Upcoming Events
Upper ID: yellow green background with Perseus McDaniel and summer campers during an art class in 2019.Building our Deaf arts community is rewarding.
Worth it every single time.
History Café: South Asian American Literature and Resistance
The first migrants from the Indian subcontinent to North American arrived in the Pacific Northwest 19th century. South Asian migrants formed the Ghadar Party in 1913 to fight the colonial regime, using newspapers and literature as tools of resistance. Join Nalini Iyer, co-author of Roots and Reflections: South Asian Americans in the Pacific Northwest for an exploration of how contemporary South Asian Americans revisit histories of resistance in their literary imaginings.
History Café is produced as a partnership between HistoryLink and MOHAI.
When: Wednesday, Sept 18. The talk starts at 6:30 pm.
Where: Museum of History and Industry; 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
Interpreters: Amie Pease & Courtney Coddington
ASL Interpretation and CART captioning are available during the program. In addition, a limited number of Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request. For more accessibility support, email programs@mohai.org.
ID: Background of old map showing India, Indian Ocean and parts of Africa. On top of map, a book with cover of a mountain peeping over the forest and a lake front showing the reflection. The title and authors are in white letters “Roots and Reflections: South Asian in the Pacific Northwest. By Amy Bhatt and Nalini Iyler. Foreword by Deepa Banerjee.”
Mouth Water Festival: ANTI-BURNOUT
Anti-Burnout with Mx. Pucks A’Plenty
SEP 26 | 5 – 6:30 PM
The Beacon | 812 Rainier Ave S
Artistic burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion around creative work. The symptoms can be hard to pinpoint. In this workshop and discussion we will dive into the emotional, physical, and mental symptoms and give them not only a voice, but will give them movement, sound, and color through interactive prompts.
As a performer, producer, executive director of a non-profit, parent, disabled human, Mx. Pucks A’Plenty has spent most of their life in a deficit of time, energy and resources. Being able to give their artistic burnout a voice as well as listen to their own has allowed them to use other methods of refilling their creative energy cup so Pucks can pour more art into the world.
Together we will share our methods for refilling our creative energy cups.
ID: a watercolor illustration of a BIPOC burlesque performer taking a glove off.
Mouth Water Festival: GROOVE + CONNECT
Groove + Connect with Saira Barbaric
SEP 26 | 7 - 8:30 PM
The Beacon | 812 Rainier Ave S
Join Saira Barbaric for a movement workshop of improvisation, games and disco. Experience Saira’s developing style that brings together burlesque, club dance, pleasure practice and play for a sensual and lighthearted dance session. Beginning with history and cultural context, we will warm up, move on our own and find ways to travel together and connect. Led by the rhythm and the goals of the games, movers will get a taste of Soul Train with a queer crip guide and an accessible framework to support a wide range of disabilities, ages and skill levels.
Workshop and games were originally created for Axis Dance Company’s summer 2023 Choreo-Lab as rehearsal prompts for the in-progress work, A NEW GUEST.
ID: a watercolor illustration of a BIPOC green haired artist front of a blue/pink background.
Fashion Lecture: Almost Grunge!
Almost Live! had Seattle in stitches, but what did the show have to say about local fashion—and specifically about grunge? While much has been written about grunge music, grunge style is far less studied than other counterculture fashions. Join Clara Berg, MOHAI Curator of Collections and manager of @AlmostStyle on Instagram, to explore how a comedy show might be the key to unlocking the fashion history mystery of grunge.
Arrive early to see Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit) which will be open before the program, from 6-7pm.
When: Friday, September 27. The talk starts at 7:00 pm
Where: Museum of History and Industry; 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
Interpreters: Amie Pease & Courtney Coddington
ASL Interpretation and CART captioning are available during the program. In addition, a limited number of Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request. For more accessibility support, email programs@mohai.org two weeks before the program.
ID: Dark blue plaid background with three Polaroid pictures, in faded colors. Left picture shows five long haired people looking at camera. The middle picture shows a long haired person wearing cap, looking confused. The right picture shows three long haired people in various poses, looking confused.
Mouth Water Festival: THE UDJC SPIRIT
The UJDC Spirit with Urban Jazz Dance Company
SEP 28 | 11AM-3PM, Class Starts at 12:30PM
Base Experimental Arts + Space
For the first day of Urban Jazz Dance Company’s visit to Mouthwater Festival we offer a workshop: Does your spirit feel like something is missing, do you need places to express yourself, want to build stronger core- physically and spiritually without overextending yourself, need to dance? Then you came to the right place. Beginner or professional, this class is for everyone. It’s not how high you kick but why you kick!
Urban Jazz Dance is a convergence of artistic forces where RAW energy, ROOTED in FREEDOM, is expressed through the athletic BODY and UNCONTROLLABLE, PASSIONATE dance. Expect Ballet, Afro movement, plus more and even American Sign Language…the power of expression must be real.
Class will be assisted by Urban Jazz Dance Company’s Deaf dancers.
Taught by Award winning Deaf Dancer Antoine Hunter- hearing, Deaf and ALL are welcome to take class.
ID: a watercolor illustration of four BIPOC artists looking downward to the camera.
Mouth Water Festival: CRIP OPEN STAGE
CRIP OPEN STAGE
performance and artist lunch with UJDC and Mouthwater team
SEP 29 | 1:00 PM
BASE Experimental Arts + Space | 6520 5th Ave S #122nd
Individual Tickets: $0-20
For the second day of Urban Jazz Dance Company’s participation in Mouthwater Festival, we offer our first artist social. There will be lunch, refreshments and a sign up sheet for an open stage session. Bring a finished drag, a work-in-progress, an idea in movement form, a new burlesque piece, your latest b-boy move. This is the Disabled dance show-and-tell of your dreams.
ID: a watercolor illustration of four BIPOC artists looking downward to the camera.
Mouth Water Festival:
ENERGY FLOW: SAFE/CENTERED STAGE PRESENCE
with Jacqueline Boxx
OCT 1 | 6 – 7 PM
Base Experimental Arts + Space
Commanding an audience’s attention doesn’t have to mean constantly moving about a stage! Learn the five elements Jacqueline uses to make the absolute most of center stage and practice a brief choreography that introduces adapting these elements to your own performance style.
ID: a black and white photo of a burlesque performer sitting sideway on a wheelchair front of a white background.
Mouth Water Festival: GROW GREEN MAN | Performance Party
GROW GREEN MAN
Performance Party/Touch Tours + Artist Talk with Saira Barbaric
OCT 5 Performance Party | 6 PM
Seattle Art Museum, Paccar Pavilion in Olympic Sculpture Park
Individual Tickets: Sliding Scale $0-50
PERFORMANCE PARTY
In deference to the powers of the woods — from the maenads to the green knight to Gran Bwa — performers touch on the unruly nature of the wilderness to seed, build and dance with creatures real and unreal. Sunset will set off a series of performances including circus, burlesque, installation art and interactive acts from a lineup of Black Disabled artists including Saira Barbaric. The audience will be invited to play, respond, move and relax throughout an evening of investigation and catharsis. Grow Green Man refuses to hide the process of preparation, repair and mounting that precedes the gallery becoming a wonderland. Grow Green Man is a performance party from Saira Barbaric, hosted at the Olympic Sculpture Park’s Paccar Pavilion. Come early to hear DJs, enjoy refreshments and experience works from Barbaric’s 2022 show, Pantheon Anew. Sunset will set off a series of performances from a lineup of Black Disabled artists including Saira Barbaric. The night will wrap up with more dancing and drinks Come on out for an evening of sensual, playful, confronting work from a bevy of PNW favorites and new-to-us powerhouses.
ID: a watercolor illustration of a green haired artist front of a pink blue background.
Mouth Water Festival: GROW GREEN MAN | Touch Tours
GROW GREEN MAN
Performance Party/Touch Tours + Artist Talk with Saira Barbaric
OCT 6 Touch Tours | 12 AM- 4 PM
Seattle Art Museum, Paccar Pavilion in Olympic Sculpture Park
Individual Tickets: Sliding Scale $0-50
TOUCH TOURS + ARTIST TALK
This is space for context and access about Saira’s installation and the party the night before. Barbaric will be offering touch and/or discussion tours of the installation space at the top of each hour. The space will be available to the public. The discussion and touch tours will be 30-40 minutes with option for ASL interpretation and an emphasis on audio descriptions by the artist. With registration, you will confirm the hour of your visit. Please arrive in the first 10 minutes to experience the full artist tour.
ID: a watercolor illustration of a green haired artist front of a pink blue background.
Mouth Water Festival: SOUL SEEKER
Soul Seeker
An Experimental Contemporary Performance from Vanessa Hernández Cruz
OCT 10 | Doors at 6:30 PM
Individual Tickets: Sliding Scale $0-100
Soul Seeker is an experimental contemporary dance solo of the epic odyssey of our soul that will be performed at On the Boards in the Fall for the Mouthwater Festival. It recently premiered at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions performing art series “ABUNDANCE’. This work conveys the tumultuous journey of the soul as it navigates the labyrinthine path of life. In this cosmic journey we find ourselves intricately interwoven, connected by invisible threads that bind us to one another and to the vast universe that surrounds us. We don’t get to choose our vessel on this Earth, but the Universe grants us the profound gift of life. It is a dance of introspection and revelation, inviting audiences to embark on a transcendent voyage of self-discovery. But it is not only through movement and sound that this odyssey unfolds; visual artistry takes center stage, manifesting the chaos and beauty of our soul in vibrant hues and striking imagery.
ID: a watercolor illustration of a dark haired artist front of green blue background.
Deaf Lit Fest
NEW FESTIVAL COMING THIS FALL!
Deaf Spotlight will host a Deaf Lit Fest featuring literature, poetry and graphic novels at Hugo House from Oct 11-12, 2024. Please save the date! Follow us for more announcements!
ID: Flyer for “Deaf Lit Fest” on a light blue background and a drawing of a pair of hand holding an orange book with the DS logo on the cover. A pair of blue hands extends from inside the pages. Text under title: “Oct 11-12, 2024. Seattle, WA.” Scraps of book pages decorate the border.
Mouth Water Festival: CABARET (An Evening of Decadence)
Mouthwater Cabaret | An Evening of Cabaret Decadence
Oct. 11-12 | Doors at 7:00 PM (100 min.)
Individual Tickets: Sliding Scale $0-100
Slip into 12th Ave Arts for two nights of our very own cabaret decadence. Disabled movement artists of so many styles will grace the stage with contemporary dance, drag and burlesque. All that alongside hilarious hosts, vintage cocktails, small bites in a luscious lounge will transport you to a retro-future of access and art.
Dress code for those that like to dress- Sleek, retro-future. Come to our lounge in your favorite look for the accessible speakeasy of your dreams.
Touch tours and artist talks available before each performance in the 12th Ave Arts lobby.
ID: a watercolor illustration of four BIPOC artists looking downward to the camera.
Mouth Water Festival: SHUGA SHAQ
The Sunday Night Shuga Shaq
A Mouthwater Feature at Seattle’s longest BIPOC burlesque night
OCT 13 | Doors at 6:30 PM
Individual Tickets: $22.50-$100
Briq House Entertainment, in Association with Theater off Jackson and Sin de la Rosa, produces the only monthly ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR Burlesque Revue in Seattle, The Sunday Night Shuga Shaq.
On October 13th, join us as the Mouthwater Festival wraps up with an evening of dazzling dancing, tantric teasing, and all around magic with some of the hottest Burlesque performers this side of the Mississippi! There will be so many shades and flavors of chocolate, caramel, mocha, lemon meringue, and red velvet dripping from the Theatre Off Jackson stage that you are guaranteed to leave with a toothache.
Bring your dollar bills to get some thrills- drinks, raffles, performers and more! Shuga Shaq is the official last stop of the Mouthwater Festival where you’ll see a mix of our babes and the shining stars that Shuga Shaq brings to the stage.
ID: a watercolor illustration of a blue green background with white text: “The Sunday Night Shuga Shaq.”
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical (ASL Interpreted)
From the team that brought us Dog Man: The Musical comes the much-awaited sequel Cat Kid Comic Club!
Based on the wildly popular series by Dav Pilkey (Dog Man, Captain Underpants) this fast moving, colorful and kinetic play will entertain the whole family!
Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father Flippy is overjoyed that his kids will learn to unleash their creativity, but when the frogs’ constant bickering and outrageous imaginations send their comics comically off the rails, Flippy flips out! Will the club survive? Will the frogs ever get along? And will creativity finally save the day? All will be answered in this madcap musical based on Dav Pilkey’s irreverently hilarious book series.
When: Saturday, Oct 19, the show starts at 1:30 pm PT
Where: Seattle Children's Theatre; 201 Thomas Street, Seattle, Washington
ID: Cartoon drawing of an orange and black striped cat dressed up in mask and cape, welding color pencils like sword on right hand and brush, pencil and marker like sword on left hand. A green tadpole floating next to the cat. Under the cat, yellow frog and orange frog sitting and leaning on each other.
Deaf Spotlight Halloween Party
GET READY TO TIME TRAVEL WITH
DEAF SPOTLIGHT!
Join Deaf Spotlight on Sunday, October 27, 2024 for a fun Halloween outing! More details to share later.
Costume theme: dress up in your favorite era from past, present and future!
We cannot wait to see you all at the Halloween Party!
ID: Save the date flyer for Deaf Spotlight’s Halloween Party, with a black space in the middle of a black and white photo collage showing people wearing different costumes. Text inside the black space: “Save the Date: Sunday, Oct 27, 2024. Deaf Spotlight’s Halloween Party. Time Travel to Past, Present, & Future. Show up in your favorite era!“
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical (ASL Interpreted)
From the team that brought us Dog Man: The Musical comes the much-awaited sequel Cat Kid Comic Club!
Based on the wildly popular series by Dav Pilkey (Dog Man, Captain Underpants) this fast moving, colorful and kinetic play will entertain the whole family!
Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father Flippy is overjoyed that his kids will learn to unleash their creativity, but when the frogs’ constant bickering and outrageous imaginations send their comics comically off the rails, Flippy flips out! Will the club survive? Will the frogs ever get along? And will creativity finally save the day? All will be answered in this madcap musical based on Dav Pilkey’s irreverently hilarious book series.
When: Sunday, Oct 27, the show starts at 2:30 pm PT
Where: Seattle Children's Theatre; 201 Thomas Street, Seattle, Washington
ID: Cartoon drawing of an orange and black striped cat dressed up in mask and cape, welding color pencils like sword on right hand and brush, pencil and marker like sword on left hand. A green tadpole floating next to the cat. Under the cat, yellow frog and orange frog sitting and leaning on each other.
Havana Hop
SCT is excited to welcome back former Artistic Resident Paige Hernandez with her inspired one-woman dance party tour de force, Havana Hop. Come meet young Yeila who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add a salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style! The audience gets to dance along in this dynamic participation play where one actress creates three generations of lively women. Journey with Yeila as she discovers the fun of her multi-cultural heritage.
When: Saturday, November 16. Show starts at 1:00 pm
Where: Seattle Children's Theatre; 201 Thomas Street, Seattle, Washington 98109
Discount: Group of 10 or more will get a 20% discount. email: asmaa@sct.org
ID: Brown-skinned girl dancing in with pink tinsels waving over her head, with the background of a neon blue airplane flying with the city skyline. On the edges of picture, trees are lush with neon pink leaves.
WHY and HOW Are Not in the Picture by Monique Holt
What: "WHY and HOW is a multi-sensory experience for hearing and d/Deaf audiences that is performed entirely in American Sign Language. Competing voices struggle to construct meaning inside a Deaf Brain, resulting in an absurdist musical enhanced by projected captions, sound, and dynamic lighting elements. "
The show is performed entirely in ASL with projected captions. Our cast is 6 Deaf/HoH (including Jake Merz) and 2 hearing people, and our production team consists of MoMo as writer (Deaf), me as director (hearing), Justin Coleman as DASL (Deaf), Annie Wiegand as LD (Deaf), Joellen Sweeney as composer (hearing), and Dani Camarena Chavez as assistant director (Deaf), with hearing SM and TD folks. Light and sound elements will enhance the experience for different audience members in different ways.
Where: The Judy, 1000 SW Broadway T-100, Portland, OR 97205
Date/Time: Sunday, August 25 at 7 pm
FREE admission
Come and enjoy the performance by Momo!
ID: The top row is green with black letters: "Many Hats Collaboration." Underneath, in a thin black row, in white letters, is "The Hatchery." Under the black row, with an orange background, there is a graphic of a silhouette of a head split in half, with a blue brain hanging on a metal hook within the split between the silhouette. A white ladder rests on the back part of the head, a person on top of the ladder reaching out to the brain, and another person holding up the neck of the back part of the head. A third person walks toward and looks up at the brain from the front of the head. Under graphics, with a green background and in black letters, "WHY and HOW are not in the picture."
View from the Floor (ASL Interpreted)
VIEW FROM THE FLOOR is a memoir about sex, drugs and rock-n-roll without legs, as told through the life experiences of singer, songwriter, and crip commentator Mindie Lind. Through animation, music, and Mindie’s distinctive voice, this feature documentary will provide a radical, irreverent, and starkly personal perspective on disability, ableism, and exploitation.
Please join us at Northwest Film Forum on August 18th as we premiere the animated short, View from the Floor, a memoir about sex, drugs and rock-n-roll without legs, on the big screen! There will also be a live performance of the movie’s theme song from Mindie Lind, a Q&A with the creators, and opportunities to get involved and support our efforts to get the full feature made. Drinks & concessions will be available!
Animated short is a proof-of-concept. Proof-of-concept means, in this case, a 5 minute animated sample that showcases the concept, story, tone and themes of our full-length feature.
WHERE: Northwest Film Forum; 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
WHEN: SUNDAY AUGUST 18TH at 2pm
WHY: Share our work on the big screen, hear more from creators Mindie Lind and Megan Griffiths, receive questions / feedback from the audience, and fundraise for the feature film.
*We will have an interpreter at the event as well, if you have any other access needs please let us know. Reach out at mindielind@gmail.com.
ID of poster: An illustration of a girl with no legs, and 6 finers, short brown hair, blue shirt tied at the bottom, and a black and white patterned skirt, sits in a pink void surrounded by the words "View from the Floor." She is smiling, comfortable and the words "A feature film created by Mindie Lind and Megan Griffiths with animation by Joe Garber"
Silent Monday Movies: Sherlock Jr. & The Love Nest
Music by Christian Elliott on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
Buster Keaton directs and stars in SHERLOCK JR. (1924) and the short film THE LOVE NEST (1923) also written by Keaton.
Sherlock Jr. finds Keaton as a daydreaming film projectionist who longs to be a detective and put his crime solving skills to use. Sherlock Jr. is perhaps one of Keaton's most cherished works and was placed on the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1991.
The Love Nest was Keaton's 19th and final short film before transitioning exclusively to feature length productions and tells the tale of a heartbroken man lost at sea in a small boat who climbs aboard a whaling ship only to discover a merciless captain at the helm.
Where: The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Doors at 6:00 pm
Show at 7:00 pm
General Admission Seating
All Ages
ASL Interpretation provided
Free tickets to local Deaf community members! Please email info@deafspotlight.org with your request which film screenings you would like to go to and how many tickets you would want to have at least 2 days before each film screening date.
ID: A silhouette wearing a hat, sitting on block floating in water. In front of the silhouette, a huge splash reaching beyond the poster. On the splash, dark blue letters says “STG Present”, black letters next to the silhouette says “Buster Keaton in:” Big orange letters on the top and yellow letters under orange letters, on the box said “Sherlock Jr.” & “The Love Nest”. With smaller white letters says “with Christian Elliott on the Mighty Wurlitzer’. On bottom of poster in white letter says “August 5, 2024”.
Author Event: Sydney Lanford
Join Sydney Langford with Charlie’s Queer Books (Fremont, Seattle, WA) in celebration of their debut YA novel, The Loudest Silence - two disabled, queer teens find belonging in this poignant platonic love story about singing, signing, and solidarity. Sydney will be in conversation with fellow young adult author Maya Prasad, sign books, and hold a raffle for bookish prizes.
Author Event: Sydney Langford 'The Loudest Silence'
Friday Aug 2nd, 2024
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
At Charlie's Queer Books, 465 N 36th St, Seattle, WA 98103
Accessibility note: There will be a sign language interpreter present during the event. Sydney’s service dog will be in attendance, but he is not available for interactions or petting (he’s working). There is no wheelchair accessible bathroom on site. Face masks are highly encouraged!
About the author:
Sydney Langford (they/them) is a queer, Deaf–Hard of Hearing, and physically disabled author living in Portland, Oregon. When not singing musical theater songs or playing with their dogs, they are passionate about writing stories that celebrate inclusivity and the diverse experiences of queer and disabled teens. The Loudest Silence is their debut novel. You can find Sydney on social media @slangwrites, or visit their website at slangwrites.com.
ID: a pink banner with purple text: "Sydney Landford with Maya Prasad, Aug 2, 7:00 PM" with three images below: a headshot of Sydney, the book cover of "The Loudest Silence," and a headshot of Maya.
Company (ASL Interpreted Performance)
PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES, IN COMES COMPANY. Winner of 5 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical,COMPANY”strikes like a lightning bolt. It’s brilliantly conceived and funny as hell.” (Variety). Helmed by three-time Tony Award-winning director Marianne Elliott (War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Angels in America) this revelatory new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s groundbreaking musical comedy, at once boldly sophisticated, deeply insightful, and downright hilarious.
It’s Bobbie’s 35th birthday party, and all her friends keep asking, Why isn’t she married? Why can’t she find the right man and isn’t it time to settle down and start a family? As Bobbie searches for answers, she discovers why being single, being married, and being alive in the 21st-century could drive a person crazy. COMPANY features Sondheim’s award-winning songs You Could Drive a Person Crazy, The Ladies Who Lunch, Side by Side by Side and the iconic Being Alive. Let’s all drink to that!
Where: The Paramount Theater; 911 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
When: Sunday, July 28
Time: Plays starts at 1 pm PST
Discount Code: ASL
The sign language interpreters stand at the front of the main floor.
NOTE: Online service fees apply.
Point of Contact: Adriana Wright
Graphic with purple background with a neon sign outlined in red with "COMPANY" in blue text. The "y" in "company" is a martini glass.
Clue (ASL Interpreted Show)
The play blurb:
Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Based on the cult 1985 Paramount movie and inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is the ultimate whodunit that will leave you dying of laughter and keep you guessing until the final twist.
Where: 5th Ave Theater, 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
When: Sunday, July 21st. Play starts at 1:30 pm
The 5th Avenue provides American Sign Language-interpreted performances for hard-of-hearing and Deaf patrons. Reserved seating in the front half of the left side of the house close to the ASL interpreters is set aside specifically for guests who need interpretation.
These seats are reserved for our Deaf and hard of hearing guests who require the services of an interpreter.
To access tickets and pricing in the ASL section, use promo code ASL or click the button below.
Image Description: Black background with large bold white words "Clue" with thinner white capitalized letters below "A New Comedy"
Salon of Shame #109
At Salon of Shame, Seattleites read on stage from their worst adolescent writing: middle school diaries, high school poetry, bad homework and unsent letters. Cathartic for readers and hilarious for the rest of us!
When: Tuesday, July 16. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm
Where: Theatre Off Jackson; 409 7th Ave S Seattle
Discount: Buy a Deaf/Hard of Hearing ticket using the password: bountiful
ASL Interpreters: Jeff Wildenstein and Pam Parham
If you're coming to the show via an annual or lifetime pass, or a general admission ticket, please hit me up and we'll add to the ASL section for you and anyone in your party.
We hope you can get your tickets and come on down! Stay hydrated, and bring a fan! 🪭
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Clay Play & Paper Mache: An Art Therapy Workshop
Is the daily grind keeping you away from your creativity? Do you want to learn how to let go of perfectionism in your art practice? This is the perfect opportunity to learn something new, spark your imagination, and allow yourself to be messy.
Join Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teaching Artists Aistė Rye and Art Therapist Katrina Van Strien, LMHCA, ATR-P for this pop-up art therapy workshop "Clay Play & Paper Mache" to connect to your intuition and let go of perfectionism.
When: Sunday, July 14, the event starts at 2:00 pm PT
Where: Slip Gallery; 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
What is the art therapy workshop?
During this art therapy workshop, you will play with a paper mache layering method, so say farewell to anxiety and hello party-in-a-bowl (or vessel)! Vessels can symbolize the body as a container of the soul or spirit. Vessels also represent the mind and heart, holding thoughts, emotions, and experiences. By the end of this workshop, you will have created a unique vessel by applying the art of paper mache with the guidance of the Teaching Artist and Art Therapist.
No artistic experience is necessary – just an open mind and willingness to explore! Community workshops at The Spirit Lab are designed to be fun and engaging, allowing you time to rest, reflect, and experiment with different art supplies and techniques.
This Workshop May Help With:
- Exploring senses
- Increasing mindfulness
- Boosting creativity & camaraderie
- Relieving stress and promoting relaxation
- Self discovery
- Soothing anxiety
Important Information:
- All art supplies are included with ticket purchase
- Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all workshops at The Spirit Lab. If you need financial assistance, please email Aistė at hello@aisteryecreative.com.
- No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
- Water, non-alcoholic beverages, and light snacks available with ticket purchase.
- Open to all 18+
- All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities are welcome and celebrated.
About the Educators:
Aistė Rye (she/her) is a Lithuanian-American, Deaf/HoH, and Queer Therapeutic Art Facilitator, Muralist, Visual Designer, and founder of The Spirit Lab based in Seattle. Aistė is passionate about bringing therapeutic art to individuals and communities to experience the benefits of creative expression. Learn more about Aistė's work at aisteryecreative.com.
Katrina Van Strien (she/her) is a mixed-race artist, art therapist, and mental health counselor based in Tacoma. She provides art therapy online for teens and emerging adults along with walk-and-talk therapy for women in Tacoma. She is passionate about walking with folks through the messiness of life, making art even if it’s not pretty, and helping folks see in brighter colors than before. Learn more at pearlarttherapy.com.
Access Needs:
- Please let Aistė know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning at hello@aisteryecreative.com.
ID: Creme crumpled paper background. The Spirit Lab logo at header followed by orange text stating “ Clay Play & Paper Mache" and black text "an Art Therapy Workshop featuring Art Therapist Katrina Van Strien." Teal calendar logo below with text next to it stating Sunday, July 14. To the right is a teal location logo with text Slip Gallery 2301 1st Ave, Seattle. Below is an orange box with white text stating Early Bird: July 1. On bottom left is a light black single-line drawing of a face and flowers. Below it is a strip of newspaper. Bottom right is a colorful paper mache bowl with flowers in it. Next to the bowl is a small rainbow clay pot.
Creative Workshop
Creative Workshop for Youth
Deaf Spotlight will offer 4 creative workshops for youth age (5-16) from July to Aug 2024 on specific Wednesdays from 1-3 pm at Deaf Spotlight's Office (1517 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122). Fun activities include painting, drawing, craft and more!
When:
July 10
July 24
Aug 7
Aug 21
Where:
Deaf Spotlight Art Space
1517 12th Avenue, Unit 202, Seattle, WA 98102
ID: TBD
Girl From The North Country (ASL Interpreted Performance)
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is the Tony Award-winning new musical that the Chicago Tribune declares is “a Broadway revelation!” Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before, including “Forever Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Hurricane,” “Slow Train Coming,” and “Like A Rolling Stone.”
It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travelers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Experience this ‘profoundly beautiful' production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.
Where: The Paramount Theater; 911 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
When: Sunday, June 30
Time: Plays starts at 1 pm PST
Discount Code: ASL
The sign language interpreters stand at the front of the main floor.
NOTE: Online service fees apply.
Point of Contact: Adriana Wright
Graphic with "Girl From the North Country" in brown, textured font placed top center over a dirt country road with powerlines during sunset.
Spring Awakening (ASL Interpreted Show)
The play blurb:
Spring Awakening is an electrifying journey through the trials and challenges of adolescence, with music by Duncan Sheik. Winner of eight Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, the story explores the mystery of attraction, desire, sex, insecurity, and the highs and lows of navigating the pressures of young adult life. With a score of contemporary rock music that transformed the way Broadway thinks about musicals, Spring Awakening is a poignant and thrilling ride that stings with resonance for today’s youth.
Where: 5th Ave Theater, 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
When: Sunday, June 23rd. Play starts at 1:30 pm
The 5th Avenue provides American Sign Language-interpreted performances for hard-of-hearing and Deaf patrons. Reserved seating in the front half of the left side of the house close to the ASL interpreters is set aside specifically for guests who need interpretation.
These seats are reserved for our Deaf and hard of hearing guests who require the services of an interpreter.
To access tickets and pricing in the ASL section, use promo code ASL or click the button below.
Image Description: Black background with dark red image on the left, showing partial of man’s bottom half of his face with a side view of woman’s bottom half face leaning to kiss the cheek. Next, the red image, bold and white letters say “Spring Awakening.”
Summer Solstice Exhibit Reception
You are invited to our reception!
The summer solstice takes place at the time of the year when the sun shines the longest, and we invite you to join us for a reception to illuminate on a collection of artwork by Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing artists. The reception wraps up a month long gallery exhibit by celebrating the artists showcased.
The reception will take place on Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 4-7 pm at our location: 1517 12th Ave, Unit 202, Seattle, WA 98122.
Light refreshments will be provided, please join us for an evening to mark the longest day of the year under the summer sun. Indulge in captivating artwork, mingle with fellow art enthusiasts, and immerse yourself in the spirit of the season!
RECEPTION RSVP IS CLOSED NOW. You can check out our art exhibit by appointment, please email art-design@deafspotlight.org for an appointment (Monday-Saturday from 12 to 5 pm.)
ID: Flyer for the Community Art Exhibit: Summer Solstice with the title in dark green on a light yellow background dotted with flowers. Text below title: “June 2024 Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday by appointment only. Saturday from 12-5 pm. Please email Art-Design@deafspotlight.org to arrange a visit. Deaf Spotlight: 1517 12th Ave. Unit 202, Seattle, WA 98122.” The Art & Design logo is on top center while the Deaf Spotlight logo is on bottom center.
Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales: Together Again, Again!: ASL Interpreted Show
The year is 2065. The sun has exploded, a dystopian nightmare has been realized, and the world has been taken over by authoritarian lizard people. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Winner JinkxMonsoon and musical prodigy Major Scales aren’t on the best of terms, but decide to put their falling-out behind them for a final reunion extravaganza. From the creators of 2014’s crowd favorite The Vaudevillians, experience the comedy, music, and saucystylings of two of the Pacific Northwest’s standout entertainers.
When: Saturday, June 22, the door opens at 1 pm and the show starts at 2 pm
Where: Seattle REP theater, 155 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Image Description: Yellow background with the image in a purple hue. The image shows a drag queen looking perplexed, with her hand on her chest, and seems waiting for somebody something. A man sitting next, leaning toward her and raising an eyebrow with a cigarette in his mouth, and he has a glass of liquor in his hands. In white letters above says “Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales” with & in bright blue. In big and bold white in the middle overlapping both people say “together again, again!”
History Café: People of Color Against AIDS Network
Founded in 1987, the People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) is one of the nation’s first HIV/AIDS organizations centering communities of color. Today, almost 40 years later, POCAAN has grown to house 13 programs addressing how substance misuse, incarceration, homelessness, sexually transmitted diseases, racism, sexism, transphobia, and homophobia contribute to community marginalization and health disparities. Join the POCAAN team to learn about POCAAN’s past, present, and future.
When: Tuesday, June 18, starts at 6:30 PM PT
Where: Museum of History and Industry; 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
*NOTE: ASL Interpretation and CART captioning are available during the program. In addition, a limited number of Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request. For more accessibility support, email programs@mohai.org two weeks before the program.
Extra Information:
Food: Grab some food for thought–Gourmondo at MOHAI remains open until 7pm for every History Café.
Virtual Attendence: If you can’t make it to the museum, tune in live on the MOHAI YouTube channel to virtually attend this event.
ID: a group of people of various skin tones and genders. All are grinning and cheering together.
3RD ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Black ASL Nations Present: 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Seattle!
*STAY TUNED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT ON JUNE 14th*
There will be music, food and games!
When: Saturday, June 15
Where: First and Bell, 2218 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
ID: Yellow background with black border and with stripes of red, black and green swiped on opposing corners. Small red letters say “Black ASL Nation Expo Present”, under in big bold black letters “Juneteenth Festival” with smaller red letters under “Celebrating Freedom Day”. In center, there are Black hands in cuffs and chains, and the hands are snapping chains break. In middle of flyer, it says “ June 15, 2024” with white letters under saying “in Seattle, Washington. On bottom of flyer, it says Food - Music - Games. In smaller font, it says “Follow on Instagram @blackaslnationexpo.” “Location: 2218 1st Ave Seattle, WA 98121” “All Vendors Welcome, Free Booth” and in white letters “ www.blackaslnationexpo.com” with Washington Office of th Deaf and Hard of Hearing logo on left bottom corner of the flyer.
Saturday University: Spy Pigeons and Stray Hens in Contemporary South Asian Art
“Pakistani ‘spy pigeon’ arrested in India,” announced BBC News in 2015, reporting on a bird found by a 14-year-old boy in the border village of Manwal, taken into custody by local police, and identified as a ‘suspected spy’ in their records. In Bani Abidi’s The News (2001), a double-channel video installation, the artist plays the roles of Indian and Pakistani state television newsreaders who relate disputes over a Pakistani hen that strays into Indian territory and lays eggs there. “Situation is tense but under control,” both sides insist. Using Abidi’s absurd yet hyperreal performance as a starting point, this presentation analyzes a growing preoccupation with nations, borders, and partitions in contemporary art from South Asia since the 1990s and a new approach to imagining the region.
When: Saturday, June 8, starting at 10:00 am
Where: Seattle Asian Art Museum Stimson Auditorium; 1400 E Prospect St., Seattle, WA 98112
ID: A woman with black hair, wearing black sleeveless blouse with bow, gold hoops and red lipstick, she is grinning. Blurred background of archived papers and books.
Love Your Gut: Understanding the Microbiome and Fermented Foods
Our gut is often called our second brain. In this program, learn how the gut microbiome impacts our health, the benefits of fermented foods, and the Gates Foundation’s initiatives supporting gut health and fermented foods. Join Vanessa Ridaura Senior Program Officer, Microbiome Products, Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health at the Gates Foundation and Anne-Marie Gloster, PhD, RDN, Associate Teaching Professor, Food Systems, Nutrition, at the Health Program School of Public Health, University of Washington as they delve into the fascinating world of the gut microbiome, fermented foods, and the impactful work happening in the field. Discover the interconnectedness of these topics and gain valuable insights into improving health outcomes through microbiome research and sustainable food practices.
You will have an opportunity to taste some of the fermented foods they discuss as well as learn more about the work of our event partners including: Gold Coast Ghal Kitchen, InFerment, OHSUN Banchan Deli & Cafe, OlyKraut, Seeking Ferments, and UW Microbial Interactions & Microbiome Center.
When: Tuesday, June 4 at 4:00 pm PT
Where: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center; 440 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109
Event schedule
4 p.m. Doors open. Visit partner tables for tastings.
5 p.m. Discussion starts. Virtual event goes live.
5:30 p.m. Q&A
5:45 p.m. Networking and visiting partner tables for tastings.
**Free to attend | All ages welcome | ASL services provided
In-Person at the Discovery Center
Also available: online via zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to registered participants.
ID: A Panel of three pictures, Left to Right: a pile of glass bottles of yellow-colored komucha, close up of cabbage kimichi, colored bright red, a jar of saucerkraut on cutting board with fresh vegetables blurred in background.
Solstice Art Exhibit 2024
Summer Solstice Art Exhibit
Summer Solstice Art Exhibit
The summer solstice marks a time of vibrant energy, long days, and the beauty of nature in full bloom. During this time, the sun shines at its peak length, and we are kicking off the summer energy with an art gallery exhibiting a vibrant collection of original artwork submitted by Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing artists, both locally and nationwide.
The gallery will be open during the month of June at our location: 1517 12th Ave, Unit 202, Seattle, WA 98122. The gallery will be open by appointments only on Mondays to Saturdays between 12-5pm. To schedule an appointment for viewing, please email art-design@deafspotlight.org .
The gallery will run through June and culminate with a reception on June 22, please do consider joining us for the celebration to mark the summer solstice!
Many handwaves to our 8 x 8 Exhibit Supporters: 4Culture, Washington State Arts Commission, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Blick Art Materials, and National Endowment for the Arts.
ID: Flyer for the Community Art Exhibit: Summer Solstice with the title in dark green on a light yellow background dotted with flowers. Two graphics sit in a row under the title, the left graphic shows a sunrise at sea with the sunlight reflected on the water. The right graphic shows a sunset on a dark ground. Text below graphics: “Please join our reception: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 4-7pm. LIght refreshments will be provided. Deaf Spotlight 1517 12th Ave, Unit 202, Seattle, WA, 98122. RSVP: tinyurl.com/dsreception2024 .” The Art & Design logo is on top center, with Deaf Spotlight logo on bottom center.
Mouth Water Festival Livestream
Mouthwater Festival goes live for a 3 hour stream
Hosted by @very.freaky & @galaxiesdance.
We wanna share out games, makeup hangs, artist talks & Saira getting a tattoo while you all ask them questions.
Our 3 hour Youtube premiere livestream is on June 1st.
[Image Description: A teal background with dark purple text and graphics has plants and flowers across the bottom. The text reads, "Youtube Livestream. June 1st. Hosted by Saira Barbaric and Vanessa Crux. Games, Lives Q&A, Tattoos, More! Youtube.com/@cripdancegallery." The symbols are for closed captioning, ASL interpretation and purple tinted lips that are the Mouthwater logo.]
Denny Lecture: Black Power and Solidarity on Campus and Beyond
The University of Washington is home to one of the earliest Black Student Unions in the Country. Learn the strategies for cross-cultural organizing that led to their success and how this can be applied to liberation struggles today. Join professor Marc Arsell Robinson, author of "Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest," to understand how solidarity spread across camps and beyond.
MOHAI’s annual Denny Lecture presents the very best in regional historical scholarship.
When: Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 pm PST
Where: Museum of History and Industry; 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
ASL Interpreters: Tami Berk & Amie Pease
ASL Interpretation and CART captioning are available during the program. In addition, a limited number of Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request. For more accessibility support, email programs@mohai.org two weeks before the program.
ID: Black and White photography of two black men and one black woman, sitting at table, looking at someone off the picture. Yellow and green stripes on right upper corner, red and black stripes on left upper corner and green and black stripes on left lower corner.
Alexander Calder Symposium: Talks, Film Screenings, Tours, and more!
Join us for a captivating all-day exploration of the life and legacy of artist Alexander Calder. Free with admission, this series of public talks, gallery tours, film screenings, and more, enable esteemed scholars of Calder's work to share insights on the artist's influence on modern art, distinct artistic process, and lasting cultural impact. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of one of the 20th century's most influential artists.
When: Saturday, May 18th at 11 am; all-day event
Where: Seattle Art Museum; 1300 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 9810
ID: Black and white photograph of white man tinkering with wires, with abstract scupltures scattered around him.
Alexander Calder Symposium Key Note
“Calder’s Radical Classicism” Jed Perl keynote talk
Calder knocked sculpture off the pedestal. He wanted his work to be a part of life, to be touched, handled, walked around, discovered in unexpected places, much as sculpture had been in earlier centuries. By looking at Calder’s stabiles and mobiles along with older works of art – the carvings on a medieval cathedral, a Baroque altarpiece – Jed Perl will show how this modern master reenergized sculpture’s muscular and visceral powers and forged the radical classicism that defines his achievement.
Among Jed Perl’s many books are Antoine’s Alphabet, Eyewitness, and New Art City, which was a 2005 New York Times Notable Book. Writing in the New York Times about Perl’s latest book, Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts, the composer John Adams observed that Perl “radiates sheer pleasure with his very personal responses to art of all kinds, writing with warmth and a sense of gratitude.” Perl is also the editor of Art in America: 1945-1970, a 900-page anthology published by the Library of America. He has written for Harper’s, The New Criterion, The Threepenny Review, The Yale Review, Salmagundi, and many other publications. He is the recipient of awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, the Leon Levy Biography Center at the City University of New York, and the Ingram-Merrill Foundation.
When: Friday, May 17 at 7:00 pm
Where: Seattle Art Museum; 1300 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
ID: White man in blue button up shirt, glancing toward camera and smiling. Yellow background with an abstract artwork in white, red and black behind the man.
History Café: Love and Modems
In the days of the early internet, emerging digital LGBTQ communities found revolutionary possibilities for not only building community, but also political organizing. Join professor Avery Dame-Griff for a discussion of how members of LGTBQ communities have utilized digital technology for everything from finding love to getting needed resources to people living with AIDS.
History Café is produced as a partnership between HistoryLink and MOHAI.
When: Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30 pm PST
Where: Museum of History and Industry; 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
ASL Interpreters: Tami Berk & Amie Pease
ASL Interpretation and CART captioning are available during the program. In addition, a limited number of Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request. For more accessibility support, email programs@mohai.org two weeks before the program.
ID: Pink background with two old fashioned computers from 80’s/90’s facing each other. In the middle between both computers, a pixeled rainbow heart.
Salon of Shame #108
At Salon of Shame, Seattleites read on stage from their worst adolescent writing: middle school diaries, high school poetry, bad homework and unsent letters. Cathartic for readers and hilarious for the rest of us!
When: Tuesday, May 14, doors open at 7pm and show starts at 8pm
Where: Theatre Off Jackson; 409 7th Ave S, Seattle
ASL Interpreters: Jeff Wildenstein and Pam Parham.
Ticket Discount: Buy a Deaf/Hard of Hearing ticket using the password: wonderwall
--for the seats closest to our interpreters.
If you're coming to the show via an annual or lifetime pass, or a general admission ticket, please hit me up and we'll add to the ASL section for you and anyone in your party.
ID: black background with a pixelated unicorn with front hoofs up in the air on left with rainbow banner behind it.
The Lehman Trilogy
The Tony Award®-winning Best Play comes to Seattle after a triumphant run on London’s West End and Broadway. The Lehmans began as many American immigrants did in the 19th century: on a cold dock in New York City 1844 as a young Jewish man enters his new country for the first time. Joined by his two brothers, he lives the American Dream: from humble beginnings to outrageous success. 163 years later, that legacy—The Lehman Brothers—comes crashing down, triggering the largest financial crisis in history. How? Why? This extraordinary feat of storytelling invites us to question what success is worth, how legacy is defined, and what we value in the wake of devastating collapse.
When: Saturday, May 11 at 2pm
Where: ACT Contemporary Theater; 700 Union St, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
Interpreters: Ginevra Deianni and Jacque Knight
Promo Code: ASL
ID: White background. At the top in bold, green letters reads, The Lehman Trilogy. A man silhouetted in black is inside the letter M, balancing on a highwire. Below are three men silhouetted in black, they are wearing suits and carrying briefcases. The men are standing on a green foreground and their shadows create the image of a grayscale city skyline.
Saturday University: Arts of Encounter Across Africa and the Indian Ocean
The Swahili Coast, where Africa and the Indian Ocean intersect, has been a vibrant arena of global cultural convergence for more than a millennium. For centuries, people have journeyed across the Indian Ocean from the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, Europe, and many regions of Africa to this littoral region of East Africa. Some settled in the region’s flourishing port towns, while others moved many times with the seasonal shifts of the monsoon winds. The confluence of seafarers, migrants, and locals gave rise to a vibrant material and artistic heritage of astounding diversity and connectivity.
Swahili art objects, architecture, and ornaments have been shaped by mobilities across great distances, the formation of new empires, and the making and unmaking of communities and social identities. This talk explores Swahili arts through the lenses of encounter, trade, and imperialism while considering the challenges of making sense of artworks that refuse to be anchored to the boundaries of land and nation-states.
Prita Meier (Ph.D., Harvard University) is a tenured Associate Professor of Africanist Art History in the Department of Art History and Institute of Fine Arts. Her research focuses on the arts and architectures of east African port cities and histories of transcontinental exchange and conflict. She is the author of Swahili Port Cities: The Architecture of Elsewhere (Indiana University Press, 2016) and has publications in the Art Bulletin, Art History, African Arts, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Artforum, and Arab Studies Journal, and more. She is currently working on a new book about the social and aesthetic history of photography in Zanzibar and Mombasa.
When: Saturday, May 11 at 10:00 am
Where: Seattle Asian Art Museum Stimson Auditorium; 1400 E Prospect St., Seattle, WA 98122
Ticket Admission: Admission to the galleries is provided with the purchase of a Saturday University ticket. General admission tickets are $15, $8 for members, and $10 for students with ID.
ID: Ivory hair comb with gold inlays patterns on the haircomb.
Hair comb, about 1800. From Swahili coast of eastern Africa. Courtesy of Minneapolis Museum of Art.
Make Way for the Future of Sanitation
Join us for a conversation with Doulaye Kone Interim Director, Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Rachel Cardone, Director, Global Investment at Resilient Water Accelerator on the global issues surrounding sanitation and its interconnectedness with education, climate, and disease.
This event will discuss the challenges and opportunities in ensuring access to safe sanitation facilities worldwide, the impact of sanitation on education, and the role of sustainable sanitation practices in combating climate change. Learn how you can make a difference – and how investing in sanitation can lead to a healthier, more resilient future for all. Visit partner tables and learn ways to get involved.
Thank you to our event partners, Global WA, King County Wastewater Treatment Division, PATH, Splash, Washington Global Health Alliance, Water1st, and the Water Environment Federation.
When: Thursday, May 9 at 5:00 pm
Where: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center; 440 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, United States
NOTE: Free to attend | All ages welcome | ASL services provided |
It can be either; in-Person at the Discovery Center or online via zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to registered participants.
ID: Black man grinning and holding microphone, wearing blue button up shirt, looking at crowd. Blurry background with crowd appluding.
Silent Movie Monday: The Marriage Circle
Music by Donna Parker on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
Ernst Lubitsch's romantic comedy THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE (1924) is a captivating tale that follows the revolving love triangle between two couples and a set of colleagues in Vienna. Known for his sophisticated films of the screwball comedy era such as To Be Or Not To Be (1942), Trouble In Paradise (1932), and The Shop Around The Corner (1940), Lubitsch's silent films showcase the director's trademark "touch" and are not to be missed.
Where: The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Doors at 6:00 pm
Show at 7:00 pm
General Admission Seating
All Ages
ASL Interpretation provided
Free tickets to local Deaf community members! Please email info@deafspotlight.org with your request which film screenings you would like to go to and how many tickets you would want to have at least 2 days before each film screening date.
ID: Black background with white letter on the top of poster says “ STG Presents Ernst Lubitsch's “The Marriage Circle” with Donna Parker on the Mightier Wurlitzer. Below the title, mustard banner with red jagged over laying the banner. On the banner, there are two wedding rings with eye in middle of rings, close up under the magnifying glass. On bottom right in white letters says “May 6th, 2024. The Paramount Theatre. Silent Movie Mondays”. On the bottom of the poster, with black background and white letters says “ STC: Seattle Theater Company” “stgpresents.org” “ticketmasters.com” “The Paramount” logo.
Fat Ham: ASL Interpreted Show
2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner, 2023 Tony Award Nominee
Juicy, a young queer Black man, has a lot on his plate. His mother just married his uncle after the untimely death of his father, whose ghost appears at a family barbecue demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. Sound familiar? Fresh from its Broadway debut, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a sparkling and uproarious new comedy about seeking love and liberation.
When: Saturday, May 4, the door opens at 1 pm and the show starts at 2 pm
Where: Seattle REP theater, 155 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Image Description: Salmon background with big and bold white letters says “Fat Ham.” In the purple hue and between letters, a skull with a fork going through the eye socket and skewing a brat. There is purple confetti going around the skull and yellow starbursts on either side of the skull.
A Tale of Peter Rabbit - ASL Interpreted
Beatrix Potter’s timeless tale of Peter Rabbit is given a modern twist by award-winning writer Trista Baldwin. What does it mean to be a good bunny? If everyone thinks you’re a bad bunny, can you ever be good? In this moving and adventurous reimagining of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale, Peter Rabbit and his three sisters come together to tell a story of their very own.
When: Saturday, May 4 at 1:00 pm
Where: Seattle Children's Theatre ;201 Thomas Street, Seattle, Washington 98109
ASL Interpreters: Priya May-Folden and Paul Bert with Rhonda Cochran as our sign coach
Content Note: This show includes the death of a parent and stylistic depictions of an unseen villain using lights, shadow, and sound.
ID: A cartoon picture of a brown rabbit in blue jacket with crossed arms and holding a carrot. The rabbit is leaning on the shovel, in a big grassy field. Big carrots in ground in the background with blue sky and white clouds behind carrots.