E X P E R I E N C E:
Saturday Jazz with Earshot & Town Hall
Earshot Jazz is a Seattle-based arts organization that is dedicated to supporting the local jazz community through a series of high-profile concerts, festivals, educational events, and a music magazine that’s now been in print for 35 years. To further support musicians during this time, Earshot has partnered with Town Hall Seattle to offer weekly Saturday night livestream concerts. This weekend, head to www.earshotjazz.com to watch the Folks Project concert, streaming live at 7:30pm on Saturday May 16. This local line-up will feature pianist Darrius Willrich, drummer D’Vonne Lewis, and bassist Evan Flory-Barnes, who are sure to serve up an entertaining and eclectic night of jazz and R&B. Future livestream performances will include The Kareem Kandi Quartet, and the SRJO smalltet.
W I T N E S S:
On the Boards T.V.
On the Boards, a Seattle institution, has traditionally been the theater de rigueur for some of the city’s most cutting edge dramatic performances. With lockdown in full effect, On the Boards has launched an impressive arsenal of films and artistic performances available for direct download. To date, more than 60 works have been catalogued and made available through their incredibly well organized OntheBoards.tv. This expansive digital platform provides access to works by leading voices from the field of contemporary performance, some of which will never be performed again.
We suggest renting Seattle-native Ahamefule Oluo’s stunning “Now I’m Fine” production, which was filmed live at The Moore. His experimental musical memoir transforms personal stories about holding it together into distinct vignettes, all accompanied all by a smashing 17-piece orchestra. “Now I’m Fine” received rave reviews by the NYT after its opening at The Public theater in New York City. It also served as inspiration for Oluo’s forthcoming film “Thin Skin” that’s been in development with screenwriter Lindy West and director Charles Mudede, and is set for release later this year.
R E A D:
Always Home
While many book launches have been postponed or canceled this spring, one book that did launch, Always Home by Fanny Singer, seems eerily appropriate for this time. Singer wrote this beautiful memoir-cookbook long before anyone had any idea that all of us would ...always be home. The book paints an intimate portrait of Singer and her relationship with her Mother, Alice Waters, the famous chef and mastermind behind Chez Panisse who is credited with popularizing the now nearly ubiquitous “farm-to-table” movement back in the 70’s.
Not only is the title prescient, but the content also seems a perfect reprieve from the monotony of sheltering in place, with whimsical, sometimes funny, and endearing stories of a childhood moored by a mother and their mutual love of food. The recipes are likewise a tantalizing diversion, and now seems a perfect time to try these familial dishes framed by heartwarming stories.