Susan Noyes Platt
Jun 1, 2016
A Summer Banquet of Exhibitions
For the summer, I offer a quick tour of a few of the special exhibitions in our region. I have not yet seen many of these myself, but I...
Susan N. Platt
May 1, 2016
Mood Indigo: Textiles from Around the World
“Dreamy blues/mood indigo.” ~Duke Ellington, 1931 Breathe deeply as you enter the first gallery of “Mood Indigo, Textiles from Around...
Susan Noyes Platt
Apr 1, 2016
A Visit to Downtown: Small Spaces, Big Ideas
“Beauty in the Decay” For a spring treat, you have until the end of April to stop by the ArtXchange Gallery near Pioneer Square to see...
Susan Noyes Platt
Mar 1, 2016
Spectrum Dance Theater: Avant-Garde on the Lake
In case you didn’t know, we have cutting edge contemporary dance emerging from the Madrona Bath House on Lake Washington! In that...
Susan Noyes Platt
Feb 1, 2016
“Poetry is a type of music . . .” ~Judith Roche
Award-winning and nationally known poet Judith Roche lives in the heart of Leschi. I almost missed her unassuming house on a steep...
Susan Noyes Platt
Jan 1, 2016
Legacies: Music, Sculpture Or Orange Dust?
Black Friday concert Owuor Arunga “The Sultan of Swag,” a world famous trumpet player, organized an astonishing Black Friday concert at...
Diane Snell, Susan Platt, Carolyn Walden
Jan 1, 2016
Following the Fate of the Fountain
In the mid 1990’s, a sculpture by renowned African American artist, James Washington, Jr., was installed at the MidTown Center at 23rd &...