Happening This Week
Tues. 6/26 6:00 pm
Content Strategy Meetup Reboot
Free
Optimism Brewing (Capitol Hill)
“Greetings fellow content strategists! It’s been pretty quiet in here, but it’s time to regroup and reboot our meetup series. We’re kicking it off with a social event – a chance to reconnect with your fellow content strategists over a beer.”
#ContentStrategy
Tues. 6/26 7:00 pm
A Typographic Ramble Around London
Free
Ada’s Technical Books (Capitol Hill)
“A rousing talk on the typography of London, coupled with an assortment of British spirits to wet your whistle and leave you intelligently tipsy.”
#Design
Wed. 6/27 6:00 pm
Metamorphosis: Using the Design Process to Empower Change
$10.00
Zillow (Downtown)
“A panel of designers and product managers will share their journeys of using the design process to catalyse change in their teams, organizations, and communities. Gain a broader appreciation of the design process and explore the power it possesses to drive change in the world!”
#Design
Thurs. 6/28 5:00 pm
Mochima
Free
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Mochima is a trio dedicated to the spread of joropo, merengue, parranda and all other Venezuelan musical styles.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 6/28 6:00 pm
Innovation and Design Thinking Meetup
Free
Pioneer Collective (Pioneer Square)
“Theme and location to be announced as the Meetup date gets closer.”
#Design
Thurs. 6/28 6:00 pm
Shark-Proof Your UX Presentations
$7.00
SURF Incubator (Downtown)
“UX designers and researchers need to present their work to, and get feedback from, a wide range of stakeholders – team members, clients, and executives. A panel discussion about how to get better results and better feedback when presenting UX work to others.”
#Design
Thurs. 6/28 7:00 pm
Fresh Ground Stories
Free
Roy Street Coffee (Capitol Hill)
“June’s theme is ‘Not What I Thought it Was – Stories of being under the illusion.’ Bring a story about how your eyes were once closed but now they’re open. Remember, if you bring a story, keep it clean, practice out loud, and use a timer to make sure you keep it under 8 minutes.”
#SEATalks
Thurs.-Sun. 6/28-7/1 7:30 pm
Bat-Hamlet
$12-30.00
The Slate Theater (International Disctrict)
“What if Shakespeare had conceived the melancholy Dane as a costumed crime fighter?”
#HauteSeattle
Fri. 6/29 6:00 pm
Quantified Self Show + Tell
Free
Institute for Systems Biology (South Lake Union)
Personal metrics enthusiasts gather to share their N=1 experiments.
#Science!
Fri. 6/29 8:00 pm
Duende Libre Album Release
$20.00
Rainier Arts Center (Columbia City)
“Duende Libre Album Release Featuring Chava Mirel and Special Guest Frank Anderson. An inspired power trio, Duende Libre features longtime collaborators Alex Chadsey (piano/keyboards/compositions), Farko Dosumov (electric bass & voice) and Jeff Bongo Busch (drums & percussion).”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 6/30 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Greenwood Car Show
Free
Greenwood Ave (Greenwood)
“Enjoy music, food, and the coolest gathering of classic, modern, antique, and just plain awesome cars, trucks, hot rods, and everything in between.”
#Community
Sat.-Sun. 6/30-7/1 11:00 am-5:00 pm
Urban Craft Uprising
Free
Exhibition Hall (Seattle Center)
“Seattle’s largest indie craft show! Choose from a wide variety of hand-crafted goods, including clothing of all types, jewelry, gifts, bags, wallets, buttons, accessories, aprons, children’s goods, toys, housewares, furniture, paper goods, candles, kits, geekery, art, food, and much, much more.”
#Community
Sat. 6/30 2:00 pm
WordPress Study Group for Women
Free
Wallingford Community Senior Center (Wallingford)
“Women, this meetup is just for you! Bring your laptops, bring your questions, and bring your projects – we’ll get together to discuss WordPress, answer questions, show off what we’re doing, and help each other out. All levels of experience and expertise are welcome.”
#WordPress
Next Week
Tues. 7/3 8:00 pm
Sonando & Buena Vibra
$12-15.00
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“Sonando’s repertoire includes traditional & modern interpretations of Afro-Cuban styles such as Son, Changui, Bata & Rumba. Buena Vibra Sextet is a Seattle-based salsa band with an amazing repertoire.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 7/5 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Fremont Abbey (Fremont)
“AGE: Prepare a five-minute story about the onslaught of minutes and years. Age is a bonus for cheese and wine and professors but a serious detriment to athletes and bananas. Bring tales of the folly and vigor of youth or the wisdom of age. Expiration dates and age discrimination. Cougars, jailbait, sugar daddies. Stories of growing up too fast, battling the ravages of time or finding contentment in your bracket.”
#SEATalks
Sat. 7/7 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Seafair Pirates Landing
Free
Alki Beach (West Seattle)
“Avast, the Seattle Seafair Pirates will sail in from the seven seas and the scallywags be stormin’ Alki Beach in West Seattle to kick off the 69th Seafair.”
#HauteSeattle
Sat. 7/7 noon-8:00 pm
Polish Festival
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“Delicious Polish food and desserts, a beer garden, exhibits, dancing, music, singing, cooking demos and workshops, Vodka Tasting, marketplace, a mushroom hunt and activities for kids of all ages!”
#Community
Sat. 7/7 1:30 pm
First Caturday
Free
Cal Anderson Park (Capitol Hill)
“Not all cats will want to be walked on a leash, but every cat should be given the opportunity.”
#HauteSeattle
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Thurs. 7/12 8:00 pm
Huun Huur Tu
$20.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Hailing from the high pastures of the Altai Mountains in south central Siberia, the musicians have spent decades honing the overtone singing, instrumental approaches, and vibrant songs of their home. They sparked a boom in Tuvan and other throat-singing, lute-strumming ensembles from Central Asia that have been the mainstays of global music festivals.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
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
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. 8/4 7:30 and 10:00 pm
Rebirth Brass Band
$25.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band is a true New Orleans institution. While committed to upholding the tradition of brass bands, they’ve also extended themselves into the realms of funk and hip-hop to create their signature sound.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 8/8 8:00 pm
DakhaBrakha
$32.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Ukrainian ‘ethno chaos’ band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 8/8 8:00 pm
Tinariwen
$45-60.000
Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
“These extraordinary guitar-poets from the southern Sahara desert blend blues, rock and pop with Berber and Arabic influences to create an altogether hypnotic concert experience.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri.-Sun. 9/7-9
Swordsquatch
$100-245.00
SANCA (Georgetown)
“Swordsquatch is three days of Historical Martial Arts workshops, competition, and camaraderie in the Georgetown district of Seattle. Fight. Learn. Make friends, then fight them!”
#HauteSeattle
Fri. 10/5 9:00 pm
Too Many Zooz
$20.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Too Many Zooz’s manic music, dubbed ‘BrassHouse’ by drummer King of Sludge, is an irresistible rocket that combines styles more diverse and far-flung than any international space station.”
#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