Seattle Gay News
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 08, Volume 40, February 24, 2012
Mike Acerbo, Gay Time for singer-songwriter, Kate Clinton releases debut album Comedian talks election,
pissing off right-wingers, and her responsibility to be political by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer
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by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor
ments of cellos, fiddles, piano, recorders, brass, and guitars, the album unwinds into a fairytale full of dark imagery, with an otherworldly feel that rivals that of Florence + the Machine. “I titled the album after a song that I wrote when I had conceived
Chris Azzopardi: What’s the focus of the All Fracked Up Tour? Kate Clinton: Isn’t that a great title? It’s not easy to be thinking in November what will work in February, because everything changes so fast. My topics are always political and I’m barely
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see clinton page 32
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Folk rocker Mike Acerbo released his debut album, The Search, February 14. Ten years in the making, the album combines a unique array of sounds, drawing comparison to the likes of Sufjan Stevens, The Avett Brothers, and Guster. With intricate arrange-
Times like this – election years, when politics are a comedian’s punching bag – were made for Kate Clinton, who has hilariously riffed on 30 years of stupid presidents and right-wing morons. In the midst of her All Fracked Up Tour, we caught up with Clinton to talk about the presidential race, progress made in the LGBT community and how comedy is a great tool for creating change.
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Seattle Art Museum salutes Seattle Women’s
Chorus shines in Valentine’s show
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Gauguin & Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise Seattle Art Museum Through April 29 Forget the sordid tales of the 13-year-old Polynesian mistress, the “abandoned” European wife and five children, the horrors of advanced-stage syphilis, the selfdoubt that haunted him throughout his career. Go to embrace the artistry of Paul Gauguin and many of the cultural artifacts of Polynesia that influenced him. The Seattle Art Museum’s splendid new show, Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise, brings nearly 60 major and minor works by French artist Paul Gauguin to Seattle for a relatively short stay. The exhibit at SAM’s downtown main building is in Seattle only until April 29 – a short time for such an important show. Seattle is the only U.S. see Gauguin page 32
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by Milton W. Hamlin SGN Contributing Writer
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Shot Through the Heart Benaroya Hall February 19 This past weekend, Seattle Women’s Chorus performed in a sweet and sassy program they dubbed Shot Through the Heart due to its proximity to Valentine’s Day and all the love songs
on the set list. Though they could never have envisioned it when artistic director Dennis Coleman was creating the program and planning the fun selection of songs, the performances took place the weekend after the historic vote that legalized samesex marriage in Washington state! Prescience? Tea leaves? So, the see SWC page 32