Seattle TravelGram

Seattle Theater Group presents Sarah McLachlan and Friends on Friday, February 4 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. The show will consist of two sets: one with Sarah sitting in on songs by her guest performers, and a second set of Sarah’s greatest hits and new favorites from her recently released and critically-acclaimed album, LAWS OF ILLUSION. There will also be an interactive element as Sarah answers audience questions intermittently throughout the performance which starts promptly at 8:00pm. Tickets range from $35 – $65 (plus fees). Call to (877) 784-4849 or purchase tickets online.

Book a romantic evening for two aboard the Royal Argosy. Guests will enjoy live music by female vocalist, Mary & The Rave, and special 5-course pre-set meal which includes an appetizer, salad, seared scallops, grilled tenderloin and dessert for two!

Monday, Feb. 14, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Cost: $99/per person

Rate includes: Romantic Elliott Bay Cruise, Champagne greeting, seated 5-course dinner, and live band. Pre-paid tax and service charge additional at time of booking. Buy tickets online.

Seattle Theater Group is hosting a Rockin’ Karaoke Party at The Paramount Theater. Show up dressed in your best 80’s finery, or just rock your face off karaoke-ing to music themed from ROCK OF AGES, including songs by Journey, Foreigner, Pat Benatar and more!

Date: Friday, Jan. 21
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: The Paramount Theater

THIS EVENT IS FREE

Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley is a restaurant as well as a premier live music venue. Though they are happy to serve you at the time of show, customers generally agree that an earlier arrival ensures that their attention can be better directed toward the music. So get there early!

This month, the Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes the Tony Award winning musical Ain’t Misbehavin’. Set times Jan 13-16 at 7:30pm. Tickets cost $28.50, buy online…

Jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson Trio. Set times Jan. 18-19 at 7:30pm. Tickets cost $19.50, reserve online…

Jazz guitarist Peter White. Set times Jan. 20-22 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm and 7:30pm on Jan. 23. Tickets cost $28.50, reserve online…

Jazz pianist Bill Charlap — in a trio format. Set times Jan. 25-26 at 7:30pm. Tickets cost $23.50, reserve online…

American Funk Band WAR. Set times Jan. 27-29 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm and at 7:30pm on Jan. 30. Tickets cost $35, reserve online…

Icicle Creek Music Center’s 6th Annual Piano Festival marks the culmination of a week of dedicated work by Piano Festival faculty and young artists. Most events and programs are open to the public. Schedule:

• January 6 11:00-12:30 Masterclass with Christina Dahl
  Location: Canyon Wren Recital Hall, FREE
• January 7 11:00-12:30 Masterclass with Oksana Ezhokina
  Location: Canyon Wren Recital Hall, FREE
• January 8 11:00-12:30 Masterclass with Seth Knopp
• Location: Canyon Wren Recital Hall, FREE
• January 8 7:00 pm Piano Festival Faculty Concert – Christina Dahl, Oksana Ezhokina, & Seth Knopp
  Location: Canyon Wren Recital Hall, COST: $20

For more information, visit www.leavenworth.org or call (509) 548-6347 ext. 407.

Not enough snow for you this winter season? It will be snowing in the Pacific Place atrium tonight at 6:00pm! Enjoy the winter wonderland with free musical performances and make memories with a “Wonderland Nutcracker” photo to benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Kick off your New Year’s Eve celebration with a three-course dinner in Benaroya Hall’s Grand Lobby, prepared by the award-winning chefs at Wolfgang Puck. Then, listen to Beethoven’s mighty Ninth Symphony and toast 2011 at a post-concert party. Concert and party tickets must be purchased separately, online.

PHOTO (right) Courtesy of Seattle Symphony.

Music Director Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony and Seattle Symphony Chorale celebrate the New Year with performances of Beethoven’s legendary Symphony No. 9. Concerts will take place on Thursday, Dec. 30 at 7:30pm and Sunday, Jan. 2, at 2pm.  PHOTO (above) Courtesy of the Seattle Symphony from a previous concert.

Tickets are available online from $25 to $121. Featured soloists include soprano Marcy Stonikas, mezzo-soprano Nancy Maultsby, tenor Vinson Cole and bass-baritone Clayton Brainerd. The program also includes Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and two works by American composer Bright Sheng: Prelude to Black Swan, one of the 18 Gund/Simonyi Farewell Commissions receiving world premieres this season, and Black Swan, which Sheng composed in 2006. Performances will take place in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall.

One World Taiko is a professional Japanese drum ensemble that incorporates dynamic movement, lyrical melodies and rhythmic grooves with heart pounding percussion. The group will perform today at the Experience Music Project. Admission is FREE!

• Date: Dec. 30, 2010
• Time: 2:00pm
• Ticket Info: Free
• Venue: EMP Sky Church, 325 5th Avenue North in Seattle

For more information, call (206) 770-2700 or visit the Experience Music Project — Website: www.empsfm.org

On Thursday September 23rd,  you have an opportunity to ride on the last of the Seattle’s Misquito Fleet’s Virginia V and enjoy the September Full Moon on a Jazz Cruise with live music by vibraphonist Susan Pascal Quartet. Light hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be provided and there is a cash bar.

6:00pm Boarding
7:00pm Depart SLU
9:00pm Return to Dock

The Virginia V departs from the Historic Ships Wharf in Lake Union Park, 860 Terry Ave N., for a cruise around Lake Union and Lake Washington.

Tickets are $45 per person or $88 per couple. Reservations required.
Call 206-624-9119, email tickets@virginiav.org.

The Virginia V was built right in the Seattle area in 1921 and built of local old-growth fir logs. On June 11, 1922, the Virginia V made her maiden voyage from Elliott Bay in Seattle to Tacoma down the West Pass. She continued to make this voyage nearly every day until 1938.

In 2002 the Virginia Foundation put the Virginia V back on the water after a 6 year, $6.5 million dollar restoration project.

Vessel Facts:

Length: 125 feet (38 m) on deck, Beam: 24 feet (7.3 m), Draft: 8 feet (2.4 m), Displacement: Approximately 150 tons. This beautiful ship is on view at the South Lake Union Park.  

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