AFrican ConeXion Project 09 and Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Seattle will be holding auditions, Tues Oct 28th, from 6 until 9pm, for Bilingual (Spanish-English), Latino, and African American actors, dancers, and singers for the bilingual musical production of Callejón.

The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), seeks up to four artists to each develop, produce, perform and/or install a temporary public artwork that addresses the impact of climate change on water supply and drainage utilities.

The City of Tacoma is now accepting Arts Projects funding applications from eligible organizations producing arts programming in 2009. Applicants are encouraged to attend a free workshop, which explains the process and addresses questions. The workshop will be held on Oct. 22 from noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market St., Room 708.

Song of the Year is an international contest encouraging the art and discipline of songwriting. The  primary focus is to find songwriters while helping them network with professionals in the music industry.

First Night Tacoma-Pierce County is looking for artists to perform in the following categories; the Family Festival, Grand Procession, Indoor/Outdoor performances and Visual Art installations.

Seattle Cold Readers debuts at the Alibi Room at Pike Place Market, Thursday, October 16th. Writers submit scripts and actors read them cold in front of a live audience.

The USAI will now encompass festivals anywhere in the world outside the United States. The program is also open to support American theater companies and solo performances in all performing arts disciplines.

Entries Invited for Arts Presenters/MetLife Foundation Awards for Art Access. The Arts Presenters/MetLife Foundation Awards for Arts Access honors those performing arts venues that demonstrate a depth and breadth of inclusion that permeates every fiber of the organization.

The Tacoma Arts Commission invites artists working in a broad spectrum of media, including visual art, music, dance, performance, and film to submit entries to the Art at Work month Art Slam which will take place Friday, Nov. 21, from 7 to 9 pm at the Rialto Theater in downtown Tacoma.

Untitled Theater Company #61, a Theater of Ideas: scientific, political, philosophical, and above all theatrical, seeks theater pieces that explore “ideas” and also have Jewish content. Open to diverse forms of theater and experimentation (including music, puppetry, dance, etc.).