Sep 20 Saturday
Live Jazz!
Join us to celebrate American roots piano music including ragtime, blues, boogie-woogie, stride jazz, swing, and straight ahead styles. Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome to come and hit the keys, meet new friends, and share in the joy of keeping these classic music styles alive. Black and Tan Hall has a fine grand piano, so polish up your best solo piano pieces for a rollicking good time. Fans, friends, listeners and dancers are welcome too! Great food from the kitchen available.
World class Jazz sax player Mark Lewis brings his quartet to “Jazz on J Street” at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Tacoma.Mark Lewis-Saxophones and FluteCraig Hoyer-PianoTrent Leurquin-BassBob Merrihew-Drumset
Jeffrey Baldinger is filming his first ever hour stand-up special in the great city of Seattle!
Saturday, September 20, 2025Seattle Drum School Georgetown 1010 S. Bailey Street, Seattle, WA 98108Two shows: 7:00 PM & 9:00 PMFree on-site parking (35+ spaces)
Join me for the taping of my first one hour-special! This is 16 years in the making, and I cant wait for you all to come out and have an amazing time!
It is going to be a night of stories, both goofy, AND silly - jokes both honest, AND absurd. It's a look at the world through my eyes, Blending charm with chaos, blasphemy and reverence, leaning into the dark with a big bright smile. Bottom line, its gonna be a night of fun times and I'd just love for you to be there.
This night is not just a show... it's two shows... and it's not just two shows either... I mean, it is, but, it is also a celebration of the journey that I've has been on for the past 16 years, and I'm so excited to have you be a part of it. Come laugh, be part of the energy, and a night that will last for a lifetime.
Two shows!.60 seats per show!
Get your tickets now and be part of something special!
Los Angeles based Grammy winning Mexican-American rock band La Santa Cecilia draws inspiration from all over the world utilizing Pan-American rhythms including cumbia, bossa-nova, rumba, bolero, tango, R&B, jazz and klezmer music. Named after the patron saint of music, La Santa Cecilia, sings with a captivating voice about love, loss, and everyday struggles in both English and Spanish. The band has become the voice of a new bicultural generation in the US and Mexico, fully immersed in modern music, but always close to their Latin American influences and Mexican heritage.
It’s almost like being in love! Dance your way back in time to one of the most romantic musicals ever written, Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon. Americans Tommy and Jeff are hiking the Scottish Highlands, when out of the mists they stumble upon the enchanting village of Brigadoon, which appears for only one day every 100 years. But this dreamlike place is far more than it seems—and those who fall in love there might never be the same.
From the writers of My Fair Lady and Camelot comes this soaring love story, full of glorious ballet and favorite tunes like “Come to Me, Bend to Me,” “The Heather on the Hill” and “Almost Like Being in Love.” This production features an exquisite new adaptation, which enhances all the romance and magic that makes Brigadoon a truly timeless masterpiece.
Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti has been one of the most popular instrumentalists in the world for nearly three decades. Botti has performed on the world’s greatest stages, from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl, and has collaborated with a dazzling array of superstars, including Sting, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, and Yo-Yo Ma.
With multiple Gold and Platinum albums and a global following, Botti returns with Vol. 1, his first studio album in over a decade. Having successfully crossed over from jazz renown to pop stardom, Vol. 1 focuses on acoustic jazz and classic standards.
“I turned 60 in 2022, at a time that seemed like a restart,” says Botti. “I wanted to strip away all the orchestral arrangements and special guests and focus more on my playing, the playing of my band, and these jazz classics that we always love playing on stage.”
The album is a nod to the jazz greats who have inspired him, from Miles Davis to Pat Metheny, with elegant, acoustic arrangements that evoke sophistication while remaining deeply expressive. Vol. 1 features a stellar group of collaborators, including classical violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Esteban Castro, legendary producer David Foster and more, yet it’s Botti’s clarion, heart wrenching trumpet that takes center stage.
Join us for an unforgettable evening with Chris Botti as he brings Vol. 1 to life in concert with a rich blend of jazz, masterful musicianship, and his signature flair for infusing the narrative of a song with vibrant emotion.
Welcomed by KNKX. Frank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, John Lewis, Tommy Emmanuel, Lionel Hampton, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List:” for the Wall Street Journal.
His dynamic genre-spanning music has brought him to 21 countries on three continents – and still growing – performing in some of the world’s most illustrious venues, including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, New York’s Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, and the world’s oldest indoor concert hall, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy.
Pasquale Grasso - It was the kind of endorsement most rising guitarists can only dream of, and then some. In his interview for Vintage Guitar magazine’s February 2016 cover story, Pat Metheny was asked to name some younger musicians who’d impressed him. “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life is floating around now, Pasquale Grasso,” said the jazz-guitar icon and NEA Jazz Master. “This guy is doing something so amazingly musical and so difficult. “Mostly what I hear now are guitar players who sound a little bit like me mixed with a little bit of [John Scofield] and a little bit of [Bill Frisell],” he continued. “What’s interesting about Pasquale is that he doesn’t sound anything like that at all. In a way, it is a little bit of a throwback, because his model—which is an incredible model to have—is Bud Powell. He has somehow captured the essence of that language from piano onto guitar in a way that almost nobody has ever addressed. He’s the most significant new guy I’ve heard in many, many years.”
Following up their Gregory Award winning production of Vietgone in 2024, SIS Productions and Pork Filled Productions present, in association with the Theatre Off Jackson, the Northwest premiere of Exotic Deadly: OR the MSG Play by Seattle favorite Keiko Green and directed by Mimi Katano, at the Theatre Off Jackson (409 7th Ave. S., Seattle, WA), running September 6 to 20, with a preview on Friday, September 5. It’s 1999, and Ami is an awkward, Japanese American high school girl, just trying to stay as invisible as possible. But her world comes crashing down with a terrible discovery: her family is responsible for manufacturing MSG, the poison spice getting all the kids hooked. Meanwhile, a mysterious new girl arrives from Japan. Her name? Exotic Deadly and she’s not playing by the rules. Who… or what is she? This whimsical, time-traveling adventure is a riotous romp through teenage crushes, family secrets, and female power as Ami realizes what she’s capable of, if she would just stop being invisible.
Exotic Deadly plays Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. In addition, there are special shows:• Special Saturday matinees at 2 pm on September 13 and 20.• Industry nights Tuesday and Wednesday September 16 and 17 at 7:30 pm• Relaxed sensory performance Saturday, September 13, 2pm.
Exotic Deadly is rated PG-14 for wild teen girl crushes, occasional profanity, potential time travel whiplash and culinary overstimulation. Tickets start at $10 and can be bought at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/pork-filled/exotic-deadly.
The evening features short films* by filmmakers whose works have been seen on Netflix, HBO, PBS and festivals worldwide. This year’s event includes films that approach love in transition through comedy, drama and other genres. The screening approaches how we care for one another through moments that define who we become.
*Some films contain adult language and topics, Parental discretion is advised
