Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council announces upcoming performing arts events

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council announces the 2013 Arts / Culture and Family Performance Series.

For tickets and more information visit the website or call 206-417-4645. Tickets are general admission and will also be available at the door before each performance. Take pART in your community – see a local performance!

The Arts / Culture Series features diverse music and dance groups and cultural activities:

Vince Mira Band: February 16, 2013, 7pm at the Shoreline Center Auditorium. Tickets are $20 and available at mira.brownpapertickets.com. This local singer-songwriter, who has been featured on Good Morning America and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, will have your toes tappin’ and hands clappin’ as he plays his Country/Americana style songs with a voice akin to Johnny Cash. Listen here. 

Edible Book Festival: March 30, 2013, 11am at Third Place Commons in the Town Center at Lake Forest Park. Free admission. As part of the International Edible Book Festival bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers will unite to create edible books that are exhibited, documented and then consumed. Edible books are made of food and inspired by a book or pun on a book title. Register your entry. Bite a Book today! Be inspired. 

DASSdance Company: April 27, 2013, 7pm at the Shoreline Center Auditorium. Tickets are $20 and available at dassdance.brownpapertickets.com. The emotional twists, balletic turns, and acrobatic feats of DASSdance’s signature All-Terrain Dance style are unleashed in Untitled, 1982, a contemporary dance theater work that navigates the tumultuous, boundary-pushing creative process of Jean Michel Basquiat and other visual artists in 1980s New York City. Experience here.

The Family Performance Series offers children and adults an opportunity to see live performances in a family friendly setting:

Ugandan Orphans Choir: March 16, 2013, 11am at the Shoreline Community College Campus Theater. Tickets are $8 and available at shorelinearts.net. Comprised of ten children ages 11-14 from the Ssese Islands located on Uganda’s Lake Victoria, this talented choir will delight audiences with tribal drumming, dancing, singing and storytelling as they perform traditional African folk songs. Connect here. 

Kaleidoscope Dance Company: April 6, 2013, 11am at the Shoreline Community College Campus Theater. Tickets are $8 and available at shorelinearts.net. An engaging concert filled with playful and powerful pieces including the Parachute Play, a story dance with masks, a funny dance based on children's games and songs, an inspirational dance about conflict and resolution, and several other memorable performances. Watch a sample here.

Missoula Children's Theatre: June 29, 2013, 1pm and 5pm at the Shoreline Center Auditorium. Tickets are $8 and available at shorelinearts.net. An annual Shoreline Arts Festival tradition! Sixty local students are cast in a play, rehearse for a week with professional actor/directors from Missoula Children’s Theatre touring company and perform a show on Saturday. Group auditions are held on June 24th at 3:45pm at the Shoreline Center – open to all students grades K-12. Participation information here. 

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.