September 2006
Calendar Highlights
Trimpin
The work of composer and sculptor Trimpin is being exhibited at several
Northwest venues, in honor of his 25th year of living and working in Seattle.
This month, room-sized works can be found at the Seattle Asian Art Museum,
the Frye Art Museum and the Tacoma Art Museum.
Picnics, Rhythms and Vacations employs slide projectors stacked floor to ceiling, filled with hundreds of found slides from flea markets worldwide. An original percussive sound composition is accompanied by slide images projected on the gallery’s walls, floor and ceiling. 10am-5pm Tuesdays-Sundays, 10am-9pm Thursdays through Oct. 15. $5, $3 students with ID, seniors and ages 13-17, free ages 12 and younger, free first Thursdays and first Saturdays. Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E Prospect St., Seattle. 206-654-3100. www.seattleartmuseum.org.
Trimpin: Klompen and Selected Scores consists of 120 Dutch clogs suspended from the ceiling and connected to a computer. When a percussive rhythm plays, the clogs perform a dance triggered by devices in their toes. The dance is different every time the sculpture is set in motion. An educational display explains how the sculpture works. 10am-5pm Tuesday-Saturdays, noon-5pm Sundays, 10am-8pm Thursdays through Jan. 21, 2007. FREE. 704 Terry Ave., Seattle. 206-622-9250. www.fryeart.org.
Trimpin: Conloninpurple, Trimpin’s tribute to the composer Conlon Nancarrow, is a five-octave metal and wood instrument that can either play pre-composed musical sequences or produce natural sounds played by visitors. 10am-5pm Mondays-Saturdays, noon-5pm Sundays, 10am-8pm third Thursdays, Sept. 26 through Dec. 31. $7.50, $6.50 students, military and seniors, free ages 5 and younger, $25 family (two adults and up to four under age 18), free third Thursdays. Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. 253-272-4258. www.tacomaartmuseum.org.
The World According to Clifford
A very large, very red, very friendly dog is coming to Seattle Center
this month. Beginning Sept. 15, Clifford the Big Red Dog will share his
world with visitors to The Children’s Museum, Seattle. The traveling
exhibit was created by the Minnesota Children’s Museum, and adapted
from the PBS television show Clifford The Big Red Dog.
There are eight sections to visit, each one recognizable to readers of the Norman Bridwell books. Steer and navigate the ferry to Birdwell Island, then visit all the familiar spots. Work the counter at Samuel’s Fish and Chips Shack. Visit the Musical Marina to play a variety of instruments. Hunt for treasure on T-Bone’s Beach. Play inside Clifford’s Doghouse, fill his giant dog bowl, sit on his paws or slide down his tail (just like Emily Elizabeth!). Play in Emily Elizabeth’s Backyard Theater, and visit Howard’s House. Engage in toddler activities in Cleo’s Backyard. Help Mr. Carson sort mail at the Birdwell Island Post Office. Relax with Clifford’s books or an interactive computer CD in the Birdwell Island Library, and wind up the visit with a look at Norman Bridwell’s Clifford artwork from the past 40 years.
Bring your camera to opening day Sept. 15. Clifford will be dropping in for special appearances throughout the day.
10am-5pm Mondays-Fridays, 10am-6pm weekends through Jan. 7, 2007. Included with admission. $7.50, $6.50 grandparents, free younger than 1. The Children’s Museum, Seattle, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St., Seattle. 206-441-1768. www.thechildrensmuseum.org.
Calendar Hot Tips
Dead Sea Scrolls
The much anticipated exhibit Discovering the Dead Sea Scrolls
opens Sept. 23 at Pacific Science Center. The exhibit includes fragments
of ten original Biblical scrolls, hidden in caves off the Dead Sea for
2,000 years and discovered in 1946. Four of the scrolls have never before
been seen by the public. 10am-5pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (tickets
sales end 3:30pm), 10am-9pm Thursdays (tickets sales end 7:30pm), 10am-6pm
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (ticket sales end 4:30pm). Through January
7, 2007. $19.75, $17 seniors, $10 ages 3-12, price includes regular exhibits.
Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N, Seattle. Tickets also available
by phone or online. 877-DSS-1947 (377-1947). www.pacsci.org.
Kids’ Art Contest
Visit the beach, pick up litter, create recycled art with a Puget Sound
theme, and win prizes. The Kids for Puget Sound Art Contest, sponsored
by People for Puget Sound, is FREE. Entries due Sept. 23. For rules and
instructions, email or phone in your name, age, city, email address and
phone number. 206-382-7007. sraymond@pugetsound.org.
Japanese Doll Art
The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art is displaying Japanese children dolls
by artist Kazuyo Nakahashi Sept. 14-17. The artist will demonstrate her
work in clay medium at the museum (1-5pm Sept. 17). Included with admission.
11am-5pm Sept. 14-16, 1-5pm Sept. 17. $7, $6 seniors, $5 ages 5-17, free
ages 4 and younger. 1116 108th Ave. NE, Bellevue. 425-455-1116. www.dollart.com.
Butterflies and Birds
September offers the last chance in 2006 to visit two popular exhibits
at Woodland Park Zoo. Butterflies & Blooms gives an overview
of the butterfly’s life cycle, offers examples of plants that attract
butterflies, and provides the opportunity to see nearly 1,000 butterflies
up-close. $1 in addition to zoo admission. Willawong Station offers
a bird-feeding experience inside an aviary designed to simulate the dry
Australian grasslands. Approximately 150 colorful birds, mostly small
Australian parrots, populate the exhibit. $1 in addition to zoo admission
includes a seed stick to feed the birds. 9:30am-6pm Sept. 1-14, 9:30am-5pm
Sept. 15-30. $10.50, $7.50 ages 3-12, free ages 2 and younger, $4 parking.
5500 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle. 206-684-4800. www.zoo.org.
Little Women, Little Men
Little Women, Little Men: Folk Art Portraits of Children from the
Fenimore Art Museum opens Sept. 22 at the Frye Art Museum. A newfound
appreciation of childhood emerged during the period following the European
Enlightenment and the American Revolution. Child portraiture became popular
in America and Europe. All the paintings in this exhibit were created
in New England, and many were commissions completed by itinerant portrait
painters. Children were often pictured with a pet or favorite toy. 10am-5pm
Tuesday-Saturdays, noon-5pm Sundays, 10am-8pm Thursdays through Feb. 4,
2007. FREE. 704 Terry Ave., Seattle. 206-622-9250. www.fryeart.org.
Ice Cream Social
Go to the nearest Cold Stone Creamery 5-8pm Sept. 28 for a FREE 3oz serving
of Cole’s Creation (chocolate ice cream with yellow cake, chocolate
chips and rainbow sprinkles). This combination was put together by a ten-year-old
whose dream of meeting NYC firefighters was granted by Make-A-Wish Foundation
in 2004. FREE, donations encouraged to support Make-A-Wish. See participating
Western Washington Cold Stone Creamery locations online. www.coldstonecreamery.com.
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