Students from Neighborhood House’s afterschool tutoring program at White Center Heights Elementary in grades 1-6 have been working hard to prepare personal narrative stories and either photo illustrations or graphics to help tell their stories.

Writing has helped us look at where we came from as a clue to where we’re headed. We’ve been working to record our stories so we can share them with you, so join us in celebrating our young writers!

Come out and get to know your neighbors. Hear the personal narratives told live by some of the students themselves on Saturday, Jan 15th between 6- 9 pm.

See Sarah Fox’s comments on White Center Blog .

Needing some fine modern folk rock in your life? Look no further than Dubsea Coffee, this coming Saturday7-9 pm to satisfy.

Brooke Trisler, local singer & songwriter based in Burien, plays here live!

Get a taste of what you’re in for at:
http://www.purevolume.com/brooketrisler

Join us for another free, family friendly, night of live local music, and invite your friends!  You’re welcome to RSVP via our Facebook Events Page, or to just come on by.

Dubsea Coffee’s featured artist from August 15 – Sept 14, 2010 is Jeanette Jones.

Jeannette’s oil paintings are a complex tapestry of images that require second and third looks to discover the hidden portraits contained within.

Join us the evening of Saturday August 21st from 7-9 pm to celebrate her lovely works and meet the artist herself.

See more of her work at:
http://www.jeanettejonesart.com

Wow what an awesome weekend! Hula hoops, pancakes, our featured artists’ gorgeous photographs, and so many sweet people.. We’ve been busy with all kinds of fun and interesting community events.

It all started Thursday evening with Greenbridge’s Neighborhood Night where we served up iced cold brewed coffee & orange bl…ossom iced tea to the neighbors right outside our doors who were having fun hula hooping it up, learning how to cha-cha-cha, and enjoying the warm summer evening in each other’s company.

Saturday morning was the Kiwanis’ Pancake Breakfast, and according to the over 100 cups of coffee and 50 cups of decaf we served up, it was a smashing success! Thanks to everyone who came out for it, and to Stumptown for generously donating some beans to us when they found out we were supporting this worthwhile event.

That same evening was Anne & Todd Jennings’ artist reception here at Dubsea Coffee. What a great turnout for some fabulous photos and really wonderful people. If you haven’t seen their work yet, stop in and take a look, showing through August 14th!

No wonder we love our community ♥  For photos go to our Facebook albums.

Artist Reception: ANNE JENNINGS “A to Zambia” | Saturday July 17, 2010 7-9 PM

ANNE JENNINGS is our upcoming featured artist, showing “A to Zambia”, a photographic exhibit of her family’s life in Zambia.

The ‘fight against malaria’ is what brought the Jennings family of four to Zambia in March 2008, where malaria deaths have declined by 66% as of April 2009 (World Health Organization). As the Jennings family got ready to set off on this mission, their grandparents gave them a Sony DSLR to document the journey and as insurance that they would not miss a moment of their grandchildren’s experiences and life abroad.

The grandparents expected to see photos of school plays and soccer matches but what they got instead were not only photos of daily life, but photo essays on trips to Coffee plantations, Safaris in South Luangwa, camping trips on the Kafue River, football factories, microfinance banks, and much, much more.

The Jennings family now lives in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, where they say daily life is not too different from living in Seattle. They wake in the morning and start their day off with a fresh cup of coffee, rush the kids to school, head to the grocery store, or to the office, have lunch meetings with friends, school pickups, PTA meetings, Saturday soccer practice, and etc.

“What keeps us there is the beautiful climate, an easy (though frequently frustrating) expat way of life, and endless opportunities to work, learn, and grow. The collection of photos we chose to share with you is a glimpse of life in Zambia. Thanks to Dubsea Coffee for the opportunity to share this small bit of our life with you.“ – Anne and Todd Jennings

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Join us after White Center’s Jubilee Days festivities and RSVP to this event on our Facebook page!

AMANDA KAY HELMICK | June 15 – July 14

Artist Reception | Saturday June 19th, 7-9 pm

“Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known, toward what is arcane and concealed”  Kahlil Gibran

I paint to create backdrops – to create depth in the flat plane, and to challenge what art is.  My undisciplined eyes rip, score, sew and drill into a canvas that is not sacred.  The paintings are vessels – holding discarded and repurposed objects and transforming their existence to a life of beauty and admiration.

Painting with acrylic becomes necessary because it dries fast – milk paint adds depth, color and texture. I drill holes in the frame to support the objects, haphazardly rip the canvas, and messily sew to seal it up again. The addition of shiny, pointy objects, or strange fabrics, wooden doodads and heavy metals become the frenzied finish.

I have become emboldened by canvas since I started painting 10 years ago. Oppressed and silenced at the time, a childhood friend’s unexpected death set my creativity free. Timidly, I would dot the canvas with primary colors, or paint swirls of complimentary colors.  I also renewed my love of still photography during this awakening.  Multitudes of nature photographs opened my eyes to structure and texture, things I imitate in my paintings. I have no formal training, but credit experimentation and observation as my artistic education.

This new series of paintings reflect the latest exploration of my creative journey. My starting place is still photography, heading straight to jewelry making and sewing, rounding the curve into painting and creating Super8 films.  I use all of these elements in this latest series.

- Amanda Kay Helmick

To see more of her work online visit: http://www.junkartkin.com

Hey Kids!

I’ll have some new paintings and drawings up mid-May to mid-June at my favorite cafe, Dubsea Coffee!

How’s about you and your fam join me for the opening party on Sunday afternoon, May 16th?

There’ll be snacks and an art activity and maybe even some boogie-ing…

Bird Eating Deer is the umbrella alias of the various artistic undertakings of Jameson Hubbard.  Currently living in Seattle, WA, Jameson loosely attends the Gage Academy of Art.  Primary interests regarding subject matter: The age-old question of man’s relationship with nature and the consequent friction; the role of animals in contemporary and past societies and the meanings applied to them; native cultures, primarily precolonial.

Join us Saturday evening from 7-9 pm to welcome Jameson Hubbard’s new work into Dubsea Coffee and meet the artist himself!   His large scale wood block prints, along with drawings and paintings will grace the walls from mid-April through mid-May.  Looking forward to Saturday!

To see more of his work online visit: www.birdeatingdeer.com

We have such amazing customers!  Michael of the Seattle Coffee club has organized an event with friend Gary Strawn of Kona Earth Coffee, to come to Dubsea to talk about life as a farmer on an Hawaiian Kona coffee farm.

Farmer Gary used to be a computer game programmer before he gave up city life and moved to Hawaii to grow Kona coffee.  Now he spends his days planting, pruning, picking, processing and packaging coffee.  How did he get started?  What’s life like on a Kona coffee farm?  Is it profitable? Why coffee instead of programming?  What’s involved with pruning, picking and processing coffee?  Is there any time left for the beach?

Come join us Saturday at 2:00 pm to sample fresh brewed Kona Coffee direct from Gary’s farm!  At 2:30 Gary will be giving a brief presentation with photos & maybe even a slideshow, then he’ll open it up to questions from all of you.

See you Saturday! and in the meantime you can find out more about Kona Earth here..

http://konaearth.com



Hye Young Kim has been mapping every day life and questioning the spiritual existence of humans in contemporary society.  Her narratives are created with the intent that understanding self-existence will help people to gain compassion and a dynamic interconnectedness to the communities in which they exist.

We invite you in to welcome Hye on Saturday, February 20 between 7-9 pm.  Come enjoy the art, the music by Michael J. Olsen, who will be spinning Korean music, and speak personally with Hye to learn more about her work and narratives.

Learn more about her at www.hykimstudio.com.

Dubsea’s 3 month anniversary date, Sunday February 14th, just happens to fall on the same day as Valentine’s!

We’re celebrating with another movie night featuring a story full of humor, wit, and love that knows no bounds.. revel in the classic: Harold & Maude.

Please join us for a free, family friendly, all ages, everyone’s welcome movie. Happy Valentine’s Day!

This is going to be a great music show to come and check out at Dubsea Coffee, Free !!  Live music by Brandon Decker & Lets Get Lost .

Brandon Decker “vocals, guitar,and producer ” is on his Long Days tour from Sedona, AZ. accompanied by Nanci Mcdonald ” Cello Vocals “.  The duo will be playing his narrative work on redemption with poignant lyrics and resonating vocals.  This folk rock duo is something to witness, supremely you will not be disappointed.

Lets Get Lost is a local Seattle treat, Nick Shadel & Peter Kowalczyk frequent the cafe as they are White Center boys.  If you come to the show you’ll get to experience a flood of the groups indie-pop-rock-carnival aesthetic.  Their music is cotton candy for the ears, sweeter and bolder to the core the longer it resonates in your audible system.

Come to Dubsea Coffee and listen, witness this delectable feast for your temporal lobe.  Let your internal audiometer get the
frequencies and vibrations it deserves.

Thanks,

the Dubsea Crew!

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http://www.myspace.com/letsgetlosttogether