Olivier Wevers and Whim W’him

In May, Whim W’him presented new works by artistic director Olivier Wevers and PNB’s Andrew Bartee, the Seattle premiere of L’Effleure by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and a showing of Wevers’ Fragments, originally created for Spectrum Dance. Bartee’s flair for choreography is easily seen in his This is Real. Set in a recording studio, the dance features frenzied…

Li Chiao Ping in Vancouver

Last month, Dance Critics Association/World Dance Alliance-America combined to offer conference meetings and performances at the beautiful Scotiabank Dance Centre in Vancouver. I participated as a panel moderator, with PNB’s Doug Fullington, looking at what gets produced and presented, and why. What goes into decisions about company programming? Considerations that are perhaps not so obvious to…

Small is beautiful — Bellewood Acres

Well, as you can see below, the homey Bellewood Acres expanded in the past few years. But not so large, that its near-perfect pie dough still is produced in small batches andstored in ordinary zip-lock bags

Celebrate Local in Western Washington

This Saturday, September 14! Self-guided tour to small, artisan, and good………….Contact Sustainable Connections, Bellingham Community Food Co-op….. …and throughout the U.S., it’s harvest time, Google “[   ] County Farm tour”…and find yours!

Italy 2013!

Captions forthcoming, nevertheless, a good recounting of our course. Take a look at this next slide — two Huxley people, who are buying an agritourismo  right outside Florence!

Guten Tag, Switzerland folks

Alas, this summer, we answered the question: Is it possible to have a successful study tour in three days, jet lag notwithstanding? In Switzerland. The Goetheanum itself, in Dornach From a tree on the grounds Time for adventure…. …and at the castle Walking the grounds I think the response from the class was an unequivocal…