David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez are taking time out of their rigorous Los Lobos touring schedule to come together for a small run of songwriter performances, including a stop Jan. 13 in Edmonds.
The tour is in support of “The Long Goodbye,” a collection of unreleased songs and rare recordings.
Stripped down and unassuming, this run offers a retrospective of 40 years of making music from the iconic rock band.
It began in high school, when Hidalgo and Pérez became friends and started writing songs after school. Now, 40 years later, the front men of the distinguished East L.A. rock group Los Lobos bring it full circle and treat audiences to a songwriting showcase and acoustic performance.
Hidalgo and Pérez will perform Jan. 13 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N, Edmonds. Tickets are $35-$40, $15 youth, available at www.edmondscenter forthearts.org.
Two exhibits at SCC gallery
Two photography exhibits will be on display Jan. 2-Feb. 3 at the College Gallery at Shoreline Community College.
“The Other Half: Displays of Wealth in a Recession” is Howard Hsu’s look behind the closed-door gatherings of wealth, or perceived wealth, in America.
The photographs were taken as rumors of an impending recession quickly became reality. The project explores ostentatious attire, unconventional gestures and objects of gratification.
“Double-Take: Photographs by Mateo Zapata Zachai” is a series of deconstructed photographs created by punching holes in negatives and reconstructing them in the darkroom.
The rows of disaggregated photographic circles are inspired by Lichtenstein’s Ben-Day Dots and Chuck Close’s cell-grid portraits.
Hsu and Zachai are photography instructors at SCC.
An artists reception is 3-4 p.m. Jan. 12 in the College Gallery, Administration Building 1000, 16101 Greenwood Ave. N, Shoreline.
For more information, go to http://shoreline.edu/gallery.
New artistic director for Seattle Shakespeare
George Mount was recently chosen as the new artistic director for the Seattle Shakespeare Company.
Company Board Chairman Phil Miller said Mount’s leadership within the Seattle arts community, demonstrated experience as a producer and passion for Shakespeare and the classics made him the ideal candidate to lead Seattle Shakespeare Company.
Mount, who has been serving as interim artistic director, immediately assumes his new position.
Former artistic director Stephanie Shine stepped down at the end of June after serving Seattle Shakespeare Company for 17 years (four years as education director and 13 years as artistic director).
Christmas pageant at Washington Cathedral
“Christmas Bursts into Beauty,” a Christmas pageant, will be performed 7 p.m. Dec. 23 and 6 and 8 p.m. Dec. 24 in the sanctuary of Washington Cathedral, 12300 Woodinville-Redmond Road NE, Redmond.
A special Candlelight Communion Service is planned for 11:30 p.m. Dec. 24.
Free tickets are available at www.wacathedral.org, 425-869-5433 or at all worship services. Tickets are highly recommended to ensure seating. Nursery service is provided at all performances except the 11:30 p.m. Christmas Eve performance.
Each one-hour pageant features a dramatic re-creation of the first Christmas with music by choirs and featured soloists, and a ballerina with a court of little children cherubs.
Frosty and Rudolph will be on hand to greet the kids. In addition, a petting zoo and a fellowship time featuring Christmas cookies and treats and heated cider will also be offered.
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