“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 in Seattle:
- Teatro ZinZanni, Seattle Center, ongoing, www.zinzanni.org
- Facing Mars, Pacific Science Center, through May 9, www.pacsci.org
- In Search of Amelia Earhart, Museum of Flight, though May 16, www.museumofflight.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
- Beth Levine: First Lady of Shoes, Bellevue Arts Museum, through June 6, www.bellevuearts.org
- Paj Ntaub: Stories of Hmong in Washington, Wing Luke Asian Museum, thru October 17, www.wingluke.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
- Seattle Celebrates Bernstein Festival, Multiple Venues, April-June, www.seattlecelebratesbernstein.org
- Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Seattle Asian Art Museum, April 1-July 4, www.seattleartmuseum.org
- An Iliad, Seattle Repertory Theatre, April 9 – May 16, www.seattlerep.org
- After Hours: Northwest Jazz 1930-1960, Northwest African American Museum, April 17-December 25, www.naamnw.org
Beginning in May:
Seattle Maritime Festival, Downtown Seattle Waterfront, May 6-8, www.portseattle.org/news/events/
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
Seattle Beer Week, multiple locations, May 13-23, www.seattlebeerweek.com
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
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/
Northwest New Works Festival, On the Boards, June 4-13, www.ontheboards.org
The Cider House Rules, Part I, Book-It Repertory Theatre, June 9-July 11, www.book-it.org
The Mary Wilson Supreme Legacy® Gown Collection, EMP/SFM, June 11-Sept. 7, www.empsfm.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
Season Finale: A Seattle Bernstein Celebration, Seattle Symphony, June 24-27, www.seattlesymphony.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 Parade & 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 & Broadway Rocks, Seattle Symphony, July 7 & 8, 9 & 10, www.seattlesymphony.org
Chinatown-International District Summer Festival, July 10 & 11, www.cidbia.org
Ballard Seafoodfest, July 10 & 11, www.seafoodfest.org
Bite of Seattle, Seattle Center, July 16-18, www.biteofseattle.com
25th Annual SEAFAIR Indian Days POW WOW, Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, July 16-18, www.unitedindians.com
Kirkland Uncorked, Marina Park, July 16-18, www.kirklanduncorked.com
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 and Isolde, Seattle Opera, July 31- August 21 www.seattleopera.org
Beginning in August:
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
Further Out (September 2010 and Beyond):
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
Pike Place Market Craft Food Festival, September 25 & 26, www.pikeplacemarketfoundation.org
In the Heights, The 5th Avenue Theatre, September 28-October 17, www.5thavenue.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 15 –November 7, www.earshot.org
For more events, please visit www.visitseattle.org/cultural Updated 3/26/2010