Two celebrations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life take place next week.
In Everett, the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is at 4 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church.
Keynote speaker Janelle Sgrignoli, Snohomish County Human Services director, focuses on this year’s theme, “The State of the Dream: 2006 and Beyond.”
The event features gospel musical performances by The MLK Celebration Choir and a drummed prayer in a Native American tradition. Winners of the “Prodigies for Peace” essay contest will ready selections.
The celebration is sponsored by the Interfaith Association of Snohomish County.
In Seattle, the Martin Luther King Celebration Committee hosts the 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration beginning at 9:30 a.m. Monday.
This year’s theme is “Racism, Poverty, War: Katrina, Iraq … No More.”
Several workshops geared toward youth are from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the Garfield Teen Life Center, followed by a rally at 11 a.m. with guest speakers, poetry readings and musical performances. A march from Garfield High School to the Federal Building is at noon, followed by a second rally once arriving at the Federal Building.
Death-defying acts at Meany Theatre: Flying through the air, they defy gravity. Atop a pagoda of chairs, The Peking Acrobats balance precariously.
Since debuting in 1986, The Peking Acrobats introduced many people to the world of Chinese acrobatics.
As part of the University of Washington World Music &Theatre Series, The Peking Acrobats perform two shows on Saturday at Meany Theater.
Visitors can watch wire-walking, trick-cycling and precision tumbling. Members of the highly athletic group consist of gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers displaying their agility and grace.
Chinese acrobatics have become an evolving folk art form found as early as the Ch’in Dynasty (221 B.C. to 207 B.C.).
Pre-show lectures are at 1:15 and 7:15 p.m. in the Meany Hall west lobby.
New exhibit features Northwest artists: Six Seattle-area photographers, alongside others from Vancouver, B.C., and Portland, Ore., join for a new show opening Sunday at the Whatcom Museum of History &Art in Bellingham.
“Contrasting Objectives: Fifteen Pacific Northwest Photographers” runs through Sept. 10 and showcases a variety of subjects, techniques and styles by regional artists.
Some of the subjects displayed in the group exhibit include urban nighttime landscapes by Kai Yamada of Seattle, sculptures and photography focusing on the Skagit Valley and the Nooksack River by Claude Zervas of Bellingham, and portraits by Seattle artist Marsha Burns.
The Peking Acrobats perform Saturday in Seattle.
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