Hey Girl's Sonia Beltran Napoles is not only a captivating performer, but an excellent cook. On Saturday night she made an Eggplant Parmesan that was to die for. She was generous enough to tell her recipe to the best English speaker in the company, who wrote it down for us: LA PARMIGIANA

for the tomato sauce:

1 jar of peeled tomatoes ("pelati")
1 onion
1 garlic segment
basil
olive oil, salt, pepper

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Check out this short video on YouTube of Societas Raffaello Sanzio schooling us in gnocchi-making. Be sure to come see their other talents at the performance of Hey girl! this week at OtB.

Posted by Tania

Congratulations to OtB alumna Dayna Hanson (last seen here in October 2006) for being selected for the Northwest Film Forum Start-to-Finish program! Read more about her new feature film "Rainbow" here.

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On the freakishly warm day earlier this week, I took the weather as a cue to get outside and finally update the logo painted on the outside of the building, next to the admin door. This is a picture, mid-job. I really liked the unfinished look, with the brushstrokes still evident and wanted to leave it like this. It's all finished now, of course, so you'll just have to come by to have a look.

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We all know Seattle  is full of great art happenings - the in the community page of our website aspires to spread awareness about some of these events, so that when you're not  coming to OtB - you can  find some other inspiring events to attend.  

Most often we list performances by people who are OtB alumni...

I'm listening to the new Radiohead album in a bar named Legal in Bergen, Norway. Philip Roth keeps describing the creative act as "amplification" in EXIT GHOST and Tom Yorke's voice is the perfect example of this. Off to dinner before my Norwegian colleague Sven Birkeland drinks me under the table.
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Just arrived for the BIT Festival in Bergen, Norway-The sister city of Ballard, complete with fishing boats and rain.

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Lane gets freaky with Gatsby, Myrtle and Jordan while singing and slummin' at Ozzie's in West Egg.

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Being peppy at last night's Season Opening Tailgate Party.

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Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey just finished a music video with Dave Matthews!

Be sure to also come see Zoe, Juniper and all their amazing collaborators perform here at OtB in April 2008.

Posted by Tania