Ron A. Brown
seattle, wa
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- Member since: 2007-03-18 00:00:00
- Last log-in: 2007-09-03 00:00:00
- Events: 19
Events:
Pacific Northwest Ballet's Backstage Bash
Where: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Date: 2007-04-20 21:30:00
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Friday, April 20, 2007 9:30 pm (post-performance) McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street, Seattle When the curtain goes down…the party gets started! Join PNB following a performance from the Celebrate Seattle Festival featuring excerpts from Carmen (George Bizet/Trisha Brown), Adin (Sergei Rachmaninoff/Christopher Stowell), Locate (Jarrad Powell/Mary Sheldon Scott), and the world premiere of Sense of Doubt by Paul Gibson with music by Phillip Glass. Scarf down excellent bites and toast the evening's performance before kickin' it on the dance floor to the tunes of DJ E-Z Action with streaming video by VJ scobot. Get techno-tronic to the max! ADMISSION: Backstage Bash Tickets: Alpha: $40 Complimentary food & drink Beta: $100 Alpha plus Bash T-shirt & signed Celebrate Seattle poster Purchase Tickets Online or Call 206.441.2424 Please Note: April 20th Celebrate Seattle performance tickets sold separately ($20/$40/$60/$80)
The Women
Where: ACT Theatre
Date: 2007-10-11 19:30:00
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Director Warner Shook (Enchanted April, The Goat, Born Yesterday) wrangles a baker's dozen of Seattle's top actresses in Clare Boothe Luce's super-stylish, venomously funny 1930s comedy about marriage, gossip, divorce and friendship among a group of gleefully back-stabbing ladies who lunch. The stellar company will include Anne Allgood, Suzanne Bouchard, Julie Briskman, Emily Cedergreen, Deborah Fialkow, Elizabeth Huddle, Suzy Hunt, Laura Kenny, Marianne Owen and Annette Toutonghi.
FREE Yoga Class - noon
Where: Fremont Abbey Arts Center
Date: 2007-07-18 12:00:00
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taught by Michele from Yoga Tree. please RSVP! email to arts@fremontabbey.org minimum: 4 max: 20 all ages noon-1pm, bring your lunch or buy from Fremont Classic! we'll provide water/etc.
"Dawning Age of Experience" with Jared Spool
Where: One Union Square Boardroom
Date: 2007-07-10 18:00:00
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No registration is required for this free meeting of interested professionals. Please feel free to forward this message. Networking starts at 6 pm, with the presentation at 7 pm. Job announcements will follow. Description Experience design is no longer a nice-to-have luxury of a few organizations with tons of money and exceptional visionary management. It's become commonplace for organizations that build products and web sites. Experience Design is a centerpiece of boardroom discussions and quickly becoming a key performance indicator for many businesses. However, you can't just hire a couple of "experience designers" and tell them, "Go do that voodoo that you do so well." Today's business environment forces us to build multi-disciplinary teams, compiling a diverse group of skills and experiences to handle the many facets of the technical, business, and user requirements. In his usual entertaining and insightful manner, Jared will talk about what it takes to build a design team that meets today's needs. He'll demonstrate how successful Experience Design: + Must integrate the needs of the users with the requirements of the business + Is learned, but not available through introspection + Must be invisible to succeed + Is cultural + Is multi-disciplinary + Thrives best in an "educate and administrate" environment You'll see examples of designs from Apple's iPod, Netflix, the Mayo Clinic, and Southwest Airlines, to name a few. Bio Jared M. Spool, User Interface Engineering, Founding Principal If you've ever seen Jared speak about usability, you know that he's probably the most effective, knowledgeable communicator on the subject today. What you probably don't know is that he has guided the research agenda and built User Interface Engineering into the largest research organization of its kind in the world. He's been working in the field of usability and design since 1978, before the term "usability" was ever associated with computers. Jared spends his time working with the research teams at the company, helps clients understand how to solve their design problems, explains to reporters and industry analysts what the current state of design is all about, and is a top-rated speaker at more than 20 conferences every year. He is also the conference chair and keynote speaker at the annual User Interface Conference, is on the faculty of the Tufts University Gordon Institute, and manages to squeeze in a fair amount of writing time. Location and Directions to the One Union Square Board Room The meeting will be held in the Board Room of the One Union Square building in Seattle, (600 University St, Seattle, WA 98101-1176). I-5 SOUTHBOUND * Take the Union Street exit * Turn Left on the Seventh Avenue Drive-thru (first light just after the Union Street exit) * The Seventh Avenue Drive-thru travels under Two Union Square. The Garage entry is mid-block on the right. There is a fee for parking in the garage. I-5 NORTHBOUND * Take the Seneca Street exit * Turn right at the first light onto Sixth Avenue * Take a soft right at University Street (Be careful to stay left of the concrete divider separating University Street from the freeway onramp. Turning hard right will put you onto the Freeway) * University Street curves left and becomes the Seventh Avenue Drive-thru behind Union Square. Look for the sign indicating the parking garage entrance on your left. There is a fee for parking in the garage. In the Parking Garage * Park near the West garage elevators. Take the West elevators to the Fireplace Lobby. At the Fireplace Lobby, walk toward One Union Square to your right. As you exit the Fireplace Lobby you will see escalators on your left. The Union Square Boardroom is located directly behind the escalators. This message came to you from the Puget Sound SIGCHI AnnouncePlus List. To subscribe, send an email to pssigchi-announceplus-on@quibble.com To unsubscribe, send an email to pssigchi-announceplus-off@quibble.com
Decibel Festival 2007
Where: Neumo's
Date: 2007-09-20 20:00:00
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Decibel Festival 2007 The 4th Annual Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media is happening September 20th through the 23rd in Seattle. This year's program features over 60 artists presented in 14 showcases, representing 9 countries across 9 venues, each being outfitted with custom sound and video. In keeping with festival tradition, expect to experience a broad range of cutting-edge electronic music based performances from international talent of the highest caliber. Discounted passes are on sale now for a limited time, and the Performers section will be continuously updated with additions to the lineup. Venues: The Baltic Room Broadway Performance Hall Chop Suey The Henry Art Gallery Moe Bar Neumo's Oseao Town Hall VIP Room
Pacific Northwest Ballet Carmina Burana
Where: Seattle Center Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Date: 2007-04-21 14:00:00
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Kountrystock 2007
Where: El Corazon
Date: 2007-08-31 17:30:00
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Hosted by Invazn with DJ Harsh spinning, Kountrystock 2007 features Invazn, Relentless Intent, The Reallionaires, Sash, FTF, Sonny Brown, Michelle Simmons, Zarak Simmons, J Chronic, Breathe Eazy, J Pinder and The Syndicate, among others.
Kids Eco-T-Shirt Class
Where: Fremont Abbey Arts Center
Date: 2007-04-11 13:00:00
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FREE kids Workshop: Learn to carve original designs into recycled objects to make stencils and printmaking plates to transfer images into t-shirts (put on by Nature Consortium)
Milo Petersen and the Jazz Disciples
Where: Tula's
Date: 2007-08-31 20:30:00
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This highly-disciplined quintet is headed up by drummer, guitarist and composer Milo Petersen.
Mame - Seattle
Where: 5th Avenue Theatre
Date: 2008-02-12 00:00:00
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Mame - Seattle 2/12/2008 5th Ave Theatre
Pocket Change
Where: Triple Door Mainstage
Date: 2007-12-17 19:30:00
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Pocket Change is a seven-piece funk project based in Seattle, Washington. With an updated funk sound likened to that of Soulive, P-Change has enjoyed great success as a band that can get audiences up and moving. With the release of their self-titled debut album in September 2006, Pocket Change has created a buzz with their high level of musical ability, incredible stage energy and deep groove.
A Clockwork Reduction
Where: Northwest Film Forum
Date: 2007-12-16 20:00:00
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Seattle School and the Northwest Film Forum present A Clockwork Reduction Live Filmmaking in Parts WHERE the Northwest Film Forum - 1515 12th Ave, on Capitol Hill between Pike and Pine WHEN 9 PM (8 PM doors), Fri 14 & Sat 15 DEC Special screening of the finished films with LIVE "DVD commentary" 7 PM, Sun 16 DEC HOW MUCH Fri & Sat $15 general / $12 NWFF members Sunday screening FREE for stub keepers from Fri or Sat - all others standard admission Advance ticket purchase available online until the day of the show from Brown Paper Tickets or by calling 1-800-838-3006 FEATURING THE KEEN DIRECTORIAL PROWESS OF: Virginia Bogert - the Emmy award winning President of Women in Film Seattle, with works shown in several film festivals Sue Corcoran - High end commercial video (Microsoft, Real Networks) and features to include "She's a Dog" Daniel Gildark - "Cthulhu" with Tori Spelling, a darling at SIFF and the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and several other projects Christian Palmer - "Forcefields" Kris Kristensen - Numerous films and projects to include "Inheritance" shown on HBO and "White Face" as seen on HBO & Cinemax Lynn Shelton - Numerous films and music videos to include "We Go Way Back" Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance WITH AMAZING TALENTS OF: Rob Millis - film composer and founder of the legendary Climax Golden Twins Jacob Stone - producer of the popular Opticlash VJ battles and founder of Punch Drunk Productions Kris Moon - education director of the Decibel festival and founder of the Laptop Battle AND THE PERFORMANCE STYLINGS OF: Danielle Gibeson, Abby Klein, Jesse Robinett, Dustin Kemp, Caitlin Ngo, JD Darton, and more We think Andy Warhol’s 1965 film “Vinyl” is super. Warhol adapted the Anthony Burgess novel “A Clockwork Orange” a full 6 years before Kubrick’s version. It’s super. So we’ve decided to remake it. But remaking a film is expensive and difficult and time-consuming. And we’re not filmmakers. And we’re not big fans of recorded media. And we’re not fans of singular vision. We like collaboration. We like watching artists who know that their visions will be foiled, agendas blocked, try with enthusiasm anyway. We want to see brilliant people rapidly maneuver around constraints. So we’ve decided to remake “Vinyl”, but actually we’re going to let other artists remake it for us. We will restage the film as a live performance. And at the end of the performance, we will have a finished product that could be called a film. We’re remaking “Vinyl” by breaking it into parts. We’re remaking it by unmaking it. This is how: In theater A, the “Sound Stage”, the audience will witness film production in action, video cameras capture 6 directors directing 6 factory-esque models cum actors. Without speaking, each director must frantically communicate what they want their assigned actor to do. The directors are passing on direction from the “Studio Head”, who they are hearing in their closed circuit headphones – he’s giving notes and watching “Vinyl” in real time. He may or may not be eating fried chicken. In theater B, the “Focus Group” the audience interjects in the creative process. There is a projection of the actors in theater A and composers improvise and perform a live score as they watch. Concurrently, the voice of the Studio Head, not heard in theater A, is broadcast for the audience in theater B. A camera with a direct line to the Studio Head roams the audience capturing “feedback” for what the directors should do next. And from the lobby, the “Screening Room”, the audience can imbibe, deconstruct, and opine about the entire process. The finished video and audio from both theaters are projected onto a translucent screen. A VJ/editor cuts and merges feeds from all cameras to create the finished film, live with soundtrack, all in real time. Simultaneously, all this craziness is webcast on the Seattle School website www.seattleschool.net. The audience can move around freely throughout the whole facility to see different constrained perspectives of the whole filmmaking process – a very weird, Rube Goldberg version of the filmmaking process. The show ends when Vinyl ends. Everyone is invited to stay after for fresh waffles, a Seattle School tradition, and general drunkenness, a Seattle School compulsion. Yes, there will be Cool Whip. AND! A special Sunday screening will get you inside the muddy heads of the would be filmmakers. We’ll screen both nights films in both theaters simultaneously and talk over it, just like on the DVDs. So if you’re still scratching your head, come back for the special features, and everything will be made clear. For more information, check out: www.AClockworkReduction.com Contact A Clockwork Reduction at chairmanmin@yahoo.com And check out www.SeattleSchool.net for more artsy schmutz en route to yr thik skulz
Drop-In Art: Rainbow Paper
Where: Bellevue Arts Museum
Date: 2008-02-28 15:30:00
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Wouldn't it be great if your pencil drew many different colors? Visitors will create a paper that looks black on top, but when you draw on it, you'll reveal many different colors!
Educator Open House
Where: Pacific Science Center
Date: 2008-02-02 00:00:00
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Educators are invited in to explore what Pacific Science Center has to offer. It's all free. Check in 8:30-11 a.m.
Lawrence Welk Takes A Leap, Wally Shoup
Where: The Jewel Box Theater
Date: 2008-02-29 22:30:00
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Performers include the Cathy Sporbo, Evilyn Sin Claire, Johnny B, Darling Pony Boy, Sweetpea and Kim, and Kalus Lustica. The alto saxophonist Wally Shoup is one of the few American representatives of the musical praxis that dropped the jazz part of the "free jazz" equation and started improvising without idiomatic parameters. Hailing from Seattle, Washintgon, Dave plays folk/americana/classical music. Bob Rees is well known around the Pacific Northwest for his work as a free jazz drummer and as an improvising percussionist as well as for performing with jam bands Beecraft and Flowmotion.
Jim Norton
Where: The Moore Theatre
Date: 2008-03-28 20:00:00
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Jim Norton has appeared on Comedy Central's 'Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn.'