Happening This 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
8:30 am
Creative Mornings
Free
MoPOP (Queen Anne)
“Susanna Ryan is a self-taught cartoonist and author of the bestselling book ‘Seattle Walk Report: An Illustrated Walking Tour through 23 Seattle Neighborhoods.'”
#SEATalks
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.-Sun. 9/14-15
noon-9:30 pm Sat. & noon-7:00 pm Sun.
Fiestas Patrias
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“Traditional Latin American music, dance, food, art exhibitions, health fair and more.”
#Community
Sat. 9/14
4:00 pm-midnight
Chinatown-ID Night Market
Free
various locations (International Disctrict)
“25,000 people take to the streets to mingle and soak in the dynamic culture Chinatown-International District’s Night Market.”
#Community
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
Next Week
Mon. 9/16
7:30 am
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Death
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“A look into the fascinating truths about what will happen (to our bodies) after we die.”
#Science!
Tues. 9/17
6:30 pm
WordPress Help Desk Meetup
Free
Smart Buildings Center (Beacon Hill)
“Want Help with your WordPress site, or want to help others? This is the place to come for learning and help getting over a hurdle.”
#WordPress
Tues. 9/17
8:00 pm
Salon of Shame
$16.00
Theatre Off Jackson (International Disctrict)
“Join us as we drink and exploit our younger selves for your entertainment!”
#HauteSeattle
Wed. 9/18
7:00 pm
The Cumbieros
$12.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Traditional and contemporary South American Cumbia fused with the modern sounds of ska and rock.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 9/18
7:00 pm
The Body Lives its Undoing
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“Personal perspectives on the world of autoimmunity.”
#Science!
Wed. 9/18
7:30 pm
Duende Libre
$15.00
Tula’s (Belltown)
“The piano-based trio Duende Libre uses jazz as a departure point to explore international rhythms and sounds.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Thurs. 9/19
7:00 pm
Fresh Ground Stories
Free
Starbucks (Capitol Hill)
“From Out of Nowhere – Stories of unexpected help. Come tell a story about a time when you were failing, flailing, or just beat down, and someone or something helped you.”
#SEATalks
Thurs. 9/19
7:30 pm
Uncle Bonsai
$20-23.00
Triple Door (Downtown)
“Imagine what might happen if Tim Burton hijacked the Andrews Sisters en route to a Stephen Sondheim festival with The Beatles and Tom Lehrer in the sidecar.”
#HauteSeattle
Fri. 9/20
7:30 pm
Promise and Peril in the Digital Age
$5.00
Town Hall (First Hill)
“Confronting a tech sector long obsessed with rapid growth and sometimes on disruption as an end in itself.”
#Tech
Fri. 9/20
7:30 pm
The Myth of the Gendered Brain
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“How the scientific community has engendered bias and stereotype by rewarding studies that show difference rather than sameness.”
#Science!
Fri. 9/20
8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Bloedel Hall (Capitol Hill)
“Neighborhoods: Prepare a five-minute story about communities. Nosy grandma two doors down, kids on the stoop, block parties and other local flavors. The guy at the corner store, the church down the road, the playground down the block.”
#SEATalks
Fri. 9/20
9:00 pm
The New Triumph
No cover
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Energetic dance-inducing original mix of Funk, Afro-Latin, and Jazz music.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat.-Sun. 9/21-22
10:00 am-4:00 pm
Seattle Children’s Festival
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“An event where the whole family can play, dance, sing, learn, and try something new!”
#Community
Sat. 9/21
10:00 am
WordPress Fundamentals
Free
Works Progress (Greenwood)
“Come get an introduction to WordPress and get some questions answered.”
#WordPress
Sat. 9/21
7:00 pm
Luminata
Free
Green Lake (North Seattle)
“Celebrate the autumnal equinox to bid farewell to summer and move gently into autumn with our annual illuminated celebration.”
#Community
Sat. 9/21
7:00 pm
Grupo Amoroso
$10.00
Egan’s Ballard Jam House (Ballard)
“Jazzy bossas, groovy sambas & more – a Brazilian music fest!”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 9/21
8:30 pm
Lucha Volcánica
$15-20.00
Hale’s Palladium (Fremont)
“All your favorite local luchadors, plus special appearances by Cazador del Alma, Vaquero Fantasma, and lucha libre legend, Negro Navarro.”
#HauteSeattle
Sun. 9/22
4:00 pm
Think Black
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“A portrait of institutional racism at IBM.”
#Science!
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