Music

Wallymom – There’s a Monkey in my Soup!

Some of the basic staples of our family outing calendar are going to local book stores and hitting up live music shows. So guess how excited we were to hear that we can do both at once this Saturday at Alphabet Soup Books! This fabulous local children's bookstore is featuring a free live concert with Recess Monkey at 10am Saturday March 6th. The band will be performing all your favorites from the new Field Trip album plus all-time Monkey classics. The S0up will open early on…

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Indoor Bouncy House

Izilla Toys in Wallingford Center is having their Grand Reopening this Sunday, February 21st from 10 am - 3 pm: Chris Ballew, aka Caspar Babypants, will be performing at 11 am and Jackie Brulotee ("The Best Face Painter in the World") will be painting faces with hypo-allergenic, FDA approved face paints at 12:30 pm. They'll also have Trophy Cupcakes at noon, "fabulous raffle prizes" and...wait for it...an INDOOR BOUNCY HOUSE!

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Linda Waterfall and the “Keep Wallingford Dull” Society

(Wallyhood welcomes our newest contributing writer, Patrick Shaw) My wife and I moved to Wallingford in August. As we were moving in, I had a flashback to hearing Linda Waterfall in concert at Seattle University. Her guitar player made a joke about moving to Wallingford and having to join the Keep Wallingford Dull Society, and as my wife and I were unpacking, I had a bad moment: It couldn’t be true, could it? Could Wallingford really be dull? (Turns out –…

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Conclusion of Is That Jazz? Festival

The Avant-Jazz Festival at the Chapel Performance Space wrapped up this past weekend with four more powerful performances. The second weekend began with Vertigo led by Seattle Clarinetist Jesse Canterbury. It was an ethereal almost dream like set that carried the listener on a journey into the stars. Canterbury was joined by Tom Baker on guitar, Joanne DeMars on Cello, and Chris Stover on Trombone. The quartet was strongly attuned to each other which carried them to a higher more intense…

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Big Fun For Everyone!

For those in the hood that haven’t heard the good news – Izilla Toys is here to stay! The Izilla family decided to make a permanent home in its Wallingford Center location. After a quick post-holiday remodel, they re-opened January 16th. You can sign up for the e-newsletter at www.izillatoys.com to get the inside scoop on news and events, as well as store discounts. This month, you'll find a 20% off coupon (we've included it below in case you want to…

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Is That Jazz? Festival

This past weekend held the first performances of the Is That Jazz? Festival at The Good Shepherd Center. The festival continues this weekend with performances by Jesse Canterbury's Vertigo and Bad Luck on Friday and the Tom Baker Quartet and Cuong Vu Trio on Saturday. Check out our previous post for more info. Until then, enjoy these silent slides of the shows: Sunship Sun Ra Tribute Bill Smith Trio Threat of Beauty Any jazz aficionados want to share their impression of…

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