This week in the arts, experience a free concert at Benaroya Hall commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, attend a lecture about the story of Shawn Wong’s rediscovery of “No-No Boy,” and more! To learn about more events taking place,聽.
Music of Remembrance:聽Art from Ashes – Free Concert Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
January 27, 5:30 pm | Benaroya Hall
Seattle-based聽Music of Remembrance (MOR) presents聽Art From Ashes, a free community-wide concert marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In this program commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Music of Remembrance鈥檚 ensemble 聽joins forces with the Northwest Boychoir, the Seattle Girls Choir, and the 天美影视传媒 Chamber Orchestra.
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Art Wolfe and Dr. Samuel Wasser: Preserving Elephants in the Age of Extinction
January 29, 7:30 pm | Town Hall Seattle
Legendary for their size and intelligence, elephants are one of the most charismatic of megafauna.聽That they are under siege from poachers is no secret, and the rapidity of their declining numbers is horrifying. However, amidst the steady stream of bad news, photographer Art Wolfe and author Dr. Samuel Wasser offer hope that all is not lost.
Wolfe and Wasser make their way to Town Hall with inspiring accounts from their book Wild Elephants:聽Conservation in the Age of Extinction.聽Through stunning visuals and groundbreaking research, Wolfe and Wasser show how global education about these gentle giants seems to be succeeding, and recent government crackdowns are lowering the price of ivory and discouraging poachers. Join Wolfe and Wasser to celebrate local and government initiatives that are rising to preserve the natural heritage of elephant population, and learn what we can do to safeguard the survival of this magnificent species.
Art Wolfe is an award-winning photographer who has worked on every continent and in hundreds of locations over his forty-year career. His stunning images interpret and record the world鈥檚 fast-disappearing natural treasures.
Dr. Samuel Wasser has participated in conservation programs around the world and is acknowledged worldwide as a pioneer of noninvasive wildlife monitoring methods. He is the director of the Center for Conservation Biology and holds the endowed chair in Conservation Biology at the 天美影视传媒.
$5 tickets聽|
Friends of the Libraries Annual Lecture: ‘No-No Boy’: The Story of How a Novel Goes From 1,500 Copies Sold to 158,000 Copies
January 30, 7:00 pm | Kane Hall
In the early 1970s, Shawn Wong and group of young Asian American writers discovered the novel, “No-No Boy” by John Okada, in a used bookstore for fifty cents. Originally published in 1957, it had not sold out 15 years later. No one had read it and the author had died believing his novel was rejected and forgotten. Wong will share rediscovery story of “No-No Boy” 鈥� how young Asian American writers urged a new audience to recognize the book鈥檚 importance and launched its journey from obscurity to canonical work in Asian American literature.
January 30 – February 1, 8:00 pm | Meany Hall – Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater
The Brian Brooks Moving Company is, as its name suggests, all about moving, and the聽audacious choreographic style of Brooks continues to 鈥渟hatter conventional notions of the human capacity for strength and endurance鈥� (Dance Magazine). In this Meany Center performance, Brooks investigates the intimate spaces between bodies on the stage and within the virtual space created by immersive technologies. The program includes two world premieres developed during his UW residency: a solo piece performed by Brooks and聽Closing Distance,an ensemble work聽with music by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw. Also included are the Seattle premieres of聽Torrent聽plus the intricate duet,聽MOTOR.
Arrive early to experience聽Drawing Room,聽a lobby installation using augmented reality movement tools developed by Brooks during his residency at the UW.
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Marisa Williamson: Angel of History
Exhibition: January 28 – February 28 / Reception: February 7 ()| Jacob Lawrence Gallery
The 2020 Jacob Lawrence Resident,聽Marisa Williamson, will present newly commissioned work in the exhibition Angel of History.
In Walter Benjamin鈥檚 interpretation of the Paul Klee painting,聽Angelus Novus聽(New Angel) in his聽Theses on the Philosophy of History, he explains Klee鈥檚 angel as moving away from something he is fixedly contemplating. Since 2013, Williamson has been fixedly contemplating the life, work, choices, and legacy of Sally Hemings, enslaved mother of four of Thomas Jefferson鈥檚 children. This exhibition moves out from that extended contemplation, engaging with questions of monument and memory.
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February 1 – 16 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse
Adapted by Julie Kramer from the book by Rona Jaffe
Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton
A sensational career, thrilling adventures, and a husband and children (eventually)鈥攖hat鈥檚 what the women in the Fabian Publishing typing pool want: nothing less than the best of everything. UW Drama faculty member Valerie Curtis-Newton directs Julie Kramer鈥檚 adaptation of Rona Jaffe鈥檚 1958 novel, a funny, candid, clear-eyed glimpse into the lives of working women in聽Mad Men-era New York, through the gaze of the women themselves (as well as fabulous costumes, of course.)
$8 – $20 Tickets 触听