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Jack Straw Productions gratefully acknowledges The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 4Culture King County Lodging Tax Fund, Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, PONCHO, ArtsFund, and individual contributors for their support of Jack Straw Artist Programs.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Composer Spotlight Series

Jack Straw Productions
4261 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
FREE

Jack Straw Productions and Washington Composers Forum present Composer Spotlight, a series of talks and performances by composers, musicians, and scholars of new and innovative music every second Wednesday of each month. For more information about Composer Spotlight artists and the series, click here.

Jack Straw Productions and Washington Composer Forum present

Composer Spotlight:
SRIVANI JADE
Composing Indian Music in the Pacific Northwest

Wed, July 8, 7:30pm

2008 Jack Straw Artist Srivani Jade will discuss and play selections from her Artist Support Program project.

Srivani Jade is a Hindustani classical singer. She specializes in the classical form of Khayal and other traditional and folk-inspired music from various regions of North India. Srivani has performed regularly on stage, radio and television in India from the age of five and continues to maintain a busy concert schedule here in the USA. Srivani has a Fellowship Award from Washington State Arts Commission this year for her work in maintaining cultural traditions of Indian music in the Pacific Northwest, through teaching and performance.

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Jack Straw New Media Gallery

Felt

An interactive sound installation
by Gust Burns & Melanie Noel

June 12 - August 21, 2009

Jack Straw New Media Gallery
4261 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle 98105

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 - 5

Drawing by Heide Hinrichs

Felt is an investigation into how matter, form and surface hold, reveal, and alter what they contain. Four 12" dubplate records on four separate turntables, each with its own sound system, may be played by visitors to the gallery - one at a time, all at once, or in any combination. Two are piano recordings by improviser Gust Burns and two are poems by Melanie Noel.

For more information see our New Media Gallery page.

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The AYP Centennial Radio Project

Three five-minute radio features from Harriet Baskas and Jack Straw Productions, broadcast on KUOW 94.9 FM and made possible with funding from Humanities Washington and 4Culture.

In 1909 the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition filled the grounds of what is now the University of Washington campus with impressive and innovative cultural, scientific and agricultural displays and shone a national spotlight on Seattle. These three radio stories explore several aspects of the fair: the music, the souvenirs, and some of the event’s lasting legacies and innovations.

Episode 1: Meet me in Seattle: Music at the AYP

Go to the AYP Centennial Radio Project web page for more information, and to stream the story online!

Online Now:

Jack Straw and Harriet Baskas present the Alaska Yukon Pacific Centennial Radio Project. Check it out!

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.

Lake Union: Past & Present

Audio Clips and a video from our Lake Union Oral History project are now online! Listen here!

Blind Youth Program

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.