The month of November is a busy one at the Kirkland Performance Center, with a wide range of artists and shows set to hit Kirkland’s main stage.
Indie folk duo “The Milk Carton Kids” is the first of four shows presented by KPC itself, Friday at 8 p.m.
The group was nominated for a second Grammy in 2014 and will perform from their latest album, Monterey.
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra will feature the music of jazz legend Miles Davis and Gil Evans on Sunday in the group’s final performance at KPC until April. SRJO is set to perform a similar concert tomorrow in Seattle.
One of the most popular shows at KPC, “The Brothers Four”, is expected to sell out the Nov. 11 show. The group has performed around the world, including for four sitting U.S. Presidents, and is known for its traditional American folk music.
StoryBook Theater, a production of Kirkland’s Studio East theatrical academy, opens the first weekend of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” on Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., with three shows on Nov. 13. The show resumes on Nov. 19, with the Nov. 20 performances interpreted into ASL for deaf patrons.
Pickwick comes to Kirkland in the evening on Nov. 12, a show popular with the younger audiences. Pickwick, an indie rock band is local to Seattle and was released one of the area’s best-selling albums in 2012.
Imagination Theater, a radio drama series, takes the stage on Nov. 14 for a live recording that will be heard on radio stations across the country.
The annual “In Concert for Cancer” performance, now in it’s fifth year, will feature saxophonists Jeff Kashiwa and Steve Cole on Nov. 17. The concert donates 100 percent of the net proceeds to Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
One of the oldest acts of the year at KPC, Uncle Bonsai makes a stop in Kirkland on the group’s 35th-anniversary tour on Nov. 18.
The more delicate sounds of Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, fiddle and cello in hand, grace the stage the following evening. Break out the shepherd’s pie and chips — these to combine to form quite the Celtic duo, with Scottish-born Fraser and Juliard-educated Haas playing everything from jigs to Celtic hymns.
An actor, director, cartoonist and lover of poetry, Horatiu Malaele brings a unique show on Nov. 21. It’s the only Monday date in November and is entirely in Romanian. The title of the show, translated from the Romanian, ‘Sunt un orb,’ means ‘I am blind.’
The final event in November has regional ties, as the Seattle International Comedy Competition takes over the KPC on Nov. 25. The Kirkland stop is the 18th of 20 events around the Seattle area, and is the third of five shows in the final round.
The comedy competition stops by Capps Club in Kenmore earlier in November, and wraps up on Nov. 27 at the Seattle Center Cornish Playhouse.
Stay connected with the Kirkland Performance Center by visiting www.kpcenter.org, and check the Kirkland Reporter for additional coverage of upcoming events at Kirkland’s hub for the performing arts.
