Happening This Week
11/13 Mon. 5:00 pm
Bonfire: An Evening of Story Sharing
Seattle Central Library (Downtown)
“Bonfire is a story sharing event intended to deepen our understanding of the people who make up our community. Seattle’s communities are changing as rapidly as our skyline. Who are the residents in this rapidly expanding metropolis? How is Seattle’s culture taking shape? How can we deepen our understanding of each other through story sharing?”
#SEATalks
11/14 Tues. 7:00 pm
F*ckup Nights Seattle Vol. VI
Atlas Workbase (Queen Anne)
“Every failure has a story. Every story has a lesson. Come join Seattle’s bravest leaders as they share their biggest f*ckups!”
#SEATalks
11/14 Tues. 8:00 pm
Salon of Shame
Theater Off Jackson (International District)
“Join us as we drink and exploit our younger selves for your entertainment! The idea is simple: Seattleites stand and read from their worst adolescent writing, including middle school diaries, high school poetry, unsent letters, etc.”
#HauteSeattle
11/15 Wed. 6:15 pm
Solving Future Challenges of Population Growth
Pigott Auditorium (Seattle University)
“Are you concerned about how the world’s population is changing and where we’ll be in the next three decades? If so, you’re not alone. Fortunately with increase in population size comes a larger community of global residents who can collectively PRESS ON to discover new technologies, innovations and ideas capable of solving this massive challenge to the human race.”
#Science!
11/15 Wed. 6:30 pm
History Cafe: Ghosts of Seattle Past
MOHAI (South Lake Union)
“Seattle has always been a boom town, shaped as much by the gold rush of the 19th century as by the explosion of the tech industry today. Join editor Cali Kopczick and artist Shelly Leavens as they discuss their anthology ‘Ghosts of Seattle Past,’ which seeks to reconstruct community hubs lost to growth. Bring your own stories of Seattle’s long-gone places to be mapped and remembered!”
#SEATalks
11/16 Thurs. 6:30 pm
Conceptual Design Roundtable
Center for Architecture & Design (Downtown)
“As firms increasingly turn to renderings and VR in lieu of physical models, the meaning and value of the practice of model making is more relevant than ever. This is particularly true when speaking of designs that were never intended for life beyond their models. Join SAF and local architects in a discussion around the conceptual pieces featured in the show, and the place of conceptual work in architectural practice.”
#Design
11/16 Thurs. 7:00 pm
Fresh Ground Stories
Roy Street Coffee (Capitol Hill)
“November’s theme is ‘Anything For Love.’ Bring a true story about a time in your life when you found love, lost love, chased love or did anything else for love. It doesn’t matter if the story turned out good or bad. What matters most is how it affected you.”
#SEATalks
11/16-11/18 Thurs.-Sat. 8:30 pm
Speechless Live in Seattle
Unexpected Productions (Downtown)
A commercial version of PowerPoint Karaoke. “The Seattle premiere of Speechless. Armed only with a laser pointer and a deck of random slides, presenters give a presentation that they’ve never seen before.”
#SEATalks
11/17-11/23 Fri.-Thurs.
Bill Nye: Science Guy (opening night)
SIFF Uptown (Queen Anne)
“With intimate and exclusive access – as well as plenty of wonder and whimsy – this behind-the-scenes portrait of Nye follows him as he takes off his Science Guy lab coat and takes on those who deny climate change, evolution, and a science-based world view.”
#Science!
11/17 Fri. 7:30 pm
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Toxic Tech
Impact Hub (Pioneer Square)
“We conduct a substantial portion of our daily lives online, but to what degree do our own biases spread through our technology? Sara Wachter-Boettcher takes an unflinching look at the values, processes, and assumptions that inform decisions in the modern tech industry with her new book Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech.”
#SEATalks
11/17 Fri. 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
Bloedel Hall (Capitol Hill)
“PROMISES: Prepare a five-minute story about pledges. Wedding vows and pinky swears. Secret pacts. Promises you make to your friends, your parents, your kids or yourself. The oaths you work hard to honor and the empty ones you knew you’d never be able to keep. The Hippocratic Oath or just, ‘I won’t tell a soul.’ You have my word.”
#SEATalks
11/18 Sat. 9:00 am-5:00 pm
TEDxSeattle “Changing Places”
McCaw Hall (Seattle Center)
“In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.”
#SEATalks
11/18 Sat. 10:00 am
WordPress 101
Works Progress (Greenwood)
“Come get an introduction to WordPress and get some questions answered. This is a drop-in class with a rotating set of topics. Each class starts with a short presentation on that month’s topic, followed by plenty of time to ask questions and troubleshoot individual website situations.”
#WordPress
11/18 Sat. 10:30 am
Civic Saturday
Elliot Bay Books (Capitol Hill)
“Civic Saturday, an ongoing monthly series of meetings moving around Seattle since November 2016, is a civic analogue to church: a gathering of friends and strangers in a common place to nurture a spirit of shared purpose.” Strongly recommended as an inspiring antidote to the incivility we read about in the news.
#Civics
11/18 Sat. 11:00 am
Saturday Family Concerts: De Cajon Project
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“The phrase ‘de cajon’ is a Peruvian expression meaning ‘without question,’ ‘for sure,’ or even ‘rain or shine.’ And there’s no question — De Cajon Project will get you moving! Their bright and animated performances center on the syncopated sounds of the cajon (a Peruvian box drum).”
#SeattleWorldBeat
11/18 Sat. 7:00 pm
Sonriente
Seamonster Lounge (Wallingford)
“Cuban ‘son’ music, come dance! Sonriente will feature Kiki Valera, Julio Jauregui, Elspeth Savani, Steve Smith, Steve Guasch and Dean Schmidt.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
11/18 Sat. 8:00 pm
Pancakes & Booze Art Show
El Corazon (Denny Triangle)
“Seattle’s Premier Underground Art Show featuring: 70+ Emerging Artists, Live Body Painting, Live DJ sets, Live Art, FREE Pancake Bar.”
#HauteSeattle
11/19 Sun. 7:00 pm
Gamelan Pacifica with Ki Midiyanto and Heni Savitri
Cornish College (Capitol Hill)
“Gamelan Pacifica continues its tradition of bringing leading artists from Indonesia to Seattle by presenting special guest Javanese musicians Ki Midiyanto and Heni Savatri. Midiyanto is a renowned musician and dalang (puppet master) and Heni Savatri is an accomplished psindhen (female vocal soloist) making her first appearance in Seattle.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
11/19 Sun. 7:30 pm
Zakir Hussain
Meany Theater (UW Campus)
“Fall Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Zakir Hussain is known in India and worldwide for his virtuosity in the fields of world music and percussion as a tabla player, percussionist, and composer. Widely considered a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement, he has enjoyed many historic collaborations with artists such as John McLaughlin and L. Shankar, Mickey Hart, George Harrison, Yo-Yo Ma, and many others. In this performance, Hussain performs a tabla solo and presents the culmination of his work with UW faculty and students.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Next Week
11/21 Tues. 6:00 pm
How Design Fueled the 23andMe Comeback
Kaiser Permanente Campus (Capitol Hill)
We’re excited to have Peilun Shan join us to talk about his work, experiences, and insights as a designer of healthcare products and experiences. Peilun is a multi-disciplinary product designer based in San Francisco. He is currently a Lead User Experience Designer at Verily (a subsidiary of Alphabet focused on life sciences and healthcare). Previous, he led the Product Design team at 23andMe.”
#Design
11/21 Tues. 6:30 pm
The Big Meetup: Help Desk
Smart Buildings Center, Pacific Tower (Beacon Hill)
“Our community is full of members with a broad range of expertise from building sites, to front and back-end development, hosting, strategy, UX and design, SEO and analytics, social networking, to project and business management. Bring your non-technical questions and expertise, too!”
#WordPress
11/23 Thurs. 9:00 am
Wassa Thanks-Giving Dance (fundraiser)
Crown Hill Center (Crown Hill)
Over the past 14 years this has become my favorite way to start Thanksgiving day. “This gathering has become a beloved event for many who enjoy community, fun and good works as part of their holiday traditions. As always the event features some of Seattle’s finest percussionists donating their time for the project. This year we will dance to raise money for the Wassa Inua Mama (Uplift Women) Fund from Common Ground for Africa.”
#Community
11/24 Fri. 9:00 pm
Polyrhythmics
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Rich with bold brass and hypnotic percussion, the Polyrhythmics tear through a singular blend of funk, soul, psychedelic rock, R&B, progressive jazz, and Afrobeat, calling to mind everything from Antibalas and the Dap-Kings to The Meters and Fela Kuti.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
11/24 Fri. 10:30 pm
Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas (opening night)
Jet City Improv (U District)
I just created a new category on my personal blog: “Evidence that I am a horrible human being.” As Exhibit A I will note that I have attended way too many of these shows over the years. “This obscene improv comedy show centers on Uncle Mike, a vulgar perverted monstrosity of a man, who twists cheerful Christmas stories into disgusting clusterf*cks. You write down a heartwarming holiday memory. We re-enact it. Then Uncle Mike ruins it.”
#HauteSeattle
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3/24 Sat. 9:00 pm
Metalachi: The World’s First and Only Heavy Metal Mariachi Band
El Corazon (Denny Triangle)
ReverbNation says, “What began as an innocent evening of snorting horse tranquilizers with seven members of the village jai alai team in a Super Ocho motor lodge in Veracruz, Mexico became an event that literally gave birth to the greatest metal band to ever live. For it was on that hot summer night in 1982 that Consuela Espinoza stumbled out of her dilapidated shanty and fell face-first into rock-n-roll history.”
#HauteSeattle