Happening This Week
10/9 Mon. 5:00 pm
Choroloco
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Choroloco is a Seattle-based acoustic ensemble specializing in Choro music (vintage Brazilian jazz from Rio de Janeiro).”
#SeattleWorldBeat
10/9 Mon. 7:30 pm
Casa de La Trova with SabroSones
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“Our monthly ‘Casa de la Trova’ at the Royal Room. This month we’ll be teaming up with SabroSon. This will be a high energy night of dancing with some of Seattle’s best Latin musicians. Come dance and network with local musicians and dancers. SabroSon will play one set starting around 7:45 – SuperSones at 9:00.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
10/10 Tues. 5:00 pm
New Tech Seattle
Impact Hub (Pioneer Square)
Best general-interest tech meetup in Seattle. “The Northwest’s smart, fun, creative, innovative tech community – software and application developers, company owners, startup founders, recruiters, hackers, job seekers, executives, investors, community leaders, and people who are new to the area.”
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10/10 Tues. 6:30 pm
Inclusion starts with “I”: How Self Awareness Can Drive Inclusive Design
HBO (Denny Triangle)
“What if we’ve got it all wrong? What if the key to building inclusive design wasn’t to focus on everyone else around you, but to first look at yourself? Join Jessica Eggert, Founder of IncludeGlobal, speaker, woman in tech, and HR strategist as she discusses how inclusion starts with ‘I.'”
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10/10 Tues. 7:30 pm
Healthcare for All: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Kane Hall (UW Campus)
“Why has it been so difficult to insure healthcare coverage for everyone? From Roosevelt to Trump, Donna Shalala, Trustee Professor of Political Science and Health Policy, University of Miami, traces how history, politics and complexity have all contributed to our failure to achieve high quality care for everyone, and explores ways we can move forward.”
#Civics
10/12 Thurs. 6:00 pm
UX Happy Hour
Optimism Brewing (Capitol Hill)
“Hi folks – winter is coming! Lets prepare together with the first UX happy hour this fall. Share a good drink and fine convo with your fellow design minded Seattleites.”
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10/12 Thurs. 7:00 pm
UX Book Club
Ada’s Technical Books (Capitol Hill)
“Discuss ‘About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design’ by Alan Cooper. This is a traditional book club style meeting where we chat about the book as a group (not an author event or presentation). Feel free to join even if you don’t get a chance to read the book!”
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10/12 Thurs. 7:00 pm
Why Be a Designer? Lecture + Book Signing with Paul Sahre
Seattle Central Library (Downtown)
“Paul will use examples of his own work for wildly imaginative clients: directors, writers, musicians, and artists (as well as a series of seemingly unrelated life experiences) to arrive at an (un)expected conclusion — that ultimately, the designer’s life is one of survival. A process of questioning, inventing, failing, dreaming, and ultimately making.”
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10/13 Fri. 8:30 am
Creative Mornings
Frye Art Museum (First Hill)
“Cynthia Brothers started Vanishing Seattle in 2016 to document the displaced and disappearing homes, small businesses, and communities of Seattle – often due to redevelopment and gentrification. Being from Seattle, she’ll readily admit to local cliches like playing in bands and once making espresso for a living – and is proud she went to high school where Bruce Lee first demonstrated his ‘one-inch punch.'”
#SEATalks
10/13 Fri. 9:00 pm
Friday the 13th with En Canto
Royal Room (Columbia City)
“Friday the 13th with En Canto brings the beloved Brazilian social dance back to The Royal Room featuring live forro music with Seattle’s multi-ethnic, woman-led band En Canto and two very special guests: classically skilled Brazilian violinist and educator from New York, Eliano Braz, and accordionist Gabe Hall-Rodrigues from Arizona.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
10/14-10/15 Sat.-Sun.
Turkfest
The Armory (Seattle Center)
“Turkfest is getting ready to take place at Seattle Center and will be full of events, stage performances as well as authentic Turkish goods and cuisine. You are invited to share this joyful weekend in the middle of Seattle Downtown!”
#Community
10/14 Sat. 10:00 am
WordPress Contributor Meetup
Uptown Espresso (South Lake Union)
Help create the world’s most popular publishing software. Anyone can contribute to the WordPress open-source sofware project – whether you’re a user, a developer, a designer, or a blogger or publisher. “Look for WordPress shirts, laptops, and a generally nerdy vibe.”
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10/14 Sat. 2:00 pm
WordPress Study Group for Women
Wallingford Community Senior Center (Wallingford)
“Women, this meetup is just for you! Bring your laptops, bring your questions, and bring your projects – we’ll get together to discuss WordPress, answer questions, show off what we’re doing, and help each other out. All levels of experience and expertise are welcome.”
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10/15 Sun. 1:00-5:30 pm
SANCAFest
SANCA (Georgetown)
“SANCAFEST is our annual super fun community celebration and an opportunity for our students to show off their exciting circus skills having gathered contributions from family and friends for scholarships which make circus available to everyone regardless of their economic circumstances.”
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Next Week
10/17 Tues. 6:00 pm
The Big [WordPress] Meetup: Pre-WooConf Mashup
Optimism Brewing (Capitol Hill)
“In honor of WooConf, we will skip the usual meetup, and instead join our WooCommerce friends at the Pre-WooConf Meetup at Optimism. Hang out with top WooCommerce developers, thought leaders in the world of eCommerce, and a plethora of fine, friendly WordPress community members.”
#WordPress
10/17 Tues. 7:00 pm
BAHFest Seattle 2017
Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Capitol Hill)
The Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (BAHFest) has celebrated terrible ideas for four years on three continents and we are glad to come back to Seattle! Celebrate well-argued and thoroughly researched, but completely incorrect scientific theories.”
#Science!
10/17 Tues. 8:00 pm
Omar Sosa Quarteto AfroCubano
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown)
“Inspired by his native Camagüey, the Afro-Cuban inland bastion, Omar Sosa (piano, keys) travels the world with his virtuosic, mercurial electro-acoustic quartet: fellow Camagüeyanos Leandro Saint-Hill (saxophones, flute, vocals) and Ernesto Simpson (drums, vocals), plus Mozambique native Childo Tomas (bass, kalimba, vocals). ‘Ritual space and time-honored practice’ (Popmatters) assure transporting intensity.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
10/19-10/20 Thurs.-Fri.
WooCommerce Developers Conference (WooConf)
Bell Harbor International Conference Center (Waterfront)
“WooConf is the ultimate event for the WooCommerce community. Join us for two days of talks, demos, and workshops about the future of Woo, how open source software allows you to go beyond the typical in eCommerce, and our mission to make selling online accessible to anyone. Meet the Woo team, other developers, agency owners and WooExperts and be part of the conversation about the future of open eCommerce.”
#WordPress
10/19 Thurs. 7:00 pm
Ignite Seattle #34
Egyptian Theater (Capitol Hill)
“Enlighten us, but make it quick! Ignite Seattle is the largest open-submission public speaking event in the Pacific Northwest, bringing together an unexpected mix of fearless storytellers delivering quick-fire talks on a wide range of unpredictable topics from bug eating to how to learn leadership through burlesque. Each presenter gets exactly 20 auto-advancing slides and five unforgettable minutes in the spotlight.”
#SEATalks
10/20 Fri. 8:00 pm
Yamandu Costa
Langston Hughes Perfoming Arts Institute (Central District)
“A brilliant guitar player, composer, and arranger, Yamandus impressive and explosive live performance highlights a deep intimacy with the guitar switching between samba, choro, and tango with blistering dexterity.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
10/20 Fri. 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
Bloedel Hall (Capitol Hill)
“CREEPY: Prepare a five-minute story about something that makes your skin crawl: the people, places or things that spook you. Creatures, humans included, who slither or skulk. Haunted houses, dark alleys, inappropriate co-worker comments, menacing Facebook postings. What lurks in the bottom drawer of your fridge. Ominous strangers, suspicious ingredients. The unmistakable feeling of facing a threat that has not quite defined itself. Spidey sense activated!”
#SEATalks
10/22 Sun. 2:00 pm
National Geographic Live – Into the Arctic Kingdom
Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
“Through breathtaking imagery, the National Geographic photographer takes audiences on a legendary journey into the Arctic kingdom – with a special focus on the Arctic Refuge, one of the world’s last great wilderness areas.”
#SEATalks
10/22 Sun. 7:30 pm
Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown)
“The hugely satisfying duo of Malian kora master Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal creates a spellbinding hybrid that draws on West African traditional songs, Baroque music, and contemporary sensibilities.”
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11/4-11/5 Sat.-Sun.
WordCamp Seattle
Washington State Convention Center (Downtown)
“WordCamp Seattle is an informal conference that brings together WordPress enthusiasts from around the Northwest for two days of education, edification, and community. Whether you’re a developer, a designer, a consultant, an agency, a blogger, or a publisher, WordCamp will take your WordPress skills and enthusiasm to the next level.”
#WordPress
4/3/18 Tues. 8:00 pm
Eliades Ochoa & Grupo Patria
The Neptune (U District)
“From The Buena Vista Social Club, Eliades Ochoa & Grupo Patria.”
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