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== Now or in the next few weeks == |
== Now or in the next few weeks == |
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| − | '''FRY ART MUSEUM''' |
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| − | Henry Darger -- Highlights from the American Folk Art Museum |
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| − | August 19 - October 29, 2006 |
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| − | Frye Art Museum |
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| − | 704 Terry Avenue |
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| − | 206-622-9250 |
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| − | '''[http://www.fryemuseum.org/ Frye Museum]''' |
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| − | Henry Darger (1892–1973) was a self-taught reclusive artist who created and inhabited an imaginary world through extensive writings, paintings, and drawings. After Darger’s death, his Chicago neighbor and landlord discovered and made public Darger’s previously unknown volume of work. |
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| − | Darger is best known for his illustrated epic about a world torn apart by war: The Story of the Vivian Girls, In what Is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion. |
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| − | Drawn from the American Folk Art Museum’s Henry Darger Collection, this traveling exhibition includes twenty paintings, drawings, and tracings by the artist, source materials—including newspaper clippings, magazines, comic books, cartoons, and coloring books—and Darger’s personal documents and other ephemera. One bound volume of the original typewritten manuscript for In the Realms of the Unreal will also be exhibited. |
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| − | Henry Darger: Highlights from the American Folk Art Museum is organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York. |
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| − | A documentary of Darger’s work, In the Realms of the Unreal, is available for those wanting a preview or more information about the artist’s oeuvre. The film will be shown at the Frye in the Fall. |
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| − | == In the next few months == |
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| − | * June 15: '''[http://www.beanonline.org/events_attend.asp?id=250 BEAN Happy Hour]''' at [[Bites Asian Tapas & Wild Sushi]] |
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| − | * August 24: '''[http://www.800theface.com/entercontest.asp Botox, Radiesse & Thermage Day]''' at [http://www.800theface.com Anderson Cosmetic Surgery in Bellevue] |
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| − | * August 25 (Last Friday): '''[[Critical Mass]]''' |
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| − | * October 13-22: '''[http://www.seattlequeerfilm.com/ The 11th annual Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival]''' |
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| − | * October 13-28: '''[http://www.seattlecomedyfest.com/ Seattle Comedy Festival]''' at [[The Paramount Theatre]] and [[Moore Theatre]] |
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| − | * November 2, 7:00pm: '''[http://www.nba.com/soncis/ Seattle SuperSonics]''' regular-season opener vs. L.A. Clippers, [[Key Arena]] |
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| − | * May 18-June 11: '''[http://www.seattlefilm.org/ Seattle International Film Festival 2006]''' |
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| − | * May 26-29: '''[http://www.nwfolklife.org NW Folklife Festival]''' |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Latest revision as of 07:27, 26 June 2007
Now or in the next few weeks[]
See also[]
- Seattle.gov - Culture & Recreation - Festivals & Fairs - alphabetical listing of major fairs and festivals in the Puget Sound area
- Events and Past events