Happening This 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
Mon. 9/2
9:00 pm
Capitol Cider Jam Session
No cover
Capitol Cider (Capitol Hill)
Adriana Giordana usually hosts on the first Monday of the month. Regardless, this is always a good jam.
#SeattleWorldBeat
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.-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
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
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
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
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
11:00 am-5:00 pm
Thai Festival
Free
North Seattle College (North Seattle)
“Explore Thai culture, delicious food, and shows. The event is kid-friendly. Bring friends and the whole family to have fun with us!”
#Community
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
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
Sun. 9/8
6:00 pm
La Casita Quartet
No cover (but tips gratefully accepted)
George & Dragon Pub (Fremont)
“Latin jazz on the porch on a Sunday afternoon.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
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
8:00 pm
HARTYGA
$15.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Psychodelic ethno-rock band working to improve our art of playing the traditional Tuvan musical instruments and throat singing.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Next Week
Mon. 9/9
5:00 pm
Duende Libre Trio
No cover
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Daring explorations of rhythm & influences from the Americas, Europe and Africa yielding catchy melodies, lush harmonies, and wholehearted groove.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 9/10
6:00 pm
Peter Pomerantsev: This Is Not Propaganda
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“Journey behind the enemy lines of the endless, multinational information war.”
#Civics
Tues. 9/10
6:00 pm
New Tech Seattle
$8-25.00
Thinkspace (Westlake)
“Join us to celebrate and empower womxn in the tech industry, discuss ways we can ensure women will be fully represented, and advance the conversation forward.”
#Tech
Wed. 9/11
6:00 pm
WordPress Developer Meetup
Free
WeWork (South Lake Union)
“This month, we thought we’d continue with Lean Coffee with various topics and discussions.”
#WordPress
Thurs. 9/12
5:00 pm
Mochima
Free
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Mochima is a trio dedicated to the spread of joropo, merengue, parranda and all other Venezuelan musical styles.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 9/12
6:30 pm
Negotiation Skills: The Missing Ingredient to Content Career Success
$10.00
Medical Dental Building (Downtown)
“Content staffing expert Jack Molisani shares advice on how to manage your content career.”
#ContentStrategy
Thurs. 9/12
7:00 pm
UX Book Club
Free
Ada’s Technical Books (Capitol Hill)
Discuss “Universal Principles of Design,” by Lidwell, Holden, and Butler.
#Design
Fri. 9/13
8:00 pm
Tubaluba
$12.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Tubaluba captures the spirit of New Orleans, and conveys it through their brass street band rhythm and style they call, Jambalaya Brass Rock.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 9/14
7:30 pm
How To Be An Antiracist
$5-32.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“Think about what an antiracist society might look like and how we can play an active role in building it.”
#Civics
Sun. 9/15
3:00 pm
The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World
$5-25.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“There are approximately 500,000 elected offices in our nation—and June Diane Raphael wants to help women run for them.”
#Civics
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Fri. 9/27
7:30 pm
Garifuna Collective and Hagucha Garinagu
$15-20.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“Two Garifuna sensations in back-to-back live performances!”
#SeattleWorldBeat
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