Music
May 24, 2013 | by Jonathan Zwickel

Mad Explosive Spontaneity

Borne out of history, cultivated by study, updated by an all-inclusive generation of young players, the new jazz movement is making unprecedented music accessible. Listening to improvised music is like wading into a rushing river. Your physical presence barely registers. More immediate is the...

Events

June 25 - June 26

Vieux Farka Touré

Venue: Jazz Alley
March 25, 2013 | by Jonathan Zwickel

Creative Class

Whether or not you have a kid in school, the future depends on arts education. The morning bell at Northgate Elementary cuts through the din of 250 students...
March 25, 2013 | by Chona Kasinger

Treefort Fest Photo Dispatch

This weekend's Treefort Festival grew substantially from last year's inaugural instalment, with more than 3,000 passes sold to the four-day event. Dozens of Seattle...
March 11, 2013 | by Philippa Kiraly

Seattle Pro Musica's Songs of Spring

Seattle Pro Musica is never boring. Its concerts bring us all sorts of recently composed music of astonishing variety, knit together with a theme and sung with...
March 11, 2013 | by Nate Watters

Black Lodge Hosts a Night of Magma Fest 2013

Hollow Earth Radio once again brings the Magma Festival to Seattle for the month of March. Last weekend, the Black Lodge hosted a night of good, fun rock 'n'...
March 7, 2013 | by Jonathan Zwickel

Otherhalf: Ryan Lewis

His name takes up half the marquee, but Ryan Lewis rarely gets a word in, what with that Macklemore guy’s never-ending rap-rap-rappin’. The 24-year-old Lewis is...
March 7, 2013 | by Lillian Nickerson

Satori's reWilding Experience

Satori Group’s newest production, reWilding, opened last weekend at the experimental theatre troupe’s new space at the Inscape building in the I-D. Directed by...
February 28, 2013 | by Leah Baltus

Seattle Opera's La Bohème

Puccini’s La Bohème is an ideal gateway opera for the uninitiated. It’s a familiar, wildly romantic story centered on the thrill of living a free artist’s life—...