Happening This Week
Mon. 3/4 6:00 pm
Evergrey Meetup
Free
The Dane (Ballard)
“We’ll have beer, coffee, snacks and great conversation to enjoy with your friends and neighbors in this cozy, north Ballard Scandinavian inspired café.”
#Community
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
Thurs. 3/7 8:00 pm
Carlos Cascante Y Su Tumbao
$20.00
Tula’s (Belltown)
Good Cuban music.
#SeattleWorldBeat
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
Next Week
Tues. 3/12 6:00 pm
New Tech Seattle
$7.00
Thinkspace (Westlake)
“New Tech is the Northwest’s largest tech community. We’re the place where you make meaningful connections, learn from the industry’s best, and have a fun night out.”
#Tech
Tues. 3/12 6:00 pm
Puget Sound UX Super Meetup ’19
$15.00
Bell Harbor Conference Center (Waterfront)
“Join our fabulous panel of user experience luminaries for an evening of knowledge sharing, networking, and socializing.”
#Design
Wed. 3/13 6:00 pm
WordPress Developer Meetup
Free
WeWork (South Lake Union)
“This month, we are having a few folks show off their local development setups, whether that’s editors, terminal setups, apps, etc. Should be some good geekery!”
#WordPress
Wed. 3/13 8:00 pm
Comfort Food
No indication of price in event listing
Seamonster Lounge (Wallingford)
“Bitches Brew meets Fela Kuti! Always a fun groove!”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 3/14 5:00 pm
Marco de Carvalho
Free
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Marco de Carvalho has been a performance guitarist, composer and arranger for thirty years. He plays an extensive repertoire of music from Rio de Janeiro as well as his own compositions.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 3/14 7:00 pm
UX Book Club
Free
Ada’s Technical Books (Capitol Hill)
“Discuss ‘Inspired’ by Marty Cagan.”
#Design
Thurs. 3/14 7:30 pm
Amarilys Ríos Rosa – Puerto Rican Bomba
Free
Brechemin Auditorium (UW Campus)
“Winter Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Amarilys Ríos Rosa, master drummer and dancer, teams with local artists to perform the exciting music and dance of Puerto Rican bomba.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs.-Sun. 3/14-17
Moisture Festival opens
$17-34.00
Hale’s Palladium (Fremont)
“Our 16th year of high energy comedy/varietè shows featuring a rapid succession of acts showcasing comedy alongside awe-inspiring physical and mental dexterity, with poignant moments of strength and delicate beauty to make audiences laugh, wonder, shake their heads in disbelief and truly appreciate how live entertainment can exhilarate and bring real joy.”
#HauteSeattle
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
Fri. 3/15 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Bloedel Hall (Capitol Hill)
“ENVY: Prepare a five-minute story involving the undeservedly blessed who luxuriate in all you want.”
#SEATalks
Sat. 3/16 10:00 am
WordPress 101
Free
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
#WordPress
Sat. 3/16 8:00 pm
Daymé Arocena
$37-45.00
Meany Hall (UW Campus)
“Backed by a sterling trio of musicians, Daymé Arocena roots her music in Cuba’s classic rhythms, mixing in Santerían chant with a fluid jazz styling and nuanced soulfulness.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sun. 3/17 7:00 pm
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/an-evening-with-the-paperboys-tractor-tickets/9116165?pl=tractor
$20.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Mexican Son Jarocho mixed in with Irish Jigs and Reels and a good dose of Country and Bluegrass. It has healthy servings of Ska, Soca and African Highlife.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
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