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Must List: Italian Cinema, World’s Quickest Theater Fest at ACT
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff January 7, 2016
Must See
Italian Cinema at SAM
(1/7 to 3/17, times vary) Seattle Art Museum’s wide-ranging Italian film series includes classic films directed by Fellini, Antonioni and Visconti, and starring Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti, Toni Servillo and Clint Eastwood. 1/7, Il Grido (The Cry); 1/14, L’Avventura; 1/21, I Fidanzati (The Fiancés); 1/28, The Witches.
Must Hear
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson at Meany Hall
(1/12, 7:30 p.m.) World-renowned pianist Garrick Ohlsson performs works by Chopin and Beethoven as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Must ACT Fast
ACT’s World’s Quickest Theater Festival
(1/8-1/9 and 1/15-1/16, times vary) ACT — A Contemporary Theater challenges Seattle artists to write, cast, rehearse and perform 14 brand-new plays in just 48 hours during “14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival.” Watch the participants’ quick thinking take center stage.
Must Be a Fan
Robin Layton To Sign Copies of 12
(1/9, 1 to 4 p.m.) Robin Layton’s blurred shows of Seahawks fans transform sports photography into impressionistic art. She’ll talk about how she captures the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd and sign copies of her new coffee table book, 12, at Winston Wachter Fine Art gallery in South Lake Union.
Must Discover
Pae White Installation at Henry Art Gallery
(Through 1/24, times vary) Los Angeles artist Pae White’s current installation at the Henry Art Gallery, Command-Shift-4, transforms the spacious lower gallery into a dynamic space where visitors are subject to sudden, disorienting perceptual shifts as they slowly wander through it.