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Live Aloha Hawai‘ian Cultural Festival – Seattle Center  –  10 September 2023 Wow, packed day, never took a break from non-stop sketching, bouncing between the two performance stages.  So didn’t have a chance to scarf until all was over, and … Continue reading →

LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends –  Westlake Park, Seattle  –  7 September 2023 Bell has got Philly soul royalty in his blood, with connections to the Gamble & Huff stable; he keeps his end up, having written (with confrère … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle – Ballard Farmers Market  –  27 August 2023 Cavazos is a ragtime blues fingerpicker extraordinaire.  His rig is less than 20 years old, but has mileage making it look four times that, due to his incessant practice regime.  … Continue reading →

HyperResonance Sax Ensemble – Ballard Locks, Seattle,  – 13 August 2023 The HyperResonance quartet had its balanced ensemble sound blend VERY together.  The opening chestnut, “My Favorite Things”, got the performance off to a great start with its Coltrane invocation/reference.  … Continue reading →

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 →