This dynamic concert begins with the Northwest premiere of Song of Wisdom by Old Turtle, followed by Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. For the first piece (by Douglas Wood and Joseph M. Martin, based on the popular children’s book Old Turtle), the chorus is joined by Spirit of the Sound Choir, directed by Eric Des O’Dell. And for the second, few masterpieces of choral literature present a message of peace and solemn reflection on the chaos and tragedy of war …
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Seattle Peace Chorus Spring Concert: The Many Faces of Peace
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 7:30 – 9:30pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue.$15-$20.
Gail Collins: The Lone Star Stickup
Monday, June 11, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5.
Like it or not, says New York Times columnist Gail Collins, what happens in Texas doesn’t stay in Texas: it ripples through the rest of the U.S., determining the political landscape and defining our national identity. Author of As Texas Goes, Collins argues that the proud state of big oil and bigger ambitions—where Bush, Cheney, Rove, and Perry created a conservative political agenda based on vigorous support of banking deregulation, lax environmental standards, and even sexual abstinence—has become the bellwether of a far-reaching national movement that continues to have profound social and economic consequences for us all.
Joseph Stiglitz: Reassessing Economic Policy
Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue.
At a transformational moment in our post-crisis global economy, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses possible directions. The crisis and weak recovery have raised fundamental questions about macroeconomics and economic policy, and in 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and policy-makers to consider our brave new economic world …
E.J. Dionne: Me-first Citizens vs. America
Sunday, June 17, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5.
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, author of Our Divided Political Heart, argues that we Americans can’t agree on who we are because we can’t agree on who we’ve been—or what it is, philosophically and spiritually, that makes us Americans …
Earshot Jazz: Sierra Maestra
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 8:00 – 10:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $28-$24.
Sierra Maestra revives old-style son dance music for new generations, reintroducing it into the Cuban—and global—mainstream. Formed by Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, the subsequent guiding spirit and musical director of the Buena Vista Social Club, Sierra Maestra recalls the style’s golden age of the 1920s and ’30s, with the traditional lineup: tres, guitar, trumpet, bongo, guiro, and vocals …
Seattle Arts & Lectures: Delia Ephron: ‘The Lion Is In’
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $15-$30.
Screenwriter (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and author (How to Eat Like a Child) Delia Ephron debuts her new novel, The Lion Is In. You might also know Ephron from her other wide-ranging work: screenplays for Hanging Up and Michael; articles for The New York Times, Vogue, and The Huffington Post; the bestsellers Funny Sauce and Frannie in Pieces; and You’ve Got Mail and Love, Loss, and What I Wore, both collaborations with her sister, Nora Ephron …
Seattle Rock Orchestra: Poetry Apocalypse 2012
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $10-$18.
Seattle’s coolest orchestra and the city’s most beloved poets join forces for an epic evening of collaborative mayhem: First, poets Roberto Ascalon, Derrick Brown, Elaina M. Ellis, Karen Finneyfrock, Tara Hardy, Soulchilde/Okanomode, and Buddy Wakefield explore the heartaches and hopes of an uncertain world with an uncertain future, backed by an original orchestral score.
Seattle Arts & Lectures: Etgar Keret
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5-$30.
Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, Etgar Keret is a favorite author of Israel’s younger generation, as well as an international success for his short stories (Suddenly a Knock on the Door), short movies (Camera d’Or-winner Jellyfish), children’s stories (Dad Runs Away with the Circus), and graphic novels (Pizzeria Kamikaze).
Seattle Peace Chorus Spring Concert: The Many Faces of Peace
Sunday, May 6, 2012, 2:00 – 4:00pm
This dynamic concert begins with the Northwest premiere of Song of Wisdom by Old Turtle, followed by Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. For the first piece (by Douglas Wood and Joseph M. Martin, based on the popular children’s book Old Turtle), the chorus is joined by Spirit of the Sound Choir, directed by Eric Des O’Dell.