jones with Chris Yon & Friends (MN/NYC). We're fans of Scofield's work, which mingles ballet and modern dance, introspection and spectacle, and curious about the rest. Maybe we'll see you there.
Get Out: Weekend Dance -- Pulp Mountain Festival
PULP: Featuring four different dancemakers -- Alianna Jaqua (Seattle), Laura Curry (Seattle), Keith Johnson (Long Beach), and Daniel Charon (NYC) -- PULP offers solos, a trio, quartet, and an ensemble of six. Performed by the women of d9 Dance Collective, it's supposed to include provocation, emotional appeal, and some wacky fun. We believe it.
"I Didn't Mean To Turn You On": Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night reminded us of that Capitol Hill party where you drink too much and spend all your time flirting with someone who puts you off and then later you see them begging someone else to take them home, but by then you just shake your head and stagger off to the Canterbury to meet up with friends.
You Can See The Invisible
Last weekend Seattlest wandered over to the Chamber Theatre at Capitol Hill's Odd Fellows Hall to see The Invisible. We were not aware there was going to be vaguely threatening mime enacted in the seating area. (More on this later.)
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