All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2011

What is live art? Well, in my world, it is anything that is performed, experienced, or interacted with solely in a live setting. It can be a play, a concert, or a museum exhibition. It can be a comedy show, a lecture, or a podcast taping. It doesn’t really matter, so long as it is happening in front of me, and I am there to see it in the moment.

This list will not be as extensive as some of my others, mostly because these things cost money and time, in a way the other culture consumables do not, but I still managed to engage with more than a fair share of live art over the course of 12 months. It is a list which I will organize in chronological order, and categorize thusly:

music
play
COMEDY
visual art
lecture/reading/other

January

February

2/2 Brian Greene: Is Ours the Only Universe? — Town Hall
2/12 Sebadoh, Quasi — Neumos

March

3/12 The Dismemberment Plan — Showbox SoDo
3/28 Sarah Vowell — Town Hall

April

4/15 Paul Simon — WaMu Theater

May

5/3 Jessica Lea Mayfield — Tractor Tavern
5/7 Thao & Mirah — The Crocodile
5/9 The Kills — The Showbox
5/14 Les Miserables — Shorecrest High School

June

6/4 U2, Lenny Kravitz — Qwest Field

July

7/10 Neko Case — The Paramount
7/15 Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard — Benaroya Hall
7/30 Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age — The Gorge

August

8/26

September

9/2 TK — Bumbershoot
9/3 TK — Bumbershoot
9/4 TK — Bumbershoot
9/20 Ken Jennings: Maphead — Elliott Bay Books
9/26 Bon Iver — The Paramount

October

10/21 Ryan Adams — Benaroya Hall

November

11/7 John Hodman & Friends — Town Hall
11/7 Real Estate — The Crocodile
11/15 Sylvia — Seattle Rep
11/20 The Outsiders — Shorecrest High School

December

12/19 Prince — Tacoma Dome