Going backstage with Arts Dawg
I never imagined that my coworkers would try to set me up on a date, let alone six dates. Not just that, but that I would be tasked with blogging about each date. But, over the next six months, that’s...
View ArticlePreview: “Faculty Dance/Collaborations” from UW Dance
The cast from “The Rite of Spring” Collaboration in the UW Dance Program is nothing new. Most UW Dance productions feature partnership with one or two departments, said Betsy Cooper, M.F.A. ’97,...
View ArticleRecap: “Faculty Dance/Collaborations” from UW Dance
Pamela A. Gregory (front) and Kristin Hapke (back) in “The Rite of Spring” // Photo courtesy Steve Korn When my coworkers hatched the plan to set me up on six dates and write about them in conjunction...
View ArticleAna Moura brings soulful sound to UW Seattle campus
Ana Moura will bring her soulful brand of fado to the University of Washington on March 2, 2013. (Photo (c) Paulo Segadaes) Valentine’s Day candy might be relegated to the clearance rack at Safeway,...
View ArticleA night at the symphony: Arts Dawg date night recap
Ludovic Morlot guest conducted the UW Symphony on Feb. 28 at Meany Hall. I’m a relative newcomer to Seattle, having moved here seven months ago from a suburban outpost of Portland, Oregon. My earlier...
View ArticleSoulful singing transcends language barriers: Arts Dawg date night recap
Ana Moura dazzled the audience on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Isabel Pinto) One of my tasks as part of this series was to write honestly about the Arts Dawg experience as a date night idea. We in the...
View ArticleWhere ‘Western’ is merely a state of mind: Recapping “Once Upon a Time 6x in...
“Indian” (Ben Phillips) offers Lil (Sylvia Kowalski) medicine in the first act of UW Drama’s production of “Once Upon A Time 6X In The West” at the Jones Playhouse Theatre. (UW Daily–Photo by Andrew...
View ArticleArts Dawg Preview: Unwrapping ‘Plastics’
(Photo courtesy of the Burke Museum) Plastic is an inescapable part of everyday life. It’s in the phone, tablet or computer you’re reading this on. The water bottle you lug to the gym is probably...
View ArticleThe Long-lasting History of Disposability: Recapping ‘Plastics Unwrapped’
“Plastics Unwrapped” Early in our tour of “Plastics Unwrapped,” the latest exhibit at the Burke Museum, my date and I turned a corner and found ourselves face-to-face with a wall adorned with 1,500...
View ArticleStudent showcase at heart of final Arts Dawg event
Minutes before I shut my computer down and headed over to the Henry Art Gallery for the season’s final Arts Dawg event, my phone vibrated with bad news: My date for the evening was stuck at work and...
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