http://www.rivetmagazine.org connecting the dots Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:07:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I didn't realize until about halfway through this morning's walk that it was raining. Partly due to the years that I have lived in Seattle - the defiant, blissful ignorance of the weather - and partly due to the mishmash of absorbing thoughts running around my brain. I didn't have a ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/04/28/aimless-at-7am-3/ Specsone is an underground favorite!  You have seen his bold graffiti on city walls (he keeps it legal) and his paintings on canvas, where he takes his larger than life art form to a gallery scale. Specsone’s  work   referenceselements of hip hop culture and are also inspired by comic books and graphic novels. Catch his showing at the Georgetown Tileworks  (5905 Airport Way ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/04/24/art-of-the-month-specsone-iii/ Specsone is an underground favorite!  You have seen his bold graffiti on city walls (he keeps it legal) and his paintings on canvas, where he takes his larger than life art form to a gallery scale. Specsone’s work references elements of hip hop culture and are also inspired by comic books and graphic novels. Catch his showing at the Georgetown Tileworks (5905 Airport Way S ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/04/22/art-of-the-month-specsone-ii/ Specsone is an underground favorite!  You have seen his bold graffiti on city walls (he keeps it legal) and his paintings on canvas, where he takes his larger than life art form to a gallery scale. Specsone's work references elements of hip hop culture and are also inspired by comic books and graphic novels. Catch his showing at the Georgetown Tileworks (5905 Airport Way S ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/04/19/specsone/ Through the frosty morning windows of neighborhood establishments, I spy an unusual amount of beautiful artwork. Unusual, meaning here "of consistently high quality," given that a larger percentage of independent artists' work is bound to be a letdown [plain logic]; usual though, in this town. Well, you are here with us ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/04/14/curating-at-7am/ Walking down the street this morning my eyes were especially focused on the windshields. Little pink and white slips everywhere today. Something must have been in the air last night, drawing out the reckless parker in this neighborhoods's residents. So much illegal parking behavior - a traffic cop had a field day.  The ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/04/07/policing-at-7am/ How many librarians does it take to coax a singing patron out of the restroom? Two, according to Scott Douglas' new memoir Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian. "It's always a good idea to approach a strange situation in the library with another person who can act as a ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/04/06/shelf-reading/ I hope you're not hungry. Because I was hungry when I arrived at the doorstep of a perfect little cafe, only to find it closed on this unlikely morning. I'm not even sure what I wanted, since it was a dinner menu I was reading that made my tummy grumble. ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/03/31/imbalance-at-7am/ I am excited to announce that this first Thursday art walk will be full worth the trek downtown. Seattle artist [and RIVET Art Director!] Allie Manch will open her "Saturn's return" exhibit, featuring new embroidered works. Here's the Skinny: Thursday, April 3 at the Gallery4Culture from 6-8 PM.                                                  "The Producers (Rick Rubin)"   Here is a glimpse of what you'll ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/03/27/saturns-return-april-3rd/ On some of the quietest streets of the neighborhood this morning, I ambled down the spring melody lanes that I can no longer escape. Was it a particularly slow morning as part of an Easter weekend hangover? No cars, no people, no runners, no dog-walkers, no nothing. But I could ... http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2008/03/24/footsteps-at-7am/