An Alternative to Loud BoatsRegina Hackett, No Loud Boats at this Party: Commando poets take unsanctioned rooster-tale route, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 22, 1987 Page C-1,11 was a performance art festival coinciding with the annual Seattle Seafair Albert Lee Cup Hydroplane Races held in late July or early August. It was organized by Roberto Valenza and Phoebe Bosche who were also involved with Red Sky Poetry Theatre.
In 1989, Cydney Gills of Arts Focus magazine joined with An Alternative to Loud Boats. Gillis assisted in writing grants. An Alternative To Loud Boats received grants from the King County Arts Commission in 1991.Alternative to Load Boats Set for August 4, The Arts; King County Arts Commission Newsletter Volume 20 Number 5, July, 1991
An Alternative to Loud Boats ran for 10 years, each year having a different theme.Cascadia Poetry Festival Advisory Board http://splab.org/cascadia-poetry-advisory-board/ accessed June 7, 2014
1985
1986
1987 An Alternative To Loud Boats celebrates the arts
1988 CensorshipPhoebe Bosche, Alternative To Loud Boats festival Moves to Myrtle Edwards Park, Arts Focus Volume 3 Number 12, Page 5
1989 The Struggle For Freedom
1990 SanctuaryCydney Gillis, Alternative to Loud Boats: A Day of Sanctuary from Militarism, Arts Focus, September/ October 1990, Page 3
1991 Between Two Fires
1992
1993 No Garnish Kay Kusumoto, Alternative Show Offers Protest To Seafair Noise, Seattle Times, August 2, 1993 Accessed September 26, 2014
1994
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