“The Hot Sheet”
Selected Cultural Events -2009/2010
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
Rock ‘n’ Roll by Tom Stoppard, ACT Theatre, through November 8, www.acttheatre.org
Earshot Jazz Festival, through November 8, www.earshot.org
Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Intiman Theatre, through November 19, www.intiman.org
Emma, Book-It Repertory Theatre, through November 22, www.book-it.org
Wondrous Cold, Burke Museum, through November 29, www.burkemuseum.org
Opus, Seattle Repertory Theatre, through December 6, www.seattlerep.org
Spaced Out! The Final Frontier in Album Covers, EMP/SFM, through January 3, www.empsfm.org
The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art, Frye Art Museum, through January 3, www.fryeart.org
Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers, Pacific Science Center, through January 3, www.pacsci.org
Michelangelo Public and Private, Seattle Art Museum, through January 31, www.seattleartmuseum.org
Robert Sperry: Bright Abyss, Bellevue Arts Museum, through January 31, www.bellevuearts.org
Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, Henry Art Gallery, through January 31, www.henryart.org
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
A Concise History of Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum, through May 23, www.tacomaarrtmuseum.org
Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, Museum of Glass, through September 19, www.museumofglass.org
Beginning in November 2009:
Dine Around Seattle, November 1-30, www.dinearoundseattle.org
Director’s Choice: West Side Story Suite• Mopey • Petite Mort • The Seasons, PNB, Nov 5-15, www.pnb.org
Peter Pan, Seattle Children’s Theatre, November 12-January 10, www.sct.org
Meet Me in St Louis, Village Theatre, November 12-January 31, www.villagetheatre.org
Fall Into Art, Pratt Fine Arts Center, November 15-25, www.pratt.org
Equivocation, Seattle Repertory Theatre, November 18-December 13, www.seattlerep.org
A Christmas Carol, ACT Theatre, November 27-December 27, www.acttheatre.org
Nutcracker, Pacific Northwest Ballet, November 27-December 30, www.pnb.org
Winterfest, Seattle Center, November 27-December 31, www.seattlecenter.com
Sister’s Christmas Catechism, ACT Theatre, November 27-January 3, www.acttheatre.org
Santa Baby, Seattle Men’s Chorus, November 28- December 20, www.flyinghouse.org
Christmas Ship Festival, Argosy Cruises, November 28-December 23, www.argosycruises.com
White Christmas, The 5th Avenue Theatre, November 28-December 30, www.5thavenue.org
Santa Train, Northwest Railway Museum, Sat & Sun, November 29-December 19, www.trainmuseum.org
Beginning in December 2009:
Black Nativity, Intiman Theatre, December 1-27, www.intiman.org
Festive Holiday Encores, Seattle Symphony, December 3-6, www.seattlesymphony.org
Urban Craft Uprising, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, December 5 & 6, www.urbancraftuprising.com
Radio City CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, Paramount Theatre, December 12-January 3, www.stgpresents.org
Handel’s Messiah, Seattle Symphony, December 17-20, www.seattlesymphony.org
Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, Burke Museum, December 19-May 31, www.burkemuseum.org
Beginning in January 2010:
Masur Conducts Mozart, Seattle Symphony, January 7-9, www.seattlesymphony.org
Speech and Debate, Seattle Repertory Theatre, January 15-February 21, www.seattlerep.org
Il Trovatore, Seattle Opera, January 16-30, www.seattleopera.org
Xanadu, Paramount Theatre, January 19-24, www.stgpresents.org
South Pacific, The 5th Avenue Theatre, January 29-February 21, www.5thavenue.org
Beginning in February 2010:
Northwest Flower & Garden Show, Feb 3-7, www.gardenshow.com
The Sleeping Beauty, Pacific Northwest Ballet, February 4-14, www.pnb.org
Glengarry Glen Ross, Seattle Repertory Theatre, February 5-28, www.seattlerep.org
Legally Blonde, The 5th Avenue Theatre, February 23- March 14, www.5thavenue.org
Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival, February 25-28, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, www.acousticsound.org
Falstaff, Seattle Opera, February 27- March 13, www.seattleopera.org
Beginning in March 2010:
Chicago, The Paramount Theatre, March 3-7, www.stgpresents.org
Moisture Festival, Various Venues, March 11-April 4, www.moisturefestival.org
3 By Dove, Pacific Northwest Ballet, March 18-28, www.pnb.org
Fences by August Wilson, Seattle Repertory Theatre, March 26-April 18, www.seattlerep.org
Further Out (April 2010 and Beyond):
An Iliad, Seattle Repertory Theatre, April 9 – May 16, www.seattlerep.org
All Balanchine, Pacific Northwest Ballet, April 15-25, www.pnb.org
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
Seattle International Film Festival, May 20-June 13, www.siff.net
Fiddler on the Roof, The Paramount Theatre, May 25-30, www.stgpresents.org
Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, May 28-31, www.nwfolklife.org
Coppélia, Pacific Northwest Ballet, June 3-13, www.pnb.org
The Cider House Rules, Part I, Book-It Repertory Theatre, June 9-July 11, www.book-it.org
Seattle SEAFAIR Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon and ½ Marathon, June 26, www.seafair.com
Bellevue Arts Museum Artsfair, July 23-25, www.bellevuearts.org
Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, Seattle Center, September 4-6, www.bumbershoot.org
For more events, please visit www.visitseattle.org/cultural updated 10/27/09