All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2012

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

1/28 Parson Redheads — Sunset Tavern

February

2/17 Damien Jurado, Gold Leaves — The Neptune
2/22 Gaugin & Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise — Seattle Art Museum
2/29 I am My Own Wife — Seattle Rep

March

3/1 Cold War Kids — Columbia City Theater
3/10 New Multitudes — The Showbox
3/17 Vetiver, Gold Leaves — Columbia City Theater
3/22 Red — Seattle Rep
3/25 Sharon Van Etten, The War on Drugs — The Neptune
3/30 Megafaun — Tractor Tavern

April

4/9 Radiohead — KeyArena

May

5/18 The Maldives — Salmon Bay Eagles (KEXP Ballard Party)
5/26 TBD — Sasquatch / The Gorge
5/27 TBD — Sasquatch / The Gorge
5/28 TBD — Sasquatch / The Gorge

June

6/29 AZIZ ANSARI — The Paramount

July

7/9 Codeine — The Triple Door
7/23 Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak — The Showbox
7/25 Fiona Apple — The Paramount

August

8/7 White Denim — Tractor Tavern
8/30 Yeasayer — The Neptune

September

9/2 TK — Bumbershoot
9/3 TK — Bumbershoot
9/4 TK — Bumbershoot
9/9 The Tallest Man on Earth — The Moore

October

10/3 Madonna — KeyArena
10/20 TBD — Bridge School Benefit / Shoreline Amphitheatre
10/21 TBD — Bridge School Benefit / Shoreline Amphitheatre

November

11/17 Romeo & Juliet — Shorecrest High School
11/27 RNDM — The Showbox

December

12/21 LOUIS CK — The Paramount