869 results for: Performing Arts and Music
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Dave Matthews performing at Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally, Seattle, September 29, 2002
In August 2002, President George W. Bush proposed changes to environmental laws that would make it easier for timber companies to thin federal forests and to remove fire-prone dead trees and undergrowth. In response, the Northwest Old-Growth Campaign, a coalition of 13 environmental groups from Bellingham to southern Oregon, began campaigning to ban cutting of timber in old-growth and other…
ID Number:2000.107.20020929.CD03.01.002
Date:2002
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Dave Matthews backstage at Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally, Seattle, September 29, 2002
In August 2002, President George W. Bush proposed changes to environmental laws that would make it easier for timber companies to thin federal forests and to remove fire-prone dead trees and undergrowth. In response, the Northwest Old-Growth Campaign, a coalition of 13 environmental groups from Bellingham to southern Oregon, began campaigning to ban cutting of timber in old-growth and other…
ID Number:2000.107.20020929.CD03.01.003
Date:2002
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Sudanese dancers rehearsing for performance at Highline YMCA, Burien, October 20, 2002
Many young people from southern Sudan fled their home country during its second civil war in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming known as the "Lost Boys" and "Lost Girls" of Sudan. About 3800 boys and 90 girls who fled the war were resettled in the United States, with about 100 settling in Western Washington. There, a group of about 12…
ID Number:2000.107.20021020.CD03.01.001
Date:2002
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Mayen Akoon leading Sudanese dancers, October 20, 2002
Many young people from southern Sudan fled their home country during its second civil war in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming known as the "Lost Boys" and "Lost Girls" of Sudan. About 3800 boys and 90 girls who fled the war were resettled in the United States, with about 100 settling in Western Washington. There, a group of about 12…
ID Number:2000.107.20021020.CD03.01.002
Date:2002
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Souleymane N'Diaye playing drum during Adefua performance, Seattle, December 2002
Adefua is a cultural education organization and dance troupe founded in 1985 by Afua Kouyate, commonly known as Mama Afua. Mama Afua, a Seattle native, started Adefua to teach people about African cultures and African dance. Currently (as of 2024), Adefua’s programs include “African Arts for All to See,” an educational program that travels to schools, the Youth and Family…
ID Number:2000.107.20021214.CD01.001
Date:2002
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Adefua music and dance performance, Seattle, December 2002
Adefua is a cultural education organization and dance troupe founded in 1985 by Afua Kouyate, commonly known as Mama Afua. Mama Afua, a Seattle native, started Adefua to teach people about African cultures and African dance. Currently (as of 2024), Adefua’s programs include “African Arts for All to See,” an educational program that travels to schools, the Youth and Family…
ID Number:2000.107.20021214.CD01.002
Date:2002
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Souleymane N'Diaye and others drumming and dancing at Adefua performance, Seattle, December 2002
Adefua is a cultural education organization and dance troupe founded in 1985 by Afua Kouyate, commonly known as Mama Afua. Mama Afua, a Seattle native, started Adefua to teach people about African cultures and African dance. Currently (as of 2024), Adefua’s programs include “African Arts for All to See,” an educational program that travels to schools, the Youth and Family…
ID Number:2000.107.20021214.CD01.003
Date:2002
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Ukulele players at Dusty Strings, Seattle, January 5, 2003
Ray Mooers and Randy Hudson first encountered a traditional hammered dulcimer in 1977, quickly became fascinated with them, and decided to build them as a hobby. In 1979, they turned this hobby into a business called Dusty Strings. In the 1980s, they began to build harps as well, and Ray’s wife Sue finished the instruments and sewed the cases. They…
ID Number:2000.107.20030105.CD02.03.001
Date:2003
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Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003
Darrlyn (Cook) Smith (1938-2002) and her husband Joseph Smith, both educators, relocated to Seattle from New Orleans in the early 1960s. In Seattle, Darrlyn Smith taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where she kept a box of tap dance shoes in her classroom and taught tap to interested students during recess. Darrlyn and Joseph Smith later owned the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030114.CD07.001
Date:2003
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Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central studio, Seattle, January 2003
Darrlyn (Cook) Smith (1938-2002) and her husband Joseph Smith, both educators, relocated to Seattle from New Orleans in the early 1960s. In Seattle, Darrlyn Smith taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where she kept a box of tap dance shoes in her classroom and taught tap to interested students during recess. Darrlyn and Joseph Smith later owned the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030114.CD07.002
Date:2003