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Want to stay on the Hill for New Year’s Eve?

Christmas is over, but the holidays are not—it’s time to make New Year’s Eve plans, if you haven’t already! We know of at least two possible New Year’s Eve events on Beacon Hill that you should be aware of.

Quetzalcoatl Gallery (3209 Beacon Ave. S.) is throwing a Gallery-Closing and Exhibition Party at 9 p.m. on December 31. RSVPs are required for this one at 206-334-0749 or almendra@almendrasandoval.com. Tickets are $50 including appetizers and champagne. There will be a wine bar, but no cards are accepted. See the earlier post in the Beacon Hill Blog for more about the Erotic Art exhibit that will be viewable that night.

The Station (2533 16th Ave. S.) is planning a potential New Year’s Eve Party on December 31 as well, but owner Jose Luis Rodriguez says: “Please let us know if you are going to be able to come so we can really know if it’s worth having it!” You can reach The Station through their Facebook page.

If you know of any other New Year’s Eve events on Beacon Hill, please let us know!

Arts, Local Events

Tuesday Folk Club celebrates a year of music on Tuesday, 12/27

The Tuesday Folk Club at ROCKiT Space has been happening for a year now. To celebrate this year of folk music and community participation, there will be a holiday/anniversary party on Tuesday, December 27 at 7 p.m. The site is the Garden House, 2336 15th Ave. S.

The party starts with a casual open mic, followed by a barn dance, complete with callers. There will be light refreshments, and drawings for ROCKiT gear. ROCKiT Space and Beacon Rocks! t-shirts will also be available for sale.

Admission is $5; ROCKiT members and kids under 12 get in for free. Donations for food and drink are welcome. For more information, see the ROCKiT Space website.

Arts, Local Events

Skin Deep Dance invites you to celebrate the season

Photo by Holly Kuchera via Creative Commons/Flickr.
Skin Deep Dance is celebrating the season on Wednesday evening with a Winter Solstice Hafla and Four Year Anniversary Party. The event is at their dance studio in El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave. S., #311, from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21. It’s free, family-friendly, and open to all ages, but it’s a potluck, so guests are asked to bring “holiday cheer” of one kind or another. Gifts will be given to the first 50 guests.

There will be performances by Bollywood Bliss (adult Bollywood students), Bollywood Dolls (kid Bollywood students), Egle (guest belly dancer – wings of Isis), J9 Fierce (guest belly dancer), Jen Cerdena (guest belly dancer – double sword), Katrina McCoy (flamenco), Maysun (guest belly dancer), Nomaditude (guest student dance troupe – tribal improv), Sierra Bloom (guest belly dancer – fusion style), Tales From the Hip (advanced ATS belly dance students), Verbena (guest belly dance troupe).

Skin Deep Dance Boutique and Pharoah’s Treasures will also be there to sell holiday gifts.

For more information, see the Facebook event page or Skin Deep’s main Facebook page.

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Erotic art exhibit opens tonight at Quetzalcoatl Gallery

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An Erotic Art exhibition opens tonight as the last hurrah at the soon-to-close Quetzalcoatl Gallery (3209 Beacon Ave. S.) with an artists’ reception at 8 p.m. Artists featured in the exhibit, which continues through December 31, include Cecilia C. Alvarez, Eric Todd, Jen Etsitty, Keven Furiya, Mark Mueller, Andie deRoux, Cariña Booyens, Paul Dahlquist, Travis Hughes, Almendra Sandoval, Sienna, Eduardo Tillman and Brett Austin.

Works will be for sale, and the gallery promises they will be “priced affordably for holiday gift-giving.”

Over the next few weeks there will be a variety of performances at the gallery as well, including:

  • Friday, December 16: Choroloco at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 17: Tradicional Posada Mexicana Fandango Project at 7 p.m. and Barry Bremer Jazz Experiment at 8 p.m.
  • Thursday, December 22: Lili Delight Burlesque at 9 p.m.
  • Friday, December 23: Barry Bremer Jazz Experiment at 8 p.m.
  • Thursday, December 29: Jaque Larrainzar at 8 p.m.
  • Friday, December 30: DJ Liability at 9 p.m.

On New Year’s Eve, you can ring in the New Year right here on Beacon Avenue at Quetzalcoatl’s Closing Gallery and Exhibition Party at 9 p.m. RSVPs are required for this one at 206-334-0749. Tickets are $50 including appetizers and champagne.

For more information, please see the Quetzalcoatl Gallery website.

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Gravity-defying dance performance returns next month

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Choreographer Freya Wormus is returning to Beacon Hill next month to present a new version of her work hold on anyway at Yoga on Beacon, 3013 Beacon Ave S. The performance includes five dancers who swing and launch themselves from walls using gravity-defying rigging, and according to Wormus, the work “challenges the dancers’ perceived relationship to the floor and to gravity itself.” (Here is what the Seattle Weekly had to say about last year’s version.)

The dancers, Laura Aschoff, Victoria Jacobs, Alex Martin, Sarah Shira and Freya Wormus, will perform alongside the band Estocar (hear them on their website).

The performances will be on Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as Sunday matinees, from January 13-29. Tickets, $15 for adults and $10 for students and children, are available at Brown Paper Tickets.

Photo by Libby Lewis.
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Las Posadas event with music, tree lighting, art chairs tonight

As reported earlier, tonight at 6 p.m. is the free Las Posadas event at El Centro de la Raza. The event will include a Christmas tree lighting, free holiday food, $5 photos with Santa, and performances by the Seattle Fandango Project, the Beaconettes, the Danza de Negritos Troupe, and A La Carte.

Additionally, ROCKiT Space volunteers have been working hard putting the finishing touches on a fleet of 45 community art chairs. Volunteers have been working on “artifying” these chairs for a few months. The chairs will be gifted to the community tonight and used at the Las Posadas event.

El Centro de la Raza is located at 2524 16th Ave. S. For more information about Las Posadas, call 206-957-4605.

Chair-painting workshop participants at Jefferson Community Center worked along with artist Fulgencio Lazo to decorate the ROCKiT Space art chairs. L to R in back: Jaffer, Jia, Franklin, Peter, Emily, Fulgencio Lazo, Raymond, Jean Lee of the Jefferson Community Center Teen Program, Julie; arms outstretched: Chattdy; foreground: Vu. Photo by Sheba Burney-Jones.
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El Centro to host Las Posadas holiday event 12/12

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All are invited to El Centro de la Raza’s free Las Posadas celebration on Monday, December 12, at 6 p.m. The event will include Las Posadas led by the children and teachers of El Centro, but that’s not all. There will also be a Christmas tree lighting, free holiday food, $5 photos with Santa, and performances by the Seattle Fandango Project, the Beaconettes, the Danza de Negritos Troupe, and A La Carte.

Earlier in the afternoon, Seattle Fandango Project will host a free La Rama workshop from 4 to 6 p.m.

El Centro de la Raza is located at 2524 16th Ave. S. For more information about the event, call 206-957-4605.

The Seattle Fandango project, shown here at last summer's Beacon Rocks!, will perform at El Centro de la Raza's Las Posadas event on December 12. Photo by Wendi.
Arts, Local Events

Music, “Urban Retreat” among this weekend’s events

Music and a peaceful retreat are coming to North Beacon this weekend through two events.

On Friday (tonight!) at 8 p.m., the Tangletown String Band will bring bluegrass, alt-country, and “old-time” music to Quetzalcoatl Gallery, 3209 Beacon Ave. S. Hear some examples of their music here.

The second event is Urban Retreat: Advent through the Senses, a “day of retreat” at Poustinia House, 3007 16th Ave. S. from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 3. All are welcome. The hosts say:

“Located in a house in North Beacon Hill this retreat will offer spaces to read, walk a labyrinth, do some writing, meditate or have a cup of tea. Advent is a latin word for ‘coming’ and is a season preceding Christmas. In this space we get to be and come into a new way of being during this holiday season.”

Jonathan Myers of Poustinia House adds “We’re not at all interested in preaching to people or having them join anything. All we want to do is provide space for people to escape from the craziness of life, center and ground themselves before the mad rush of the holidays gets too overwhelming.”

Arts, Local Events, Volunteering and Giving

Caspar Babypants to play at Wellspring Open House Saturday

Wellspring Family Services, just a bit east of Beacon Hill on Rainier Avenue, is holding a free Holiday Open House this Saturday, December 3. The event will feature a special performance by Caspar Babypants (otherwise known as Chris Ballew from The Presidents of the United States of America). Caspar will be debuting a brand-new song written about the winner of this summer’s Kids Helping Kids coin drive contest.

The event runs from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Wellspring, 1900 Rainier Ave. S. Caspar Babypants performs live at 1 p.m., and there will also be holiday treats and tours of the facility.

Admission is free for all ages, however, you are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate to the Wellspring Holiday Toy Room. The Toy Room is a place where homeless families may come and choose gifts for their children. Wellspring expects to share gifts with over 1,000 children in this year’s Toy Room.

Caspar Babypants performs for happy, dancing children. Photo courtesy of Wellspring Family Services.
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St. George’s Holiday Bazaar promises food, gifts, and music

Warm up your wallet for a local gift shopping opportunity! St. George School is hosting the Annual Holiday Bazaar on Sunday, December 4, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the school’s gathering hall at 5117 13th Ave. S. They promise artists, crafters, and other vendors, as well as food and entertainment for the whole family. Admission is free.

Vendors will be there to sell handmade scarves and other knitwear, jewelry, and toys. There will also be representatives of Avon, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Theo Chocolate, Choice Teas, and more. Poinsettias donated by Georgetown’s Rosso Gardens will be available.

Food available will include a continental breakfast, Ivar’s clam chowder, and pancit.

The entertainment schedule is as follows:

  • 9:00 Bottom Line Duo (The Hoveskeland family)
  • 10:00 Roque Brothers (Filipino singers)
  • 11:00 Chuck Lind (Pianist)
  • 12:00 St. George Children’s Choir
  • 1:00 Unica Le (Pianist)

Here’s the St. George Children’s Choir performing “One Small Voice” earlier this year: