The gesture of line is the unifying element of this group show in multi media: sculpture, jewelry, painting and drawing. Artists Amy Reeves, Sarah Loertscher, Joelle King, Carla Grahn, Tony Cook, Kiki Macinnis, Michael Otterson, Emily Gherard, Leana Quade and Rickie Wolfe will show their work. Thursday, December 4 – Friday, December 26, 2008 Opening: First Thursday, December 4, 6 - 8pm Public hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 12 - 5pm and by appointment

Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios
306 South Washington Street
Suite 102 Seattle, WA 98104

This show will include the work of David Francis, Lisa Hasegawa, Jill Vartengian, Kristen Ramirez, Larry Calkins and Abraham Mong. All of these artists use text in their artwork; sculpture, lithography, serigraphy, letterpress and bookmaking. Opening: First Thursday, November 6, 6 - 8pm Public hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 12 - 5pm and by appointment

Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios
306 South Washington Street
Suite 102 Seattle, WA 98104

December 5 from 6–9pm, Opening Night Celebration

Eat, drink, be merry and shop! Join us for a glass of holiday cheer and enjoy the best bargains, finest selection and tastiest appetizers around. Take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on tons of great gifts before the sale opens to the public. Tickets: $20.

December 6 & 7, 11–14, Sale Hours, 10am–7pm

Featuring the work of local artists in glass, jewelry, fine art, ceramics and sculpture, you are sure to find unique gifts for all of your friends and family.

Pratt Fine Arts Center
1902 South Main Street
Seattle, WA 98144

206.328.2200

www.pratt.org

Join Pratt for a fun-filled free evening of artist demonstrations, studio tours and a chance to meet staff, instructors, and local artists! Watch artists pour bronze, blow glass, pull prints, paint, carve stone, fabricate jewelry and forge hot steel. Bring the family this November 15th, from 6 – 9pm and find out about all that Pratt has to offer!

Pratt Fine Arts Center
1902 South Main Street
Seattle, WA 98144

206.328.2200

www.pratt.org

Catch a one-act opera on your lunch break as Seattle Opera's Young Artists perform a costumed production in English accompanied by piano. Don't miss this chance to hear America's most exciting young opera singers in an intimate chamber-style setting.

More info: http://www.seattle.gov/arts/events/calendar.asp?d=13&m=11&y=2008

City Hall Lobby
600 Fourth Ave
Seattle, WA

Take a seat on plush rugs for this traditional style performance of 19th-century North Indian music by Hindustani singer Srivani Jade. Jade will be accompanied by Harmonium, tabla, and tanpura for a performance of Khayal and forms including Thumri, Dadra, Kajri, and Tappa. After the show, meet the artist and enjoy traditional Indian desserts from Punjab Sweets (www.punjabsweetsonline.com). Rugs courtesy of Pande Cameron (http://pandecameron.com).

City Hall Lobby
600 Fourth Ave.Seattle, WA

Lead singer of the electro-infused rock group Terrene, John Dylan gets intimate for a solo "laptop-n-guitar" powered set of music and video. Dylan will perform his otherworldly 8-bit indie-rock backed by videos from the Nee Brothers, Mumbleboy, and Dylan's mad-scientist imagination.

More info: http://www.seattle.gov/arts/events/calendar.asp?d=30&m=10&y=2008

City Hall Lobby
600 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA

Critically acclaimed Jazz French horn pioneer Tom Varner premiers new works for his forward-looking quintet as part of the 2008 Earshot Jazz Festival (http://www.earshot.org/). The quintet features some of Seattle's most dynamic jazz artists: Mark Taylor and Eric Barber on saxophones, Phil Sparks on bass, and Byron Vannoy on drums. A repeat Jazz Times and Down Beat readers poll winner, Varner is often regarded as "The French horn in contemporary jazz" - Berendt/Huesmann The Jazz Book.

City Hall Lobby
600 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA

"Achingly painful and suddenly tender, Robin Holcomb's songs mirror a beguiling, bewildering world," hails Rolling Stone. A composer, pianist and singer Holcomb will perform new music with bassist Geoff Harper and saxophonist Hans Teuber. Holcomb "has created a new American regionalism, spun from many threads - country rock, minimalism, Civil War songs, Baptist hymns, Appalachian folk tunes, even the polytonal music of Charles Ives. The music that results is as elegantly simple as a Shaker quilt, and no less beautiful." raves The New York Times.

City Hall Lobby
600 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA

The Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer plays original songs, beloved bossa nova and the popular music of Brazil with pianist Josh Wilson. Mendonça recently won the Brazilian International Press Award for "Outstanding Brazilian Male Singer Based in the U.S."

More info: http://www.seattle.gov/arts/events/calendar.asp?d=9&m=10&y=2008

City Hall Lobby
600 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA