Copyright 2011 ~ Jack Straw Productions
4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98105
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Jack Straw Writers Program Jack Straw Writers at the NW Folklife Festival
Saturday, May 26, 5pm
NW Folklife Festival @ Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema, Seattle Center Readings from Jack Straw Writers Stacey Bennetts, Lacey Jane Henson, Carol Light, Sally Neumann, Johanna Stoberock, Mitsu Sundvall, and Nick Wong. Hosted by Jack Straw Board President and WA State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken.
~~~ Jack Straw/KRAB 50th Anniversary Jack Straw/KRAB Radio showcase at the NW Folklife Festival Featuring performances from Jim Page, Joy Mills, Ocheami featuring Kofi Anang, Urtnasan, Bob Antone, Ruze Dalmatinke, and Alchymeia Jack Straw is delighted to have the opportunity to present an afternoon of performances spanning our years of artist residencies and our roots in KRAB Radio. All of these artists have been involved with Jack Straw Productions and/or KRAB Radio over the decades, and we are so pleased to bring them together to show a small sample of what we do at Jack Straw.
~~~ Jack Straw New Media Gallery
CARTASONIC combines field recording, projection, and montage to convey the layered architectural history of Civita di Bagnoregio, a remote Italian hill town. Through "built" images and field recordings, this work maps the evolution of a town and its steadfast presence in a shifting landscape. |
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Jack Straw Audio Workshops
Jack Straw Audio Workshops are the perfect opportunity to jump start that recording project you've been thinking about, to refine your digital editing skills, or to get that first hands on introduction to the world of audio recording and editing.
| Beginning ProTools | Wednesday-Friday, June 6-8, 6-10pm |
More information on our Workshops page.
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Jack Straw Pocket Concerts
As part of the Seattle Center's Next Fifty Art Call, Jack Straw and Seattle Center Productions will present a series of performances featuring Jack Straw musicians, writers, and other artists in various locations around the Center between April 21 and October 21. Follow Jack Straw on Twitter (@JackStrawArts) or Facebook for daily performance announcements.
Wednesday, May 23, 12pm, Totem Pole on Thomas St.
Rob Witmer, solo accordion
Wednesday, May 23, 12pm, Kreielsheimer Promenade
Paul Kikuchi, solo percussion
Wednesday, May 23, 3pm, Fisher Pavilion Rooftop
Jim Page, folk singer-songwriter
Wednesday, May 30, 12pm, August Wilson Way @ North End of Fountain Lawn
Roger Nelson, stories by John Cage
 2011 Mayor's Arts Award Jack Straw Productions received a 2011 Mayor's Arts Award. Thank you to the Mayor and the community members who nominated us!
Each week we will make a new audio piece created through the Jack Straw Artist Program available for free download. Subscribe at jackstraw.org/artistoftheweek, via itunes, or listen right here:
Jack Straw Celebrates the 1962 Seattle World's Fair Read all about (and listen to) our audio projects with Seattle Center, Denny International Middle School, The Museum of History and Industry, HistoryLink.org, 4Culture, KCTS, KUOW, and KBCS in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair at jackstraw.org/thefair!
Green ACRE Radio Jack Straw and Martha Baskin have partnered on this weekly radio series on KBCS FM, focusing on Agriculture, conservation, restoration & environmental issues. Read about the series and listen to past episodes on the Green ACRE Blog.
The Seattle Channel features the Jack Straw Blind Youth Audio Program on its "Community Stories" Program. Watch the program online.
These podcasts feature interviews and readings by Jack Straw Writers such as Michael Spence, Merna Ann Hecht, and Wendy Call. Click here to listen.
Special Projects Jack Straw Productions works with various organizations and communities to create oral histories, museum audio guides, and neighborhood audio tours. Click here to learn more. |
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