This week, Crosscut released a podcast about my deep dive into Seattle’s plan to combat graffiti. Let me know about others I’ve missed!Īrts and culture reporter Margo Vansynghel has news of what’s been happening since her story about Mayor Harrell’s new graffiti plan published earlier this month: There seem to be a lot of them hopping around local galleries right now (see image above), from Anthony White’s indefatigable Energizer Bunny at the Seattle Art Museum to Sarah McCrae Morton’s ghostly green rabbits haunting Foster/White Gallery to Marit Berg’s sweet “ Small Mountain Hare” linocut at Davidson Gallery. You can also celebrate Elmer Fudd-style, as I’ve done, by “hunting wabbits” at current art shows. 4 p.m., with performances in Hing Hay Park and a self-guided Food Walk through local restaurants. The neighborhood-wide Chinatown-International District celebration happens on Feb. 3 p.m.) the Wing Luke Museum is throwing its annual lunar affair, featuring a lion dance with firecrackers (outdoors!), as well as craft activities such as ceramics with Ling Chun and a print-your-own rabbit coloring sheet designed by Michelle Kumata. 26) in which Chau portrays Tu’er Shen, the Chinese rabbit deity who protects “same-sex love.” You’ll find more of the artist’s work on Beacon Hill, in a window-front installation at The Grocery Studios (opening Jan. It kicks off with Chinese lion dances by the Mak Fai Kung Fu Club and includes the lighting of a new fire pit and an art installation by Seattle’s Monyee Chau. This weekend, Friends of Waterfront Park is hosting an on-the-dock Lunar New Year celebration at Pier 62 (Jan. In the Seattle area, there are a multitude of places to celebrate the Lunar New Year, which coincides with the first New Moon of the lunar calendar (this year, that’s Jan. But so far this year I’ve felt more like the March Hare from Alice in Wonderland, running around and muttering, “I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!”ĪrtSEA: Notes on Northwest Culture is Crosscut’s weekly arts & culture newsletter. Rabbit years are supposed to be marked by compassion, conflict avoidance, caution and quiet contemplation - all of which sound like a big improvement.
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