Tacoma Art Museum Weekend Preview
There are a few reasons to be at Tacoma Art Museum this weekend.
On Saturday, TAM will be free to subscribers of Smithsonian Magazine until 5:00 pm as part of the national Museum Day, sponsored by the Smithsonian. If you’re not a subscriber, however, you can still go for free by downloading and printing a free admission card from the Smithsonian Magazine site. The Washington State History Museum is also participating in the promotion.
At 5:00 Saturday night, TAM will open their new exhibit on American Figure Painter Cecilia Beaux. (Important point: the Cecilia Beaux opening is not covered part of the free admission.) The opening is free for TAM members and $10 for non-members.
Then on Sunday at 2:00 pm, the Gee’s Bend Quilters will be at the museum. They will be talking about their quilts and signing copies of the exhibition catalog. TAM has posted video interviews with a few of the quilters. One of them is below.
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11 comments
T tom waits January 31, 2008
i’ve always liked the poem “our beautiful west coast thing…”
“i think i’ll get up and dance around the room…here i go!”
G Ginkgo January 31, 2008
In honor of Frank Herbert:
DRY gin martini, garnish – Korean pickled garlic. Very Tacoma. Or maybe Lakewood.
E Erik Hanberg January 31, 2008
The Gary Larson: Margarita. On the Rocks. At least one piece of fake ice with fly inside.
P Patrick the Sales Guy January 31, 2008
I’ll show up for Dune day especially if you’re showing the Lynch movie.
Perhaps the problem is that Mr. Brautigan, who came to Boulder a few times when I lived there, kept his distance from Tacoma the same way Jimi Hendrix kept his distance from Seattle. Sorta the polar oppostie of Stud Terkel or John Steinbeck who stayed put.
M Mofo from the Hood January 31, 2008
The RR Anderson:
Wild Turkey heaping with shaved dry ice, served in a Pyrex lab beaker. Lit Sparkler twizzle sticks, and a frosted fake cupcake chaser.
S Squid January 31, 2008
How about Dash Hammett? He wasn’t raised here, but spent a bit of time here working for the Pinkerton Agency. “Barkeep, I’ll have a Hammett” has a certain ring.
And mofo, I’m only drinking your RR Anderson if it comes with Sassy McButterpants on the side.
R Rick Jones February 1, 2008
Brautigan about the impending second clause to an as yet unfinished sentence:
“The ‘but’ that crouched like a sailor there in the doorway…”
Unforgetable.
C Crenshaw Sepulveda February 1, 2008
According to the birth records, Richard Brautigan’s first home in Tacoma was at 813 E. 65th. It appears the house still stands unless the houses were renumbered on the street. For a time his family also lived in an apartment over a candy factory. That would be some time during the 30’s and 40’s. The only apartment building that I could come up with that fit those specifications was the old Maefair Apartments on the 700 block on Fawcett. The Maefair was the site of one of Tacoma’s most tragic fires in the 40’s and is now gone. The fire started in the candy factory. If someone else can find another apartment over a candy factory for that era I’d like to know about it.
T Tressie February 1, 2008
um, I have claimed Brautigan and um, Bukowski…a stretch I know. Hey didn’t I leave a comment recently claiming tacoma-ites other than the glass pirate, and der bingle? hmm.
Brautigan drink. White trash Beer with a bottom-shelf whiskey chase stirred with a dirty finger and a side of trout. Or rotgut wine. So Tacoma.
oh, has anyone noticed Tacoma had/has a lot of candy factories. Because we’re sweet…..or obese…..or something.
C Crenshaw Sepulveda February 1, 2008
One of my favorite stories by Richard Brautigan was about the Kool Aid wino, a short story in Trout Fishing in America. No doubt a drink could be concocted along those lines.
S Sharon S February 2, 2008
A Dune Day treat seems natural to be made from spice: cinnamon and nutmeg.
I browsed the Brautigan link. Seemed a sad, determined life just a step-up from the street. Fishing and poetry saved him as long as they could. His drink might be Wild Turkey served on a napkin scribbled with verse.
Ehrlichman I did not know was from Tacoma. He brings to mind origami with intricate, hidden folds. Perhaps an Ehrlichman stew.
And our own RR Anderson reminds me of Mr. Wizard. Perhaps a quirky drink like Fizzies- something dayglo that bubbles – an Airborne cocktail?