Archive for the ‘Art + Events’ Category

Make It Aqueduct!

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Thursday! Thursday! Thursday! Join VAIN stylists/DJs Carly, Valentine, and William (as well as VAIN front desk superstar Eli Blu) for the final Make it Rain at Havana. Special guest DJs will be cranking out the dance jams and Seattle’s own Aqueduct will be rocking the house until the wee hours. And, yes, you read that right. It is, sadly, the final Make It Rain as Carly is leaving the Pacific Northwest for new adventures. Lots of luck, Carly. Thank you for the music, the style, the haircuts and for MAKING IT RAIN!

xo,
VAIN

Come out Thursday, August 26th to Havana @ 1010 East Pike Street. Doors at 9pm.

VAIN Ballard ArtWalk: Featured Jeweler & Live Performance.

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Just a little reminder, this weekend is the Ballard Art Walk and VAIN Ballard will be featuring work by Nancy O’Connell of Black Rabbit. She is “fascinated by wood and metal and the effect of time on their surfaces”. You can definitely see her attraction to texture, color, and pattern—in the unexpected combinations of materials in her accessories.

In addition to showcasing Black Rabbit jewelry during Saturday’s ArtWalk, VAIN Ballard will be hosting a free live performance by Hoquiam, whose music is inspired by the childhood the Jurado Brothers (Damien and Drake) spent in Grays Harbor. The region to many is known for its cold, damp, grey, low hanging clouds as well as for its isolation. Their music blends folk music, while bringing an early 60’s garage feel to the songs. You can definitely get a sense of their hometown Hoquiam in their lyrics. As written on their website “Gothic folk, personal narratives, and simple strong percussive elements define the music of Hoquiam. Sparse, desolate, and a place you will find yourself passing through from time to time – both the town and the band.”

Make sure to come by VAIN Ballard (5401 Ballard Ave NW!) this Saturday from 6-9pm for art, food, drinks, and a live performance by Hoquiam at 8pm.

VAIN Ballard ArtWalk Preview: Black Rabbit and Hoquiam

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

This month’s featured jeweler at VAIN Ballard is Nancy O’Connell of Black Rabbit. She is an art director by day, while weekends, nights, and sometimes on her lunch-hours she makes “stuff” – adornment for you body and walls from vintage tins. She started Black Rabbit late in summer of 2007 and focuses on limited edition and one-of-a-kind accessories from tin, vintage and new fabrics. Her work will be available at VAIN Ballard through August, with an artist reception at our salon during Ballard’s ArtWalk on August 14.

Accompanying Nancy’s jewelry unveiling at the ArtWalk will be a live performance by Hoquiam. Hoquiam is a band that is made up of two brothers, Drake and Damien Jurado. With their self-titled release, they have created an album based around their childhood in Grays Harbor. To find out more about what inspires this duos’ music as well as this month’s featured jeweler, stay tuned for next week’s blog posts.

Please join us Saturday, August 14th from 6-9pm for art, drinks, food, and live music at 8pm by Hoquiam– 5401 Ballard Ave NW.

Make it Immaculate

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Thursday night at Havana: VAIN stylists and DJs Carly, Valentine and William are hosting a matchless, memorable and mind-blowing Make it Rain featuring local legends covering your favorite Madonna hits. Who else is ready to get into the groove?

xo,
VAIN

VAIN Ballard: Featured Jeweler

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

For art walk this Saturday, VAIN Ballard will be featuring steampunk inspired jewelry by London Particulars and the beautiful voice of indie folk musician Shelby Earl.

Please join us this Saturday from 6-9pm for art, drinks, food, and live music at 8pm by Shelby Earl– 5401 Ballard Ave NW.

Recap: Second Saturday Art Walk

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

A few weeks ago, VAIN Ballard rocked the Art Walk with awesome music, fun Guerrilla Hair, yummy treats and, of course, works of wearable art by our stellar featured jeweler, Fable & Fury.

Everyone loves Guerrilla Hair!

Showing off killer up-dos by Emmett.

Good eats!

Thanks to Stuck on a Bus for a great acoustic performance!

Elegant, unique and selling like hot cakes!

The Art Walk was a huge success, come by next month to check out a new featured jeweler and partake in the food and fun!


VAIN Ballard – 5401 Ballard Ave NW – (206) 706-2707


We will, we will hairstyle you!

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Boring hair be warned: the VAIN style squad is taking our Guerilla Hair styling to the streets, parking lots + city parks this summer with our first-ever official VAIN Guerilla Hair Tour. That means VAIN hairstylists giving free, 5-minute, teased up, ratted out, pinned-in-color, awesome hairstyles on the go.

Here’s where + when you can get in on the action this month:

  • This Saturday, June 12th at VAIN Ballard for artwalk (6-9pm) AND at Re-Bar for Hard Times (9pm-1am ish)
  • Friday, June 25th at Bend-It! queer-friendly arts festival at Cal Anderson Park (4-9pm)
  • Saturday, June 26th at Hey Tranny… It’s Tranny in the Havanna parking lot on Capitol Hill (8-11pm ish)

All you need to do is show up to get your guerilla hair on. All we ask is that you come with an open mind… and no fear of hairspray.

Transforming the human landscape one head of hair at a time,

VAIN

VAIN Ballard: Featured Jeweler

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

This Saturday as part of the Ballard art walk we will have the wonderful silhouette jewelry by Jennifer of Fable & Fury.

“Combining the romanticism of Victorian chic and curiously wayward subjects with modern techniques and materials, Fable & Fury creates unique jewelry and wearable art intricately crafted in black and satin finished stainless steel.”

With a background in graphic arts Jennifer launched Fable & Fury portraying, “woodland creatures, peculiar portraits, and follies of nature appear in imaginative vignettes, cameos and silhouettes.”

Please join us this Saturday from 6-9pm for art, drinks, food, and live music at 8pm by Chase and Kyle from Stuck on a Bus– 5401 Ballard Ave NW.

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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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Mark your calendars: this Saturday, May 1st at 6:00 pm at VAIN downtown, we’re celebrating the opening reception of Sticky, the debut solo show of photographer Kevin Kauer. You know we like our art big + bold like our hair, and Kauer’s work is just that. Don’t miss your chance to check it out for yourselves.

Sticky will be on display at VAIN for the entire month of May, but there won’t be drinks + a DJ there after Saturday. :)

VAIN Ballard: Featured Jeweler

Friday, April 9th, 2010

This Saturday as part of Ballard Art Walk, we will be unveiling the delicate designs of Elisabeth Percival.

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Elisabeth is a recent Seattle transplant from Omaha. Her meticulous work is sterling and gold-fill, incorporating antique components and semi-precious stones, with a focus on symmetry and an outstanding attention to detail.

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Join us this Saturday from 6-9pm for art, drinks, and chocolate covered strawberries – 5401 Ballard Ave NW.

Tonight! Make it Purple Rain

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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VAIN superstars/DJs/magic makers Carly, William and Valentine are hosting a very special, very purple Make it Rain tonight at Havana. Guests U.S.E., Aqueduct, The Lashes, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, With Friends Like These, Ships, Sean Nelson, Weekend, The Pale Pacific and Shawn Smith are paying tribute to Prince by cranking out the jams and making you want to party like it’s 1999. Yeah, I went there.

xo,
VAIN

Pop Goes the (DIY) World

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

VAIN loves seeing Do-It-Yourself hairstyles in action, and local pop/rock/dance band Motrecraft delivered at their recent show in Columbia City.

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VAIN client Amy H., Motrecraft’s bassist + backing vocalist, did her own hair for the show, using a party wig to create the glamhawk effect. Her inspiration? “Adam Ant + Road Warrior + Faye Dunaway as mommy dearest. But long ago, it was a VAIN stylist that showed me you can use a combination of fake hair and your own hair to get exactly what you want.”

If what you wanted was awesome, Amy H., you got it.

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Brianna H. on lead vocals also went the DIY route for the show. Love the cap topping the updo.

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Pretty much love the whole DIY thing. ♥

Check Motrecraft out this Saturday night at the Wild Rose- doors at 9pm. Photos by Bart Claeys.