And the nominees are…

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In addition to the general excellence categories (favorite venue, best bathrooms, best for a group, etc.) the Teeny Awards asks for your picks for the best arts events of the season. Here are the nominees (Don't see your favorite listed? Don't worry - you can write it in!):

Best Art Exhibit of 2010-11
Battlestar Gallactica at EMP|SFM
Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth at Seattle Art Museum
SuttonBeresCuller: Panoptos at Henry Art Gallery
The Mysterious Content of Softness at Bellevue Arts Museum
Shadows of a Fleeting World at Henry Art Gallery

Best Dance Performance of 2010-11

All Tharp at Pacific Northwest Ballet
Ralph Lemon: How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? at On the Boards
A Midsummer Night's Dream at Pacific Northwest Ballet
Peering Into the Ballroom/Relationships at Spectrum Dance Theater
lingo dance: A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light at ACT Theatre
Cornish Dance Theater Spring 2010 Concert at Cornish College of the Arts

Best Play of 2010-11

The K of D at Seattle Repertory Theatre
Love Horse at Washington Ensemble Theatre
Polaroid Stories at Young Americans' Theatre Company
Cymbeline at Seattle Shakespeare Company
A Doctor in Spite of Himself at Intiman Theatre
Hamlet at Seattle Shakespeare Company
Of Mice and Men at Seattle Repertory Theatre

Best Musical or Opera of 2010-11

The Barber of Seville at Seattle Opera
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog at Balagan Theatre & Balagan Theatre at ACT Theatre
Chicago at Seattle Musical Theatre
Threepenny Opera, Seattle Shakespeare Company at Intiman
Vanities at ACT Theatre (co-production with the 5th Avenue Theatre)
The Magic Flute at Seattle Opera
Evil Dead: The Musical at ArtsWest

Best Film Event of 2010-11

Willy Wonka in Smell-o-Vision at SIFF Cinema
Strange Powers: Stephin Merrit and the Magnetic Fields at NW Film Forum
9 Nation Animation at NW Film Forum
Raiders of the Lost Ark & Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation at SIFF Cinema
NFFTY: The National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Louder Than a Bomb at SIFF Cinema

Best Music Performance 2010-11

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at Seattle Symphony
Handel's Messiah at Seattle Symphony
In The Solitude of Cotton Fields at On the Boards
Sound Off: 2011 at EMP
Michael Nicolella at Cornish College of the Arts
The Music Man in 60 Minutes with Marvin Hamlisch at Seattle Symphony

Best “Other” Performance 2010-11

Joyce Carol Oates at Seattle Arts & Lectures
Dayna Hanson | Gloria's Cause at On the Boards
Laser Nirvana at Pacific Science Center's Laser Dome
TheatreSports at Unexpected Productions
Rimini Protokol | Best Before at On The Boards
Tracy Kidder at Seattle Arts & Lectures