Theater Smoke Farm
posted by on August 15 at 13:23 PM
You know what you should do this weekend?
Go to Smoke Farm, that raw, 360-acre wonderland just an hour north of Seattle that is slowly becoming the place where I want to die—down by the river, on a late spring evening—and let the coyotes chew on my bones.
(Briefly: Smoke Farm is a former dairy farm run by a few well-intentioned people—Stuart Smithers, a UPS philosophy professor; Craig Hollow, a local architect; others—where good things happen. It has hosted theater and literary retreats, education programs, medieval cook-outs with the best chefs in Seattle, and so on. There’s a field where people camp, a river where people swim, a rustic kitchen where people congregate and meet and cook and drink: It’s pretty much paradise.)
Smoke Farm’s third annual performance festival begins tomorrow. It’s $25, including dinner and camping. (Cheap!) The acts will vary: some of last year’s performances were awful, one—by Implied Violence—was shattering, and the dinner was prompt, plentiful, and delicious.
This year’s roster has some promising folks:
Circus Contraption
PDL
Doug Nufer
Matthew Richter
Left Field Revival
and others
Dinner by Seth Caswell (formerly of the Stumbling Goat). Good weather by God.
More information here.
Oh Stuart Smithers. God, he was one of my favorite professors.
Um.
Isn't there a smog warning and a burn ban in place?
Seriously, don't you guys follow the news ...
It's hotter than Baltimore out there! Huh.
The decline of the dairy farm in this region is so sad. It's probably infinitely more enjoyable as a dairy farm than what it is now.
But, as a former dairy farmer, I'm probably a bit biased.
There is a burn ban. Outdoor fires are illegal (unless it's charcoal in an approved appliance).
Reading the title "Smoke Farm" I had imagined a refuge from Mayor Nichols and Gov. Gregoire's behavior laws...a place where you could light up a Camel indoors, enjoy a bourbon, water your lawn at any time and watch some exotic dancers without fear of being labeled a "Denier".
@6 - it's called the basement where you live.
And keep the windows shut.
I meant to ask the last time there was a post about the Smoke Farm and the big outdoor meat cook-off. How does one get an invite? I would love to see a wild boar or steer cooked over a spit and would pay for the privilege.
They sell tickets, elswinger—you should go next year. It was great.
Hey Blaire.
What's up.
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