91̽Drama wraps up the 2015-2016 season with “Skies Over Seattle,” and 91̽Symphony gives its last performance of the year. Hear the music of Indonesia at Meany Theater, or explore jazz and improvised music at IMPFest. Visit the Henry Art Gallery for a workshop about counterculture comics.
Ade Suparman & Sundanese Music of Indonesia
7:30 p.m., June 2 | Meany Theater
Ethnomusicology visiting artist Ade Suparman and his students perform music from West Java, Indonesia. The performance will include traditional and contemporary Sundanese music and dance, and showcase two types of gamelan ensembles.
IMPFest VIII: With Bill Frisell, Reid Anderson, Bill McHenry
7:30 p.m., June 2-4 | Meany Studio Theater
The student-led Improvised Music Project (IMP), now in its eighth year, explores new directions in Seattle’s jazz and improvised music scene. This annual festival pairs up-and-coming musicians with seasoned professionals for three nights of collaborative performances, with a different Seattle-based musician featured each night.
91̽Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners
7:30 p.m., June 3 | Meany Theater
David Alexander Rahbee conducts the 91̽Symphony in a program of works by Satie and Brahms. The program also features two winners of the 2015-16 Concerto Competition, performing with the orchestra. .
Skies Over Seattle
June 3-5 | Jones Playhouse
This world-premiere installation performance weaves together three student-generated theater pieces, each evolved from a year of collaboration and conversation between 91̽Drama students and three U-District community groups.
Counterculture Comics and the Semiotics of Disney Icons: A Workshop with Shary Flenniken
12:30 p.m., June 5 | Henry Art Gallery
Seattle-based cartoonist Shary Flenniken leads a two-hour workshop featuring a discussion of the colorful and contentious history of appropriated imagery, and a drawing exercise on adapting imagery from pop culture for satirical purposes.