The Seattle Symphony turned heads with a performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, an atonal song cycle that is one of classical music’s most bizarre masterpieces. Together, the poems paint a pictures of a dark, twisted world, with a touch of the fantastic. Continue reading Moonlight Madness With Seattle Symphony’s Pierrot Lunaire
Film noir fans, rejoice — or brood charismatically in front of a starkly-lit city street, at least. Noir City’s back. If you’re even familiar in passing with the film noir genre, you’re probably well-acquainted with the annual fest, curated by Film Noir Guru Eddie Muller and brimming with darkly-rich cinematic morsels. Continue reading Seattle Becomes Noir City Once More
Exquisitely lit as though coming from very early dawn on a clear day, ten company members danced in close formation. They used all kinds of slapping, stamping techniques in perfect unison, starting from a seated position and gradually rising to incorporating body movement as well, feet flexed, movements always swift, vigorous, separate but in unison and accompanied by drums. Continue reading Black Grace’s Dancers from Down Under Mesmerize at Meany
At the moment, the State Legislature is considering three of those troublesome products that no one quite knows what to do with — rechargeable batteries, unused paint, and CFL and fluorescent lights (which contain mercury). Continue reading Legislature Debates “Product Stewardship” of Batteries, Paint & Lights
Zetlan is currently in Seattle singing Musetta in La Bohème (February 23 to March 10). Updated to be set the year it was written, 1896 (it’s usually set in the 1830s), the production features photography — in the staging, in the sets, and even on the show curtain, which will include a picture actually taken in Act II of the opera. Continue reading “Bohème” and Rhinemaidens in Harnesses – Oh My!
We here at Glimpses love a good photo of a library – especially when it involves people using a library! Thanks to new SunBreak Flickr Pool user Lotus21 for her addition. Continue reading Glimpses: “electronics on the left – books on the right…”
We also don’t know, for instance, how many of the MCs were belated responses to an in-person approach, shot down but then regretted once an overactive fight-or-flight response subsided. Google, our age’s final arbiter, pulls no punches either way. Auto-complete for “Why are Seattle men so…?” yields “unfriendly,” “bad,” and “loud.” Continue reading Maybe Seattle’s Dating Scene is as Bad as Women Think It is
