The Seattle Flute Society’s annual all-day, all-building festival includes a group warm-up, workshop, and concert featuring celebrated jazz flutist Jim Walker, dubbed “Renaissance Man of the Flute.”
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2013 Flute Festival Featuring Jim Walker
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 11:00am – 5:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $5-$25.
Saturday Family Concerts: We All Sing Together with Reem Kelani
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 11:00 – 11:45am
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. Free for kids 12 and under/$5 for adults with children/$25 unaccompanied adults.
Before she takes the stage for a Global Rhythms concert on April 12, singer/musician Reem Kelani presents a family sing-along of Palestinian and Arabic music that pays homage to Elmo’s classic Sesame Street discovery that kids come in all shapes, colors, and sizes.
King-Snohomish Regional Spelling Bee
Sunday, March 24, 2013, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. Free; no tickets required.
This upbeat, community-wide celebration of language, education, family, and hard work is like a good reality show: incredibly intense, immensely fun—and free. (And broadcast live by Seattle Channel!)
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Early Music Discovery: SHAK: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Sunday, March 17, 2013, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5-$10.
This fully costumed Shakespearean extravaganza journeys through the streets of Elizabethan London and into a performance of the Bard’s most endearing comedy, featuring the kids of Seattle Historical Arts and director Shulamit Kleinerman’s band of period instruments.
Saturday Family Concerts: Aaron Nigel Smith
Saturday, March 16, 2013, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. Free for kids 12 and under/$5 for adults with children/$25 unaccompanied adults.
Portland-based Aaron Nigel Smith’s “call to action” is to get kids moving. His high-energy, interactive shows invite the audience to jump, play, sing, and dance through a collection of hip, exuberant songs.
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Saturday Family Concerts: Aaron Nigel Smith
Saturday, March 16, 2013, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. Free for kids 12 and under/$5 for adults with children/$25 unaccompanied adults.
Portland-based Aaron Nigel Smith’s “call to action” is to get kids moving. His high-energy, interactive shows invite the audience to jump, play, sing, and dance through a collection of hip, exuberant songs.
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ParentMap: Dr. Denise Pope: The Resilient Student
Thursday, March 14, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $20-$25.
In a talk titled “Finding Balance in Today’s Culture of Competition,” Dr. Denise Pope provides parents with strategies to reduce stress at home without sacrificing school achievement and college goals.
Northwest Girlchoir: All Together Now!
Sunday, March 10, 2013, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $8-$13.
Northwest Girlchoir, led by Artistic Director Sara Boos, presents a concert featuring a charming variety of music in performances by the older choirs (Vivace, Amore, and Ensemble), a piece written by Nick Page for Northwest Girlchoir, and an audience sing-along.
Northwest Girlchoir: You Sing, Too!
Sunday, March 10, 2013, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $8-$13.
Northwest Girlchoir, led by Artistic Director Sara Boos, presents a concert featuring a charming variety of music in performances by the younger choirs (Prep Choir, Fresca, and Amabile), a piece written by Nick Page for Northwest Girlchoir, and an audience sing-along.
ParentMap: Dr. John Gottman: Making Love Last & Marriage Work
Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $20-$25.
Advance tickets for this event have sold out, but ParentMap has established a wait list for tickets. Please see http://www.parentmap.com/category/lectures for information and instructions.
World-renowned (and Seattle-based) marriage and parenting expert John Gottman, founder of the Gottman Institute for Marriage Research, draws from new research to answer fundamental questions about love and trust, helping couples discover new ways to protect—or recover—their love for one another.