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The 10th Anniversary Seattle Erotic Art Festival's Call for Art is NOW OPEN! All artists 18+ from across the world are encouraged to submit visual art, short film, literary art, installation art, performance art, DJ proposals, and work for the Festival Store.

The Festival anticipates over 10,000 attendees in June -- don't miss your chance to be part of the biggest and best year yet. Plus all accepted artists receive many special benefits.

Submit your work for consideration online at SeattleErotic.org.

Take advantage of early-bird (discounted) submission fees up until 11pm PST on Wednesday, February 15. The Call for Art closes at 11pm PST on Saturday, March 10. All artists outside of North America can apply for free.

The 10th Anniversary Seattle Erotic Art Festival is June 16-24, 2012 at Fremont Studios.

Billy Joe Huels and The Dusty 45s present:

Please join Billy Joe Huels & the Dusty 45's for GIMME SHELTER: A Benefit Concert to End Homelessness, a benefit for the Downtown Emergency Services Center.

Friday, February 3rd at Showbox at the Market. 7PM, 21+.

Special guests includ The Maldives, Lazy Susan, The Young Evils, Betsy Olson, Davidson Hart Kingsbery, and The Purrs.

Since 1979, DESC has worked to end the homelessness of vulnerable men and women, particularly those with serious mental and addictive illnesses. This year our integrated array of comprehensive services, treatment and housing will help more than 7,000 people. At DESC, uncommon efforts produce uncommon results that eliminate homelessness, one person at a time.

Tickets and more info available here.

Chop Suey 10 and The Stranger present:

Tue Feb 7 $10adv / 8pm doors / All Ages
THE FEATURES
Vanaprasta
The Good Hurt

Hailing from Tennessee, this 4-piece "are a psychedelic rock outfit that plays fresh, off-kilter pop that sounds like a head-on collision between Ray Davies and Elvis Costello with the Elephan 6 Collective picking up the pieces and putting them back together in the American South."~ Charles Spano, All Music Guide.

This is show #2 in Chop Suey's year long 10th anniversary celebration...the year of the dragon.

Tickets available here and at select Rudy's Barbershop locations.

E-mail us with FEATURES in the subject to enter to win a pair of tickets!

The Stranger and Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce present:

Blitz, the Capitol Hill Arts Walk, showcases the neighborhood's visual, literary, and performing arts in over 50 galleries, cafés, restaurants, and retail stores. Check out paintings in a cupcake cafe, listen to lounge rock in an art gallery, and ponder original art in a 'zine library. Grab a map and stroll around the Hill on the second Thursday of every month!

More info available here!

Northwest Film Forum presents:

Northwest Premiere! Special introduction by former Bill T. Jones dancer Catherine Cabeen

Commissioned by the Ravinia Festival, renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones sets out to create a contemporary dance piece in honor of Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial. In a documentary that covers two years of artistic process, A Good Man portrays Jones grappling to express the legacies of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War and slavery. In a film both personal and political, the viewer is privileged to watch Jones create movement out of the contradictions of a "post-race" society.

More info & tickets available here.

Send an email with A GOOD MAN in the subject heading to win two free tickets!

Smash Putt presents:

Get yo' smash on! 21+ miniature golf mayhem!

Bring your buddies out for a night of mischievous competition and merciless amusement. Experience brand new hijinks and mechanized madness. Golfball cannons! Raucous contraptions! Scratch n' sniff technology! Leave no regrets on this plane of reality as we face the dawning of miniature golf armageddon. Usher in the last days of unholy hedonism the way only Smash Putt can! Descend into the destruction and depravity of doomsday with ball in hand. Putt past pesky pitfalls and profoundly protuberant impediments in the ultimate test of skill, luck, n' patience. Get your balls smashed and your holes thrashed late into the night. Add it to your Mayan calendar pronto! Before you know it, it's all over.

E-mail us with SMASH PUTT in the subject line to enter to win a pair of passes! Tickets and more info at SmashPutt.com!

The Century Ballroom and The Stranger present:

No Flea Market on October 22nd. Come see us on the 29th!

Come shop our indoor market every Saturday from 11am - 3pm!. Seattle is ripe with designers of clothing and artifacts, collectors and sellers of vintage wares and attire, and Century is large enough to host a weekly gathering for those who want to share & purchase these treasures. The idea for the market is to give more exposure for small businesses, and to create a centralized area (like Parisian flea markets...) where people know they will find anything and everything from baubles and trinkets to antiques and new designs! More info is available here!

If you are interested in being a vendor or hosting a booth, we are still looking for local clothing designers, sellers/collectors of vintage clothing, furniture and wares, and antique dealers to participate! Please see all details here!

The Stranger & Can Can Cabaret present:

The Can Can Castaways are ready to bring Seattle audiences their most daring and energetic show to date just in time for summer! A frenzy of fringe, rocket rides, albino tigers, show ponies and so much more ignite a show already bursting with brilliantly colored costumes and creative contraptions. SHOW PONY will feature classic concepts of burlesque, circus, popular and abstract dance crazes reworked and reconceptualized. Introducing all new characters; Jonfried & Benroy, emcee Frau Doppelganger, the bearded lady and many more. Featuring a cast of Seattle's best cabaret all-stars including Benihana, Faggedy Randy, Fiona Minx, Jonny Boy, and Rainbow (principal dancer and choreographer).
Showtimes 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Buy Tickets!

To win a pair of tickets to the 7:30pm on Saturday night, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.com with SHOW PONY in the subject line!

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