Help My Family Honor My Brother’s Memory
Apologies for the gap in announcements this past month. My brother Ken went missing on a canoe trip on the Willamette River July 23. The search and rescue team recovered his body August 8. We held a life celebration for him last weekend. So the past month has been a bit of blur.
The Lane County (OR) Water Search and Rescue team was incredibly supportive and very professional throughout this ordeal. They are a nonprofit, mostly volunteer organization. We have created a GoFundMe campaign to support them. If you’re able, I hope you can chip in $10 or $20 or more to support their courageous and important work.
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Happening This Week
Tues. 8/27
7:00 pm
Seattle Stupid Hackathon
Free
Ada’s Technical Books (Capitol Hill)
“We invite artists, programmers, comedians, writers, cross-stitchers, and etc. Everyone has something stupid to contribute.”
#HauteSeattle
Wed. 8/28
6:00 pm
Pecha Kucha
Free
Seattle Public Library (Downtown)
“Re-Birthing A Nation – Letters from the Future. A series of talks from young people across our region offering their dreams, visions, challenges for America during these divisive times.”
#SEATalks
Fri. 8/30
9:00 pm
Forró with En Canto
$12-15.00
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“We routinely open our concerts to a room full of shy, awkward faces, and we close them to a sweat-drenched melee of bodies and smiles.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 8/31
7:30 pm
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
$22.00
Tula’s (Belltown)
“This will be the last concert by the JSN Quinteto at Tula’s before it closes its doors. Be there!”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 8/31
9:00 pm
Rhumba Night (artists from East and Central Africa)
$25-40.00
Carco Theater (Renton)
“Concert with great artists from East and Central Africa.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Next Week
Mon. 9/2
7:30 pm
Labor Day with Robert Reich and Pramila Jayapal
$5-20.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“What steps can we take in order to better our country by protecting the common interest of our workers? Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich arrives at Town Hall along with Washington’s 7th District Representative Pramila Jayapal for a Labor Day exploration of Reich’s latest book The Common Good.”
#Civics
Tues. 9/3
4:30 pm
Entre Mundos
Free
Freeway Park (Downtown)
“Tuesday Tunes & Brews: Come by Seneca Plaza after work for live music, featuring an Optimism Brewing Beer garden, and Tacos El Tajin food truck!”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 9/3
7:30 pm
YESOD
$10-15.00
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“A meeting of Middle Eastern and Middle Western musical influences where pure musical impulses flux between sound explorations and accessible improvisational hooks.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 9/4
6:00 pm
Christopher Kroehler (art opening)
Free
Gallery Mack (Belltown)
I’ve been following my friend Chris Kroehler’s work for a long time. He pioneered a unique layered painting technique and chooses super-interesting subjects. This is sure to be another great show.
#Friends
Wed. 9/4
7:30 pm
Intersections and Opportunities for Designing With Indigenous Knowledge
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“A conversation reflecting on the relationship between white privilege and urban design.”
#Design #Civics
Thurs. 9/5
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. 9/5
7:30 pm
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
$5.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“A retrospective on the nationwide movement to stand against police violence and push for Black liberation.”
#Civics
Thurs. 9/5
8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Fremont Abbey (Fremont)
“Lessons: Prepare a five-minute story about those hard-learned lessons. From the streets or the schoolhouse. Moments of enlightenment. Whether from trial-and-error or trial-by-fire, we want to hear about your ‘aha!’ moment.”
#SEATalks
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
Fri. 9/6
7:30 pm
The Rise of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
$5.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“A tale of how one private company consolidated power over half a century, and how in doing so it helped transform capitalism into something that feels deeply alienating to modern Americans.”
#Civics
Fri. 9/6
7:30 pm
Public Options for Creating Freedom, Opportunity, and Equality
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“Whenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option.”
#Civics
Fri. 9/6
8:00 pm
Kiki Valera & Cubache
$15.00
North City Bistro (Shoreline)
“Son Cubano is one of the most popular musical styles in Cuba & Kiki Valera is one of its foremost exponents.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 9/7
2:00 pm
Impeachment Teach-In
Free
Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
“Hear directly from members of the House Judiciary Committee.”
#Civics
Sun. 9/8
7:30 pm
Rick Steves: Guatemala, Ethiopia, Hunger, and Hope
$5.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“Hunger, hope, and the impact of smart development aid in the Global South.”
#Civics
Sun. 9/8
11:00 am-7:00 pm
Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“Hawaiian music, hula, ono food, Hawaiian crafts, lei-making workshops, and more.”
#Community
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Sat. 9/28
8:00 pm
Huun Huur Tu
$20.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
Tuvan throat singing and more. “Descendents of isolated Siberian herdsmen make serious, strangely universal music out of some of the planet’s quirkiest acoustics.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Mon. 9/30
8:00 pm
Too Many Zooz
$20.50-23.50
Neptune Theater (U District)
“The curious thing about being a fan of brasshouse? You’re pretty much talking about being into one solitary but extremely unforgettable band.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 10/3
6:30 pm
Ignite Seattle
$5-10.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“The largest open submission public speaking event in the Pacific Northwest. Each speaker gets 20 slides, for 15 seconds each, to share a passion for 5 minutes. Enlighten us, but make it quick!”
#SEATalks
Mon. 10/7
7:30 pm
Tinariwen
$42-62.00
Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
“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. 10/11
8:00 pm
Songhoy Blues
$25-28.00
Neptune Theater (U District)
“The future of African rock n’ roll. Steeped in the deep traditions of classic Malian music & desert blues fused with a youthful & super-charged sound of today.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Mon. 10/28
7:30 pm
Vieux Farka Touré & Bombino: Sons of the Sahara
$45-60.00
Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
“A unique collaboration between two of Africa’s most esteemed and dynamic guitar masters.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues.-Sun. 12/3-8
Stomp
Moore Theater (Belltown)
“International percussion sensation uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms.”
#SeattleWorldBeat