Fall Arts Guide 2016

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	Date	Event	Location	Description
	6/16/2016 - 9/25/2016	“Hotel L'Amour”	Teatro ZinZanni, Seattle	Call for info: (206) 802-0015
	9/1/2016 - 10/1/2016 Gallery hours	"Selected works from The Birds of America & Quadrupeds of North America”	Davidson Galleries, Seattle	★ Editor's pick It’s not a big show, but if you’ve ever seen the prolific naturalist’s work up close, you’ll appreciate any chance to see it again. This collection is of original prints from his “Birds of America” and “Quadrupeds” series and includes a seahawk — his “Common Osprey Fish Hawk,” fish firmly grasped in the bird’s feet.
	9/6/2016 - 10/2/2016	“Wedding Band”	Intiman Theatre at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse, Seattle	Call for info: (206) 315-5838
	9/9/2016 - 9/17/2016 8 p.m.	Whim W'Him Choreographic Shindig 2016	Erickson Theater Off Broadway	Call for info: (800) 838-3006
	9/15/2016 7 p.m.	Peter Ho Davies	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “The Fortunes.”
	9/15/2016 - 9/18/2016	Karrin Allyson	Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle	Call for info: (206) 441-9729
	9/16/2016 6:30 p.m.	Drake, Future	Tacoma Dome	Call for info: (800) 745-3000
	9/16/2016 7 p.m.	Bonnie Raitt	Chateau Ste. Michelle	Call for info: (425) 488-1133
	9/17/2016 2 p.m.	Jeffrey Toobin	Town Hall Seattle	Seattle Public Library’s A. Scott Bullitt Lecture in American History features the author of “American Heiress” and “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court” presenting “Analyzing Politics, the Media and the Law.”
	9/17/2016 2 p.m.	David B. Williams	Vashon Library	Author discusses “Too High, Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography.”
	9/17/2016 5 p.m.	Seattle Symphony Opening Night Concert with Ludovic Morlot and Joyce DiDonato	Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)	Call for info: (206) 215-4747
	9/17/2016 7 p.m.	Colson Whitehead	Seattle Central Library	★ Editor's pick Author discusses novel “The Underground Railroad.” Whitehead, a brilliant prose stylist, has achieved unlikely literary stardom with his new novel “The Underground Railroad.” It was an Oprah pick, and has become the must-read book of the season.
	9/17/2016 8 p.m.	Maria Bamford	Moore Theatre	★ Editor's pick A master of doing multiple characters and voices and a veteran stand-up performer. Bamford just finished a season of “Lady Dynamite” for Netflix in which she plays a character loosely based on her real life.
	9/19/2016 7:30 p.m.	Ann Patchett	Benaroya Hall	★ Editor's pick When it comes to the human condition, the “Bel Canto” author is one of the most insightful American novelists working today. Seattle Arts & Lectures hosts her discussion of “Commonwealth.”
	9/19/2016 7:30 p.m.	Mary Beard	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses “SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome.”
	9/20/2016 12 p.m.	Amy Stewart	Seattle Mystery Bookshop	Author signs “Lady Cop Makes Trouble.”
	9/20/2016 7 p.m.	Amy Stewart	Third Place Books Lake Forest Park	Author discusses novel “Lady Cop Makes Trouble.”
	9/20/2016 8:30 p.m.	Sigur Rós	Paramount Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	9/21/2016 7 p.m.	Jacqueline Woodson	Elliott Bay Book Co.,	Author discusses “Another Brooklyn.”
	9/21/2016 7 p.m.	Amor Towles	Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum	Author discusses “A Gentleman in Moscow.”
	9/21/2016 7:30 p.m.	Dolly Parton	ShoWare Center, Kent	Call for info: (253) 856-6777
	9/22/2016 7:30 p.m.	Ian Brown	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses “Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year.”
	9/22/2016 - 10/16/2016	“On Clover Road”	Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse	★ Editor's pick Regional theater mainstay Steven Dietz (“Becky’s New Car,” “Bloomsday,” “Jackie and Me”) ventures into thriller territory with “Clover Road.” In it, an anxious mother waits in a dingy motel room to meet the deprogrammer that (she hopes) will save her runaway daughter from a dangerous cult. As the play unfolds, however, it’s not so easy to tell whom the audience should be rooting for.
	9/22/2016 - 9/25/2016	Verdensteatret: “Bridge Over Mud”	On the Boards, Seattle	★ Editor's pick Innovative Norwegian theater company Verdensteatret makes its Seattle debut with a performance that is “a dream factory for your unconscious” — assuming that your factory includes 195 feet of railroad tracks, a “movable room” and 60 speakers. Sounds like mind-expanding fun to us.
	9/23/2016 - 10/2/2016	Pacific Northwest Ballet “Tricolore”	McCaw Hall	★ Editor's pick Well, bonjour, Benjamin Millepied. The very in-demand French choreographer brings two of his works to PNB: the return of his dazzling 2008 work “3 Movements” and the local premiere of “Appassionata,” created earlier this year and set to Beethoven’s piano sonata. Also on the bill: George Balanchine’s ever-glorious “Symphony in C.”
	9/24/2016 8 p.m.	St. Paul and the Broken Bones	Paramount Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	9/24/2016 - 1/15/2017 Museum hours	“30 Americans”	Tacoma Art Museum	★ Editor's pick This show of more than 50 works by African-American artists is sure to be a stunner, laden with such names as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nick Cave, Glenn Ligon, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and Kehinde Wiley. The paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs and videos address the timely topics of race, history and gender.
	9/25/2016 7 p.m.	Tim Murphy	Third Place Books Seward Park	Hugo House hosts author of novel “Christodora,” in conversation with David Schmader.
	9/26/2016 7 p.m.	Lynne Cox	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart."
	9/26/2016 7:30 p.m.	Jonathan Safran Foer	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses “Here I Am.”
	9/27/2016 7 p.m.	Stacy Schiff	Seattle Central Library	Author discusses “The Witches: Salem, 1692.”
	9/27/2016 7 p.m.	Alexander Maksik	Third Place Books Ravenna	Author discusses “Shelter in Place.”
	9/28/2016 7 p.m.	Paula Becker	University Book Store	Author discusses “Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg, The Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I.”
	9/29/2016 7 p.m.	Sia, Miguel, AlunaGeorge	KeyArena	Call for info: (800) 745-3000
	9/29/2016 - 10/1/2016	Seattle Symphony: Elgar Cello Concerto with Xavier Phillips	Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)	Call for info: (206) 215-4747
	9/30/2016 6 p.m.	BAM Sound & Vision: Grace Love	Bellevue Arts Museum	Call for info: (425) 519-0770
	9/30/2016 7:30 p.m.	David Quammen	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses “Yellowstone: A Journey Through America’s Wild Heart.”
	9/30/2016 8 p.m.	Tyehimba Jess, Anselm Berrigan, Don Mee Choi, Joshua Beckman	Fred Wildlife Refuge	Richard Hugo House hosts readings by Pacific Northwest poets.
	9/30/2016 - 10/2/2016	Macefield Music Festival	Ballard
	10/1/2016 7 p.m.	Ngugi wa Thiong'o	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “Birth of a Dream Weaver.”
	10/3/2016 7 p.m.	Whitney Terrell	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “The Good Lieutenant.”
	10/3/2016 7 p.m.	Pete Fromm	Third Place Books Ravenna	Author discusses “The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds.”
	10/3/2016 7 p.m.	Patti Smith	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “M Train.”
	10/3/2016 7:30 p.m.	Tracy Kidder	Town Hall Seattle	★ Editor's pick The nonfiction master’s latest, “A Truck Full of Money,” is both a biography of Paul English, founder and head of the successful online travel search site Kayak, and an examination of the culture of the software industry and how it has changed us, for better or worse.
	10/4/2016 7 p.m.	Pete Fromm	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds.”
	10/4/2016 7:30 p.m.	Tegan and Sara	Moore Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	10/4/2016 - 10/5/2016	Chick Corea Trio featuring Eddie Gomez and Brian Blade	Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle	Call for info: (206) 441-9729
	10/5/2016 7 p.m.	Paula Becker	Third Place Books Ravenna	Author discusses “Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg, The Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I.”
	10/6/2016 7 p.m.	James Gleick	Seattle Central Library	Author discusses “Time Travel,” exploring time travel’s evolution in literature and science.
	10/6/2016 - 10/8/2016	Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble	Meany Center for the Performing Arts	★ Editor's pick The almost-world-premiere of Morris’ “Layla and Majnun” (it’ll debut in Berkeley a week before arriving here) should be quite a visual and aural feast: Morris’ choreography, inspired by an ancient Persian tale; live accompaniment by mugham singers and the famed Silk Road musicians; colorful costumes and sets by British artist Howard Hodgkin.
	10/6/2016 - 10/9/2016	Catherine Russell	Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle	Call for info: (206) 441-9729
	10/7/2016 - 10/30/2016	“Man of La Mancha”	The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle	Call for info: (206) 625-1900
	10/8/2016 7 p.m.	Washington State Book Awards Celebration	Seattle Central Library	Awards announced in poetry, fiction, nonfiction and biography/memoir for adults; picture books, early readers, middle readers and teen literature; reception.
	10/8/2016 9 p.m.	Atlas Obscura Book Launch in the Hidden Tunnels of the Seattle Underground	Seattle Underground	Celebrate “Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders,” with presentation of the book’s locations, live music, cocktails.
	10/8/2016 - 10/9/2016	Early Music Guild: Chanticleer: The Washing of the Water	Benaroya Hall (Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall)	Call for info: (206) 325-7066
	10/9/2016 4 p.m.	Rick Riordan	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book Two: The Hammer of Thor.”
	10/10/2016 7:30 p.m.	Charles Burns	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses graphic novel “Last Look.”
	10/11/2016 7:30 p.m.	Mark Bittman	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses “How to Bake Everything.”
	10/11/2016 - 1/8/2017 Museum hours	“Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style"	Seattle Art Museum	★ Editor's pick The French designer (1936-2008) gave us the practical shirtdress and the Le Smoking tuxedo; he also dressed Iman and other celebs in ethnic-inspired beads and yards and yards of ultrafeminine silk chiffon. Revel in more of his classic looks at SAM.
	10/12/2016 7 p.m.	Kim Stafford	Seattle Central Library	Author discusses the 30th anniversary edition of “Having Everything Right,” essays on the history, folklore and beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
	10/12/2016 7 p.m.	Thor Hanson	Third Place Books Lake Forest Park	Author discusses children’s book “Bartholomew Quill: A Crow’s Quest to Know Who’s Who.”
	10/13/2016 7 p.m.	Alexander Weinstein	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “Children of the New World.”
	10/13/2016 7:30 p.m.	Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis	Paramount Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	10/14/2016 7:30 p.m.	Alexander McCall Smith	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses “Precious and Grace.”
	10/14/2016 7:30 p.m.	Tea Obreht, Eduardo C. Corral, Quenton Baker	Fred Wildlife Refuge	Richard Hugo House Literary Series hosts Obreht, author of novel “The Tiger’s Wife” and poets Corral and Baker, with music by Shaprece; bar open, books available for sale.
	10/15/2016 2:30 p.m.	Alexander McCall Smith	Bainbridge High School	Author discusses novel “Precious and Grace.” Priority signing line with purchase of book at Eagle Harbor Book Co. or Liberty Bay Books prior to the event.
	10/15/2016 - 10/30/2016	Seattle Opera: “Hansel & Gretel”	McCaw Hall	★ Editor's pick Seattle Opera general director Aidan Lang said this production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s work should resonate with Seattle audiences — it’s a fairy-tale-turned-commentary on consumer excess. Bye, candy cottage; hello, grocery store, and forest littered with plastic bags.
	10/16/2016 3 p.m.	Peter Wohlleben	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “The Hidden Life of Trees.”
	10/16/2016 7:30 p.m.	Bryan Cranston	Benaroya Hall	Seattle Arts & Lectures hosts author to discuss “A Life in Parts,” hosted by Sherman Alexie.
	10/17/2016 7:30 p.m.	Geraldine Brooks	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses novel “The Secret Chord.”
	10/19/2016 7 p.m.	Nisi Shawl	Third Place Books Seward Park	Author discusses “Everfair,” in conversation with Ted Chiang.
	10/19/2016 7 p.m.	Kathleen Alcala	University Book Store	Author discusses “The Deepest Roots.”
	10/19/2016 8 p.m.	Norah Jones	Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)	★ Editor's pick Jones’ new album, “Day Breaks” (Blue Note) is not only a return to roots, but a dazzling display of stylistic diversity that ranges from country-inflected piano and classic rock to trip-hop.
	10/19/2016 8 p.m.	Kanye West	KeyArena	Call for info: (800) 745-3000
	10/20/2016 7:30 p.m.	H.W. Brands	Town Hall Seattle	Author discusses “The General vs. the President.”
	10/21/2016 8 p.m.	ScHoolboy Q, Joey Bada$$	WaMu Theater, Seattle	Call for info: (800) 745-3000
	10/22/2016 7 p.m.	Emma Donoghue	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “The Wonder.”
	10/23/2016 4 p.m.	Mario Batali	University Temple United Methodist Church	Author discusses “Big American Cookbook,” in conversation with Tom Douglas.
	10/24/2016 7:30 p.m.	Jess Walter, Tim Egan and Sherman Alexie	Town Hall Seattle	Northwest National Book Award winners and finalists discuss life, writing and basketball on the eve of the opening of the NBA basketball season.
	10/24/2016 8 p.m.	Chance the Rapper	WaMu Theater, Seattle	★ Editor's pick If there is a more brilliant artist practicing in any genre today, please tell us. Chicago rapper/storyteller/social critic Chancelor Bennett is a flat-out genius, and his jazzlike unpredictability makes every show a must-see.
	10/25/2016 7 p.m.	Arlie Russell Hochschild	Seattle Central Library	Author discusses “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right.”
	10/25/2016 8 p.m.	Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke Duo, Paul Rucker & Hans Teuber	Seattle Art Museum	Call for info: (206) 654-3100
	10/26/2016 7 p.m.	Rabih Alameddine	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “The Angel of History.”
	10/26/2016 7:30 p.m.	Timothy Egan	Benaroya Hall	Seattle Arts & Lectures hosts author of seven books including “The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero.”
	10/26/2016 - 10/27/2016 7:30 p.m.	John Cleese & Eric Idle	Moore Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	10/27/2016 7:30 p.m.	T.C. Boyle	Seattle University Pigott Auditorium	Town Hall Seattle hosts author discussing novel “The Harder They Come.”
	10/27/2016 - 10/29/2016	Seattle Symphony: Morlot Conducts Beethoven with Inon Barnatan	Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)	Call for info: (206) 215-4747
	10/28/2016 6 p.m.	BAM Sound & Vision: The Cumbieros	Bellevue Arts Museum	Call for info: (425) 519-0770
	10/28/2016 7:30 p.m.	Nick Offerman	Benaroya Hall	Seattle Arts & Lectures hosts author of “Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodship.”
	10/29/2016 7 p.m.	Mark Frost	Elliott Bay Book Co.	Author discusses “The Secret History of Twin Peaks.”
	10/29/2016 8 p.m.	Dave Douglas, the Westerlies	Seattle Art Museum	Call for info: (206) 654-3100
	10/30/2016 2 p.m.	Hilary Hahn in Recital	Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)	★ Editor's pick Whenever violinist Hahn sweeps on stage, a frisson of excitement passes through the audience — she’s that good and is adored that much. A champion of new music and arts education, she has a Twitter following of more than 70,000. “Regardless of what she plays, Hahn is an utterly convincing interpreter who makes the music sound natural and unforced — even easy, when it’s decidedly not easy at all,” wrote Seattle Times music critic Melinda Bargreen. Indeed.
	11/1/2016 8 p.m.	Mariza	Meany Center for the Performing Arts	Call for info: (206) 543-4880
	11/3/2016 - 11/6/2016	Morlot Conducts Tchaikovsky	Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)	Call for info: (206) 215-4747
	11/4/2016 7 p.m.	Ha Jin	Seattle Central Library	Author discusses novel “The Boat Rocker.”
	11/4/2016 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.	Jerry Seinfeld	Paramount Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	11/4/2016 7:30 p.m.	Alexander Chee, Kirstin Valdez-Quade, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore	Fred Wildlife Refuge	Richard Hugo House Literary Series on the theme “Animals,” with Chee, author of novels “Edinburgh” and “The Queen of The Night”; Valdez-Quade, author of story collection “Night at the Fiestas;” and Seattle writer Sycamore, with music, bar, books for sale.
	11/4/2016 8 p.m.	Gustavo Dudamel & The LA Phil	Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)	★ Editor's pick The LA Phil is an orchestra on top of its game: It’s well-funded, performs at two fantastic venues (Disney Hall and Hollywood Bowl) and has a masterful maestro. All that, and it makes great music, too. It’s been a while since an orchestra paid a visit here, and this is well worth your time, given the program: Dudamel will be leading LAP in Mahler’s Ninth.
	11/4/2016 - 11/13/2016	Pacific Northwest Ballet “Brief Fling”	McCaw Hall	Call for info: (206) 441-2424
	11/5/2016 8 p.m.	Bill Frisell “When You Wish Upon a Star” with Petra Haden, Thomas Morgan & Matt Chamberlain	Moore Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	11/5/2016 - 11/7/2016	The Head & the Heart, Declan McKenna	Paramount Theatre	★ Editor's pick Though touring minus one of its members (Josiah Johnson, recovering from addiction), this sturdy Seattle sextet just released the most accomplished, organically coherent album of its career, “Signs of Light,” which ought to finally earn this worthy folk-rock band a gold record.
	11/9/2016 8 p.m.	Neko Case	Pantages Theater, Tacoma	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	11/10/2016 - 11/12/2016 8 p.m.	Jessica Lang Dance	Meany Center for the Performing Arts	★ Editor's pick Lang’s inventive work, in which her dancers often interact with structures or props (i.e. that enormous skirt in “The Calling”), will be seen later next season at PNB. Get a preview here, with a rep program that includes “Tesseracts of Time” – created in collaboration with acclaimed architect (and former local) Stephen Holl.
	11/11/2016 - 12/24/2016	“King Charles III”	Seattle Repertory Theatre, Bagley Wright Theatre, Seattle	Call for info: (206) 443-2222
	11/12/2016 7:30 p.m.	The Beach Boys	Paramount Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	11/16/2016 8 p.m.	The Posies	Neptune Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	11/17/2016 7 p.m.	Tim Wu	Seattle Central Library	Author discusses “The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads.”
	11/17/2016 7:30 p.m.	Norm Macdonald	Snoqualmie Casino	★ Editor's pick Best-known for his three-year stint anchoring Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update,” Macdonald is a witty and acerbic stand-up performer who refuses to pull his punches. According to David Letterman, “There may be people as funny as Norm, but I don’t know anybody who is funnier.”
	11/18/2016 8 p.m.	SAM Remix	Seattle Art Museum	Call for info: (206) 654-3100
	11/19/2016 3 p.m.	Seattle7Writers Holiday Bookfest	Phinney Neighborhood Center	Readings and book signings by 27 local authors including Daniel James Brown, Garth Stein, Elizabeth George, Nancy Horan, Kevin O’Brien, Jim Lynch, Lynn Brunnell, Deb Caletti, Boyd Morrison, Megan Chance, Sean Beaudoin, Bridget Foley, Stephanie Kallos, Peter Mountford, Tara Austen Weaver, Thor Hanson, Lyanada Lynn Haupt, Dori Hillestad Butler, Waverly Fitzgerald, William Dietrich, Bharti Kirchner, Clare Meeker, David Laskin, Donna Miscolta, David Lasky, Ed Skoog, David Williams; boutique bookstore, treats made by the authors.
	11/20/2016 1 p.m.	Raffi	Moore Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	11/20/2016 - 11/21/2016 8 p.m.	Temple of the Dog	Paramount Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	11/22/2016 7 p.m.	MØ	Neptune Theatre	Call for info: (877) 784-4849
	12/10/2016 7:30 p.m.	Jonathan Biss	Meany Center for the Performing Arts	Call for info: (206) 543-4880
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Originally published: Sept. 14, 2016