Everybody’s working for the — oh, wait, it’s here.
Never mind, work, see ya Monday!
First up for those seeking thrills round the Rock is the penultimate performance of this year’s Within/Earshot Jazz Festival at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, an evening show by Bad Luck, with special guest Lorraine Lau, at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Based out of Seattle, Bad Luck is a genre-defying supernova of electronics, metal, folk and jazz.
They perform in another cosmos from most bands. With more than a decade of collaboration, Neil Welch (saxophone and live electronics) and Christopher Icasiano (drums) “bear down on you like a cyclone of fire” (according to The Stranger).
Tickets, $25 for members, $30 for non-members, are on sale now via www.biartmuseum.org.
On Sunday, Eagle Harbor Book Company boasts a double bill of awesome authors set to swing by.
Timothy Wise, senior researcher at the Small Planet Institute, where he directs the Land and Food Rights Program, will visit to discuss his new book “Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food” 4:30 p.m.
And Madeline ffitch will visit at 3 p.m. to discuss her debut novel “Stay and Fight.”
Both events are free and open to the public.
Savani Latin Jazz will rock BIMA for the final offering of the Within/Earshot Jazz Festival at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Doors and the bar open at 6:30 p.m.
It’s an exciting evening of jazzed up traditional Cuban and South American rhythms with quartet Savani Latin Jazz. The songs breathe with a deep lyricism, inviting the audience into a rich and unpredictable musical landscape, where cha-cha-cha, waltz and swing meet like old friends on the dance floor.
Tickets, $25 for members, $30 for non-members, are on sale via www.biartmuseum.org.
Also, ocal jazz faves Redshift will be playing movement-inducing music at the Treehouse Café during a special free dance party concert from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
A $10 donation suggested is suggested.
The group promises eager dancers a unique song list comprised of tunes from the 1930s and ’40s, rhythm and blues from the ’50s, danceable pop and rock from the ’60s and onward, and classic Latin dance numbers, too, in addition to swing, Nightclub two-step, the waltz, foxtrot, cha-cha, rumba, salsa, and more.
Entrance is for those 21-and-older only.
Visit www.treehousebainbridge.com to learn more.
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