“The Hot Sheet”
Selected Cultural Events - 2010
This is only a sampling of upcoming cultural events in the greater Seattle area. For more events, please visit Seattle’s Convention & Visitors Bureau online calendar at www.visitseattle.org/cultural. The calendar is updated twice monthly and features a wide variety of arts and cultural events, festivals, exhibitions, special programs and more.
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On Stage/On View Now:
Teatro ZinZanni, Seattle Center, ongoing, www.zinzanni.org
Falstaff, Seattle Opera, through March 13, www.seattleopera.org
Legally Blonde, The 5th Avenue Theatre, through March 14, www.5thavenue.org
Bodies, The Exhibition, 1505 5th Ave, downtown Seattle, through March 28, www.bodiestickets.com
Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act, Seattle Art Museum, through April 11, www.seattleartmuseum.org
Yellow Terror: Collections & Paintings of Roger Shimomura, Wing Luke Asian Museum, thru April 18, www.wingluke.org
In Search of Amelia Earhart, Museum of Flight, though April 24, www.museumofflight.org
Facing Mars, Pacific Science Center, through May 2, www.pacsci.org
Isabelle Pauwels: Incredibly, unbelievably/The complete ordered field, Henry Art Gallery, through May 5,www.henryart.org
Taking Aim: Unforgettable Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographs Selected by Graham Nash, EMP, thru May 23, www.empsfm.org
A Concise History of Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum, through May 23, www.tacomaartmuseum.org
Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, Burke Museum, through May 31, www.burkemuseum.org
Beth Levine: First Lady of Shoes, Bellevue Arts Museum, through June 6, www.bellevuearts.org
Judy Hill: The Self Transparent, Bellevue Arts Museum, through June 6, www.bellevuearts.org
Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, Museum of Glass, through September 19, www.museumofglass.org
Tête-à-tête, Frye Art Museum, through January 2, www.fryemuseum.org
Beginning in March:
Dine Around Seattle, Multiple locations, March 1-30, www.dinearoundseattle.org
Chicago, The Paramount Theatre, March 3-7, www.stgpresents.org
Moisture Festival, Multiple Venues, March 11-April 4, www.moisturefestival.org
Sinaisky Conducts Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, Seattle Symphony, March 18-21, www.seattlesymphony.org
3 By Dove, Pacific Northwest Ballet, March 18-28, www.pnb.org
Paradise Lost, by Clifford Odets, INTIMAN Theatre, March 19-April 25, www.intiman.org
Fences by August Wilson, Seattle Repertory Theatre, March 26-April 18, www.seattlerep.org
Beginning in April:
Seattle Celebrates Bernstein Festival, Multiple Venues, April-June, www.seattlecelebratesbernstein.org
26th Annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, April 1-30, www.tulipfestival.org
Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Seattle Asian Art Museum, April 1-July 10, www.seattleartmuseum.org
An Iliad, Seattle Repertory Theatre, April 9 – May 16, www.seattlerep.org
On the Town, The 5th Avenue Theatre, April 13- May 2, www.5thavenue.org
All Balanchine, Pacific Northwest Ballet, April 15-25, www.pnb.org
Beginning in May:
The Trip to Bountiful, ACT Theatre, May 7-June 6, www.acttheatre.org
Amelia (World Premiere), Seattle Opera, May 8- 22, www.seattleopera.org
Giant Magnet, (formerly the Seattle International Children’s Festival) Seattle Center, May 11-15, www.giantmagnet.org
Kurt, Seattle Art Museum, May 13-September 6, www.seattleartmuseum.org
love fear pleasure lust pain glamour death - Andy Warhol Media Works, SAM, May 13-Sept 6, www.seattleartmuseum.org
The Thin Place, INTIMAN Theatre, May 14-June 13, www.intiman.org
Seattle Cheese Festival, Pike Place Market, May 15 & 16, www.seattlecheesefestival.com
Seattle International Film Festival, May 20-June 13, www.siff.net
Mark Morris Dance Group with Seattle Symphony, The Paramount Theatre, May 21-23, www.stgpresents.org
Fiddler on the Roof, The Paramount Theatre, May 25-30, www.stgpresents.org
Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, May 28-31, www.nwfolklife.org
Beginning in June:
Coppélia, Pacific Northwest Ballet, June 3-13, www.pnb.org
Cirque du Soleil presents KOOZA, June 3-27, Marymoor Park, http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/
The Cider House Rules, Part I, Book-It Repertory Theatre, June 9-July 11, www.book-it.org
Festival Sundiata: African-American Celebration, Seattle Center, June 12 & 13, www.seattlecenter.com
The Female of the Species, ACT Theatre, June 18-July 18, www.acttheatre.org
Fremont Fair & Solstice Parade, June 19 & 20, www.fremontfair.org
International Conservation Photography Awards, Burke Museum, June 19-September 6, www.burkemuseum.org
Glitter and Be Gay, Seattle Men’s & Women’s Choruses, McCaw Hall, June 25 & 26, www.flyinghouse.org
Seattle SEAFAIR Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon and ½ Marathon, June 26, www.seafair.com
Seattle Pride Festival, June 27, www.seattlepride.org
Beginning in July:
Ruined, by Lynn Nottage, INTIMAN Theatre, July 2-August 8, www.intiman.org
Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, July 3 & 4, www.cwb.org
Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Benaroya Hall (new festival venue!), July 5-30, www.seattlechambermusic.org
Bugs Bunny on Broadway, Seattle Symphony, July 7 & 8, www.seattlesymphony.org
Bellevue Arts Museum Artsfair, July 23-25, www.bellevuearts.org
GreenNote Festival, Myrtle Edwards Park, July 24 & 25, www.greennote.us
Yankee Tavern, ACT Theatre, July 30-August 29, www.acttheatre.org
Tristan und Isolde, Seattle Opera, July 31- August 21 www.seattleopera.org
Further Out (August 2010 and Beyond):
Concerts at the Mural, Seattle Center, August 6-27, www.seattlecenter.com
Movies at the Mural, Seattle Center, August 7-28, www.seattlecenter.com
Tibet Fest, Seattle Center, August 28 & 29, www.seattlecenter.com
A Doctor in Spite of Himself, INTIMAN, September 3-October 10, www.intiman.org
Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, Seattle Center, September 4-6, www.bumbershoot.org
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, ACT Theatre, October 15-November 14, www.acttheatre.org
Lucia di Lammermoor, Seattle Opera, October 16-30, www.seattleopera.org
Picasso: Masterpieces from Musée National Picasso, Paris, Seattle Art Museum, Oct 8–Jan 9, www.seattleartmuseum.org
Earshot Jazz Festival, October-November, dates TBA, www.earshot.org
For more events, please visit www.visitseattle.org/cultural Updated 3/1/2010