You might not spot it at first glance, but tucked away on Interlake Avenue, just above N. 45th and next to the Drum Exchange, there's a new performance space and gallery for Creative Music Adventures. Creative Music Adventures (4501 Interlake Ave N #9) is a music school for kids as young as four years-old, and also for adults. On the school's website, founder Michael Stegner writes: I want to help students respect the music of the past and present, while also…
Wallingford United Methodist Church (42nd and Bagley) invites the neighborhood to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King, Jr. this Sunday, January 15, at 11:00AM. The Total Experience Gospel Choir will be the congregation's guest choir, and the Reverend Rubye Hayden, from Ebenezer A.M.E. Zion Church, will be the guest preacher at that service. The Total Experience Gospel Choir was founded in 1973 at the Mt. Baptist Church here in Seattle, initially comprising students from Roosevelt and Franklin High Schools. Over the…
This Friday, swing your partner and dosey doe Gypsy Squares-style. The Gypsy Squares along with the Rabbit Stew String Band hold an old-fashioned, foot-stompin' square dance at the Gypsy Cafe (3510 Stone Way N.) The hoe-down happens every third Friday of each month from 8pm - 11pm. "No experience is necessary as live callers ensure everyone knows what to do and when to do it," according to Alex from the Rabbit Stew String Band. The Gypsy Cafe is a great all…
Looking for something a little bit different this Thursday, peut-être? French Pianist Alexandre Saada will be performing at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N), 7:30 - 9:00 pm, hosted by the Alliance Française de Seattle: Saada recieved classical training in Avignon, and continued his studies with Michel Petrucciani, Daniel Goyone and Serge Forté. Through his involvement with a wide variety of musical projects, Saada broadened his musical horizons beyond the classical. After touring South America, he recently performed in…
This Saturday, August 13th from 11 am - 10 pm is the second of two (unrelated) music festivals happening in August in Wallingford at Meridian Park: The Goddess Festival. Spearheaded by Tara Shuttleworth (also the Wallingford Art Walk coordinator for the past year), it's being billed as a fundraiser for local charities in addition to a rockin' good time: FREE and Open to the Public Three stages Local musicians, live art, theatrical performances and dancers Over thirty arts, crafts and food vendors…
There are two, count them two, music festivals by local musicians in Meridian Park (4649 Sunnyside Ave N) in the next two weeks. This coming Sunday, August 7th from 11 am - 7 pm, is the Wallingford Music Festival. That's their poster at right, and we know what you're thinking: homage to the Egyptian revolution by kindergartners, or reminisce from a DMT trip spent watching the TeleTubbies? Difficult to say. Don't worry about it too much. Here's the point: nine local bands, many based…
Don't ask me how they get the horses on the bikes. But horse or no horse, everyone (everyone 21 and up, that is) is invited to a fundraising party at The Wherehouse (3310 Wallingford Ave) from 7pm Saturday night and supposedly ending at 5am on Sunday. From Seattle Bike Polo: BIKES, BANDS, BEER AND MORE!!! All proceeds will go towards the 2011 World Hardcourt Bicycle Polo Championship [September 7-8, 2011 in Magnuson Park] in Seattle. Live bands, bike games, drinks, dj...everything…