This week of cultural events in Seattle is filled with ongoing performance and film festivals, artist lectures, studio tours and one very big art opening. (It’s a literal opening: the public debut of the massive, tunnel replica The Great Northern at MadArt.)
Poet Robert Burns is celebrated with three separate events, including a Scotch Ale launch at Naked City Brewery and a traditional Burns supper at Lark.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/09/19021/
Tuesday, January 12
DeVotchKa Live with Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall
Ticket prices vary. 7:30 PM. Buy tickets.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/de-votchka-at-beneroya-hall-january-12/
Early Music Underground at Naked City Brewery
$20 (includes drink ticket). 7 PM. 21+. Buy tickets.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/early-music-underground-at-naked-city-brewery/
Wednesday, January 13
Women Media Maker Happy Hour at NWFF
Free. 5:30 PM – 7 PM
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/women-media-maker-happy-hour-january-13/
Prom Queen Live at Vito’s
Free. 21+. 9 PM – 12 AM.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/prom-queen-live-jan-14-at-vitos-and-feb-13-at-kirkland-performance-center/
Thursday, January 14
Collect Art Tour: West Seattle Edition
$50. 21+. 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Buy tickets.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/19136/
Capitol Hill Artwalk: CoCA Presents “Bling it On!” at Rubix
Free. 6 PM to 9 PM.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/capitol-hill-artwalk-cocas-bling-it-on-at-rubix-january-14/
Science + Fiction: Dr. Michael Bess and Ted Chiang at Pivot Art + Culture
$5. 6 PM.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/science-fiction-dr-michael-bess-and-ted-chiang-at-pivot-art-culture/
Friday, January 15
14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival at ACT (Week 2)
$20 online and $25 at the door. 8 PM and 10:30 PM. Buy tickets.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/05/18878/
Wayward Music Series Presents: Nick Demopoulos + Vance Galloway
$5-15 donation. 8 PM.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/wayward-music-series-presents-nick-demopoulos-vance-galloway/
Saturday, January 16
Evenings at 7:30 PM. Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM. See ticket availability and buy online.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/seattle-opera-presents-mozarts-the-marriage-of-figaro-jan-16-30/
Sunday, January 17
Public Opening of The Great Northern at MadArt
Free. 12 Pm to 6 PM. See the website for exhibit hours.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/04/rick-araluces-the-great-northern-opens-january-17-at-madart/
KEXP’s 6th Annual Expansions MLK Unity Celebration
$10. 21+. 8 PM to 2 AM.
http://vanguardseattle.us/2016/01/11/19130/
Finally, this is your last chance to see Cai Guo-Qiang’s Inopportune: Stage One, (AKA “The Cars”) at Seattle Art Museum. A monumental painting by Kehinde Wiley will be the main display in the SAM’s main atrium in advance of and during his solo show Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, opening February 11, 2016. (You can also see a Wiley piece as part of Pivot Art + Culture’s show The Figure in Process.)
http://vanguardseattle.us/2015/11/18/the-cars-at-sam-are-coming-down-january-19-2016/