SambaDá at the 2019 Monterey Jazz Festival

Afro-Samba-Funk-Dance-Music band SambaDá performed on the Garden Stage, on September 27, 2019. The band included: Elisangela Sousa-Dandha, vocals; Anne Stafford, sax & flute; Alexandre, Godinho-Papiba, guitar & vocals; Etienne Franc, bass; Gary Kehoe, drums; Ibrahima Ngom-Ibou, percussion; Will Bates, percussion; and two dancers.

Allison Au Quartet at the 2019 Monterey Jazz Festival

The Allison Au Quartet opened the 2018 Monterey Jazz Festival, on the Garden Stage, on September 27, 2019. The group featured: Allison Au,  sax; Daniel Fortin, bass; Todd Pentney, piano; and Fabio Ragnelli, drums.

Paul Rucker at Wa Na Wari

Visual artist, composer and musician Paul Rucker gave a performance and talk at Wa Na Wari, in Seattle, on May 19, 2019.

Edgar Arceneaux at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute

Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux screened a 2015 film of his play Until, Until, Until . . . at the Langston Hughes Performance Arts Institute, on May 19, 2019. The event took place during an Arceneaux exhibition titled Library of Black Lies, at the Henry Art Gallery. A panel discussion followed the screening.

Tim Lennon, director, The Langston

Shamim Momin, Senior Curator, Henry Art Gallery

Edgar Arceneaux

Eddy Kwon Performance - Seattle House Concert

Organized by Joshua Kohl and Haruko Crow Nishimura - principals at Seattle’s Degenerate Art Ensemble - Eddy Kwon headlined a Seattle house concert, on December 19, 2018.

Eddy Kwon

Haruko Crow Nishimura

 Joshua Kohl