We will be having 250 goats in McKinley Park. They will be sectioned off and you won't have to work with them. The goats will be here from Thurs. the 22nd until Tues. the 27th. Come out and join us for 3 hours of fun and you get a free education. For all groups with 5 or more we are giving away a 8x10 picture of your group. Contact Larry 253-905-8020
1. Have you dropped in on this year's Puyallup Fair yet? You've only got one weekend left. But, better yet, try visiting the Fair on a weekday - like today. The crowds will be smaller but the fun will be the same. At the Fair stop by Jooley's "Super Awesome Sideshow" by the Red Gate, a Fair-style take on Jooley Heaps' Box Top Vintage. Also, Flaming Lips play the Puyallup Fair Concert Series tonight.
2. Itching for a topnotch Rage Against the Machine cover band? Who's not? Luckily, tonight at Jazzbones catch Bullet In Your Head, which fits the aforementioned bill. According to the hype, the show is a benefit "in the memory of Renae Hardin for John and Jackson Hardin."
3. Have you stopped by the new Tacoma City Grocer downtown? How about the new Tacoma Food Co-op? On a relatively slow Hump Day, both ventures would be well worth your time.
Art is perplexing. Artists are enigmatic and weird. Does this sound like anyone you know? Does it sound like you? If so, let the TRIPOD Slide Show be the equivalent of a SkillPath financial seminar for the bankruptcy of your artistic knowledge. Talented Tacoma artists command the Madera Architectural Elements Showroom once a month, illuminating their work and creativity with the visually aided enhancement implied by the name of the series. Created by Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino, the night of digital slides features three local photographers and one creative theme.
The next TRIPOD Slide Show slides into Madera Friday featuring 15-minute slide shows by photographers Kevin Freitas, Sharon Styer and Chip Van Gilder under the theme "Tacoma."
I converted my Q&A with Di Nino into a slideshow presentation without most of the slides. (Well, it was an awesome idea in the shower.)
SLIDE ONE: (Di Nino with friends)
LYNN DI NINO: The idea of the TRIPOD shows started because I know so many local photographers. All seem to travel quite a lot and some of their pictures are so compelling.
SLIDE TWO: (Scene from her first TRIPOD show)
DI NINO: The first shows centered around specific subjects: tile work in foreign places, architecture, and then themed shows like The Parts Show. My approach is always brainstorming with friends. Auto parts, body parts, spare parts, hair parts, etc. gives rise to creativity (and fun).
SLIDE THREE: (The Roman numeral 15 constructed out of auto parts)
DI NINO: With The Parts Show I invited three artists to make up a 15-minute show on their theme, which is close to 50 slides, narrated. This particular show was VERY funny.
SLIDE FOUR: (Jori Adkins hugging a lion statue)
DI NINO: Most artists love the challenge of coming up with a good show. I have not limited the presentations to professionals. People who are passionate about certain subjects have delivered many of the best-received shows; for example, Jori has taken pictures of lion statues all over the world.
SLIDE FIVE: (People in a circle holding hands in the middle of the Madera Architectural Elements Showroom)
DI NINO: Another motivator for doing these shows was to promote Madera Architectural Elements Showroom, which I am a member. The membership includes 12 artists who create custom work for contractors, etc. - and we have been looking for ways to expose the space and art to the public. Each month these shows bring in 30-40 people. We happen to own 30-40 chairs and can make the space relatively dark.
SLIDE SIX: (Black space)
DI NINO:See. Dark.
SLIDE SEVEN: (Photo of me hiding behind a lion statue)
DI NINO: I believe every person, with encouragement and exposure, can be "an artist." It can take many forms and these shows are a relatively easy way for even shy people to present something they care about. Talking in the dark is easier for most.
SLIDE EIGHT: (The words "ART" and "LECTURE" are separated by a greater than symbol)
DI NINO:Are the slide shows more art than lecture? I'd say they are meant to be educational and entertaining. And to expose people to small amounts of new information that they can absorb. For example, Chuck Bergman, professor at Pacific Lutheran University showed penguins in the Antarctica and we learned that there are many species of penguins and that about 95 percent of them seem to have disappeared and no one can pinpoint the reason.
SLIDE NINE: (A slide of a slide)
DI NINO: Why slide shows? It seems EVERY person now has a digital camera and knows how to use it. As I go about my life I'm alert to whatever pictures people are taking. I keep mental notes and if I find a compelling new show idea, I find other complimentary shows by thinking up a title for it all to fall under.
SLIDE TEN:(Scene from last month's James Sinding's Words installation at Tollefson Plaza)
DI NINO: I'm also very motivated by words in general, or phrases. It seemed challenging to find three shows under the umbrella The Parts Show. Now I'm toying with the idea Paper, Scissors, Rock, or any phrase that has three units to it and then I'll go find shows that fit. It's pretty fun and the audiences have LOVED these shows.
SLIDE ELEVEN: (Di Nino asleep on Madera's Showroom floor)
DI NINO: One trick is to never go over the time limit: stimulate your audience, don't let them fall asleep!
SLIDE TWELVE: (Photographers Kevin Freitas, Sharon Styler and Chip Van Gilder holding cardboard signs of their respective bios:)
Kevin Freitas is a Tacoma lover transplanted here in the late '90s. Born in Oklahoma, he grew up in Vancouver, Wash. and forged an early love for technology and digital cameras and hasn't looked back since. You may know Kevin's web-presence brainchild: FEEDTACOMA.COM.
Sharon Styer was born in 1950 in Amherst, NY. When she moved to Tacoma five years ago, she decided to learn her way around Tacoma through her lenses. It's remarkable the number of places she's been allowed in simply by wanting to photograph it.
Chip Van Gilder has studied photography since 1978. His experience with 35mm slides, color negative, and B/W negative, 2 1/4 film, 4x5, and 8x10 film including full- fledged darkroom and mounting capabilities, also includes digital imaging, creating large panoramas, event photography, portrait work and art photography.
SLIDE THIRTEEN:(I'm demonstrating how to make shadow animals with my hands against the bright white screen)
TRIPOD Slide Show
Friday, Sept. 23, 7-8:30 p.m., $5 donation Madera Architectural Elements Showroom 2210 Court A, near El Gaucho, downtown Tacoma
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation will hold a dedication ceremony for the ting, donated by officials in Tacoma's sister city in China, Fuzhou. Trees in Old Town Tacoma have been decorated in celebration of the ceremony.
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A grand opening celebration and dedication ceremony for the Fuzhou Ting will be held Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. at Chinese Reconciliation Park, 1741 Schuster Parkway, along the shores of Commencement Bay. The event is co-sponsored by the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation and the City of Tacoma, and it will feature Mayor Marilyn Strickland and Vice Mayor Chen Qi and his delegation from Fuzhou, China.
The event celebrates the completion of the complex installation of the traditional ting or Chinese pavilion in Chinese Reconciliation Park which began one year ago. It also celebrates Tacoma's ongoing Sister City relationship with Fuzhou, China, which donated the ting to Tacoma.
David Fischer, executive director of the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, won Tacoma Arts Commission's new Arts Leadership award for 2011. Photo credit: Pappi Swarner
The City of Tacoma has just released the three winners of this year's AMOCAT Arts Awards. Here's the press release:
The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts, and Stella Haioulani have been selected to receive the Tacoma Arts Commission's 2011 AMOCAT Arts Awards. The awards for Arts Patron, Community Outreach by an Organization and Community Outreach by an Artist, recognize organizations and artists who provide distinctive contributions to the arts in Tacoma. ??In celebration of this year's 10th anniversary of Art at Work Month, a fourth award category, Arts Leadership, was created to honor David Fischer of the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts for his exemplary vision, dedication and leadership in the arts in Tacoma.
The "Arts Leadership" award goes to David Fischer, Executive Director of the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA). Since joining the organization in 2006, David in partnership with BCPA staff, Board and volunteers, has led the Broadway Center in tripling its audience, quadrupling the amount of diverse programming it offers, and providing the state's largest, most dynamic arts education program. Diversity and access are at the heart of BCPA's future, and to ensure this focus, the organization has hosted eight community dialogues to address the programming needs of our community. David has also achieved a balance between bringing high-quality performances to Tacoma and ensuring broad access to such programming by offering a tiered pricing program and partnering with social service organizations to distribute over 27,000 free tickets to the community since 2006.
The "Arts Patron" award goes to The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (GTCF) for their support of the arts in Tacoma. GTCF believes that the arts are an essential component to achieving a vibrant, compassionate, and engaged community, and this support is shown year after year through grants, awards, and various arts programming. Last year, GTCF invested nearly $500,000 in support of the arts, including over $74,000 in grants. GTCF continues to recognize and support local professional artists with its annual Foundation of Art Award, founded in 2008.
The "Community Outreach by an Organization" award goes to D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts for their continued commitment to providing performing arts instruction, education, and mentorship to underserved communities and lower-income families in Tacoma and Pierce County. D.A.S.H. uses the performing arts to reach hundreds of Tacoma's youth each year, cultivating an appreciation for the arts, instilling self-worth and guiding them toward brighter futures. In addition, D.A.S.H. instructors offer their students character development guidance, one-on-one and peer mentorship, and an introduction to college programs. Participating youth are also required to maintain a 2.7 grade point average and complete community service projects every year.
The "Community Outreach by an Artist" award goes to established filmmaker, disk jockey, writer, poet and consultant, Stella Haioulani. Inspired on a daily basis by the limitless possibilities of creative expression, she has produced countless provocative and enriching programs with the aim of heightening awareness and generating positive change in the areas of social justice and equality through the arts. Stella is also the founder and CEO of Free Ya Mind, Inc., a company that serves to bridge the gap between businesses, organizations and urban communities by using the vehicles of visual and literary arts. In 2001, in the wake of 9/11, Stella created the Free Ya Mind Poetry, Spoken Word and Open Mic Show. Every month, for the last 10 years, Stella has hosted this event, encouraging artists of all levels to participate.
Awardees will be honored at the annual Art at Work Opening Party on Nov. 3, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Museum of Glass. In addition to honoring the awardees, there will be contemporary dance by BQdanza, fire dancing by Flair Entertainment, renditions of Tacoma-themed songs by TWO OLD, TWO NEW barbershop quartet and an iron and ice pour by Tacoma Community College. Appetizers and cake will be served and attendees will have an opportunity to view the museum's galleries. ??This free public event is sponsored by Click! Cable TV, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington State Arts Commission, Weekly Volcano, Premier Media Group, Seattle Weekly and Celebrity Cake Studio. Visit www.ArtAtWorkTacoma.com for more information.
The Weekly Volcano won the Arts Patron Award in 2007. David Fischer, GTCF, D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts and Stella Haioulani can expect groupies, paparazzi and reality TV show offers.
What a great show. Both Boz and Michael seemed to enjoy the night and it showed. Closing the evening with both on stage, paying tribute to songwritters with different styles added to the evening. My wife and I attended the Fair's Hall and Oates show last year, it was a good show but the band appeared they wanted to get to the next venue as soon as possible with a very short show. Lot's of great music last night.
There is a ubiquitous muffin in the South Sound seen at most every coffee shop: The oversized mushroom-shaped cakelike pastry that isn't necessarily bad, but gets a bit repetitive. You won't find that kind of muffin at the Mama's Bakery, which is a wholesale business with a storefront. With 21 choices like German chocolate, strawberry, peanut butter, funky monkey, and the most amazing pumpkin cream cheese (new this season) you've ever noshed, these softball-size muffins are guaranteed to tide you over for hours.
The citrus muffins - lemon poppyseed, lemon blueberry, cranberry orange - carry a citrus bite, rather than an overly sweet taste.
Forget those puny, sickly-sweet, cakey, lipid-laced pucks that pass for muffins out there. Mama's makes serious muffins for serious muffin people. Drop one on your toe and you'll be sorry.
1. Celebrate the completion of the the traditional Ting, or Chinese pavilion, in Chinese Reconciliation Park today at 2 p.m. with Tacoma mayor Marilyn Strickland and vice mayor Chen Qi and a delegation from Fuzhou, China. It's been in the works for a year. Find more info here.
4. Drop in on the "Come Out and Play" open mic tonight at the Tempest Lounge, hosted by the venerable Kim Archer and Nick Sandy. It's all-ages and runs from 7 - 10 p.m.
As always, we put together another shining issue of the Volcano this week. It's kind of "our thing." It's what we do. If it wasn't for making the Volcano, well, we'd be pretty boring. The music section is a huge part of that, each week crammed with quality local music coverage like you'll find nowhere else in the South Sound.
Yes, it's Thursday, meaning there's a new Weekly Volcano music section waiting for you on the street and online, packed to the gills with sonic goodness.
Here's a look at the Volcano music coverage waiting for you ...
At the heart of the music created by Campfire OK is an all-consuming commitment to the crescendo. Tension reigns over the band's debut LP, Strange Like We Are-tension for the moment when the six-piece will explode, and every knot and tangle that has lived in your muscles will melt away. Until those moments, though, Campfire OK relishes that tension, manipulating it masterfully over twelve percussive tunes that make full use of every instrument and member that makes up the band. ... -- Rev. Adam McKinney
As a producer, Qui Vive does more than just make beats and send them off to rappers. He performs live sets where he produces his beats right before the audience's eyes - using his producer tools much like a musician uses instruments. It makes for an engaging live show. Qui Vive's beats are wonky, fonky, loose and quirky. It's good nerdy s*** that makes ya want to groove. Give it a listen. ... -- Josh Rizeberg
Last week started with a bang Thursday at The New Frontier Lounge, as Seattle's Ancient Warlocks and Portland's White Orange brought their tour to a small yet supportive crowd of hipsters, musicians and freaks. Local boys (Really! They are like 19!!!) Rooftop Warriors started simply by stating "We like Black Sabbath," before thundering into some decent heavy psych indie-metal. The New Frontier is a nice small room and I was amazed at how well the P.A. held up as both Ancient Warlocks and White Orange turned their stacks to 11 and blew the doors off. White Orange is literally as loud as Jucifer. Perfect!!! ... -- Jason McKibbin
Friday, Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death will take the Jazzbones' stage, dispensing multi-faceted indie rock to the masses. Led by guitarist Adam Turla, over the course of a ten-plus year career (the band originally went by the name Little Joe Gould) Murder By Death has made a name on brainy, well-written alt-country tinged tunes that rely on storytelling and keen musicianship, not to mention the electric cello styling of founding member Sarah Balliet. This show should be memorable for plenty of reasons. - Matt Driscoll
SLIDE ONE: (Di Nino with friends)
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