Happening This Week
Tues. 5/29 6:00 pm
NIMBY, YIMBY & PHIMBY: Making Sense of Seattle’s Housing Crisis
Free
Saint John’s Bar and Eatery (Capitol Hill)
“Nobody argues that Seattle has a housing shortage. But what’s the solution? Let’s talk it out with Zach Lubarsky of Seattle Tech 4 Housing and Hodan Hassan of Got Green. Moderated by The Stranger’s Heidi Groover.”
#Civics
Wed. 5/30 6:00 pm
Hacker News Meetup
Free
Atlas Workbase (Queen Anne)
“How to Build an Audience: We’ll be hosting three successful growth marketers for a forum on building your audience and personal brand.”
#Tech
Wed. 5/30 6:00 pm
How to Make Citizens
Free
William H. Gates Hall (UW Campus)
“Join us for a discussion with Citizen University CEO Eric Liu on the contemporary surge in civic engagement and how, in this age of polarization and division, it has become more necessary than ever to teach the values, knowledge, and skills of powerful citizenship.”
#Civics
Wed. 5/30 7:30 pm
Histories of the Central District and What We’ll Build Next
$5.00
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (Central District)
“Seattle’s Central District has undergone changes of identity and witnessed the rising presence of many communities of color. But are these communities are thriving now, and who is welcome in today’s CD?”
#Community
Wed. 5/30 7:30 pm
Seattle Science Slam Dunk
Free
Optimism Brewing (Capitol Hill)
“Six science presentations, back to back with no Q&As. Your applause decides who wins. Engaging and accessible presentations including Extreme Nuclear Morphology, These Are Not Your Grandfather’s Genes, and Sensory Marketing and the Subtle Science of Packaging.”
#Science!
Thurs. 5/31 6:30 pm
Homelessness: A Community Conversation
Free
School of Social Work (UW Campus)
“Join us and learn about the homelessness crisis in the U-District community from people experiencing homelessness, people who have overcome homelessness, and experts in the field. Find out how to engage in your community and help address the issue of homelessness in the University District!”
#Civics
Thurs.-Fri. 5/3-6/1 9:00 pm
Puddles Pity Party
$35-75.00
Showbox (Downtown)
“The ‘Sad Clown with the Golden Voice’ is here with his heartfelt anthems and a suitcase full of Kleenex! This Pity Party is not all sadness and longing. The show is peppered with a brilliant sense of the absurd, mixing lots of humor with the awkward, tender moments.”(ticket page for Fri. show)
#HauteSeattle
Fri.-Sun. 6/1-3
HONK! Fest West 2018
Free
TBD (all over town)
“HONK! Fest West is a grass roots, non-profit, music festival. Completely volunteer planned, organized, and performed, HONK! Festivals are a part of a global renaissance of community street band culture. For three days in Seattle area parks and streets, 25+ bands deliver music and celebration that is completely free and family-friendly.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri.-Sun. 6/1-3
Upstream Music Fest
$70-3,000.00
various locations (Pioneer Square)
“Upstream Music Fest + Summit is a three-day music fest where attendees can discover acclaimed national artists performing alongside rising stars from the Northwest and beyond.”
#SeattleWelcomesOurTechBillionaireOverlords
Fri.-Sun. 6/1-3
Downstream Music Fest
$10.00
Substation (Ballard)
The Stranger says, “Substation promoter/festival organizer Tim Basaraba created Downstream Music Festival with the intention of supporting local outlier artists without the high ticket costs, big corporate backing, and pay-to-play structure of the Paul Allen–sponsored festival/persistent mold spore Upstream Music Fest.”
#HauteSeattle
Sat. 6/2 10:30 am
Civic Saturday
Free
El Centro de la Raza (Beacon Hill)
“During a time of such disconnection and cynicism taking place in civic life, Civic Saturday is designed to be a salve for the civic soul — a place to come together in civic community, be inspired and encouraged to reflect and connect, and create new civic traditions that are joyful and communal.”
#Civics
Sat. 6/2 11:00 am-8:00 pm
Parke Diem
Free
Volunteer Park Amphitheater (Capitol Hill)
“Music, art, games, and vendors. Parke Diem offers a day in the sun with some of Seattle’s best local Djs and a special guest this summer! This event is free and family-friendly, as always, with a game zone, food truck and plenty of space to chill on the grass for picnic, to hoop and to dance!”
#Community
Sat. 6/2 noon
Tudo Beleza
Free (donations appreciated)
University Heights Center (U District)
“Tudo Beleza is a Seattle dance company that brings the creativity, energy and infectious enthusiasm of Brazil to the stage.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 6/2 8:00 pm
Clave Gringa
$12.00
North City Bistro (Shoreline)
“Clave Gringa plays a broad spectrum of Cuban styles from Cuban son and danzon to rumba and Afro Cuban with an infusion of American jazz.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Next Week
Mon. 6/4 7:00 pm
Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture
Free
Elliott Bay Books (Capitol Hill)
“Seattle author and Jeopardy champion par excellence Ken Jennings has taken to writing books that reflect his wide-ranging knowledge. Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture (Scribner). Ranging from bawdy humor on Sumerian tablets to Twitter doings, this book looks at how central a place in things humor has taken root.”
#SEATalks
Mon. 6/4 7:30 pm
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
$5.00
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (Central District)
“Khaled Beydoun passionately argues that by failing to frame Islamophobia as a system of bigotry endorsed and emboldened by law and carried out by government actors, U.S. society ignores the injury it inflicts on both Muslims and non-Muslims.”
#Community
Tues. 6/5 7:30 pm
How We Came to Know and Love the Orca
$5.00
University Lutheran Church (U District)
“In celebration of Orca Awareness Month, environmental professor Jason M. Colby draws on interviews, official records, private archives, and his own family history, to tell the exhilarating and heartbreaking story of how the public came to love the ocean’s greatest predator.”
#SEATalks
Thurs. 6/7 10:00 am
WordPress Freelancers Meetup
Free
Wallingford Good Shepherd Center (Wallingford)
“Do you make your living using WordPress to create websites for other people’s businesses? This new Meetup is for you! We’ll discuss the successes and challenges of running a small business, share stories, ask questions, share tools & resources, brainstorm ideas and generally create community for those of us who typically work in isolation.”
#WordPress
Thurs. 6/7 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Fremont Abbey (Fremont)
“TECHNOLOGY: Prepare a five-minute story about the gadgetry and infrastructure that propels your life. Search engines and smart phones. Software, hard drives, spaceships and laser surgery. Universal access and online privacy. The Luddite’s lament while the futurists rejoice!”
#SEATalks
Fri. 6/8 8:30 am
Creative Mornings
Free
Galvanize (Pioneer Square)
“Brittany Nicole Cox is an antiquarian horologist based in Seattle, Washington. In 2015 she opened Memoria Technica, an independent workshop where she teaches, practices guilloché, creates new pieces, and specializes in the conservation and restoration of automata, mechanical magic, mechanical music, and complicated clocks and watches.”
#SEATalks
Fri. 6/8 9:00 pm
Mokoomba
$20.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Mokoomba brings audiences an electrifying blend of Afro-fusion and tantalizing traditional Zimbabwean Tonga rhythms.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 6/9 8:00 am-noon
Lard Butt 1K
$30.00
Magnuson Park (Magnuson Park)
“The Lard Butt 1K (yup, 0.62 miles) replaces water stations with donut stops every 250 meters; features three waves (Show-offs; Legends, Waddlers) and a Kids Dash; and, perhaps most important, will include a Food Drive for our good friends at the University District Food Bank!”
#Community
Sat. 6/9 10:00 am
WordPress Contributor Meetup
Free
Uptown Espresso (South Lake Union)
“Come hang out with other WordPress users, designers and developers and contribute to the WordPress project. No previous experience needed – you just show up and we’ll help you find something to do.”
#WordPress
Sat. 6/9 11:00 am-5:00 pm
Spirit of Indigenous People Festival
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“A collaborative effort of the many Native community groups in the greater Seattle area, bringing together an intertribal showcase of the culture and tradition of American Indians and Alaska Natives.”
#Community
Sat. 6/9 noon-7:00 pm
Volunteer Park Pride Festival
Free
Volunteer Park (Capitol Hill)
“Formerly known as the Pride Family Picnic, the Volunteer Park Pride Festival is a chance for family and friends to come together in one of Seattle’s iconic parks and celebrate our amazing LGBTQ community. As in years past, the event will be free and all-ages, and there will be live music, beer garden, food trucks, craft booths, and more!”
#Community
Sat. 6/9 noon-10:00 pm
Georgetown Carnival
Free
multiple locations (Georgetown)
“Carnival Games, Spin Art, Food Trucks, Beer & Wine Gardens Arts, & Crafts, Spontaneous Spectacles!” But the real reason to go is for the Hazardfactory’s World Famous Power Tool Drag Races.
#Community
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
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Tues. 6/12 8:00 pm
Salon of Shame
$18.00
Cornish Playhouse (Seattle Center)
“We invite you to join us in exploiting 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
Sat. 6/16 1:00 pm
Fremont Solstice Parade
Free
Center of the Universe (Fremont)
“Come celebrate the longest day of the year through profound street theater, public spectacle, and a kaleidoscope of joyous human expression. This handmade parade consists of human-powered floats and community-based ensembles.”
#Community
Sat. 6/23 8:00 pm
Ozomatli
$30-32.50
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Since its inception in 1995, innovation and creativity have defined Ozomatli. Hailing from Los Angeles, the group found a way to represent the city’s eclectic culture through music that appeals to the local community and the world beyond. Ozomatli’s success is exemplified in an impressive variety of genres from classic to modern Latino, urban, hip-hop and other world styles.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
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Sat. 7/21 8:00 pm
Bombino
$22.50
Crocodile (Belltown)
“Bombino is an internationally acclaimed Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Agadez, Niger.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Just added!
Thurs.-Sun. 8/2-5
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
$34.50
Jazz Alley (Downtown)
“Master Conguero, Band Leader and Latin Jazz Legend Poncho Sanchez stirs up a fiery stew of straight-ahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 11/17 8:00 am-4:30 pm
TEDxSeattle 2018
McCaw Hall (Seattle Center)
“The theme for this year’s event is Tall Order. As an individual, many of us have thought, ‘that’s a tall order’ about something in our personal and work lives. As a theme, Tall Order balances the sense that these are challenging times – but that the challenges can be met. Tickets will go on sale this summer.”
#SEATalks