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BULLETIN
March 8, 2012 / 14 Adar 5772
Happy Purim!
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CONTENTS: Click on any item to go to it. FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, DO SCROLL DOWN PAST THE KADIMA NEWS.
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Auction ticket sales end on March 8th at the end of the day. Order your tickets!
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Community work party, March 18th
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מבוגרים! Learn to read Hebrew in six easy hours!
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Seattle Jewish Chorale performing with Choir of the Sound on March 27th
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Book, Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion, by Michael Levy
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The Jewish Magazine, Purim Issue!
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Women of the Book newsletter
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Be'chol Lashon Newsletter links
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Rosh Chodesh gathering for Teen Girls, April 7th
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April Shabbat morning service date to be announced
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NEW Pre-K class! Enrollment is OPEN
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Save the date!
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Kadima Sundays & Mondays schedules
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Enroll in Sunday School, Hebrew School, Pre-K class
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Kadima and WTP are on Facebook
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Consider making a donation to Kadima
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Kadima Calendar
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Do your shopping on line - Kadima receives a percentage of each sale!
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your favorite Jewish community at our favorite Indian restaurant!
Kadima's Annual
Dinner-Auction-Talent Show
Fundraiser
Only 46 tickets available.
Ticket sales end at the end of the day today, March 8th. Order yours today!$60 mensch level / $45 adults / $18 ages 5-12
Children 4 & younger no charge
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Consider Tom Sawyer. He got that fence painted!
Community Work Party, Sunday, March 18th! 10 'til noon You are welcome to stay as long as you would like to, or need to, to complete your self-assigned task! Invite your friends, or work together and make new friends. Bring your own supplies: What will you need to get the job done? Rake, gloves, rags, shovel, mop, vac, broom, paint, squeegee, cleaning supplies, etc. Here is a list of indoor and outdoor Kadima House tasks that we hope to accomplish, if we all work together. You are welcome to think up your own project, too: Inside-upstairs Bathrooms x2 Kitchen, refrigerator, stove Floors Cobwebs (high and low) Windows Shelve books and label library shelves Outdoors -Beautify our front space. Now is a good time to thin or divide plants in your own yard. Bring something interesting and plant it in Kadima's yard. -Trimming, pruning. -Brush off front curb and repaint with yellow marking paint. -Scrape, prime, paint the front handrails and/or door. -Wash windows.
Sprucing up for Spring, getting ready for Passover!
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Beginning on Thursday, March 22, at 7:00 pm*
LEARN TO READ HEBREW IN SIX EASY HOURS!
Classes for adults!
Free for Kadima members
$60 for students who are not Kadima members
Learn to read the (Kadima) prayer book! Learn to confidently decode the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet): consonants and vowels. Why should the kids be the ones to decipher this secret code, and have all the fun, too!?!
Suzie Hellerstein, teacher: Suzie is a Kadima board member, and has nine years of K-8 teaching experience, as well as experience in adult education instruction and teacher training. She learned to read Hebrew as an adult, so understands the unique challenges.
The first session will be held at Suzie's home. Suzie would like to meet in students' homes thereafter. Class locations and the schedule will be determined at the first class.
*March 22 is a tentative date that can be changed to a date that works for everyone (excluding certain Mondays and the second Tuesday of each month). The class will meet weekly for six consecutive weeks.
To enroll in this class, or to learn more about it, please contact the Kadima office: office@kadima.org or (206) 547-3914.
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Saturday, March 10 · 7 pm Sunday, March 11 · 3 pm Trinity Lutheran Church (6215 196th St SW, Lynnwood)
Dare to Dream, Dare to be Free! Join Choir of Sound and special guests Total Experience Gospel Choir and Seattle Jewish Chorale (including Kadimaniks Suzie Hellerstein and Sima Kahn) as they explore musical dreams of liberation and freedom from throughout history. Choir of the Sound performs traditional choral music and show tunes, along with inventive staging, costumes and choreography. It is the Choir's 35th Anniversary year!
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 Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion, by Michael Levy
"An irreverent account of the author's experiences as a Jewish-American Peace Corps volunteer serving in rural China describes his observations about the lives of China's interior populations and their complex relationships with local traditions and the rapid changes of modernization."
Kosher Chinese is Mr. Levy's first book. He is a 2011 Award-Winner from the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Program.
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Women of the Book is "a visual, midrashic (interpretive) scroll based on the form and content of a traditional Torah scroll and created on 54 parchment panels (the number of Torah portions) by 54 Jewish women artists from around the world." Shoshana Gugenheim, Founding Director, was the lead scribe of the Women's Torah Project.
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 Links to stories in the Be'chol Lashon Newsletter. Be'chol Lashon is based in San Francisco. Throughout my conversion process as I learned about Jewish holidays and why we and when we celebrated them, I kept interrupting my rabbi to comment that it all sounded really pagan. To most people, "pagan" means devil-worship, to me it means earth-based. The fact that Jews have not hidden our very earth-based, agricultural roots from our lives as 21st century Jews was welcoming to me. (continued) For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez. (continued) The painter Kehinde Wiley became famous for his boldly patterned and brightly colored portraits of African American men in hip-hop clothing posing as emperors, saints or other nobles in the style of the Old Masters of 18th and 19th century European art. ...His latest series focused on young men in Israel, from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, painted on a background of Jewish ceremonial art. (continued)
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Rosh Chodesh Gathering for Teen Girls Saturday, April 7, 3 - 5 pm Please contact Sharron Lerner, Education Director, for more information.
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Shabbat morning service
April date to be announced
Kadima House
Community spirit, song, and thoughtful discussion
Parshah
The celebration of Shabbat includes a potluck: dairy/vegetarian (scaled fish okay).
RSVPs are helpful but not required: office@kadima.org or
(206) 547-3914. Please let us know if you will need child care.
Kadima House 12353 8th Ave. NE
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Enrollment is OPEN ♦ Come join Us!
NEW Pre-K Class!
For children 4-5 years old. Developing Jewish identity and kindergarten readiness skills.
For single-parent families, interfaith parents, same-sex parents...for all parents raising Jewish children.
This Pre-K program will serve as an introduction to Jewish songs, stories, traditions, and progressive Jewish values.
The Kadima Pre-Kindergarten meets Sundays, twice monthly, 10:00 a.m. - noon at Kadima House.
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SAVE the Date! Saturday, March 31 First Kadima movie night. At the home of Suzie and Joe Hellerstein. Sunday, April 1 Open House Saturday, April 7 Passover seder at Prospect Church Friday, April 27 Erev Shabbat dinner at the home of Andree Gagnon and Paul Duren |
Kadima Sundays and Mondays Sundays (10 am to noon) March 18 April 1 & 29 Mondays March 12, 19 & 26 April 2, 9, 23 & 30 Hebrew (5th grade) - 4:45-5:45 Hebrew 1 - 5:30-6:30 Hebrew (6th grade) - 5:45-6:45 B'nei Mitzvah - 7:00-8:00 |
PRE-K, SUNDAY SCHOOL, HEBREW, AND B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM Download an Enrollment and Membership Registration form. KADIMA OFFERS... MODERN CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW CLASSES For 3rd-8th grades. TWICE MONTHLY SUNDAY CLASSES FOR GRADES K-7 AND A B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM Visit Kadima's website for more information about our Sunday School and B'nei Mitzvah program, or contact Sharron Lerner, Education Director, at slerner@kadima.org, or the office at (206) 547-3914. A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM For children 4-5 years old. Developing Jewish identity and kindergarten readiness skills. For single-parent families, inter-faith parents, same-sex parents...for all parents raising Jewish children. This Pre-K program will serve as an introduction to Jewish songs, stories, traditions, and progressive Jewish values. The Kadima Pre-Kindergarten meets Sundays, twice monthly, 10:00 am to noon at Kadima House. View Pre-K flyer. Contact Sharron Lerner for more information. |
Be sure to 'like' Kadima and the WTP on Facebook. Kadima is on Facebook. 
The Women's Torah Project is on Facebook.
Two simple ways to connect with Kadima. |
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Seattle's premiere progressive Jewish Community integrates celebration, study, and work for social justice, through programs, holidays, Shabbatot, education for all generations, activism for a just, peaceful and healthy world, and many avenues to a warm Jewish community. Think of Kadima as your "Jewish Salon," a comfortable setting for the free exchange of ideas and experiences!
Kadima's Women's Torah Project has completed the first Torah in history to be scribed and completely embellished by an international community of women.Kadima is a co-founder of the Middle East Peace Camp for Children. 2012 MEPC dates: July 9-13! Registration form
Contact Kadima!
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Make Kadima House a sanctuary filled with learning, celebration, activism, spirit and warm community!
HOW TO DONATE
Donate via NetworkForGood.org, where Kadima is a non-profit client, and you can sign up to make a donation monthly -- easy on the pocketbook! · Send a check: Kadima, 12353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle WA 98125 · Call the office, (206) 547-3914, with credit card info · Members may call to add a donation to their account.
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KADIMA CALENDAR |
Kadima Dinner, Auction & Talent Show
Saturday, March 17,
5-9 pm
Bombay Grill
Community Work Party
March 18
Hebrew Reading Class for Adults begins
March 22, 7 pm
First Kadima Movie Night, at the home of Suzie & Joe HellersteinMarch 31, 7 pm
Open HouseApril 1
Passover seder
April 7
Erev Shabbat Dinner at the home of Andree Gagnon and Paul Duren
April 27Rosh Chodesh Gathering for Teen Girls April 7, 3-5 pm
Regarding Rosh Chodesh for Teenage Girls. please contact Sharron Lerner. Regarding leading, attending, chanting Torah and/or helping with Shabbat services, contact the Kadima office.
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JEWISH COMMUNITY EVENTS
If an event title is underlined you can click on the title to open a link to more information. Opens Friday, March 9 · Seven Gables Theatre (911 NE 50th St, Seattle)
Sunday, March 11 · 8 pm · Seven Gables Theatre
Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center invites you to a post-show discussion with Cecilia Benzaquen, a member of our own community, whose parents are the subject of the film. From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland comes In Darkness, an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. The drama is based on the true story of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, who one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected: the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's Camp Scholarship Application is available for Summer 2012. The program is designed to help families in Washington State with the cost of camp tuition. Applications are due by March 9. Apply today! Tuesday, March 13 · 10 - Noon · Jewish Family Service (1601 - 16th Ave, Seattle)
Emotion coaching helps parents guide their children through life's ups and downs in a way that builds confidence, resilience and strong relationships. Advance registration required; space is limited. $18/person or $25/couple. Financial assistance available; please ask. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org.
March 15-25
Film schedule
Special events
SJFF12 Trailer
Call for Volunteers: Send an email with your up-to-date contact information and your availability before and during the festival. Earn a ticket voucher for each shift.
Wednesday, March 14 · 5:30 - 8:45 pm · Mercer Island Community Center (8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island)
Join the Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and women of all ages and backgrounds, for an evening of Jewish learning featuring special keynote speaker Gilah Kletenik, Congregational Scholar at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York. Each participant is invited to enjoy an exceptional keynote speaker and participate in two 45-minute learning sessions of her choice led by a variety of local female educators. Sessions and speakers info coming soon. $36 Registration -- $72 Supporter.
Jacob Friedman Holocaust Writing & Art Contest 2012
Entries must be postmarked by March 16. Open to students in grades 5-12 in WA, OR, ID, and AK. Contest Guidelines.
Saturday, March 17 · 7 - 10 pm · Temple De Hirsch Sinai (1511 E Pike St, Seattle)
Film: Hazman Havarod (Gay Days)
A free screening of Hazman Havarod, a film which follows the trajectory of gay rights in Israel. In 1985, only three people in Israel were openly gay. By 1998, over 3000 were. Filmmaker Yair Quedar artfully captures the excitement and energy of this extraordinary movement. The discussion following the screening will feature current leaders from some of the largest LGBTQ organizations in Israel. FREE. More info: LaurenS@standwithus.com.
Wednesday, March 21 · 6:30 - 8:30 pm · Jewish Family Service (1601 - 16th Ave, Seattle)
Explore how to build a healthier relationship with the woman you love. $15/person. $25/couple. Advance registration required. Contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org.
Thursday, March 22 · 6:30 pm · SJCC, Mercer Island
A Ten-Carat Diamond Anniversary:
The Ben Bridge Story, from a 1912 Start-Up to Warren Buffet and Beyond
Join us for an evening with Herb and Jon Bridge to hear about building their family business and the customer service and community commitment that built a legendary business and attracted the investing mind of Warren Buffet. Come hear this fascinating story and learn about the core values that built a trusted brand during the past century. An SJCC Business Track Lecture Series lecture. Register here.
Saturday, March 24 · 2 pm · Good Shepherd Center
Music of Remembrance
Part of MOR's free Sparks of Glory educational series. Two contemporary composers, Simon Sargon and Osvaldo Golijov, are on the program, along with the audacious and innovative Erwin Schulhoff, who died in the Wülzburg concentration camp. Artistic Director Mina Miller will discuss the varied ways living composers respond to the Holocaust.
11:15 am - 12:30 pm on a Sunday · Temple B'nai Torah (15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue)
Attend one, or both:
March 25: The Middah of Patience
April 29: The Middah of Gratitude
We want our children to develop good values and character. The primary way they learn this is by watching us! Explore how parents can express their emotions and beliefs in balanced and healthy ways, consistently modeling traits we want to pass on. We'll draw from Musar, traditional Jewish writings focused on improving one's character, and from contemporary research and literature. Facilitated by Rabbi Kinberg and Marjorie Schnyder, LICSW; best for parents of children up to 12 years old. FREE. Advance registration encouraged. A limited amount of babysitting is provided by TBT teens with advance request. Contact Marjorie Schnyder at (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org.
Endless Opportunities: A community-wide program of free educational, social, recreational and volunteer activities for adults age 60+
Thursday, March 29 · 11:30 am - 1:30 pm · Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Foyer (1441 16th Ave, Seattle)
Join us for lunch and a conversation with Jerry Large. Jerry writes in a serious and humorous vein about the intersections of everyday life and life's big issues; many pertain to social justice. His newspaper topics represent those things in which he takes an interest and he tries to discuss them as we would. The value of this catered buffet luncheon is $14. We would be delighted to accept a contribution to defray the costs as you register. Kashrut laws are observed. RSVP to Ellen Hendin by Wednesday, March 21, (206) 861-3183 or endlessopps@jfsseattle.org.
Sunday, April 1 · 1 - 4 pm · Location info provided upon registration
Passover & Yoga: From Oppression to Liberation
Presented by Project DVORA. Mindful Yoga Practice for those who have experienced intimate partner abuse. Passover commemorates the Jewish people's exodus from slavery and journey towards freedom. It provides an opportunity to explore restrictions, release, and expansiveness in our lives today. At this Passover yoga workshop we will move from the oppression of intimate partner violence towards our own liberation. No prior yoga experience is necessary. Space is limited. Register by March 28. Child care available with advanced registration. For more info or to register, contact Jackie Smith at (206) 861-3186.
Sunday, April 1 · 2 - 4 pm · 1601 16th Ave, Seattle
Jewish Family Service Community Open House!
Official ribbon cutting and short program at 2:15 pm. Light snacks, beverages and self-guided tours. No registration required, just stop in and see what's new!
Wednesday, April 4 · 4 - 7 pm · Whole Foods Market Roosevelt Square (1026 NE 64th, Seattle)
Learn about Passover foods and traditions with us as you "journey" through the aisles. Get ideas to spice up your seder and meal, and enjoy free tastings of gefilte fish, matzo ball soup and more. Free and open to anyone - please join us! Questions? Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 461-3240 or familylife@jfsseattle.org.
Wednesday, May 16 · 11:30 am - 1:30 pm · Westin Hotel (1900 5th Ave, Seattle)
Jewish Family Service 2012 Community of Caring Luncheon
The major annual fundraiser to benefit clients of Jewish Family Service. A minimum donation of $150 at the Luncheon is requested to help meet the unexpected and extraordinary challenges facing friends, neighbors and family members here at home. Register here. Pre-registration required. Tickets will not be available at the door.
Jewish Family Service Social Services
· Alternatives to Addiction. (206) 861-8782 or dburnett@jfsseattle.org
· Ongoing Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at JFS: www.jfsseattle.org/uploads/pdf
· Basic emergency services to those with the most critical needs in the Jewish community, and, where possible, the broader community: (206) 461-3240 - ask to speak with an Emergency Services Case Manager
· Project DVORA (Domestic Violence Outreach, Response & Advocacy): call (206) 461-3240 and ask to speak with a Project DVORA Advocate, or email contactus@jfsseattle.org.
On Your Mark, Get Set, Help Out with Jews in Sports!
2012 is here! Which means it's...The Year of Sports! The Instant Replay Committee of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society is collecting stories from anyone involved in sports in any capacity. The committee needs volunteers to help out with all kinds of sports programs. Love sports? Love the Society? Then they need you! To submit sports stories, to volunteer or for more info, contact Ralph at rmaimon@wsjhs.org.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
If an event title is underscored you can click on the title to open a link to more information. Wednesdays, March 14, March 28, and April 4 · 7 - 9 pm · Temple Beth Am (2632 NE 80th St, Seattle)
March 14: From Three Empires to Many States: Middle East in the Twentieth Century
March 28: Arab Spring: Looking Back After One Year
April 4: The New Middle East, Israel and the US Foreign Policy
Professor Kasaba is Chair and Director of the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies. All members of the community are welcome. The cost is $35 for the series or $15 per lecture. Students free with valid ID. Patron sponsorship is $60 and includes tickets to all lectures, attendance at a reception with Professor Kasaba prior to the final lecture, and acknowledgement of your sponsorship in the lecture program.
Saturday, March 17 · 9 am - 4:30 pm · University of Washington, Kane Hall, Seattle
This day-long seminar will offer training and strategies to strengthen family dynamics, enhance parenting skills and increase effectiveness of work with children and teens. Four leading professors from University of Washington's Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences present research and application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help manage emotions and interpersonal relationships more effectively.Six CEUs available for professionals (psychologists, social workers, therapists, counselors, and nurses). $49 - $60 for non-professionals; $99 - $124 CEU rate.
Sunday, March 18 · 2 pm · Seattle First Baptist Church (1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle)
A Song for Our Planet, A classical, interfaith concert for environmental justice
Join 90 singers and orchestra for a free concert featuring the World Premiere of A Song for Our Planet, an interfaith choral work about the environment by noted opera composer Henry Mollicone. Leaders from various faith traditions open the concert with readings and the audience sings with the choir in several hymns. An environmental justice information fair follows the concert with environmental groups from around Puget Sound sharing information and ways to get involved.
A Song for Our Planet was commissioned jointly by Plymouth Church (UCC) and Seattle First Baptist Church to create a major work of classical music which spoke directly about environmental stewardship. In recognition of the importance of communities working together, the piece was conceived as an interfaith project and includes texts from Buddhist, Jewish, Sufi, Taoist, Hindu, and Christian traditions. A Song for Our Planet features two noted soloists, baritone Charles Robert Stephens and soprano Karen Burlingame and is jointly conducted by Dr. Douglas Cleveland and Vicky Thomas. All concert proceeds benefit The Nature Conservancy and Washington Interfaith Power and Light. A donor pass is available in advance for $50 which will reserve you a seat. Sponsored by The Church Council of Greater Seattle, Seattle First Baptist Church, and Plymouth Church (UCC).
Monday, March 19 - Saturday, March 24
United Way of King County invites you to participate in Hunger Action Week.
Now through April 29 · Seattle Art Museum downtown
Through a balanced contextual analysis of Polynesian art alongside Gauguin's works, this exhibition brings Polynesian arts and culture into the center of Gauguin studies. The show will display about 60 works by Gauguin (paintings, sculpture, works on paper) that fully reveal the extent of the influence of Polynesian art and culture on his work. It will also highlight about 60 works from the Pacific that exemplify the dynamic exchanges of Pacific Island peoples with Europeans throughout the nineteenth century.
Sunday, April · 1 pm · Seattle Waldorf School Huckleberry Hall (2728 NE 100th St)
THE FROG PRINCE Marionette Performance
by The Willow Branch Puppet Theater
Advance Visa/MC Reservations: $7 child (to 12)/senior · $8 general admission. At the Door: $8 child/senior · $9 general admission. Call: (206) 985-2059.
May 24, 2012 to January 6, 2013 · Pacific Science Center
He coulda won a Grammy...
The exhibition features more than 100 objects from King Tut's tomb and from ancient sites representing important rulers throughout 2,000 years of ancient Egyptian history. More than twice the number of artifacts than in the original Tut exhibit that toured in the 1970s. On display for the last time in North America! Steve Martin performs King Tut here!
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