Happening This Week
Tues. 9/25 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Washington Counts: The Decennial Census in the Digital Age
Free
Seattle Foundation (Downtown)
“This workshop will provide a creative problem-solving space that brings together diverse leaders and innovators from philanthropy, business, nonprofits, federal and local governments. You’ll learn about the importance of census data, how local communities benefit from a complete and accurate count, and the emerging challenges from a variety of perspectives. Then you’ll roll up your sleeves as we take you through a creative brainstorming process to generate new ideas and partnerships.”
#Civics
Tues. 9/25 5:00 pm
Mambo Cocktail Hour
No cover
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Traditional rhythms of Cuba and South America are given flight with jazz arrangements and sensibility. The songs breathe with a deep lyricism, inviting the audience into a rich and unpredictable musical landscape, where cha-cha-cha, vals, and swing meet like old friends on the dance floor.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 9/25 5:30 pm
Inclusive Design Thinking
$5.00
Adobe (Fremont)
“Despite being philosophically aligned with inclusive design thinking, many well-intentioned designers and developers still fail to communicate accessibility requirements and issues to their larger teams.”
#Design
Tues. 9/25 7:00 pm
Elvis, Lindy West, Aham Oluo and Charles Mudede at the Egyptian
$9-14.00
Egyptian Theater (Capitol Hill)
“Lindy West, Charles Mudede & Ahamefule J. Oluo give a live commentary on a classic Seattle-based Elvis musical, It Happened at the World’s Fair!”
#HauteSeattle
Tues. 9/25 7:30 pm
The Business of Prisons and Punishment
$5.00
Seattle First Baptist Church (First Hill)
“Shane Bauer shares his insider account of the private prison system, revealing how these establishments are not incentivized to tend to the health or safety of their inmates.”
#Civics
Tues. 9/25 8:00 pm
No BS! Brass Band
$13.00
Sunset Tavern (Ballard)
“No BS! Brass Band has quickly earned a reputation as a premiere band to see for heart-pounding energy and uncontrollable dancing. They take their music into uncharted territory, embracing the spirit of New Orleans into its original East Coast modern funk and fearlessly combining elements of James Brown, John Coltrane, Michael Jackson, and Led Zeppelin into their fiercely original sound.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 9/26 noon
Mini Civic Boot Camp: Civil Rights, Then & Now
$5.00 (free for Impact Hub members)
Impact Hub (Pioneer Square)
“In this bite-sized version of Seattle CityClub’s full-day Civic Boot Camp Program, ‘Civil Rights, Then & Now,’ we will begin to discover how Civil Rights history has shaped the present, and learn how you can exercise your civil rights today.”
#Civics
Wed. 9/26 7:30 pm
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
$5.00
The Summit on Pike (Capitol Hill)
“Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds.”
#Science!
Thurs. 9/27 7:00 pm
Fresh Ground Stories
Free
Roy Street Coffee (Capitol Hill)
“September’s theme is Taking Chances. Tell a story about a time when you took a chance. Your story doesn’t need to have a happy ending. It can be about a time when you took a chance and it didn’t work out. It just needs to be about taking that chance and what you learned from it.”
#SEATalks
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Thurs.-Sun. 9/27-30
Sergio Mendes
$60.00
Jazz Alley (Downtown)
“One of the most internationally successful Brazilian artists of all time, Sergio Mendes has recorded more than 35 albums and is a three-time Grammy Award winner. Producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist, Mendes’ influence on the music industry has spanned five-decades and continues to evolve.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 9/28 7:30 pm
Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
$5.00
Seattle First Baptist Church (First Hill)
“Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who has been called ‘the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,’ tackles one of the defining issues of our time.”
#Civics
Fri. 9/28 9:00 pm
En Canto
$12-15.00
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“A multi-ethnic, female-led seven-piece, En Canto’s world pop music – a combination of forró, samba, and choro – inspired originals and reimagined covers of classic Brazilian hits – commands attention and inspires movement.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat.-Sun. 9/29-30 10:00 am-10:00 pm
Wooden Boat Festival
Free (mostly)
Center for Wooden Boats (Lake Union)
“Celebrate the history, the craft, and the culture of traditional wooden boats, large and small. There’s nothing stuffy about our festival. This is an old-fashioned, down-home, waterfront event where everything is fun, and most things are free.”
#Community
Sat. 9/29 7:30 pm
Juan Williams: Trump’s War on Civil Rights
$5.00
University Lutheran Church (U District)
“Donald Trump has been criticized for his history of unsympathetic, ambiguous, and openly racist remarks. Perhaps no remark of Trump’s is more telling than his campaign pitch to Black Americans: ‘What the hell do you have to lose?’ Juan Williams delivers a forceful critique of the Trump administration’s unprecedented rollback of key progressive programs and policies from the civil rights movement.”
#Civics
Next Week
Mon. 10/1 7:30 pm
Sikh Captain America
$5.00
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (Central District)
“What happens when we imagine Captain America wearing a turban? Cartoonist and activist Vishavjit Singh, creator of ‘Sikh Captain America,’ has spent his career exploring the power of cultural labels and fighting against bigotry.”
#SEATalks
Tues. 10/2 5:30 pm
New Tech Seattle
$8-20.00
Thinkspace (Westlake)
“The Northwest’s largest tech community. We’re the place where you make meaningful connections, enjoy great food and drinks, learn from the industry’s best, and have a fun night out.”
#Tech
Tues. 10/2 7:30 pm
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design
$5.00
University Lutheran Church (U District)
“A computer mouse that doesn’t work for left-handed people, an interface whose color scheme is inaccessible for users with colorblindness, a touchscreen payment system that’s only usable by those who read English, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card—these design oversights are the building blocks of exclusion, and they’re built into many devices we take for granted.”
#Design
Wed. 10/3 8:00 pm
Artis the Spoonman
$15.00
Neptune Theater (U District)
“Celebrate one of Seattle’s most iconic and beloved personalities as he enters his seventieth year. Artis the Spoonman has astounded audiences throughout the Northwest and around the world with his virtuosic spoon playing since 1972. He has recorded with Frank Zappa and shared stages with everyone from Aerosmith to Itzhak Perlman. Pete Seeger called him the ‘best spoon player in the whole damn universe.'”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 10/4 10:00 am
WordPress Freelancers Meetup
Free
Good Shepherd Center (Wallingford)
“Do you make your living using WordPress to create websites for other people’s businesses? This 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. 10/4 7:30 pm
Ignite Seattle
$5-10.00
Egyptian Theater (Capitol Hill)
“Ignite Seattle is the largest open submission public speaking event in the Pacific Northwest. Each speaker gets 20 slides, 15 seconds each, to share a passion for 5 minutes – it’s an evening of curated discovery.”
#SEATalks
Thurs. 10/4 8:00 pm
Casa de la Trova with Correo Aereo
$10-12.00
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“Join Septeto SuperSones for a night of traditional Cuban Son music with a heavy dose of salsa and jazz.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 10/4 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Fremont Abbey (Fremont)
“SCANDAL: Prepare a five-minute story about raising eyebrows. The naughty, the disgraced, the dishonored and the people who love them. Gossip, dirt, the skinny and all the gory details shared over midday tea. Oh the shame, the indignity, the outrage! The tabloid of your life hot off the press.”
#SEATalks
Fri. 10/5 6:00 pm
Quantified Self Show + Tell
Free
Institute for Systems Biology (South Lake Union)
Personal-metrics enthusiasts share their “N=1” experiment results.
#SEATalks
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
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Tues. 10/16 8:30 pm
Jupiter and Okwess
$20-23.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Jupiter and Okwess transcend the Congo’s unexplored musical heritage and dive into a pool of modernity. From James Brown to the ultra-dominant Congolese rumba style, Jupiter creates his own mode of musical expression.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 10/19 7:30 pm
Soweto Gospel Choir
$21-51.00
Paramount Theatre (Downtown)
“Awe-inspiring 20-member ensemble that thrills audiences worldwide with their stunning blend of African gospel music, spirituals and American popular music. Earthy rhythms and rich harmonies sung in six of South Africa’s 11 official languages are combined for a moving performance which uplifts the soul through the music and dance of South Africa.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 10/20 8:00 pm
Northwest World Fest
$20-35.00
Kings Hall (Beacon Hill)
“Celebrating world culture with music & food. Good vibes and tunes from Mamadou Diabate & Percussion Mania, Alpha Yaya Diallo & the Bafing, and Mahonyera Mbira Ensemble.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 11/17 8:00 am-4:30 pm
TEDxSeattle 2018
$35-250.00
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
Thurs. 3/21/19 8:00 pm
Fatoumata Diawara
$22.00 as season ticket holder; general sales not yet open
Neptune Theater (U District)
“Boldly experimental yet respectful of her roots . . . Fatoumata Diawara is the voice of young African womanhood – proud of her heritage but with a vision that looks confidently to the future and a message that is universal.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 4/2/19 7:30 pm
Zakir Hussain Masters of Percussion
$41.50 – $50.00, as a part of a season subscription; general sales not yet open
Moore Theater (Downtown)
“An international phenomenon and one of the greatest musicians of our time. A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, his consistently brilliant and exciting performances have established him as a national treasure in his own country, India, and as one of India’s reigning cultural ambassadors.”
#SeattleWorldBeat