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Experience Music Project
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Special Events
Wednesday, November 28 - 5:00-8:00pm
Opening Reception at the Experience Music Project & Science Fiction Museum
We’ll open the 9 th Annual CHTA Conference with a very special Seattle-style evening celebration. The monorail whisks us through downtown and straight into the colorful, whimsical, Frank Gehry-designed EMP and Science Fiction Museum. This is a time to unwind, recharge, meet your new colleagues, wander through the museums, and get a taste of the exciting things to come at the Seattle CHTA conference! |
Seattle Art Museum, photo by R. Barnes |
Thursday, November 29 - 5:00-7:00pm
Evening Reception at Seattle Art Museum. www.seattleartmuseum.org
The newly expanded Seattle Art Museum opened in May 2007 to high international acclaim for its innovative integration of existing and new architecture, expansive gallery spaces and a bounty of new artworks on display. Join us for a private reception from 5-7 pm for wine and hors d'oeuvres, and then take an unstructured stroll through the museum before heading out for an evening on the town. Or take in all the galleries at your leisure - the museum is open for your viewing pleasure until midnight! |
Pratt Fine Arts Center
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Friday, November 30
Closing Reception at Pratt Fine Arts Center www.pratt.org
We'll wrap up our conference in style with a casual evening gathering at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Pratt is a nonprofit arts education center in central Seattle, offering art classes for every age and every level of ability in four fully-equipped art studios: glass; sculpture; drawing, painting and printmaking; and jewelry/metalsmithing. Each year, more than 3,200 students and 500 working artists are served by Pratt Fine Arts Center's studios and education programs. You'll see the studios in action, including glassblowing, and meet some of Pratt's great artist instructors and students. And to continue in fine style after Friday afternoon's session on culinary tourism, our hosts for the evening include many of Washington's great wineries and microbreweries, offering delicious liquid refreshments to go with our edible treats!
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Thursday Evening Post-Reception Cultural Excursions
A Contemporary Theatre www.acttheatre.org
Production of "The Women" by Clare Boothe Luce - 7:30 pm
Sharpen your claws: In this super-stylish, venomously funny 1930s comedy, a baker's dozen of Seattle's top actresses play a group of gleefully backstabbing ladies who lunch. Beneath the tart tongues and arched eyebrows is a serious consideration of the not-so-good-old days, and of what women are left with when culture strips them of power. You've come a long way, baby. Mee-ow.
Discounted ticket price: $27.00 |
Zabryna Guevara plays Gladys in The Cook, photo by T. Charles Erickson at the Hartford Stage |
Seattle Repertory Theatre www.seattlerep.org
Production of "The Cook", a contemporary drama by Eduardo Machado - 7:30 pm
In 1958, on the eve of the Cuban revolution, Gladys, a young cook, makes a solemn promise to her mistress. Before the wealthy family flees in the night, she vows to protect and care for the beautiful home that she worked in all her adult life. As the reality of Castro's revolution settles in, and despite the personal consequences, Gladys fights to keep her promise for over four decades. In Machado's rich, engaging, and deeply personal play, Gladys emerges as a woman with great spirit who lives by her heart against a backdrop of a troubled Cuba. The New Yorker called The Cook "first rate...a shining theatrical experience."
Discounted ticket price: $29.00 |
Seattle playwright Cheryl West |
Seattle Repertory Theatre www.seattlerep.org
Production of "Birdie Blue", a contemporary drama by Cheryl West - 7:30 pm
Birdie Blue is preparing her once sweet talking husband, Jackson, for a journey, while she also bakes a cake for her son's birthday. But the peace of this domestic scene belies Birdie's state of mind, and she welcomes us in to tell it like it is - and like it was. Birdie's life parallels the history of contemporary African-American life, from the fields of Mississippi to the gritty streets of Chicago, and the stories of her life reveal the hardships and joys of the struggles shared in late 20th century America. This lyrical and yet frank reflection on love, marriage and the passage of time is by Seattle playwright Cheryl L. West (Jar the Floor, Holiday Heart, Before It Hits Home, and Addy: An American Girl Story).
Discounted ticket price: $29.00 |
Teatro Zinzanni |
Teatro ZinZanni - 6:30 pm www.teatrozinzanni.org
Seattle's own Teatro ZinZanni is a big night out unlike any other, a three-hour whirlwind of international cirque, comedy and cabaret all served up with a five-course feast designed by celebrated Northwest chef Tom Douglas. Teatro ZinZanni combines improv comedy, vaudeville revue, music, dance, cirque and sensuality into a dizzying and colorful new form that is never quite the same from evening to evening. The gorgeous antique Belgian spiegeltent that houses the production dates from the turn of the 20th century; there are only eight of these marvelous structures still in existence. The fast-paced action of the show unfolds above, around and even alongside the audience as they dine on a gourmet meal.
Discounted ticket price: $81.00. Beverages and gratuity not included. Limited offer, register soon!
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Museum of Glass |
Pre- & Post- Conference Optional Cultural Excursions
Wednesday, November 28
Tacoma Cultural District www.traveltacoma.com
Join us for a full-afternoon tour of Tacoma's vibrant Museum and Theater Districts. We will visit the incredible Museum of Glass, the Tacoma Art Museum, the Washington State History Museum, and the Rialto and Pantages Theaters before returning to Seattle in the late afternoon. The excursion will include light refreshments.
Free, hosted by the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau and Tacoma Cultural District partners. Click here to see flyer.
Limited to 24 participants.
Tour departs at 12:00pm |
Pike Place Market |
Culinary Tour of Pike Place Market www.savorseattletours.com
Take a 2 hour tasting tour of America's most famous farmer's market with Savor Seattle Food Tours. As we tour you'll learn about the colorful history of the market, a nine acre national historic district, sample local delicacies, and meet some of the culinary artisans of Seattle. Includes food and wine tastings, the equivalent of a light lunch.
Limited to 16 participants.
Tour meets at 12:30pm.
Special CHTA Price: $25 |
Tashiro Kaplan Artists' Lofts, photo by William Wright |
Tour of Tashiro Kaplan Artists' Lofts www.tklofts.com
Pioneer Square is the nexus of Seattle's arts and cultural history. Native Americans, pioneers, sailors, beatniks, hippies and hipsters have all left their footsteps here. Join Cathryn Vandenbrink, regional director for Artspace USA, the developer of this and other national artist's live/work projects, for a fascinating guided tour of the TK Lofts, an artists' housing and studio project in the heart of Pioneer Square. We'll visit galleries and studios, and learn how these types of projects can foster urban renewal and create culturally dynamic and unique communities. Limited to 15 participants.
Tour meets at 1:30pm.
Free. |
Olympic Sculpture Park |
Olympic Sculpture Park www.seattleartmuseum.org
Enjoy a guided walk through Seattle's new outdoor sculpture park. This landmark urban renewal project transformed a derelict industrial site on the banks of Puget Sound into a cutting-edge nine acre art park that combines breathtaking views of the Olympic Mountain Range, Elliott Bay and the Seattle skyline with an outstanding collection of sculpture, habitat restoration projects, and native plantings. The park has already been awarded numerous honors. Artists featured in the park include Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Anthony Caro, Mark di Suvero, Teresita Fernández, Ellsworth Kelly, Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, Beverly Pepper, Richard Serra and Tony Smith.
Tour meets at 2:00pm.
Free. |
Woodinville Wineries |
Saturday, December 1:
St. Nicholas Day Festival at the Woodinville Wineries www.woodinvillewinecountry.com
Did you know that Washington is the second-largest wine-producing state in the nation? On this very special day in the heart of Western Washington's Wine Country, we will celebrate the bounty alongside the locals at the St. Nick's Day Wine Festival. In addition to the general festivities, our group will enjoy private tours of Woodinville's boutique wineries, samplings of Washington's best wines and gourmet kitchens, a knowledgeable wine guide, and much more! Limited to 45 participants.
Excursion departs Saturday morning and returns in the late afternoon.
Excursion price: $65.00 |
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