{"id":55093,"date":"2022-12-26T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?p=55093"},"modified":"2024-02-29T07:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:58:05","slug":"art-as-empowerment-fresh-family-concerts-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/art-as-empowerment-fresh-family-concerts-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Art as Empowerment: Fresh Family Concerts for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-55095\" src=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NWFL_50th_Logo_Large_w_Text_1024x1024-300x300.png\" alt=\"Northwest Folklife 50th Anniversary Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Town Hall Seattle is proud to partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwfolklife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwest Folklife<\/a> this winter and spring to curate a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event-listings\/arts-culture\/saturday-family-concerts\/\">Saturday Family Concert events<\/a>! Through music, dance, and visual art, the series showcases the diverse cultures here in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest and offers a special opportunity for young people and families to interact with culture, not just be witness to it.<\/p>\n<p>The season\u2019s theme focuses on Art as Empowerment, exploring how protest music is a form of liberation, emancipation, and validation of identity. The 4-part Winter\/Spring series brings awareness to issues that affect everyone at any age, and encourages and enables young people and families to explore their heritage \u2014 past, present and future \u2014 as a source for individual and collective identity.<\/p>\n<p>All Saturday Family Concerts are FREE for ages 22 and under.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\/28 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Band<\/strong><br \/>\nMusic, Art, and Poetry of the Civil Rights Movement<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/the-gil-scott-heron-tribute-band\/\"><strong>Get Tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2\/25 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>Adriana Giordano &amp; Special Guests<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom Alaska to Amazonas: Indigenous Music, Culture, and Resistance<br \/>\n<i>Tickets on sale soon!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>3\/18 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>R E P O S A D O and Jean-Paul Builes<\/strong><br \/>\nRediscovering Latinx Heritage through Poetry, Music, and Dance<br \/>\n<i>Tickets on sale soon!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>5\/20 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>lhawlhaw<\/strong><br \/>\nCelebrating Filipino songs of protest past and present<br \/>\n<i>Tickets on sale soon!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-55095\" src=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NWFL_50th_Logo_Large_w_Text_1024x1024-300x300.png\" alt=\"Northwest Folklife 50th Anniversary Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Town Hall Seattle is proud to partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwfolklife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwest Folklife<\/a> this winter and spring to curate a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event-listings\/arts-culture\/saturday-family-concerts\/\">Saturday Family Concert events<\/a>! Through music, dance, and visual art, the series showcases the diverse cultures here in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest and offers a special opportunity for young people and families to interact with culture, not just be witness to it.<\/p>\n<p>The season\u2019s theme focuses on Art as Empowerment, exploring how protest music is a form of liberation, emancipation, and validation of identity. The 4-part Winter\/Spring series brings awareness to issues that affect everyone at any age, and encourages and enables young people and families to explore their heritage \u2014 past, present and future \u2014 as a source for individual and collective identity.<\/p>\n<p>All Saturday Family Concerts are FREE for ages 22 and under.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\/28 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Band<\/strong><br \/>\nMusic, Art, and Poetry of the Civil Rights Movement<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/the-gil-scott-heron-tribute-band\/\"><strong>Get Tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2\/25 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>Adriana Giordano &amp; Special Guests<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom Alaska to Amazonas: Indigenous Music, Culture, and Resistance<br \/>\n<i>Tickets on sale soon!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>3\/18 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>R E P O S A D O and Jean-Paul Builes<\/strong><br \/>\nRediscovering Latinx Heritage through Poetry, Music, and Dance<br \/>\n<i>Tickets on sale soon!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>5\/20 at 11am<br \/>\n<strong>lhawlhaw<\/strong><br \/>\nCelebrating Filipino songs of protest past and present<br \/>\n<i>Tickets on sale soon!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-town-hall-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}