The DANCE This Summer Dance Training Intensive provides an opportunity for young dancers at all levels to immerse themselves in dance over the course of 2 weeks.

Students will be exposed to a wide range of dance styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere. Instruction includes ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, African & special workshops.

Pacific Northwest Ballet - The Phelps Center
(located on the Seattle Center campus)
301 Mercer Ave
Seattle WA 98109

The Dance this Camp at Centrum provides an opportunity for high-school aged dancers at all levels to study a wide range of styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere.
Students can experience the whole range of workshop offerings – Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Salsa, African & special workshops – while living and working with vital, contemporary teaching artists and with a community of peers from across the state.

Tuition fee plus room and board is $695 per participant.

Centrum
Fort Worden State Park
Port Townsend, WA.

This workshop, led by Stokley Towles,  provides a supportive atmosphere for experimenting with different forms of live art. You will learn to combine autobiographical and historical materials with images and objects to tell stories. Writing and movement exercises will lead to new ideas. Creative and challenging assignments will inspire you to perform each week.

The Shoebox
(New City Theater performance space on Capitol Hill)
1404 18th Avenue
(one block north of Union Street)
Seattle, WA

All-day conference with three keynote speakers and twelve breakout sessions taught by professional experts on investing, retirement, debt reduction, estate planning, goal setting, and financial planning for the self-employed. $39 registration fee includes lunch and a copy of The Money Therapist: A Woman's Guide to Creating a Healthy Financial Life. Scholarships available.

Money Wise Women Educational Services
PO Box 2508
Silverdale, WA 98383
Phone: 360/204-0982
Email: info@moneywisewomen.net

Register at: www.moneywisewomen.net

North Seattle Community College
9600 College Way North
Seattle, WA

"Dance This" is produced by Seattle Theatre Group. It brings together
teen performers, choreographers, guest artists and teachers to
share their culture through the art of dance.

The "Dance This" Intensive will take place June 17- July 1, 2009 10am-5pm at Pacific Northwest Ballet studios in Seattle.
Instruction includes Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, African & special workshops. 

Open to all levels, ages 13-22.
$275 if registered before May 20, $300 after May 20.

Centrum
Fort Worden State Park, WA

Seventh Annual Seattle Rainbow Bookfest will feature a writer's breakfast and dialogue, book tables, author readings, panel discussions, workshops and more. The goals of this conference are to stimulate dialogue between writers, readers, and publishers; recognize writers of color; showcase and support works by writers of color; nuture a love for literature in children of color; and introduce the diverse perspectives and rich cultural experiences that writers of color embody to a broad reading public.

Langston Hughes Center
104 17th Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144

Icicle Arts in Leavenworth, Washington, is providing a unique
opportunity to learn the art of Mold Making from one of the state's
premier sculptors and art educators, Mike Magrath. An Artist
Reception and five day workshop takes place December 12-17,
2008.

For more information and to register:
Sandra Valencia
(509)668-4663
saundrav@iciclearts.org

Icicle Arts
Barn Beach Reserve
347 Division Street
Leavenworth

Open Drawing Sessions with a live model, sponsored by the Department of Art at Pacific Lutheran University, will take place on select Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm in the Drawing Studio (126) of Ingram Hall. All students and community members interested in drawing from a live model are welcome to attend. Free.

This is a non-classroom situation (no formal instruction will be provided), so bring the drawing tools of your choice and enjoy the relaxed studio atmosphere or work on your portfolio.

Wednesdays: OCT. 22, NOV. 5, NOV. 19, and DEC. 3; 6:00-8:00 PM

Drawing Studio – Room 126
Ingram Hall, Pacific Lutheran University campus
Corner of 121st Street S. and 8th Ave S.

Campus parking lots by permit only – please use nearby 2hr. street parking