Apparently, Gay City Arts Is Having A Cool Mary Lambert Show…Who Knew?

January 14, 2016• byMichael Strangeways

You probably don’t know this, but Gay City Arts is the cool arts program at Gay City Health Project, aka “Seattle’s Current LGBTQ Center”. In addition to their monthly art shows, they also are doing fantastic theater/dance/performing arts events in their terrific community meeting space, Calamus Auditorium. We’ve focused on many of their events in recent years. We love to support Gay City Arts.

Apparently, they’re also doing a super great fundraiser called LUSH US for Gay City Arts on Saturday, February 6th at a much bigger venue: Town Hall and they have a big, famous guest star, the fantabulous hometown singer/songwriter, MARY LAMBERT as one of the artists showcased. Though, oddly, we haven’t seen any P.R. on this event or anyone promoting it despite the fact it’s just a couple weeks away. It sounds like a winning event for a good cause. And, with some other great performers involved:

Scheduled To Appear

Ela Barton
Ariana Bird
Andy Burian
Nathan Blackwell
Chad Goller-Sojourner
Dorothy Frances Kent
Imani Sims
Christian Swacker
Casey Tonnelly

Mary is of course best known for her collaboration with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on the Grammy nominated marriage equality song, Same Love from a couple years back.

Tickets are only $25 for GA but they have $95 VIP tix for those inclined to generosity. You can snag them over HERE.

ADDED INFO: Gay City just released this new info about VIP:

Mary Lambert will be doing a special meet and greet during an exclusive pre-show VIP reception, featuring lite bites and a VIP only bar. VIP tickets, available for $95, will also include access to front row seating during the show. Only 50 VIP tickets will be sold!

Gay City Arts presents
LUSH US: GAY CITY ARTS SHOWCASE
featuring special guest performer Mary Lambert

Saturday, Feb 6 / 7pm
Town Hall Seattle / 1119 8th Ave
General Admission: $25 / VIP: $95

Gay City is proud to present Lush Us: Gay City Arts Showcase, featuring performances from artists in Gay City Arts Season 3: Queer Revolution along with special guest performer Mary Lambert. Whether you’re a long time Gay City Arts fan, or are experiencing it for the first time, be prepared to be challenged, be moved, and be inspired, all while helping to support our vital and growing Queer Arts program.

Art is the voice, spirit and conscience of every community and is a vital tool for community reflection, dialogue and pride. Through Gay City Arts, we collaborate with local LGBTQ artists to galvanize an audience for queer arts, foster the development of LGBTQ artists and works, and facilitate artistic excellence that is accessible. Gay City Arts is committed to presenting challenging, dynamic and excellent queer art across a wide range of disciplines, including theater, music, dance, film, spoken word, literary and visual arts.

At Lush Us: Gay City Arts Showcase, audiences will have an opportunity to enjoy a sampling of Gay City’s arts program, featuring selections from Season 3 of Gay City Arts. Performances will include music, theater, dance, comedy, and spoken word.

Our special guest performer at Lush Us with be Mary Lambert, a Seattle-based singer, songwriter and spoken word artist. She worked with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on a track on their album The Heist. Lambert is the featured artist of their gay rights single, Same Love. Lambert will be performing live at Lush Us with her band.bert is the featured artist of their gay rights single, Same Love. Lambert will be performing live at Lush Us with her band.

Scheduled To Appear

Ela Barton

Ariana Bird

Andy Burian

Nathan Blackwell

Chad Goller-Sojourner

Dorothy Frances Kent

Imani Sims

Christian Swacker

Casey Tonnelly

Accessibility at Town Hall

Town Hall offers a variety of accessibility services. For questions or alternate accommodations, please call Town Hall’s Patron Services at 2066524255, ext 13 or email patronservices@townhallseattle.org. Feedback on enhancing these services is always welcome. If assistance is needed at a Town Hall event, look for a staff member with a silver name badge on.

Venue Access and Accessible Seating

Wheelchair/walker accessis available in the Great Hall and Downstairs. Patrons should plan to enter the building through the front/main entrance on 8th Avenue. Wheelchair seating is available in both the Great Hall and Downstairs. Reservations aren’t necessary, but to reserve seating ahead of time, contact Patron Services at 206-652-4255 ext 13. Additional seating accommodations Seating is available for patrons who need clear sightlines to the stage or for those with hearing loss issues. To reserve seats in advance, please call Patron Services or ask a Town Hall staff member on site.

Non-gendered restrooms will be available for this event.

(I was a judge at Pride Idol a couple years ago with Mary, and she is, not surprisingly, adorable. GO see her in this show!)

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.