SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!

Oct
24
Sun
Joe Kaplow: Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Oct 24 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Joe Kaplow: Presented by Sou’wester Arts

http://joekaplow.net

Singer/songwriter Joe Kaplow lives in a four-acre mansion in the hills of Santa Cruz. Of course, he shares the space with a group of hippies, some rats, and some very dilapidated floors and walls… but it does have a swimming pool.

For Kaplow, becoming a full-time musician – and adopting the lifestyle that often accompanies it – didn’t happen by accident. Having moved from farm life and family in New Jersey to the rich Santa Cruz music community, Kaplow has often found himself living paycheck to paycheck as he departs on three-month U.S. solo tours, records music in various bedrooms of the house where he lives, rehearses with his new band and writes constantly, dedicating himself fully and lovingly to the craft of songwriting.

Kaplow’s debut album Time Spent In Between is simultaneously grounded and exploratory; the music is equal parts intimate and expansive. With raw instrumentation and earthy vocal melodies, Time Spent In Between is rich with folk songwriting brilliance.

 
Oct
26
Tue
After-School Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Oct 26 @ 3:30 pm – Oct 28 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Explore all things underwater in this fun, adaptable clay workshop! Learn basic ceramic hand-building skills while exploring underwater themes! Participants will create their pieces using pinch, coil, slab, and pebble styles of hand-building. Students will also experiment with texture tools, both nature-made and human-made, to create different effects in their clay work. This program informs on natural sciences, encourages special awareness, and builds kinesthetic skills. Materials fee for this workshop is $5

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Youth After-School Program Ages 7-11
  • T, W, Th 3:30-5:30 with possible transportation from LB Elementary
  • $75/week + materials fee
  • 20% off when you sign up for all After-School Workshops!
  • Sibling discount an additional 10% off.
  • *Scholarships Available
Oct
30
Sat
Saturday Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Oct 30 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Explore all things underwater in this fun, adaptable clay workshop! Learn basic ceramic hand-building skills while exploring underwater themes! Participants will create their pieces using pinch, coil, slab, and pebble styles of hand-building. Students will also experiment with texture tools, both nature-made and human-made, to create different effects in their clay work. This program informs on natural sciences, encourages special awareness, and builds kinesthetic skills. Materials fee for this workshop is $5

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Adult/Youth Saturday Workshop (under 12 accompanied by an adult)
  • $50 + materials fee
  • *Scholarships Available
Nov
2
Tue
After-School Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 2 @ 3:30 pm – Nov 4 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

In this workshop we will be gathering natural materials to create nature crowns, mandalas and hanging chimes. We will focus on using our imagination and creativity to construct whimsical pieces from materials we see everyday.

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Youth After-School Program Ages 7-11
  • T, W, Th 3:30-5:30 with possible transportation from LB Elementary
  • $75/week + materials fee
  • 20% off when you sign up for all After-School Workshops!
  • Sibling discount an additional 10% off.
  • *Scholarships Available
Nov
6
Sat
Saturday Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 6 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

In this workshop we will be gathering natural materials to create nature crowns, mandalas and hanging chimes. We will focus on using our imagination and creativity to construct whimsical pieces from materials we see everyday. Materials fee for this workshop is $10

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Adult/Youth Saturday Workshop (under 12 accompanied by an adult)
  • $50 + materials fee
  • *Scholarships Available
Sallie Ford:Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Nov 6 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Sallie Ford:Presented by Sou’wester Arts

Sallie Ford grew up in Asheville, North Carolina before moving to Oregon.According to singer Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers, Ford’s songs have that “rare quality of somehow combining fun with emotional and artistic integrity” and she “fills the room with it” and reminds him of the “energy of early rock ‘n’ roll.”

Nov
9
Tue
After-School Workshop: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND BIRDHOUSE BUILDING with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 9 @ 3:30 pm – Nov 11 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND BIRDHOUSE BUILDING with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Learn about local architecture and building methods from around the world, learn to read blueprints, design your dream house, become familiar with basic hand tools, and build a unique birdhouse. Materials fee for this workshop is $25

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Youth After-School Program Ages 7-11
  • T, W, Th 3:30-5:30 with possible transportation from LB Elementary
  • $75/week + materials fee
  • 20% off when you sign up for all After-School Workshops!
  • Sibling discount an additional 10% off.
  • *Scholarships Available
Nov
13
Sat
Saturday Workshop: BUILDING FURNITURE WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 13 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: BUILDING FURNITURE WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Use hand tools and basic power tools to build a small bench or table out of reclaimed materials. This class embraces reuse and reclamation of wooden pallets and other often discarded objects. Get creative while also practicing conservation. Perfect as an intro to woodworking for those with DIY spirit. Materials fee for this workshop is $25

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Adult/Youth Saturday Workshop (under 12 accompanied by an adult)
  • $50 + materials fee
  • *Scholarships Available
Laith:Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Nov 13 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Laith:Presented by Sou’wester Arts

Laith, known by some as Hutch, hails from the suburban hurricane of Houston, Texas.  Laith’s music is soaked with memories of Grandma and Grandpa’s bayou house, rides on a red vintage lawn mower packed with cousins, and smoky, music filled bars that a 16 year old has no place being. Which is exactly where Laith found himself as a youngling. Torn between playing music on Sunday’s at church (where he learned to play guitar and sing) and performing in grimy dives, creates a tension in his songwriting that sits somewhere between the altar and the barstool. Ain’t no religion here anymore, just songs. Worth noting: “A song is a room, no matter how happy or sad”. – John H. Laith now resides in the Pacific Northwest lugging used up notebooks and loose scraps of paper scratched with the lyrics of new songs, not yet learned. You can always look forward to hearing something new and something honest when you’re listening to Laith.

 

– Dusty Atticus author of “The Wasp: Foe or Misunderstood Friend?’’

Nov
16
Tue
After-School Workshop: DIY SCREEN PRINTING with Kaitlyn Nelson @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 16 @ 3:30 pm – Nov 18 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: DIY SCREEN PRINTING with Kaitlyn Nelson @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

DIY screen printing will offer students the skills to make their own graphic screen prints to be applied to textiles such as shirts, sweatshirts and patches. Materials fee for this workshop $25

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Youth After-School Program Ages 7-11
  • T, W, Th 3:30-5:30 with possible transportation from LB Elementary
  • $75/week + materials fee
  • 20% off when you sign up for all After-School Workshops!
  • Sibling discount an additional 10% off.
  • *Scholarships Available