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Rosemary Ponnekanti is the arts reporter at The News Tribune, and has been a classical music nerd nearly all her life. Besides spending way too much time in galleries, museums and concert halls, she occasionally brings a whistle or double bass to Celtic jam sessions, and insists on singing "Happy Birthday" in four-part harmony.
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Q: What do a print and a chalk mural have in common?
A: They're both drawn by people, they draw people (to see them) and...they're both appearing at Frost Park tomorrow.
Okay, I ran out of clever puns there. But here's the gist of it.
The Helm Gallery, which is in dire straits right now (see previous post here) is currently having a fundraiser: buy a limited edition print (300) of a groovy Tacoma skyline by Helm co-owner Sean Alexander, and your $50 sticker price will go toward saving this hip downtown art space. The Frost Park Chalk Offs, meanwhile, are a weekly event at S. 9th and Commerce Sts downtown featuring local artists creating chalk murals and locally donated prizes.
This Friday, for the fifteenth Chalk Off, the first prize will be (drum roll) one of the Helm prints. Nice of the Helm to sponsor, and some lucky artist to win it, but it doesn't exactly go far in helping the gallery's financial woes. BUT: it's a chance to see the print (up above) and if you like it, buy it. They're available now at the gallery, and also Blackwater Cafe, which is open far more often.
The Chalk Offs start at noon, with 1pm the approximate finishing and judging time. Anyone can participate. Here's a good history of it by Erik Bjornson at feedtacoma.com.
The mayor was there. So were Shrek, Fiona and Donkey. Well, actually it was Brian D'Arcy James, Sutton Foster and Chester Gregory II, the actors who play the three characters from "Shrek the Musical."
They showed today at Downstairs at the 5th, the underground concourse beneath the 5th Avenue Theatre, along with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, to tout the upcoming run of the new multimillon-dollar stage production.
As TV and newspaper photographers recorded the event, the mayor spoke of the Emerald City's growing prominence as an out-of-town launching pad for Broadway musicals based on movies. "Hairspray" got its start in Seattle. So did "Young Frankenstein." And now "Shrek."
James and Foster spoke in support of the Seattle's Climate Action Now summer transportation initiative that is intended to make people forsake their cars and use public transportation to get to the performances. It's a green initiative, you see, and the ogre is green, and so that sort of makes sense, I guess.
Gregory wrapped things up by singing one of the original tunes from the show. And then he and the other cast members went back into rehearsals, which are now in progress.
The production will be onstage at the 5th Avenue from Aug. 14 to Sept. 21. It's scheduled to open in New York City in November.
