Feb 22 Sunday
Wintergrass is a four-day, family-friendly bluegrass and acoustic music festival, with concerts and dances at 4 different stages. There are also music education programs for kids and adults, workshops, impromptu jams, and a chance to see and hear some great music.
Get the complete lineup here.
🎷 Jazz Jam at Butter Notes Café 🎷📍 Butter Notes Café – Everett, WA🗓️ Every 1st & 3rd Sunday @ 2 PM
☕ Come sip, snack, and swing!
Join us for an afternoon of live jazz and spontaneous creativity at Butter Notes Café! Whether you’re here to play or just enjoy the vibes, you’re welcome.
🧇 Fresh croffles and warm coffee served all afternoon🎶 Open to all instruments, all levels💛 Donations encouraged to support local musicians and future sessions
Bring your instrument, your friends, or just your love for music!
In less than 100 years, plastic has gone from a novel invention to a ubiquitous feature across the globe. Plastic is now found in everything from household objects to industrial mechanisms to inside human bodies themselves. Once a marvel of modern science, plastic has become so inextricably woven into our lives that imagining a world without it can seem impossible.
Backed by years of research and reflections taking place in real time with changing technology and environmental awareness, The Problem with Plastic critically examines the paradox of this material and how swiftly its integration has affected public health and the planet as a whole. The book explores how, despite being first celebrated for its innovations, plastic is now broadly recognized as a leading contributor to environmental pollution at every level, the climate crisis, and building waste levels that disproportionately impact marginalized communities that bear the brunt of petrochemical pollution.
Author and environmental policy expert Judith Enck, in collaboration with co-author Adam Mahoney and the Beyond Plastics project, strives to draw attention to the alarming extent that microplastics have infiltrated society and the ways consumers can challenge what they think about the roles they can play. Unpacking illusions about recycling, mechanisms of environmental racism, and deceptive greenwashing strategies, the authors emphasize the urgency of calling for real, actionable measures to push against the effects of the plastics industry. The Problem with Plastic highlights powerful stories of frontline resistance in places like Louisiana, Texas, and Appalachia, and seeks to equip readers with practical tools– including a “Household Waste Audit” to track and reduce plastic consumption and model policy guides for driving legislative change. Fortified with calls for individual responsibility, citizen action, and governmental regulations, The Problem with Plastic aims to show that while plastic is a formidable problem, coordinated efforts can lead to solutions.
Live Jazz!
Sponsored by KNKX. Enjoy live jazz in the Frye's acoustically stunning auditorium with Jazz in the City at the Frye Art Museum, presented in partnership with Ariel Media. This ongoing concert series celebrates the rich legacy and cultural impact of jazz—and its role in shaping Seattle’s artistic identity—through performances by some of the city’s most acclaimed musicians.
This February's concert, part of Ariel Media's Jazz = Culture II series, highlights the piano's pivotal role in the evolution of jazz—both as a rhythmic foundation and as a powerful vehicle for expression and innovation.
Darrius Willrich is a multifaceted artist and educator from Seattle, celebrated for his work as a singer, songwriter, pianist, and teacher. A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts with a degree in jazz piano, Darrius shares his expertise as a faculty member at Seattle Central College, North Seattle Continuing Education, JazzEd, Off The Wall Music, and Seattle Drum School (Lake City), where he teaches piano and vocals.
Gretchen Yanover is a composer and classical acoustic cellist. She has been a member of the Northwest Sinfonietta since 1998 and serves on the orchestra’s DEI task force. Her compositions have been commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Pacific University, and she was awarded a CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture in 2024, supporting the release of her fifth album. Gretchen pursued performance and music education at the University of Washington.
A Legacy in Bloom at the Pantages Theater
Sarah Ioannides, conductorSarah Viens, trumpetSymphony Tacoma VoicesBrahms: Academic Festival OvertureBrahms: SchicksalsliedElise Winkler: World PremiereArutiunian: Trumpet ConcertoDebussy: Printemps
Symphony Tacoma’s Principal Trumpet takes center stage in a spirited program that blends lyrical choral works and orchestral mastery.
From the jubilant energy of Academic Festival Overture to the poignant beauty of Schicksalslied, Brahms reveals both his celebratory spirit and deep philosophical soul in this compelling pairing.
Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto is a fiery, virtuosic showcase that blends Armenian themes with lyrical flair, featuring Symphony Tacoma’s own Principal Trumpet, Sarah Viens.
Experience the vivid colors and delicate moods of spring’s renewal in Debussy’s exquisite orchestral work, Printemps, which beautifully captures nature’s awakening and leads you to explore its impressionistic charm.
Come Early for Symphony Tacoma Soundcheck – 1pmLearn more about the music, artists, and personalities of A Legacy in Bloom with composer and Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, Gregory Youtz, and Symphony Tacoma Music Director Sarah Ioannides.
Peak to Peak Express Wine TrainAll aboard for a special ages 21+ Twin Peaks-themed wine train event!The Peak to Peak Express begins at the North Bend Depot. Once you board, you'll enjoy a scenic ride through the upper Snoqualmie Valley, enjoy views of the river valley below, and pass by some of the filming locations from the show! As the train heads back towards North Bend, it will stop at our Train Shed Exhibit Hall, where there will be hors d'oeuvres, including cherry pie, as well as wine provided by Kyle MacLachlan's very own winery, Pursued By Bear!
Upon check-in, all ticketholders will receive a complimentary gift bag with a Peak to Peak Express souvenir wine glass and a couple of other surprise gifts! Your glass will also come with 6 tasting tickets to be redeemed at the Train Shed Exhibit Hall stop for 1oz tasting pours.
Sponsored by: Pursued By Bear Winery
Train begins at North Bend Depot: 205 E McClellan St. North Bend, WA 98045Check-in begins at 2:30pm, the train departs at 3:00pm.Bring your ticket(s) to the North Bend Depot ticket window to check in and receive your wristband, wine glass, and tasting tickets.Ticket good for round trip passage.Ticket valid only for date and time listed.Must present valid ID at time of event.Train runs rain or shine.
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.”
Get your deerstalker cap on—the play’s afoot! From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood) comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most notorious case. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their killer, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than 40 characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.
Feb 23 Monday
Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music unveils the profound legacy of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and Soul artists who shaped the soundscape of American culture and used their music as instruments of resistance, identity, and representation.
Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and Soul embody the profound influence of African American music on culture and history. From the spiritual foundations and transformative movements of Gospel hymns to the revolutionary improvisations of Jazz, the Blues’ Southern roots rising from the Mississippi Delta, and Soul’s powerful amplification of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, these genres have defined the unique sound and undying spirit of a nation that continues to echo through contemporary Black music today.
