Seattle Ideas

• ArtsFund - The program established by the Corporate Council for the Arts for individuals to support the arts and arts education directly or through workplace giving drives.

• ArtsWest - West Seattle's home for the arts, offering an art gallery, theater, and music.

• artofgary.blogspot.com - A collection of artwork by Gary Skinner of Seattle, WA. Sketches, drawings, paintings.

• Bark in the Park - Dog show and festival. Features vendor, sponsor, donor, and contest information, with schedules, event descriptions, entertainment highlights, and volunteer opportunities.

• Bubbleman - An entertainer, Garry Golightly, who blows soap bubbles and sings for the amusement of younger audiences.

• Bumbershoot - Urban arts festival featuring visual and performance arts; includes schedule, lineup and news.

• Circus Contraption - Performs live original music, circus feats and performance art. Provides shows and events schedules with booking information and souvenir sales.

• Cirque de Flambé - A fireworks show, offering a schedule of upcoming events, bios, safety, and fireworks information.

• Comedy Underground - Rolling Stone magazine calls it "the best comedy club in the Northwest."

• The Comics Journal - Magazine with articles and interviews. Includes a forum.

• Consolidated Works - A multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center.

• Decibel Festival - The annual festival is a four-day event with audio clinics, panel discussions, film, art installations and dozens of electronic music performances within multiple venues in the Capitol Hill district.

• Foolproof Performing Arts - Offers student workshop information along with entertainer and performance schedules.

• Frank Harlan Comedy Entertainment - Professional entertainer, walkaround performer, character actor, and team building coordinator.

• Gregory, Roberta - Creator of the comic "Naughty Bits," starring Bitchy Bitch.

• Jet City Improv - A fast-paced improvisational comedy group.

• Live Wires Gallery of Children's Performers - Profiles including clowns, musical mascot characters, musical fantasy characters.

• Matt Fisher: Seattle Folk Dancing - Schedules and other information about folk dancing events in the greater Seattle area.

• 911 Media Arts Center - Washington's non-profit film, video and digital media resource

• Mildred M. Johnson Memorial Library - Dedicated to openly providing books, journals, video, awards and other materials chronicling the Deaf, Deaf-blind, and hard-of-hearing experience.

• Misc. World - Clark Humphrey's weekly report on popular culture in Seattle and beyond. Topics include politics, fashion, junk food, sex, books, movies, music, socio-cultural trends, quotations. Plus crossword puzzles, weird fiction, surveys, discussion boards.

• Northwest Film Forum - Independent film arts center for production and exhibition. Highlights youth filmmaking program through "WigglyWorld Studios," "The Little Theatre," and "The Grand Illusion" movie house.

• Northwest Flower and Garden Show - Annual flower show held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

• Northwest Puppet Center & Carter Family Marionettes - Northwest Puppet Center presents performances by puppeteers from around the world and by Carter Family Marionettes which also tours extensively with a variety of puppet shows.

• One Reel - Non-profit producer of festivals, special projects, and performances.

• The Paramount Theatre - Venue for variety of performing arts, including touring Broadway shows. Schedule, seating charts.

• Redwan Mersy Productions - Music and arts production company of producer Drew Myers and art director Cannupa Hanska.

• Richard Hugo House - Organization providing support, advice, and programs for writers and learners in the community. Includes programs, membership, residents, and facilities.

• Roaring Mouse Creative Arts Studio - Art classes for all ages including painting, drawing, dancing, drama, music, crafts, collage, and print-making.

• Seattle Arts and Lectures - Describes literary organization, with program and schedule details, author archive, and calendar of events.

• Seattle Center - One of the premier destinations for arts, entertainment and leisure activities.

• Seattle Public Library - Web access to catalog, online renewals and reserves, news and events, virtual reference desk, and reference links.

• Seattle Writers' Association - Critique groups, publisher and agent listings, products, resources, member websites, meetings, and writers in performance.

• SeattleSpiel - Provides game-players in the Seattle area a resource to find one another, organize gaming events, and keep abreast of the local gaming scene as well as a place where Seattleites new to the hobby can learn more about contemporary games.

• South Park Arts - An organization dedicated to supporting, representing, and promoting art and artists in the South Park neighborhood.

• Town Hall, Seattle - Community cultural center and meeting venue. Features calendar of scheduled events and rental contact information.

• wildfireglassblowing.com - Wildfire studio founded January 2004, is located just on the north side of Seattle, Washington
  at Country Village. It’s in a wonderful rural garden setting with over 40 specialty shops of gifts, galleries, antiques and restaurants.