By Jim Demetre

In Tobias Wolff’s story “Bullet in the Brain,” a curmudgeonly book critic is shot at point blank range by a bank robber whose linguistic clichés the critic can’t help mocking. The bullet’s physical speed of 900 feet per second, becomes “a pathetically sluggish, glacial pace compared to the synaptic lighting” inside the critic’s skull. “Once it entered the brain,” Wolff writes, “the bullet came under the mediation of brain time.”

Charles Smith uses 3 instruments in his show that you won't find everywhere. Here's a little tour of what you'll see on the stage:

Hammered Dulcimer

[Image courtesy of whamdiddle.com]

We have just released new tickets for this weekend's performance of My Arm is Up in the Air, meaning that the previously sold out night are now available!

Get your tickets now. The news is so fresh that we're still waiting for our ticketing site to refresh with a link, but you can call 206.217.9888 to snatch up a ticket in the meantime.

Here's what Seattle critics are saying so far about Devotion:

Next week's Seattle premiere of Devotion features two heavy hitters from NYC: choreographer Sarah Michelson and playwright Richard Maxwell. Read on below for more insight into both of these artists!

As Sarah's tour of Devotion continues on, more and more reviews are coming out:

"near transcendent experience" - Dance Magazine

From Kasia:

Last night was the third time I watched Paul Budraitis performed the project. The first time I watched in OtB 12 MM, the second time in 2009 Artopia. It was fascinating being able to see the different stages of this work being developed over the years. I still remember how shocked I was the first time seeing it; Budraitis did not use many props – it was him, the stage, his handkerchief, the knife, and the pure intensity. The second time I watched I could not focus very well because of the expected intensity and pressure.

Reviews of (IN)STABILITY are just starting to come out. Check them out:

"World premiere of (IN)STABILITY: Balance, silence, noise" - Seattlest