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Classy Talk: Rachel Kessler | Summer 2014 – Hugo House
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Classy Talk: Rachel Kessler | Summer 2014 – Hugo House
Classy Talk: Rachel Kessler | Summer 2014 – Hugo House
I’m teaching a couple classes at the Hugo House this summer!
Off the Record: Interview with Record Appreciator Rachel Kessler
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel Kessler, 1/2 of the poetry & science team Vis-a-Vis Society. Rachel will be giving a lecture on THURSDAY at The Henry, in conjunction with the current exhibition, titled The Record.
Rachel gave me sneak peek into the content of her lecture, as well as talk about Seattle school districts, the disconnect of being a food critic relying on food stamps, and the importance of the “cranky socialist” persona.
Read Rachel’s interview below, come see the lecture on Thursday, and make sure to check out other works by the Vis-a-Vis society!
Nelson (left) and Kessler (right) of the Vis-a-Vis Society.
The interview:
You plan to discuss your appreciation of records, what are you going to talk about?
The first thing I thought about discussing was about my childhood experience with records. When I was growing up my…
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Here you can watch me read a poem in a public restroom stall. Thanks to Laura Jean Cronin and Nancy Guppy for interviewing me on the Seattle Channel.
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Dr. Ink and Dr. Owning turned the entire art museum into a laboratory for the exhibit Moment Magnitude.
Erasure
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I am thrilled to be a part of this performance, along with Sierra Nelson, Ed Skoog, Kary Wayson, and Katie Ogle!
Anne Carson & Robert Currie in Performance TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, 7:30 PM Town Hall Seattle
This evening will feature a world premiere performance of a new work by Anne Carson and Robert Currie inspired by the Cycladic Sculptures. With original music by Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney.The Cycladic Sculptures were created between 5000 and 2400 BC on the Cycladic Islands of Greece set in the Aegean Sea. These sculptures possess certain features; they are proportional and simplistic, their arms are folded, and the only facial feature carved was the nose. The sculptures have all been excavated at Cycladic cemetaries.
Old Growth Northwest Reading at the Rendezvous Jewelbox
I’ll be busting out a new PowerPoint storytime about this crabby teen on Tuesday, April 29 at the Rendezvous’ Jewelbox Theater, at 8:30PM, with local authors Mary Ellen Talley and Charlotte Austin. Come and enjoy a drink and snack in the cozy and old-timey fancy Jewelbox!
Tuesday, April 29, 8:30 PM, $5 suggested donation
Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous in Belltown, 2nd & Bell
2322 2nd Ave, Seattle
Old Growth Northwest is proud to present a new volume of our Reading & Open Mic Series. This month our headlining readers will be three notable local authors: Rachel Kessler, Mary Ellen Talley, and Charlotte Austin. Authors will be reading original material in addition to their short responses to a common prompt. The prompt for this volume is: “She awoke to a note stuck to her forearm.” Authors will also have their texts projected onto a screen behind them as they read. The second half of the event will be an open mic, and all interested authors are invited to bring material and read. The event will be held at the Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous Lounge in Belltown, 8:30pm-10:00pm, $5 suggested donation.
Leave a Message at the Beep Reading
I’ll be reading a new story at Leave a Message at the Beep Reading curated by the extremely awesome Anastacia Tolbert, featuring a mind-boggling line up of stellar writers: Jourdan Keith, Wendy Call, Natasha Marin, Laura Wachs, Star Murray, Ann Teplik, and Amber Flame at the Twilight Gallery, Saturday, April 26, 7 PM. The last time I read a new story (at WET’s 6-Pack Series), two women got engaged! I can’t wait for what will happen at this reading!
Twilight Gallery is at 4306 SW Alaska Street, Seattle, which is in the West Seattle Junction.
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