Change the way you think about cooking! In this epic guide to better eating, the chef, recipe developer, and video producer Sohla El-Waylly reimagines what a cookbook can be, teaching home cooks of all skill levels how cooking really works. A practical, information-packed, and transformative guide to becoming a better cook and conquering the kitchen, […]
What they don’t want you to hear. Books are being banned in the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. Seattle Women’s Chorus has commissioned five living women-identifying composers to create new music from banned books Catcher in the Rye, Alice in Wonderland, Beloved, Heather Has Two Mommies, Melissa, and This Book is Gay. Featuring censored songs from The Wizard of Oz, Winnie the […]
What they don’t want you to hear. Books are being banned in the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. Seattle Women’s Chorus has commissioned five living women-identifying composers to create new music from banned books Catcher in the Rye, Alice in Wonderland, Beloved, Heather Has Two Mommies, Melissa, and This Book is Gay. Featuring censored songs from The Wizard of Oz, Winnie the […]
Sonata da Chiesa by Adolphus Hailstork (1941- present)Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)Teresa Lin, sopranoMusic sacred and secular. The lean, abstract reverence of Hailstork’s ‘Sonata da Chiesa’ is opposed to the sprawling-yet-detailed complexity of Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 4’ (featuring soprano Teresa Lin)
Dive into a realm of musical diversity at this concert experience where musical landscapes converge across time and emotion. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony Op. 110 sets the tone with its poignant introspection, a distilled exploration of human struggle and resilience rendered through intricate chamber textures. Following this, Ecstatic Science by Missy Mazzoli takes the stage, […]
Dr. Tina Campt is a black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art and lead convener of the Practicing Refusal Collective and the Sojourner Project. She began her career as a historian of modern Germany, earning a Ph.D. in history from Cornell University. She is one of the founding scholars of Black European Studies, […]
Monsters, machines, and mortals, we are the objects of colonization, and perhaps, we can be the agents of decolonization too. Join scholar, organizer, and co-conspirator K. Wayne Yang as he shares stories about decolonizing endeavors from past, present, future, and speculative somewheres. How do we bend our own complicity in colonial institutions to forward Indigenous, Black, […]
Tickets to this event are Sold Out! Join KUOW and Radiolab for a special live event at Town Hall Seattle. Radiolab, the award-winning podcast and radio show from WNYC Studios, presents a new live event based on its Mixtape series. For one night only, Senior Producer Simon Adler – with the help of author Tara […]
Capstan shanties, halyard shanties, laments, forecastle songs, short haul shanties, songs and music to accompany work and play. Inspired by this tradition of maritime music, Seán Dagher has arranged these songs and tunes to display all the warmth and depth they deserve. Music from England, Scotland, Ireland, the Americas, and the Caribbean sung by a […]
Shabaka Hutchings’ work transcends conventional notions of genre and draws from a vast palette of cultural influences. Whilst he’s undeniably a pioneering voice in the renaissance of British Jazz, his […]
While Shakespeare was defining English poetry and drama, Dowland was doing the same for English song. After Dowland, the influence of the Italians led to the magnificent achievements of Henry […]
Get ready for a captivating evening of transcendent rhythms and mesmerizing melodies as two world-renowned artists, Bassekou Kouyate and Vieux Farka Touré, join forces to bring the soulful sounds of […]
Join us for an afternoon with local journalist and activist Ron Chew to celebrate the audiobook launch of his memoir, My Unforgotten Seattle. Ron will share excerpts from his book […]
This lecture will explore the rise and fall of American democracy in the context of historical thinking about what makes democracies flourish. It will draw from historical examples to suggest […]
Five-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world. As a result of her breathtaking virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves received […]
Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation and “highest category of improvising musicians” (New Yorker), Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the […]
Night of Ideas, Villa Albertine’s flagship nocturnal marathon of philosophical debates, performances, readings, and more is returning to more than 20 cities in the US, from February 25 through March […]
With the proliferation of AI, upcoming elections, and ongoing conflicts throughout the world, 2024 holds many uncertainties that can make it difficult to feel optimistic about the future. Puget Sound […]
