You’ve braved wind, rain and power outages this week. So you owe it to yourself to have the best possible weekend. Go on, kid, you’ve earned it.
On Friday grab some buds and get to The Island Gallery for the new exhibition “Budding Out.” The show includes ceramics by Dave Berfield, Joe O’Brien and Ken Pincus; fiber art from Tom Johnson and Jacki Moseley; furniture and sculpture by Reid Anderson, Sean Carleton, Michelle de la Vega, KT Hancock, David Kellum, Jeff Ludwig and Chris Thompson; plus monotype prints by Renee Jameson.
The Island Gallery is located at 400 Winslow Way East, Suite 120. Visit www.theislandgallery.net for more information.
On Saturday get on down to Rolling Bay Hall for what is sure to be an awesome show. Two Seattle-based electronic music acts, Zoolab and NAVVI, will share stage time at Rolling Bay Hall in a Space Craft doubleheader concert. Zoolab, the stage name of electronica artist Terence Ankeny, “walks the line between IDM and popism[but his] production style leans toward the brighter end of the spectrum,” said Seattle Weekly’s Dusty Henry. “It’s made for dancing, but blends enough avant-garde textures and rhythms that it verges into introspective headphone music territory. One second he’ll be playing something resembling deep house, the next he’ll be throwing in a remix of Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Since U Been Gone.’ These later moments are big hits with the crowds at his shows.”
Electronic duo NAVVI is built on duality. Producer Brad Boettger and vocalist Kristin Henry first formed over a common goal: making brooding, experimental music with pop accessibility. It’s a combination of both of their backgrounds, highlighting Boettger’s ethereal production and Henry’s affecting vocals.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, and are available at www.spacecraftpresents.org. Rolling Bay Hall is located at 10598 Northeast Valley Road.
If electronic music isn’t really your thing, get on over to Battle Point Park and check out “Climbing the Cosmic Distance Ladder” at the Edwin E. Ritchie Observatory at 7:30 p.m.. When astronomers say some object is so many million light years away, how do they know that? Astronomer Steve Ruhl will climb the cosmic distance ladder and show how astronomers, past and present, determine distances to objects. BPAstro Kids will be “Imaging the Universe” with Dr. Erica at 4 and 5 p.m. If the sky is clear, astronomers will be on hand with telescopes for public star gazing afterward. The show is free to members of the Battle Point Astronomical Association; $2 donation suggested for nonmembers, $5 for families.
Take Sunday off. Sit back, relax, and take it easy because your weekend is gone like the napkins at a no-spoons chili eating contest.
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