Author Archives: parker

Busking Seattle  –  Ballard Farmers Market  –  6 August 2023 For a change of pace, opera singer Knapczyk was the busker-du-jour.  And then incredibly, one of the shoppers/passersby (Alfonso) turned out to be another opera singer!   As this was made … Continue reading →

Urban Sketchers outing – Golden Gardens Park  –  2 August 2023 https://seattle.urbansketchers.org/ Life things seem to regularly conspire to interfere with me joining the Urban Sketchers more often.  Proximity of this locale to my home made it irresistible; it is … Continue reading →

Edmonds Sketcher Fest – 14-16 July 2023 https://graphite-edmonds.org/               https://pt.linkedin.com/in/mario-linhares The Washington State Arts Commission designates official Creative Districts, and supports them as communities that connect arts and culture to economic development.  Edmonds is on … Continue reading →

Norman Baker & the Backroads –  Bellevue Downtown Park  –  14 July 2023 http://www.normanbaker.com/ Baker touts his quartet’s music as not only Americana and folk, but also “barrel-aged lumber rock”.  He’s Seattle-based, so has first-hand experience accounting for his “Nisqually … Continue reading →

Cascadia Big Band  – Cascadia Big Band  –  2 July 2023 First time at this venue, or rather, first concert.  The facilities and grounds of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are spectacular, and include the Carl S. English Jr. Botanical … Continue reading →

Concert Truck  –  Ashwood Playfield, Bellevue  –  30 June 2023 https://www.theconcerttruck.org/events This was my final Concert Truck encounter of the year, where I finally came to understand the nature of the arrangement.  The truck, which propels its self-contained functional stage … Continue reading →

Elias Kauhane  –  Bellevue Downtown Park  –  30 June 2023 Kauhane is an Oahu native now living in the PNW.  He presented a mix of Hawaiʻian language and hapa-haole (in English) songs, including a healthy dose of sovereignty-oriented selections composed … Continue reading →

Sketching Cascadia – Graphite Arts Center, Edmonds, WA  –  24 June 2023 Puget Sound area fixture Campanario is pretty much the founder/formalizer of the Urban Sketcher movement.  Here he made a presentation describing his journey, which included, among other endeavors, … Continue reading →

Concert Truck  –  Ballard Farmers Market  –  25 June 2023 I first became aware of the Concert Truck at BFM last year, as I caught the very tail end (un-sketchably brief) of the performance.  I was determined not to miss … Continue reading →

Concert Truck – Lake City Farmers Market  –  22 June 2023 The full description of this gig is the Seattle Chamber Music Society Concert Truck.  Technically, the locale of the gig was Albert Davis Park.  For the various four-hands piano … Continue reading →