Community Calendar

"Echoes, Memories and Curiosities" is an unconventional one-man show of art by Chuck Iffland, an outsider artist whose works spring from his inner visions. The son of painters, musicians and craftsmen — he uses his great-grandfather’s hand tools — Iffland turns his dreams and imaginings into sculptures and prints.
The show, divided into what he calls echoes, memories and curiosities, is open noon to 5 PM daily except Tuesdays. An opening celebration is set for 5 p.m. Saturday, July 12, and Iffland will do a Q & A at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 27.
This artist is a free spirit. His degree is in political science, while “I have no art degrees. And I never wanted any art degrees,” says Iffland, who lives and works in rural Chimacum. He infuses his fascinations with archeology, history, borders and the natural world into wood, stone, paper and copper, making what he calls “artifacts of the mind.” His travels, including hikes in the American Southwest and explorations of Belize, also inspire him.

Fast Penny Spirits 5th Anniversary Party
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Fast Penny Spirits, Seattle, WA

Celebrate five years of Fast Penny Spirits with an unforgettable summer evening of music, burlesque, and craft cocktails. This glittering anniversary party will feature a full burlesque show with legendary performers Indigo Blue, The One and Only Inga, Ruby Mimosa, and Carmen Caliente, hosted by the ever-fabulous Sailor St. Claire.

Enjoy sets from DJ Asia, signature cocktails crafted by Fast Penny Spirits, elevated bites by Chef Celeste of FRAÎCHE, and ice cream from Batch3.

Tickets include:
• Full burlesque performance
• DJ set
• Entry to the celebration

(Food and drinks sold separately)

Ticket Pricing:
• $36 per person / $120 for a group of four through June 12
• $46 per person after June 12

Come raise a glass and celebrate with style—this is one summer party you won’t want to miss!

Tickets & Details: shop.fastpennyspirits.com

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!

Jazz pianist & composer Francesco Crosara will perform at the Quincy Square Grand Opening Festival in downtown Bremerton on July 12th. Located in the heart of Bremerton, Quincy Square is a vibrant new space that honors the rich culture, history, and community of the city while also celebrating the incredible legacy of Quincy Jones and his contributions to the world of music.

Crosara will present a dynamic quartet featuring Jonathan Campbell on saxophone and EWI, Rob Hutchinson on bass, and Ronnie Bishop on drums. The program of all-original compositions is a tour de force of four decades of music writing, as recorded on a number of albums, most notably the critically acclaimed CIRCULAR MOTION (Origin/OA2 Records), nominated for Recording of the Year at the 2024 Golden Ear Awards, and COLORS (Southport Records, 2000) with special guest the late great Von Freeman.

Crosara’s original music melds an impressive mix of jazz improvisation, a romantic vein from his classical Conservatory training in Rome, bouncy lyrical expression along with strong Latin influences. His main jazz piano and stylistic influences are Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul.

Crosara stands among the European-bred jazz greats, performing over the years with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Hargrove, Richie Cole, Bobby Shew, Ira Sullivan, Don Menza, Von Freeman, John Heard, Gabe Baltazar, Mayuto Correa, Bruce Forman, Barbara Morrison, Earl Palmer, Lilian Terry, and more. His recordings have featured a multicultural and international array of musicians. He has performed at festivals and venues across the USA, Japan, Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, and Italy.

"A pianist who originally hails from Italy, Crosara is well-versed in bop lore, and his delicate flow might indicate a debt to Bill Evans." - Down Beat Magazine

“Crosara’s compositions are considerate of their audience, providing a source of joy, comfort, escape, and healing. Crosara believes jazz is a collective experience and a living language that distills a multitude of identities, backgrounds, and personalities." - Earshot Jazz

Event produced by the Downtown Bremerton Association.
Artist photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn.
Graphic design by Julia Wright Crosara.

Join us for an intimate evening of literature and conversation with acclaimed memoirist Deb Miller, joined by celebrated local authors Leslie Johansen Nack and Rayne Lacko. Set against the charming backdrop of historic 'Little Norway' on the shores of the Puget Sound, this special gathering invites guests to enjoy thoughtful dialogue, curated readings, and a cozy atmosphere complete with wine, cheese, and the shared love of storytelling. It’s a night designed for book lovers, community connection, and meaningful moments.

June 20 - August 1, 2025 Summer Festival 2025 The World’s Largest Chamber Music Party returns!

This five-week celebration of extraordinary music and first-rate artists presents 12 mainstage concerts at Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, each including a free pre-concert recital; two outdoor concerts in idyllic parks in Seattle and Bellevue; 18 concerts aboard The Concert Truck; the live music and cooking event Tasting Notes; an exciting variety of community and education programs, and for those who can’t attend in person, the return of our live streaming and on-demand, state-of-the-art Virtual Concert Hall.

Among the renowned artists participating this year are violinists James Ehnes, Elena Urioste and Noah Bendix-Balgley; pianists Yulianna Avdeeva and Inon Barnatan; and cellists Bion Tsang and Sterling Elliott. Highlights include masterpieces by Beethoven, Brahms, Fanny Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky; music by important 20th-century composers, such as Mieczysław Weinberg, Rebecca Clarke and Amy Beach; and a selection of lesser-known works handpicked for the festival, including neglected pieces by Mel Bonis, Charlotte Sohy, and Moritz Moszkowski.

From a very young age Jose Gonzales had a creative curiosity. It all started with the piano and led to a life exploring music and theatre. His jazz trio includes Matt Jorgensen on drums and Michael Marcus on upright bass. Their juicy, funky sound have become a Northwest favorite, especially their thrilling annual performance of Vince Guaraldi’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas".
Dynamic, bluesy, and passionate,
Jose “Juicy” Gonzales sings and plays your favorites and more.
www.jose.band

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.”

Set in the East Village of New York City, during the previous pandemic, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s play follows a year in the life of a group of young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon, with songs that rock and a story that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.

A distant heir to a family fortune sets out to speed up the line of succession by using a great deal of charm…and a dash of murder. When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he’s eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives without being caught and become the ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what of love? Because murder isn’t the only thing on Monty’s mind.