The Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle and Nordic House, Reykjavik are proud to announce the 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale taking place this fall at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle, Washington. This will be the first time this event is being held in the United States. The Nordic Fashion Biennale was launched by the Nordic House, Reykjavik in 2009 in Reykjavik, Iceland, and included more than 60 designers, artists, musicians and speakers.
The 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale is being produced by the Nordic House, Reykjavik and the Nordic Heritage Museum. The highlight of the Nordic Fashion Biennale is an exhibition, Looking Back to Find our Future, curated by New York-based Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardottir. Arnardottir is well known for her collaboration with Björk and for her commiss ... Go to event
There was Chemistry, an installation about “getting personal and naming names” by Yann Toma, will open Tuesday October 25th as part of the Walls and Bridges program Chords and Discords at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. The installation is free and open to the public. It will be on view from Wednesday, October 26 through Friday October 28, 2011.
Curated by the Villa Gillet, Walls and Bridges is a 10-day series of performances and critical explorations uniting French and American thinkers and performers from social sciences, philosophy and live arts. This season, “Infinite Affinities”, a special series co-sponsored by the Institut Français and co-curated by philosophers Avital Ronell and François Noudelmann, will bring many of France’s most innovative performance ar ... 
Meet and mingle with the artists while enjoying a dinner buffet and the Best of Show Awards presentation.
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Image: Andrew Morales (Gabrielino/Tongva) during the American Indian Arts Marketplace opening ceremony.
When: Friday, Nov 4, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: The Autry in Griffith Park, CA
Admission: $60 for Autry Members / $75 for Nonmembers
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There’s a palpable sense of remove from the normal life in High Sierra. Every Fourth of July weekend for 16 years, a few thousand folks have climbed above the city bustle to enjoy a temporary reprieve from the 24-hour-a-day rush below…There’s an informality and camaraderie that’s unlike any other music festival I’ve attended. You frequently find yourself sharing beers with the artists who floored you earlier in the day. The musicians seem to enjoy the atmosphere as much as the attendees, and it inspires relaxed, spontaneous performances… Musicians can whisper, tentatively bringing their soul out into the light and mountain air, and audiences hush up. It’s strikingly different than most festivals and speaks to the abiding love of music that fills this place.
When: July 5-8, 2012
Where: Quin ... 
