Happening This Week
Mon. 2/25 6:00 pm
Affordable Housing 101
Free
Optimism Brewing (Capitol Hill)
“Interested in learning more about how affordable housing is developed in your own backyard?”
#Civics
Mon. 2/25 7:00 pm
Science on Tap
Free
Third Place Books (Ravenna)
“Emerging Science at the Intersection of Ecology, Genetics and Policy”
#Science!
Tues. 2/26 6:00 pm
Case Study: User-Centered Design Methods That Engage and Unite Teams
$10.00
Sage Bionetworks (Belltown)
“Come learn about the benefits of practices such as journey mapping, cross-team collaborative brainstorming, affinity mapping, and service blueprints and how they can be used at various stages in the product design process.”
#Design
Wed. 2/27 6:00 pm
New Tech Seattle
$7-25.00
Thinkspace (Westlake)
“Our theme for this month is Women In Tech. It’s no secret, companies with more women and more gender diversity perform better than those with less.”
#Tech
Thurs. 2/28 6:30 pm
Big Tech and Corporate Responsibility
Free
Pigott Auditorium (Seattle University)
“Brad Smith, President of Microsoft in a conversation about corporate social responsibility.”
#Tech
Thurs. 2/28 6:30 & 9:00 pm
Habib Koite
$32-40.00
Triple Door (Downtown)
Bassekou Kouyate couldn’t get a visa, but it’s worth going to this show just to see Habib Koite.
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 2/28 7:30 pm
Ignite Seattle
$5-15.00
Egyptian Theater (Capitol Hill)
“An evening of fast-paced talks on a wide range of interesting, inspiring, and challenging topics. The simple premise: Enlighten us, but make it quick.” SOLD OUT, but there will be a standby line.
#Community
Thurs.-Fri. 2/28-3/1 8:00 pm
Antibalas 20 Year Anniversary Tour
$25-45.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Antibalas (Spanish for ‘bulletproof’) is an American, Brooklyn-based afrobeat band that is modeled after Fela Kuti’s Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri’s Harlem River Drive Orchestra.” Link above goes to a page where you can get a ticket for both nights. One-night tickets available for the the Thurs. and Friday shows.
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 2/28 8:00 pm
The New Triumph
No cover
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“We’re excited to bring our Afro-Latin Funk to the Musicquarium.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 3/1 6:00 pm
Michael Martinez
Dinner reservations recommended
Alcove (U District)
“Tempero do Brasil rises from the ashes with a rebranding and a complete make over. I will be performing Brasilian Music and a bit of the other.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 3/1 8:00 pm
Adriana Giordano & EntreMundos Quarteto
$15.00
North City Bistro (Shoreline)
“EntreMundos Quarteto is a high-energy, infectiously joyful band that infuses traditional Brazilian music with jazz, funk, soul and world influences.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 3/2 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Diversity Talks Seattle: Break into the Speaker Circuit
Free
General Assembly (Downtown)
“Are you a member of an underrepresented or marginalized group? Have you always wanted to become a tech or design conference speaker? Let 2019 be the year that you make that dream a reality!”
#Tech #Design
Sat. 3/2 11:00 am-4:00 pm
Lunar New Year Celebration
Free
Hing Hay Park (International Disctrict)
“Celebrate the Year of the Pig with lion and dragon dances, cultural performances, and the $3 Food Walk!”
#Community
Sat. 3/2 1:00 pm
King-Snohomish County Regional Spelling Bee
Free
Meydenbauer Center Theatre (Bellevue)
“Want to watch 90 middle-schoolers knock out words like zwieback, alluvium, thalweg, and peccadillo? So do we!”
#Community
Sat. 3/2 6:00 pm
Tech Has Changed Seattle. Now What?
Free
McCaw Hall (Seattle Center)
“A special event in conjunction with The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, an opera about one man’s evolution from a countercultural outsider to a corporate culture icon.”
#Community
Sat. 3/2 6:30 pm
Adama Bilorou
$18-25.00
Rolling Bay Hall (Bainbridge Island)
“World-renowned West African musician and percussionist, composer, arranger, teacher and choreographer who has played with Carlos Santana, Manu Dibango, Chieck Tidian Sec, Amadou & Mariam, Salif Keita, Omo Sangare, Alpha Blondi and many more.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 3/2 7:30 pm
EntreMundos Big Band with Tudo Beleza
$15-20.00
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“Celebrate Carnaval 2019 with the infectious Brazilian rhythms of EntreMundos Quarteto Big Band and the vibrant Tudo Beleza dancers dancing Rio-style samba.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sun. 3/3 1:00 pm
Content Design 101 Workshop
Free
Seattle Public Library (Downtown)
“Content design is about starting with your customer’s needs and designing content formats that will meet those needs. This workshop [led by yours truly] will introduce content design concepts and let you apply them in hands-on exercises.”
#ContentStrategy
Next Week
Mon. 3/4 8:00 pm
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
$33.50
Neptune Theater (U District)
I first saw these guys with Paul Simon’s Graceland tour and have seen them many times since. Always a powerful show.
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 3/5 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. 3/5 8:00 pm
PolyGras (Polyrhythmics Mardi Gras show)
$20.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“PolyGras: an evening [Mardi Gras] with Polyrhythmics.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 3/6 6:00 pm
Creating Experience Maps: Tangible Resources for User Insight
Free
PitchBook (Downtown)
“Hear how PitchBook’s UX team learns more about their users through the creation of Experience Maps!”
#Design
Thurs. 3/7 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!”
#WordPress
Thurs. 3/7 6:30 pm
Process to People: How Content Governance Can Power Content Teams
$10.00
Portent (Downtown)
“Content processes make sure that everyone involved with content, from stakeholders to subject matter experts to content creators, have a shared understanding of the work being done.”
#ContentStrategy
Thurs. 3/7 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Fremont Abbey (Fremont)
“IMPOSSIBLE: Prepare a five-minute story about defying the odds. Acing the test, finishing the race, or landing the job. Finding the needle in the haystack and the likely in the ludicrous. Record breakers, earth shakers. Go ahead, pigs, fly!”
#SEATalks
Fri. 3/8 8:30 am
Creative Mornings
Free
Sky View Observatory (Downtown)
“Melany Bell is a Seattle native Teacher/Artist.”
#SEATalks
Fri. 3/8 9:00 am
Intro to Content Strategy
$50.00
General Assembly (Downtown)
“A good content strategy for marketers takes a brand’s business and communications goals and transforms them from ads (intrusive) to stories (interactive) to connect with people in a meaningful way.”
#ContentStrategy
Sat. 3/9 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.”
#WordPress
Sat. 3/9 5:00 pm-midnight
Balkan Night NW
$10-25.00
Saint Demetrios Hall (Montlake)
“Bands with membership from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia as well as home-grown afficionados.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 3/9 8:00 pm
Brazilian Carnaval /Mardi Gras!
$25.00
Crocodile (Belltown)
“Celebrate with Eduardo Mendonça, Show Brazil! band, VamoLá, Show Brazil singers, Guilherme grupo SeaSamba and Show Brazil Dancers & non-stop Carnaval music & dancing.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Fri. 3/15 7:30 pm
Rebirth Brass Band
$25.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Rebirth Brass Band is a true New Orleans institution. While committed to upholding the tradition of brass bands, they have also extended themselves into the realms of funk and hip-hop to create their signature sound.” Late show at 10:00
#SeattleWorldBeat
Mon. 3/18 7:30 pm
Pedrito Martinez Group
$15-20.00
Broadway Performance Hall (Capitol Hill)
“The Pedrito Martinez Group is a powerhouse arrangement of performers steeped in Afro-Cuban musical traditions.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 3/21 8:00 pm
Fatoumata Diawara
$18.50
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
Thurs. 3/28 8:00 pm
Bombino
$25.00
Crocodile (Belltown)
“Bombino is known as being emblematic of the next generation of Tuareg, a new voice of the Sahara and Sahel, fusing traditional Berber rhythms with the energy of rock and roll and songs about peace.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 3/29 7:30 pm
Lorraine Klaasen
$15-20.00
Rainier Arts Center (Columbia City)
“Lorraine’s performances showcase her stunning vocal prowess and versatility, and she is known for singing in the Tsonga, Sotho, isiZulu, and Xhosa languages of South Africa as well as English and French.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 4/2 7:30 pm
Zakir Hussain Masters of Percussion
$35-42.50
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
Sat. 4/13 7:30 pm
Cubana Be Cubana Bop
$50.00
Benaroya Recital Hall (Downtown)
“Ignacio Berroa, world-renowned Latin percussionist, joins Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra to lead the band in a concert of the music of Cuba.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 4/20 8:00 pm
Toubab Krewe opens for Hot Buttered Rum
$15-20.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
I have no idea who Hot Buttered Rum are, but Toubab Krewe is one of the finest world-music fusion bands you’ll ever see – traditional West African music meets Southern rock.
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 4/26 7:30 pm
Mokoomba and Chimurenga Renaissance
$15-20.00
venue TBD (TBD)
“Local Zimbabwean-American artist Tendai ‘Baba’ Maraire joins Congolese-American guitarist Hussein Kalonji to form Chimurenga Renaissance, merging hip-hop and Congolese guitar with classic African musical traditions. Mokoomba blends Afro-fusion and traditional Tonga rhythms.”
#SeattleWorldBeat