The Last Best Place
You are invited to a one-time, free, first-time public reading of a new theatrical documentary, the collaboration of anthropologist Sara Jo Breslow and theater artist Todd Jefferson Moore, performed by Mr. Moore with video by Thomas Ager, will take place
Monday, 7 pm, January 28
at the Capitol Hill Arts Center
1621 - 12th Ave., Seattle, WA
In 1999 stocks of Puget Sound Chinook and Coho salmon are listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. The listing galvanizes efforts by federal, state and tribal agencies to restore the fish’s freshwater habitat. This action to “Save the Salmon” threatens another popular cause: “Save Our Farmland.” A young anthropologist inadvertently becomes mired in this community of competing forces and attempts to figure it out. Seattleites are passionate about wild-caught salmon, farm fresh food, and high-speed wireless Internet. But we rarely consider how these mainstays of our lives and identities are produced in our city’s hinterlands - those rural river valleys spilling off the Cascades. We rarely observe how the production of what we love converges there, sometimes incompatibly. How often do we pause to consider that fingerlings migrating out of the Skagit River make up a full third of Puget Sound’s salmon population; that Skagit farms – formerly Chinook salmon nursery grounds - produce an increasing share of our local fruits and vegetables; that Skagit River dams generate thirty percent of our city’s electric power? While we worry about declining fish runs and dwindling farmland, do we truly understand how we are all connected? Verbatim interviews taken from Ms. Breslow’s anthropological study form the text of The Last Best Place.
Sara Jo Breslow is an Anthropology Ph.D candidate at the University of Washington and has been conducting interviews with a wide range of people living and working in the Skagit Valley.
Todd Jefferson Moore is a Seattle actor. His previous theatre documentaries include In the Heart of the Wood; The Killing Jar; The Professor, the Puppet and the Execution; and Cars, Driving, People.
Thomas Ager is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary Seattle artist. His artworks are in private and institutional collections throughout the USA and he has over two decades of experience in theater.
For more info: 725-5695 or CHAC at 388-0569
Friday, January 18, 2008
You're Invited!
Barbara De PirroPainter, Photographer, Sculpture, Mixed Media Artist, and Golden Acrylics Educator
A two-hour educational presentation on acrylic as a medium
Thursday February 7, 2008
11:30- 1:30
Painting Studio, 602
The Painting and Drawing Departments warmly invites the entire Cornish Community to attend this event!
Sign up in the painting lab by January 31st for free samples
Seats are limited and will be on a first come, first served basis.
Seats are limited and will be on a first come, first served basis.
(Check out Barbara DePirro's work at www.depirro.com.)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Response Paper #1
Due: Wednesday, January 16
1. Read “Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle” by Murray Morgan in Reading Seattle (pages 65-72). As you read, take notes in the margin, note questions, underline ideas of interest, and look up unfamiliar words and references.
2. Jot down notes in response to the following questions (and be ready to discuss them in class):
· What elements of Seattle’s geography and history does Murray Morgan emphasize?
· Morgan describes businessmen in downtown Seattle—in a landscape that had formerly been full of Douglas fir and Western Red Cedar trees—gazing west upon the forests on the Olympic Peninsula. Does this description seem to fit? Why or why not?
· What is the origin of the name for Alki Point?
· What are the names of the ships that Morgan mentions? What makes these ships famous?
· What is Skid Road, and how is it important to Seattle’s history?
3. Consider the portrait of Seattle that Murray Morgan paints. How does it relate to your own experience of the city?
4. Imagine that you are writing a letter to a friend who has never been to Seattle before. How would you describe the city as you have experienced it?
5. Brainstorm a list of the people, landmarks, geographical elements, weather, activities, and events that reflect your experience of Seattle. Be as specific as possible. Include relevant street names, bus routes, restaurants, shops, friends, songs, sayings, sights, sounds, etc.
6. Freewrite your own portrait of Seattle. (Limit:15 minutes.)
7. Read what you’ve written and circle, underline, or otherwise mark the word choices you like, the images that are most compelling, the examples that are most vivid, etc.
8. Using your freewrite as the basis, write a brief (1 - 1½ pages) portrait of Seattle.
9. Read what you’ve written and evaluate:
· Does the portrait accurately depict your view of Seattle?
· Are your word choices strong? Are the images specific?
· Are your ideas clearly expressed?
10. Revise as needed.
11. Proofread your revised draft. (It may be helpful to exchange papers with a classmate.) Correct errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
12. Save a copy of the paper on your computer, and print a copy to bring to class. (Your paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins. At the top of the page, please include your name, the date, “Seattle Arts Ecology,” and “Response Paper #1.”)
1. Read “Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle” by Murray Morgan in Reading Seattle (pages 65-72). As you read, take notes in the margin, note questions, underline ideas of interest, and look up unfamiliar words and references.
2. Jot down notes in response to the following questions (and be ready to discuss them in class):
· What elements of Seattle’s geography and history does Murray Morgan emphasize?
· Morgan describes businessmen in downtown Seattle—in a landscape that had formerly been full of Douglas fir and Western Red Cedar trees—gazing west upon the forests on the Olympic Peninsula. Does this description seem to fit? Why or why not?
· What is the origin of the name for Alki Point?
· What are the names of the ships that Morgan mentions? What makes these ships famous?
· What is Skid Road, and how is it important to Seattle’s history?
3. Consider the portrait of Seattle that Murray Morgan paints. How does it relate to your own experience of the city?
4. Imagine that you are writing a letter to a friend who has never been to Seattle before. How would you describe the city as you have experienced it?
5. Brainstorm a list of the people, landmarks, geographical elements, weather, activities, and events that reflect your experience of Seattle. Be as specific as possible. Include relevant street names, bus routes, restaurants, shops, friends, songs, sayings, sights, sounds, etc.
6. Freewrite your own portrait of Seattle. (Limit:15 minutes.)
7. Read what you’ve written and circle, underline, or otherwise mark the word choices you like, the images that are most compelling, the examples that are most vivid, etc.
8. Using your freewrite as the basis, write a brief (1 - 1½ pages) portrait of Seattle.
9. Read what you’ve written and evaluate:
· Does the portrait accurately depict your view of Seattle?
· Are your word choices strong? Are the images specific?
· Are your ideas clearly expressed?
10. Revise as needed.
11. Proofread your revised draft. (It may be helpful to exchange papers with a classmate.) Correct errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
12. Save a copy of the paper on your computer, and print a copy to bring to class. (Your paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins. At the top of the page, please include your name, the date, “Seattle Arts Ecology,” and “Response Paper #1.”)
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