Earshot Jazz Festival Presents: "Jackson Street After Hours" Book Release with Paul de Barros & Sidney Hauser Big Little Band
Come celebrate the rich history of Seattle jazz at Columbia City’s Black and Tan Hall.
This event features the second edition release of Paul de Barros’s Jackson Street Jazz After Hours, the definitive story of Seattle's early jazz scene. Fully updated throughout, the new edition features information that has come to light since the first edition was published in 1993, as well as newly discovered archival photographs, maps of key sites, and an expanded discography. Arte Noir will be selling copies of the book onsite.
Following a talk by de Barros, Earshot Jazz Festival Resident Artist Sidney Hauser debuts compositions by her “Big Little Band” and selections by Jackson Street artists. Big Little Band is Randy Halberstadt (piano), Kelsey Mines (bass), Adam Kessler (drums), Walter Cano and Mike Mines (trumpet), Beserat Tafesse and Audrey Stangland (trombones), and Sidney Hauser, Alex Dugdale, and Michael Brockman (saxophones).
Tickets: $44 for Adult Priced Tickets (includes fees)
Discounts available for…
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Friday, October 9, 2026, 7:30 PM.
Black & Tan Hall.
For more info visit www.earshot.org. Folio Presents "Lunch at the Shop": An Evening with Peter Miller and Michela Tartaglia
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum invites you to rethink your approach to lunch with Lunch at the Shop: The Art and Practice of the Midday Meal. Join us for an evening of reading and conversation with authors Peter Miller and Michela Tartaglia. Lunch at the Shop is a call to lunch. On the most basic level, the book is a primer for making lunch for a few people at work, including more than 50 tried-and-tested, deliciously simple recipes. However, the essence of the book is about adopting a lifestyle that allows food to be savored every day, in a way that is easy, fresh, healthy, and a pleasure.
Peter Miller is the owner of Peter Miller Books, an iconic Seattle bookshop nestled along Post Alley in Pioneer Square. The shop specializes in books and supplies to do with architecture and design, but you will also find an array of unique items for just about any room in your house, especially the kitchen or study. Peter can talk engagingly about an amazing spectrum of things, including food and wine. In fact, one of the…
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
For more info visit www.folioseattle.org. Tacoma Public Library and King's Books Present: Paul de Barros
Join us as we celebrate the release of the highly anticipated new edition of Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle by Paul de Barros. This book is the definitive story of Seattle's early jazz scene. From 1912 to 1961, Seattle's Jackson Street pulsated around the clock with the lively rhythms, energetic harmonies, and inimitable melodies of jazz. This creative atmosphere launched the careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Ernestine Anderson, as well as Bumps Blackwell, who produced Little Richard's first hit records. Drawing on oral histories and interviews with more than eighty musicians as well as Black newspapers and archival sources, de Barros reconstructs a world of nightclubs, speakeasies, and jam sessions.
Paul de Barros has written for DownBeat and The Seattle Times since 1982. In 2025 he received the Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism award from the Jazz Journalists Association.
This event will take place in the Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, in the mixing chamber on…
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Tacoma Public Library, Main Branch.
For more info visit kingsbookstore.com. Village Books Presents: Paul de Barros, author of "Jackson Street After Hours "
Explore Seattle's legendary jazz scene with critic Paul de Barros, from Ray Charles to Quincy Jones and beyond!
De Barros brings Seattle’s historic jazz scene to life in Jackson Street After Hours. From 1912 to 1961, Jackson Street pulsated around the clock with the lively rhythms, energetic harmonies, and inimitable melodies of jazz. This creative atmosphere launched the careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Ernestine Anderson, as well as Bumps Blackwell, who produced Little Richard’s first hit records. Some of the era’s great touring musicians played the city as well, including Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker, and many of them sat in on the music-making sessions that took place in the after-hours spots and bottle clubs.
Drawing on oral histories and interviews with more than eighty musicians as well as Black newspapers and archival sources, de Barros reconstructs a world of nightclubs, speakeasies, and jam sessions. Fully updated throughout, this second edition features…
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Friday, October 16, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Village Books.
For more info visit villagebooks.com. Japanese American Museum of Oregon Presents: Tamiko Nimura discussing "A Place for What We Lose"
Please join the Japanese American Museum of Oregon for a special book club discussion with Tamiko Nimura, author of A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake. We will hear from the author, have time to discuss this rich text together, and enjoy locally produced Willamette Valley wines from Et Fille.
Sunday, November 8 at 2pm
JAMO Annex
431 NW Flanders St, Portland, OR 97209.
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Sunday, November 8, 2026, 2:00 PM.
Japanese American Museum of Oregon.
For more info visit jamo.org. Vashon Public Library and Women Hold the Key Present: Tamiko Nimura discussing "A Place for What We Lose"
Join us for a conversation with Tamiko Nimura, local Asian-American creative nonfiction writer and community historian. Nimura will discuss her memoir A Place For What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake, a book that Publishers Weekly calls “a memorable debut.” Nimura interweaves her late Japanese American father’s unpublished wartime memoir with her own meditations on grief, memory, and family legacy. Time will be set aside for questions and a book signing. Co-sponsored by Friends of Mukai, Vashon Heritage Museum, Vashon Library, and Women Hold the Key.
Books will be available for sale at the event and can be ordered and purchased at the Vashon Bookshop. Please register, space is limited.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: skharris@kcls.org. Event Types: Special Events.
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Women Hold the Key.
For more info visit kcls.bibliocommons.com.