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.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: info@jamo.org. Event Types: Special Events.
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 Nimura interweaves her late Japanese American father’s unpublished wartime memoir with her own meditations on grief, memory, and family legacy.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. Elliott Bay Book Company Presents: Paul de Barros with Feliks Banel discussing "Jackson Street After Hours"
Paul de Barros, jazz historian and journalist and cofounder of Earshot Jazz, presents the second edition of his beloved book Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle. He’ll be joined in conversation by historian, writer, and producer Feliks Banel.
Registration is not required but helps the bookstore anticipate audience size. If you'd like to RSVP, please do so here.
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. 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. In 1948 two dozen nightclubs lined Jackson Street, overflowing…
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Monday, November 16, 2026, 7:00 PM.
Elliott Bay Book Company.
For more info visit www.elliottbaybook.com. Seattle Jazz Fellowship Presents: Paul de Barros, "Jackson Street After Hours"
Paul de Barros takes the Seattle Jazz Fellowship stage to present his new edition of Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle. Following a short presentation, the author will be in conversation with Ken Steiner.
Books will be for sale from Arundel Books.
Doors at 6:30 pm.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mwoolbri@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 7:30 PM.
Seattle Jazz Fellowship.
For more info visit seattlejazzfellowship.org. MOHAI Presents: Re-Visiting Jackson Street After Hours
MOHAI Mercantile is proud to host a special event celebrating the publication of the second edition of Jackson Street After Hours with award-winning jazz critic and journalist Paul de Barros.
The first edition of the book, published in 1993, reconstructed a world of nightclubs, speakeasies, and jam sessions – a thriving scene that launched the careers of several jazz greats. This highly anticipated new edition of the definitive story of Seattle’s early jazz scene is fully updated with new information, as well as newly discovered archival photographs, maps of key sites, and an expanded discography.
Stephanie Johnson-Toliver, President of Black Heritage Society, will moderate a conversation with author and journalist Paul de Barros, musician and creative advocate Ben Hunter, and philanthropist Dana Frank as they reflect on the culture, heritage, and legacy of the jazz scene on Jackson Street in the mid 20th century.
Come at 6pm to enjoy live jazz and community with representatives from local jazz festivals…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: information@mohai.org. Event Types: Special Events.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Museum of History and Industry.
For more info visit mohai.org.