Cornish Leases Playhouse
Cornish College of the Arts has signed a 20-year lease for the Playhouse at Seattle Center, officially launching a partnership that began in late 2012. The Playhouse will host many of Cornish’s educational programs in performing and visual arts, while also ensuring that the facility is made available to arts and cultural organizations around the region.
EMP New Exec.
Acting CEO Patty Isacson Sabee has been recently promoted to CEO and director of EMP. Under Isacson Sabee’s leadership, EMP has experienced growth in attendance, membership and community support. She will be responsible for managing all aspects of the non-profit museum’s operations, including executing a strategic plan to help the organization achieve long-term financial sustainability, and she will oversee EMP’s content development and production of new exhibitions and programs that advance the museum’s mission of making popular culture relevant to all audiences by connecting the community to artists and the creative process. Prior to her tenure at EMP, she served in leadership positions at the Seattle Symphony, including interim executive director and managing director of Benaroya Hall at its opening in 1998.
Icons Among Us Producer Interview
Filmmaker John W. Comerford is among the creative personalities featured on the website Constellation617: Interviews with Creative People. The site features candid discussions with Seattle artists about their paths, their inspiration and their work. Find the interview at constellation617.com.
Jazz Radio
88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken Wiley’s the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest, in addition to its weekday NPR and late-night and prime-time jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, see kplu.org/schedule.
Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sundays, 2pm, features the artists and events of the regional jazz scene. For JazzNW podcasts of archived programs, see jazznw.org.
90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, features Jazz Theater with John Gilbreath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, a live-performance broadcast from the Jack Straw Productions studio, produced by Doug Haire. Full schedule information is available at kexp.org and jackstraw.org.
Sonarchy’s February lineup: February 2, Swindler, a fresh take on the deep-pocket groove, with Chris Martin (drums), Bob Cochran (bass), Willow Goodine (keys) and Mike Saskor (guitar); February 9, Piano Piano, Seattle-based experimental ambient rock, with Doug Connelly (bass, synth), Kevin Malik (drums), Rob Piotrowski and Brian Toole (guitars); February 16, Yokai No Uta Trio, a late-night song of the ghosts to breath another layer of mystery into your life; February 23, Ryan Burns (piano), Geoff Harper (bass), Brad Gibson (drums) and Denny Goodhew (percussion) perform freely improvised music.
91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and prime-time Mondays, features Floatation Device with John Seman and Jonathan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS at kbcs.fm.
94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, features Amanda Wilde’s the Swing Years and Beyond, popular music from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at kuow.org/swing_years.php.
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