2008-9 Arts in Culture Dates Announced!

All Performances at 7:30 pm unless noted
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center
15343 25th Ave NE, Shoreline

Magical Strings Celtic
Yuletide Concert
Sun, November 30, 3 pm, $20, $18, $15

The Boulding family has been presenting this special holiday concert for 28 years.
Many families have been making this a family tradition for years. Features
storytelling, juggling, dance and song.

Jazz It Up!
with Special Guest Trombonist Dennis Wilson
Sat, January 17, 7:30 pm, $18, $15

This program is the annual Arts Scholarhsip Program fundraiser.
This year’s Jazz It Up program will feature trombonist Dennis
Wilson. Dennis Wilson began his professional career with Lionel
Hampton as trombonist, arranger, and musical director. He has been a lead/solo trombonist for the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, The New Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and for ten years with Mr. William James “Count” Basie and his Orchestra. He received a Grammy Award nomination for arrangements created for Manhattan Transfer. He has performed on over six Grammy Winning Albums with the Count Basie Orchestra. His experience includes work with many jazz greats including Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Clark Terry, and Joe Williams.

Vagabond Opera
Sat, February 7, 7:30 pm, $20, $18

Hailing from Portland, Oregon Vagabond Opera is a six-piece ensemble that delivers an eclectic mix of original and traditional compositions, unified by an old-world mood.
Gut-bucket swing, tangos, Paris hot jazz, Ukranian folk-punk ballads,
Arabic belly dance, Klezmer, operatic arias and vigorous originals
mingle with Absurdist, Bohemiancabaret style, and played with skill,
exuberance and a gritty vagabond edge.


BodyVox2
Sat, March 7, 7:30 pm, $20, $18

Breathtakingly physical; highly original; passionately lyrical; frequently whimsical. BodyVox has a reputation for choreography this is both adventurous and innovative—challenging and en¬gaging for committed dance fans, while also remaining accessible to new audiences. BodyVox2 will feature energized dance, unexpected storytelling, original cinema and human comedy.

Free Poetry Month Event
Fri, April 24, 7:30 pm, Free
Call ahead (206) 417-4645 for your free tickets!

Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Sam Green, poetry
slam, winners from our Poetry Contest and more. Free community event!

Tickets available online or by phone 206-417-4645