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Frye Art Museum
Frye Museum

Frye Art Museum

704 Terry Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
United States

(206) 622-9250; infofryemuseum.org

Web site: http://www.fryemuseum.org

Events: http://fryemuseum.org/pages/lect… (updated February 14)

Description: The Frye Museum is a free public museum dedicated to

"...artistic inquiry, a rich visitor experience, and civic responsibility. A primary catalyst for our engagement with contemporary art and artists is the Founding Collection of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century art by Munich-based artists." (from the Frye Mission Statement)

The Frye is a great space, has nice cafe, a good auditorium, a cool gift shop, and great folks who work hard for our community here in the Northwest!

The Frye often hosts literary and music events.

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Past events

David Quicksall's play Odalisque (July 13 at 2:00pm)
Next Stage presents Seattle playwright David Quicksall's reads from Odalisque.
The time: 1927. The place: Nice, France.
Henri Matisse, world renowned artist, creates a painting of an oriental slave girl, or “odalisque.”

The time: 1940. The place: Paris, France.
The Nazis confiscate the “odalisque” from the Roths – a French, Jewish family.

The time: present. ... (more) The place: USA.
Deborah Roth searches the world’s art galleries and museums for her family’s lost treasure.

Journey through the course of the twentieth century by following the history of a single work of art – a painting, known simply as “Odalisque.”

Richard Hugo House Theatre-in-Residence, Next Stage, presents a reading of a new work, “Odalisque,” by Seattle playwright David Quicksall (who portrayed R. Crumb in the recent Book-It/Frye adaptations of Crumb’s work). The play will be followed by a discussion with Art Historian Kolya Rice.

This program and Museum admission are free. Tickets are distributed, on a space-available basis, at the Frye Information Desk one hour prior to the event. For more info: fryemuseum.org or nextstage.org
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New Works Reading Performance series (September 25 at 7:00pm)
Lesley Hazleton, Peter Pereira .
This reading series explores the relationships between the literary arts and visual art in the Frye Collection and special exhibitions. The series is presented with the University of Washington Press and hosted by author Rebecca Brown.

This month's authors are Peter Pereira & Lesley Hazleton.

Lesley ... (more)Hazleton is a former psychologist and political journalist with roots in both Judaism and Catholicism who reported from Israel for Time magazine. Lesley specializes in religious, social, and cultural issues, and has written feature articles on Middle East politics for, the New York Times, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and The Nation. Her most recent book is Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible’s Harlot Queen (Doubleday, 2007). British-born, Hazleton lives and writes in Seattle.

Peter Pereira is a family physician and founding editor of Floating Bridge Press. Winner of a 1997 Discovery/The Nation Award, Pereira is the author of three collections of poetry including, most recently, What’s Written on the Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2007). Pereira lives in Seattle, where he provides primary care to an urban poor population at High Point Community Clinic in West Seattle.
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