Story by Gabrielle Nomura
Imagine the festivities in Bellevue. The streets downtown are packed with people who’ve planned road trips, bought plane tickets and made hotel reservations to be here. Local bars and restaurants bustle with …

The 6th Annual Seattle International Dance Festival (SIDF), “Beyond the Threshold” will be held June 10-19. The collaborative partnerships with South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce, Vulcan, Inc. and Cornish College of the Arts that launched …

Dance
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Season Encore Performance 6:30 p.m., June 12. The Seattle ballet brings down the curtain on a thrilling season with a one-time-only Season Encore Performance. Bid a warm farewell to dancers Chalnessa Eames, …

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s season finale production of “Giselle” marks a world premiere staging by Artistic Director Peter Boal, as well as the first time an American ballet company has revived a classic based on original …

Dance
A Day of Dance at Pacific Northwest Ballet Saturday, June 18 at McCaw Hall. Featuring the 30th annual PNB school performance at 1:30 p.m., Next Step, (formerly known as “Choreographer’s Showcase) at 7 p.m., and …

Producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh are pleased to announce full casting for the Seattle engagement of “MARY POPPINS.”  Seattle’s most eagerly anticipated stage production will begin performances at The …

Music

“Life Is What You Make It: A Concert & Conversation with Peter Buffett” at the Bellevue College Foundation’s free “Become Exceptional Luncheon” 11:30 a.m. April 27. Buffett, an Emmy Award-winning composer, philanthropist, author will …

When looking at Bill Peterson’s vivid abstract artwork, one may wonder why the canvas is so oddly shaped. Believe it or not, Peterson’s canvas started as a tablecloth at a Pogacha restaurant. A frequent …

“Sculpt : Reveal,” an exhibit of figurative works by Pacific Northwest artists Paul Metivier, Wade Pose and Sabah Al-Dhaher opens Wednesday, April 6, at Bellevue College’s Gallery Space.
A public reception for the artists will be …

By Gabrielle Nomura
In the end of the modern dance performance, the heroine takes off her clothes, lays them neatly in a chair, and without fear or embarrassment, exits the stage, naked.
Before this dramatic ending, “Difficult …