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Provocative Moments and Visual Entanglements Art of the Northwest Coast Aldona Jonaitis celebrates the release of her anthology of the same name with a reading and signing. Reception: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wed. Nov. 8. Also: "A Celebration of Souls: Day of the Dead in Southern Mexico" is a bilingual photography exhibit honoring Oaxaca's annual tradition, typically celebrated on the first of November and throughout the month. Also: "Sacred Portraits from Tibet", hand-tinted photographs from the turn of the century. Burke Museum, N.E. 45th St. and 17th Ave. N.E., 206-543-5590. www.burkemuseum.org. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on First Thursdays. "Souls" Ends Dec. 31. "Tibet" ends Feb. 4. Ballard artwalk Over 20 galleries and shops participate in the neighborhood's second Saturday walk. Guides are available at several locations.
Without international support, Lebanon may go under UN Security Council Resolution 1701 was perceived as an opportunity for progress in the immediate and mid-term future. It opened the way for Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government to demonstrate its capacity to take the steps needed to regain sovereignty over South Lebanon, consolidate national security and achieve economic recovery and repair of all the damages caused by the war. The government quickly implemented the security provisions of Resolution 1701 south of the Litani River and along the Syrian border, opening the way for an expanded deployment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, in the South. When Hizbullah conceded the area for this deployment, many observers believed that Lebanon's domestic problems were on the way to being resolved.Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's declaration of a "divine victory" was the first indication of the collapse of the consensus among the Lebanese parties to accept Resolution 1701 and the deployment of the army in the South.
Islamic calligraphy by Mohamed Zakariya. Through Feb 18, 2007. William Morris: Native Species. Through Apr 29, 2007. 510 Bellevue Way NE, 425-519-0745. Burke Museum Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China and Mongolia 1921-1925: hand-tinted lantern slides. Through Feb 4, 2007. NE 45th St and 17th Ave NE, 543-5590. Frye Art Museum Klompen: Trimpin's coin-operated Dutch clogs dancing in air. Through Jan 21, 2007. I Love My Time, I Don't Like My Time: the Viennese artist Erwin Wurm explores the heart of sculpture through funny, serious, provocative, and self-effacing performance, video, photography, and drawing. Through Jan 28, 2007. Spectatorship and Desire: Love restores the paintings that curator Robin Held removed from the walls, set beside visitor comments made in their absence.
ART MART The United Indian Elders' Program features the wares of a dozen Native American artists and craftspeople, and the Northwest Native American Basketweaving Association with a demonstration. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. Nov. 25. Daybreak Star Cultural Center, 3801 W. Government Way (in Discovery Park), 206-228-1410. Lelavision Physical Music You know that saying, "writing about music is like dancing about architecture?" In Physical Music, the Lelavision dance troupe's choreography comes from the playing of "musical sculptures" designed to evoke movement. 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Fri. Nov. 24. Museum of Glass, 1801 E. Dock St., Tacoma, 253-284-4750, www.museumofglass.org. Mark Magrath: Temporary Public Art SEE THE WIRE. Also: "Portrait Sprawl/Canvas Hardscape" focuses on the small-scale, 2-D aspect of built environment through the work of four painters.
Achieving final, peaceful settlement of Palestinian question key ... With speaker after speaker in the General Assembly urging the Israeli and Palestinian leadership to resume long-stalled peace talks and to shore up -- and even extend -- a fragile truce, as the ceasefire between the two sides moved into its fifth day, the world body, today, wrapped up a two-day debate which underscored, above all, that achieving a final and peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine was the key to stability in the Middle East. Concluding the annual debate that traditionally opens its consideration of the question of Palestine and the situation in the wide Middle East -– delegations will reconvene tomorrow to take action on six relevant draft resolutions –- the Assembly heard calls ring out for sustained international involvement to support both the Palestinian and Israeli sides in revitalizing peace efforts, and to use the momentum generated by last Sunday's truce to "breathe new life" into faltering negotiations on the other tracks of the Arab-Israeli conflict, including regarding the Syrian Golan and Lebanon. MediaWise Releases 11th Annual Video Game Report Card MediaWise recently released its 11th annual video game report card, pinpointing the holiday's safe bets for parents looking to keep violent games out of the hands of younger children and reviewing how effective the industry is in keeping inappropriate materials out of the youngsters' hands. The report acknowledges the strides taken by the industry, specifically noting the progress major retailers have maintained in restricting the sales of M-rated games to those younger than 17. Specialty stores, however, received a big, fat F grade, as the report notes that half of all minors as part of a survey successfully purchased an M-rated game at various specialty locations. Ratings education and retailer policies came away with B ratings this year while big retail enforcement and console manufacturers struck gold with A ratings. |