Happening This Week
Mon. 4/15
5:00 pm
Marco de Carvalho
No cover
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
Tues. 4/16
6:00 pm
New Tech Seattle
$8-25.00
Thinkspace (Westlake)
“Internet of Things. It’s a term we’ve all heard before, but what does it really mean?”
#Tech
Tues. 4/16
6:30 pm
Seattle WordPress Meetup
Free
Smart Buildings Center (Beacon Hill)
“Creating a Content Strategy for Your WooCommerce Online Store.”
#WordPress
Tues. 4/16
7:00 pm
John Boylan’s Conversations
Free
Vermillion (Capitol Hill)
“This time, we’ll be looking at mass action, that time-honored urge to get people into the streets, to get tremendous numbers of people engaged.”
#SEATalks
Wed. 4/17
7:00 pm
True Life Trio & Dunava – Otherworldly Harmonies
$20.00
The Rendezvous (Belltown)
“Fiery, supple voices and rich harmonies and a cappella folk music of Eastern Europe.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 4/17
7:30 pm
Duende Libre
$15.00
Tula’s (Belltown)
“American jazz tradition as a point of departure for daring explorations of rhythm & influences from the Americas, Europe and Africa.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 4/18
6:00 pm
Women Talk: Conferences
Free
General Assembly (Downtown)
“A panel discussion with incredible local women who have spoken at design and tech conferences and public events.” Sold out, but a wait list is available.
#Design
Thurs. 4/18
6:30 pm
Inclusive by Design: Disrupting How We Practice UX
$8; free for PS SIGCHI members
Moz (Downtown)
“Inclusive Design considers the full range of human diversity to deliver better experiences for everyone and challenges us as designers and researchers to reinvent our practice.”
#Design
Thurs. 4/18
7:00 pm
Fresh Ground Stories
Free
Olive Way Starbucks (Capitol Hill)
“This month’s theme is ‘Oddballs – Stories of being on the outside.'”
#SEATalks
Fri. 4/19
9:00 am-3:30 pm
Civic Boot Camp: Homelessness
$250.00
Impact Hub (Pioneer Square)
“Discover how Seattle is taking on the homelessness crisis and what you can do to help.”
#Civics
Fri. 4/19
3:00 pm
Locks Talks: Salmon Mysteries
Free (suggested $5-10 donation)
Ballard Locks Visitor Center (Ballard)
“Learn about the salmon that pass through the Ballard Locks, what is happening to them, what we know, what is still a mystery and how we can help.”
#Science!
Fri. 4/19
7:30 pm
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
$22.00
Tula’s (Belltown)
“Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist, composer and arranger, is among the top Brazilian musicians working today.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 4/20
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. 4/20
11:00 am-7:00 pm
World Rhythm Festival
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“The World Rhythm Festival is a full immersion in world music, drum and dance.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 4/20
7:00 pm
Leif Totusek and Candela
No cover
Latona Pub (Green Lake)
“Seattle based guitarist/composer. One of America’s foremost experts in Pan-African, Soukous, Rumba and Jazz music.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 4/20
7:30 pm
World Rhythm Festival Dance Party
Free
Armory (Seattle Center)
“Percussionist, banjoist, storyteller Sule Greg Wilson; world-renown body percussionist Keith Terry; and Kiki Valera & Cubaché – Cuban Son dance music with drums, percussion and virtuoso guitar.”
#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
Sun. 4/21
7:00 pm
Brazilian Duo Alexandre Ribeiro & Douglas Lora
$25.00
private house concert (Madrona)
“Original songs and arrangements of choro, classical music and sambas by some of the biggest names in both old and contemporary Brazilian music.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Next Week
Tues. 4/23
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. 4/23
6:00 pm
Storytelling May Be Your Most Powerful Design Tool
$10.00
Sage Bionetworks (Belltown)
“Telling stories is elemental to being human, so perhaps we should think of storytelling as an essential tool for human-centered design.”
#Design
Tues. 4/23
7:00 pm
Lord Shambleton
$7.00
North City Bistro (Shoreline)
“Unique sonic blend of Trinidadian calypso mixed with contemporary jazz, funk and R&B.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 4/24
7:30 pm
Anoushka Shankar
$29-64.00
Edmonds Center for the Arts (Edmonds)
“A singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 4/25
6:00 pm
Designing Social Robots with Teens
$5.00
REI Headquarters (Kent)
“A participatory approach to human-centered design.”
#Design
Thurs. 4/25
7:30 pm
Stacey Abrams: Lead From The Outside
$5.00
Temple De Hirsch Sinai Seattle (Capitol Hill)
“Political leader Stacey Abrams takes the stage to share her awareness of the experiences and challenges that hinder anyone who exists beyond the structure of traditional white male power—women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and millennials ready to make a difference.” SOLD OUT, but 50 $5 tickets will be available at walk-up on the night of the event and standby will be available.
#Civics
Fri.-Sun. 4/26-28
10:00 am-6:00 pm
Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival
Free
Armory (Seattle Center)
“A weekend-long celebration of Japanese and Japanese-American culture.”
#Community
Fri. 4/26
7:30 pm
Mokoomba and Chimurenga Renaissance
$15-20.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“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
Fri. 4/26
7:30 pm
Losing Earth—A Recent History
$5.00
The Summit on Pike (Capitol Hill)
“An urgent conversation about the moral framework of climate change.”
#Science! #Civics
Fri. 4/26
7:30 pm
Afro-Cuban All Stars
$24-59.00
Edmonds Center for the Arts (Edmonds)
“A sensational showcase for Cuba’s most prodigious young musicians.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 4/27
10:00 am
Town Green Day of Service
Free
Yesler Terrace Park (Yesler Terrace)
“In the spirit of Earth Day, join Town Hall and the Black Farmers Collective for a Day of Service at Yes Farm.”
#Community
Sat. 4/27
12:30 pm
Repurposing Your Content: A Content Strategy Workshop
Free
Fremont Library (Fremont)
“We all work hard at creating our content. And we are often challenged with creating even more. That is where repurposing comes in.”
#WordPress
Sat. 4/27
9:30 pm
Zimbabwe Dance Party
No cover
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Anzanga, Ka 1 & Sarungano, and Kondo Renzou.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Tues. 5/14
8:00 pm
Salon of Shame
$16.00
Theatre Off Jackson (International Disctrict)
“Seattleites stand and read from their worst adolescent writing, including middle school diaries, high school poetry, unsent letters, etc.”
#SEATalks
Sun. 5/26
8:00 pm
Gogol Bordello
$35.00
Neptune Theater (U District)
“A band of immigrants, with members hailing from Ukraine, Ecuador, Russia, and Ethiopia.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues.-Wed. 7/23-24
7:30 pm
Ranky Tanky
$36.00
Jazz Alley (Downtown)
“‘Ranky Tanky’ translates loosely as ‘Work It,’ or ‘Get Funky!’ Timeless music of Gullah culture born in the southeastern Sea Island region of the United States.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
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Thurs.-Sun. 9/5-8
7:30 pm (one 9:30 show Sat. night)
Sergio Mendes
$66.00
Jazz Alley (Downtown)
“Three-time Grammy winner and Brazilian music legend.”
#SeattleWorldBeat