Santos V. Simmons

seattle, wa


Events:

My Children My Bride

Where: El Corazon

Date: 2007-11-29 19:30:00

Type:

My Children My Bride is a Christian hardcore/metal band from Madison, Alabama. Hailing from Sacramento, California, Catherine puts a new spin on metal, by combining the catchy with the epic and the honest with the brutal. Through clever riffage, pounding drums and a few hot leads, Catherine's anthems speak of a powerful drive to better oneself and the scene.

Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Debussy and Strauss

Where: Town Hall Seattle

Date: 2008-05-09 19:30:00

Type:

Debussy: Images; Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration. Christophe Chagnard, conductor. $15 general admission, $10 students/seniors, children under 12yrs listen free

Michael Levi: on Nuclear Terrorism

Where: Town Hall

Date: 2007-11-26 19:30:00

Type:

Michael Levi, a fellow for science and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations, examines the universe of motivations, plots, and defenses in his new book 'On Nuclear Terrorism.' Levi cautions that nuclear terrorism shares much in common with other terrorist threats and defeating it requires we put our entire counterterrorism and homeland security house in order.

David Rieff - Swimming in A Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir

Where: Elliott Bay Book Company

Date: 2008-01-28 19:30:00

Type:

This is David Rieff's account of his mother Susan Sontag's long, intense, brave fight with cancer -- a fight that saw her receive treatment here in Seattle during most of her final months. It is also a larger meditation on what it is for anyone to come to terms with a loved one's illness and death.

A Place to Bury Strangers

Where: Chop Suey

Date: 2008-02-26 20:00:00

Type:

A Place to Bury Strangers is an experimental three piece out of New York City.

John Medina: Brain Rules

Where: Town Hall Seattle

Date: 2008-04-10 19:30:00

Type:

John Medina, developmental molecular biologist and director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University, discusses his new book, 'Brain Rules.' He talks about what scientists know for sure about our brains and how exercise, memory, sleep and stress might influence the way we teach our children and they way we work.

Goldfinger

Where: El Corazon (Formerly Graceland)

Date: 2008-05-01 20:00:00

Type:

Along with No Doubt, Sublime and Rancid, the Los Angeles quartet Goldfinger helped contribute to a small but significant ska-punk movement in the U.S. through the mid- to late '90s.

Emotron, The Wayward Girls

Where: The Funhouse

Date: 2008-06-15 21:30:00

Type:

From West Philly, Pennsylvania, the band plays punk, rock and new wave music. From Seattle, Washington, the band plays country/powerpop/soul music. Radio Moscow is a three-piece band from Iowa.