Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra at Edmonds Center for the Arts 410 4th Ave. N. Saturday, Jan. 28 7:30 p.m. A gathering of friends is what our featured event has in mind this week as Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra brings the Basie Bash to the ECA in their first Edmonds performance of 2017. The Jazz Scene…
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Artfully Edmonds: Exhilarating updates from the theatre district
From the 8th Annual Festival of Shorts and generous audition calls from The Driftwood Players (The Players/Players), to inclusion into the Seattle Fringe Festival 2017 for the Phoenix Theatre; and Ballyhoo Theatre on the move – there are acting and stage-hand openings galore for volunteers, young people, opportunities to join strong well-established companies, and a welcoming theatre…
Artfully Edmonds: Local playhouses offer warm and cozy holiday havens
So many intriguing news dispatches are coming direct to Artfully Edmonds from Edmonds’ two playhouses that we are going to start this week’s column with troupe additions taking place at The Phoenix Theatre (located at Firdale Village) and then proceed to Driftwood Players’ highly successful production now playing at the Wade James Theatre. Both houses allow patrons to…
Artfully Edmonds: Making the holidays merry — even magical!
When most of us think of the holiday season, we conjure up descriptors like magical, merriment and memories. When we next add a dazzling setting by Puget Sound, we imagine Edmonds, where the arts and events community has set performances to encourage boisterous laughter, unparalleled joy and a celebration of community. This week’s showcase…
Artfully Edmonds: Driftwood’s new managing director, plus events coming up
Exciting things are happening for Edmonds’ oldest theatre troupe this week, making one particular arts and theatre enthusiast the obvious lead personality in local arts news. Kim Smith, whose business card (up until quite recently) read “box office manager,” takes the Artfully Edmonds profile spot as newly assigned managing director of Driftwood Players. Many of…
Artfully Edmonds: Hot Jazz to warm up ECA as Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra returns
Smokin’ hot jazz on Edmonds’ horizon is what catches the lead this week for Artfully Edmonds, but that doesn’t mean that’s all she wrote! Let’s take a quick look at the music scene and then proceed through a fabulous February line-up. The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO) staked a claim on Edmonds in 2014 and…
Artfully Edmonds: Pay a visit to new Cascadia Art Museum exhibit, then laugh, sing and dance with these events
Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Centennial Tribute to Cornish College of the Arts Cascadia Art Museum (CAM) 190 Sunset Ave. One hundred years: What does a century represent in connections that develop into friendships that lead to history-making art forms? This question and the discovery of many answers complete the current curating efforts of David…
Artfully Edmonds: Driftwood sets stage for 58th season as one of their own is honored
BroadwayWorld Seattle announced its ‘best of’ winners for 2015 just days ago and Driftwood Players’ Cindy Giese French brought the limelight to Edmonds for her brilliant performance in Driftwood’s Boeing Boeing. This past June Artfully Edmonds posted an Opening Night review of Boeing Boeing pegging the performance of Giese French as deserving of a “roaring…
Artfully Edmonds: Strong programming choices lead ECA to string of full-house performances
Well, Halloween season is over. We’ve chased the spirits and specters back to the Memorial Cemetery; our two theatres have dimmed the footlights on their October offerings – but don’t think for a moment that makes things dull around Edmonds. “Artfully Edmonds” turns its attention to Edmonds’ main stage – the ECA – which continues…