Happening This Week
Thurs. 11/28
9:00 am
Wassa Dance & Village Volunteers Thanks-Giving Dance
Fundraiser
ARC School of Ballet (Ballard)
“Afro-Fusion movement with Lara McIntosh to raise funds for Mucharange Village Women in Kenya to provide start-up funding to form micro-lending groups in Kiminini-Trans Nzoia County.”
#SeattleWorldBeat #Community
Sat. 11/30
10:00 am
WordPress Fundamentals
Free
Works Progress (Greenwood)
“Come get an introduction to WordPress and get some questions answered.”
#WordPress
Sat. 11/30
7:30 pm
Dunava and Dave & the Dalmatians
$10-20.00
Phinney Center Concert Hall (Phinney Ridge)
“A concert of seasonal songs from southern and eastern Europe.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 11/30
8:00 pm
Adriana Giordano & Marina Albero
$15.00
North City Bistro (Shoreline)
“Brazil and Spain meet at a rhythmic crossroads with dance and song celebrating and empowering the Latin sisterhood.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 11/30
8:00 pm
Frank Anderson & Randy Cole
No cover
Wonder Bar (Central District)
“A fun night of blues, jazz, funk and rock.”
#Friends
Next Week
Mon. 12/2
7:30 pm
Charlton McIlwain: Black Software
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“A chronicle of the long relationship between African Americans, computing technology, and the internet.”
#Civics #Tech
Tues.-Sun. 12/3-12/8
Stomp
$35-65.00
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
Thurs. 12/5
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. 12/5
7:30 pm
The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
$5.00
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“The story of how the man who was considered the ‘leading light’ of the burgeoning white nationalist movement confronted and disavowed everything he was taught to believe.”
#Civics
Thurs. 12/5
8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$15.00
Fremont Abbey (Fremont)
“Family: Prepare a five-minute story about your kin, your clan, the people that made you.”
#SEATalks
Sat. 12/7
10:30 am
Civic Saturday
Free
The Forum at Town Hall (First Hill)
“A civic ritual — a place to come together in civic community, be inspired and encouraged to reflect and connect, and create new civic traditions that are joyful and communal.”
#Civics
Sat. 12/7
noon-10:00 pm
Punk Rock Flea Market
Free
King’s Hall (Beacon Hill)
“Seattle’s favorite underground shopping center returns.”
#HauteSeattle
Sat. 12/7
7:00 pm
Brazilian Connection: Let’s Be United
$15.00
Langston Hughes Performing Arts (Central District)
“Dances from centuries ago with the newest urban styles, showing the continual innovation and inspiration that are African culture in the Americas.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 12/7
8:00 pm
Adriana Giordano & EntreMundos Quarteto
$15.00
North City Bistro (Shoreline)
“Deep Brazilian roots flavored with world rhythms, a deft blending of funk, jazz and soul melding with the classic sounds of samba and bossa nova.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sun. 12/8
7:30 pm
Kiran Ahluwalia
$20.00
Triple Door (Downtown)
“Vocal traditions of India and Pakistan embracing influences from West African blues, contemporary jazz, and more.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Tues. 12/31
8:45 & 11:00 pm
New Year’s Eve with The Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
$60.50-$200.50
Jazz Alley (Downtown)
“Master Conguero, Band Leader and Latin Jazz Legend Poncho Sanchez stirs up a fiery stew of straight-ahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources.”
#SeattleWorldBeat