The Grocery welcomes back David J to lift our spirits in the new year. He’ll perform a mix of old and new with guitar, harmonica, and spoken word. We’re lucky to have David’s long-time collaborator Barton Caroll joining the evening.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Doors at 7:00 pm Showtime 7:30 pm
Tickets: available soon!
The Grocery Studios, 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144
About David J Haskins
Musician, writer, playwright, poet, visual artist. A founding member of the highly influential and revered band Bauhaus, David J Haskins helped spearhead the post-punk alternative music scene of the early ’80s with a string of innovative albums and singles—including, for many, perhaps their defining moment: a song widely regarded as a classic and arguably the pinnacle of the entire gothic scene and beyond, the nine-minute-plus epic slab of industrial dub, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” featuring lyrics by David J.
Two years after the demise of Bauhaus in 1983, David regrouped with two of his former bandmates—guitarist Daniel Ash and drummer Kevin Haskins—to form the hugely successful Love and Rockets, whose debut single hit gold status in Canada. The band went on to achieve a top-three U.S. single with So Alive, a million-selling album, and sold-out stadium tours.
A highly acclaimed songwriter, his creative tendencies to be poetic, personal, and insightful are evident across his eleven solo albums. David has also written and directed various stage productions. His memoir, Who Killed Mister Moonlight? (Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction), was published by Jawbone Press in 2014 to critical acclaim.
David has collaborated with many notable artists, including painter and poet Rene Halkett; novelists Alan Moore, Jeremy Reed, and Hubert Selby Jr.; and a vast array of musicians such as T Bone Burnett, Frank Black (Pixies), Robyn Hitchcock, Amanda Palmer, Johnny Dowd, Jane’s Addiction, The Dandy Warhols, U-Roy, Amaury Cambuzat (Faust), Ego Plum, George Sarah, Jill Tracy, and Bashir Attar, leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka. His latest collaborative project is Night Crickets, with Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Darwin.
2025 saws the release of a new spoken word-with-music album, The Mother Tree, accompanied by a book of poetry, Rhapsody, Threnody and Prayer.
About Barton Carroll
Barton Carroll is a critically acclaimed, Seattle-based folk singer-songwriter known for his evocative, story-driven songs. He’s been compared to Cormac McCarthy for his literate tales of hardship and hope. A North Carolina native, Barton blends Appalachian roots with distinctive instrumentation like steel guitar and horns. He’s a former touring member with Crooked Fingers and accompanist for Azure Ray, and has released several albums on Skybucket Records including Avery County, I’m Bound to You and The Lost One. Barton and David J have been long-time collaborators. Barton appeared on David J’s album, ‘Missive to an Angel from the Halls of Infamy and Allure.’
Please come to the Fresh Mochi and Grocery Studios annual holiday pop-up sale! With over 30 artists and sellers — support your local artists and makers –enjoy refreshments and meet the artists!
Sat Dec 13 Sun Dec 14 2-5:00pm both days
At Fresh Mochi: 2900 21st Ave S The Grocery: 3001 21st Ave S (across the street)
At Fresh Mochi: Anna Goldstein, Dan Neish, Diane Mccasland, Eve Cohen, Jeff Miller, Jen McNeely, Kelly Lyles, Lana Sundberg, Lauren Grossman, Marlow Harris, Paloma Gulassa, Sarah Norsworthy, Sonja Peterson, Tracey Fugami, Ursula Brookbank
At The Grocery Studios: Day Moon Press, Debora Spencer, Golden Repair, Jil Smith & kRi kRi Studios, janet galore, Kiss Me Cake, Laura Brodax, Mandy Greer, Milky Way Matt, Nia Michaels, O / TYPONEXUS, plant baby, Stefan Gruber, xerxes irani
About the artists at The Grocery
Day Moon Press Letterpress-printed goods and handmade book arts Day Moon Press is a family-owned letterpress print shop operating in Seattle since 1976. We print notecards and broadsides from handset type and linoleum blocks, and hand-bind small book arts and journals. https://www.instagram.com/daymoonpress/ http://daymoonpress.com/
Debora Spencer Magic Inside: Little kits of comfort and intention Debora is a painter, muralist, pro photographer, and all-around exuberant maker of beauty. https://www.etsy.com/shop/deboraspencer/
Golden Repair Gift Wrap Lab – Looking for a unique gift wrap experience? Make your own with Golden Repair’s gift wrap lab! Get a mini lesson in gel printing and give a gift wrapped in something beautifully unique! Additional hand printed wrap will also be available. Golden Repair is led by Luz Brachter. https://www.instagram.com/golden_repair/
janet galore Greeting cards, mugs, t-shirts, mini-terrariums, and surprises janet galore is an artist and designer based on Beacon Hill, Seattle. They co-direct The Grocery Studios with their partner, demi raven, and their chihuahua, Ernesto, who sometimes art directs photo shoots, and their spicy black cat Fledermaus. https://janetgalore.com https://the-grocery-studios.myshopify.com/
Jil Smith / Insatiable Studios and kRi kRi studio Handmade lampshades, lamps, vases, trays, and more kRI kRI Studio will be pairing her handmade ceramic lamp bases with paper shades by Insatiable Studios. Vases, bowls & other giftable items will also be for sale.
Jil Smith has been making handmade and bespoke lampshades and lighting fixtures for 30 years. Her work can be seen at the Seattle Art Museum shop. She maintains a showroom at her Greenlake workshop and sees people by appointment. Jil has a long and lovely partnership with Kristin Nelson of kRi kRi Studio who makes lamp bases as well as tableware ceramics. Their collaboration has produced a series of smaller lamps perfect for gift giving this holiday season. insatiablestudios.com
Kristin Nelson is kRI kRI Studio, creating handmade ceramic lamps, vases and more. Her VIT ceramic range is distinguished by thin, raised white stripe detailing on simple organic forms. Each piece I create is unique and imperfect. That is their beauty. As with people, each is individual, quirky, different, and special. I encourage my customers not just to admire, but to handle and use my ceramics. Have fun! Connect with the human element of handmade. Find out more about @kRI kRI Studio on Instagram
Kiss Me Cake Kristina Dillard of Kiss Me Cake will have gluten free cookies, cake slices, and whole cakes for your Holiday parties and gifts. https://www.instagram.com/kissmecakekristina/
Laura Brodax – Modern Glaze Laura will be selling her transfer-ware ceramics; vases, tumblers, soap dishes, souvenir series large plates, small plates and tiny bowls. Laura Brodax is a ceramic artist and photographer. She combines original photography, drawings and found patterns to customize stories on tile murals and porcelain wares. Inspired by antique Asian and English pottery, urban ephemera and nature’s sensitive chaos, she brings these ideas forward through transferring underglaze onto clay. Commissioned tile murals can be found in many locations in the Puget Sound Region. She operates the storefront studio and gallery Modern Glaze, located in the long fade between Greenwood and Shoreline. @modernglaze on IG www.modernglaze.com
Mandy Greer – Mandy Greer Studio Ceramics, luscious elevated pom poms, ornaments, and more! Mandy has been making lush, immersive fiber installations for more than two decades. Mandy Greer Studio is her project to bring her sensibilities to the smaller immersive installation we all are making all the time — our homes. Our homes create a kind of sigil of who we are, and how we see ourselves, and our histories. Each MGS piece has its own story. But all are part of her process of seeking to get to the mythical energy of place — whether it is the layers of action and unspoken stories of graffiti walls in the city, or the deep seductive mystery of our gloomy mossy forests in the PNW, or the narratives of texture from wherever she travels. http://mandygreer.org/ https://www.instagram.com/mandymandygreer
Nia Michaels After working exclusively with old decorative tins and tintype photos for over 20 years, I’ve moved on to working with other materials. Most recently I’ve developed an obsessive interest in making nostalgic vintage photo blocks. Instagram: @studioniam
O / TYPONEXUS Melange of mixed media art + photography + music from some TYPONEXUS collective creatives:
Art prints, card gift sets, small artworks (laser-cut, 3D-printed, wood, ink)
Photographs (“Sunflower on Fire, Ukraine” documentary collection)
Music album downloads
Inclined to support our larger ambitious projects? We are looking for new home / commissioned exhibit spaces for our gorgeous, functional, one-of-a-kind “Rise, Come to Light, and Sing Forth, Anima!” art piano that made waves in press and institutions in gender equality and freedom of speech and expression censorship case (contact O re: this art piece)
plantbaby House plants and artist-made planters Plantbaby is Seattle’s sustainable plant marketplace where all plants are peat free and grown locally in the Seattle area. plantbaby.io www.instagram.com/plantbabypnw
Stefan Gruber Animated art and artful zines Stefan makes flipbooks, zines, comix, stickers, cassette tapes, and has a new product line of hankies that feature forbidden interspecies love between a turtle and a snake! Stefan is an experimental animator and performance artist who creates hand-drawn, digitally finished experimental animation shorts. They are animation department founder and teacher at The Nova Animation Project and the founder of Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT). patreon.com/stefangruber instagram.com/stefangruber
xerxes irani Pottery that isn’t very holiday themed, but stuff that really warms the heart. Xerxes makes things because he has to. He doesn’t really choose what he makes, it just kind of spins out of the wheel through his hands in the form of clay. Minimal is the general approach to the forms in his work with a sprinkle of mark making and typography to adorn those forms. He works a tech job during the day, lives on Bainbridge Island and is also writing this in third person so it sounds like someone wrote it for him. xerx.es Instagram.com/xerxes
Join us for a cozy evening of cello music by Gretchen Yanover Saturday, November 22, 7:30pm. The varied program will include selections from Gretchen’s album Cello Glow — a special way to start your holiday season. Gretchen’s transcendent compositions and layered textures will be accompanied by ambient video projection by janet galore.
Have some hot cider and snacks before the show, and mingle afterwards. Gretchen will have CDs for purchase.
“With an electric cello in hand and a loop pedal under foot, Yanover is her own one-woman band. Playing and layering her melodies, she crafts instrumental atmospheres that grow and transform onstage.” – Maggie Molloy, Classic KING FM — NPR Slingshot
About the artist Cellist Gretchen Yanover wears two musical hats: one as a composer of spacious string atmospheres which she performs on electric cello with looping pedal—and one as a classical acoustic cellist.
Yanover began her musical life in Seattle public schools, falling in love with the cello’s deep sound. Gretchen pursued both performance and music education at University of Washington, embracing an interwoven path of teaching and performing. Ms Yanover guided students in music for 17 years, while at the same time growing her own solo performing career.
Gretchen started playing with a loop sampler around 2001 and it changed her musical life, inspiring her to improvise and compose. Gretchen performs throughout the Pacific Northwest as a soloist on her electric cello, while continuing her classical music life. She has played with Northwest Sinfonietta orchestra since 1998, and is a member of NW Sinfonietta’s DEI task force, working to make meaningful changes in the classical music culture, along with creating connections in the community. NW Sinfonietta has featured Gretchen as a soloist on her electric cello on several occasions.
Yanover has been a Visiting Artist at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, appeared as a soloist for the Earshot Jazz Festival, and presented at TEDx Seattle. She created music for and performed with LeVar Burton for LeVar Burton Reads live, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle Symphony, Seattle Pacific University, and University of Oregon. Gretchen’s artist residencies Shunpike (2020), Town Hall Seattle (2021), and Seattle Public Library (2024). She was the recipient of a 2023 CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, which supported the release of her 5th album in 2024.
Please join us for the 2025 edition of the Rock Paper Scissors animation festival curated by amazing Stefan Gruber! This is a rare screening of completely handmade animation.
Two nights only – same lineup each night Friday Nov 14 and Sat Nov 15
Art Potluck is a multimedia, multisensory art pop-up by a group of friends. It’s an open house with a casual atmosphere for sharing the art and food we make with each other and new friends we haven’t yet met in the community.
Including paintings, installation, video, interactive works, woven, sculpture, performance, tiny objects, reading corner, zines, books, scents, and a pop-up store. In typical potluck fashion, there will be food and snacks.
JUST BRING YOURSELF! The art collective will provide all the art and food for the community.
Featuring work from:
Addy Elketami
Alyza DelPan-Monley
Andreas Baatz
Arabella Bautista
Ben Burnett
Daphne Hsu
EverlyHoracio Lopez
James Stanton
Janelle Abbott
Jason Wong
Jayme Yen
Katherine Wong
Kelsey Cole
Lorraine Lau
Misha Seibel
Monica Docusin
Nadine Aurora Tabing
Nicole Ramirez
Nicci Yin
Ryan Diaz
Stephanie Marie Cedeño
Summer Li
Szeyin Lee
Velva Kelly
Will Mianecki
Admission is free; RSVP not required but preferred to help us plan! Come any time between 4 and 8pm on Saturday September 13.
Performances between 6:30–7:30pm:
Reading by Nadine Tabing, comedic monologue by Ben Burnett, and movement by Lorraine Lau and Alyza DelPan-Monley
Soft Gravity. A Sculptural tea garden and sound experience and concept installation by Theresa Wingert, was open one night only, Saturday July 19, 2025. It was a Seattle Art Fair VIP event, with limited timed slots available to the public.
Welcome to an imagined sculptural garden, suspended in moonlight and sonic memory. Tea will be made for each guest and served in delicate handmade vessels, as a quiet gesture of attention and presence.
Limited RSVP slots at timed intervals – reservations required. Saturday July 19, 6- 9:30pm At The Grocery: 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144
About Theresa Wingert
Theresa Wingert is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans printmaking, filmmaking, photography, ceramics and inventive culinary arts.
Born in Seattle, she holds a BFA in Printmaking from Western Washington University, where she began crafting a visual voice guided by instinct and driven by a belief that sensory experiences can move us in ways that words cannot.
Her work has been exhibited in regional, national and international contexts, highlighting her ability to move fluidly between still and time-based media.
In 2000, Wingert founded her film production company and became a widely-commissioned director of commercial, documentary and narrative films for clients ranging from cultural institutions to global brands.
Beyond her studio and filmmaking practice, Wingert is the founder and artistic director of The Grass Is Unbelievably Warm, an experimental arts presentation space in Seattle that hosts immersive exhibitions and performances.
Deeply embedded in the Pacific Northwest arts ecosystem, Wingert has served on the boards of On the Boards (Contemporary Performance) and Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA Seattle), and supports numerous artist-led initiatives.
A frequent collaborator and educator, Wingert brings an expansive, emotionally resonant approach to both her practice and her community engagement.
We’re pleased to have the work of artist Chris Crites in the gallery windows of The Grocery Studios (WUG) from May 24 – June 28.
Join us for an artist talk by Chris in conjunction with his exhibition “Forgotten.”
Chris will discuss his mug shot paintings–how and why he chose this subject matter for the majority of his work throughout the past 26 years, with images from the very beginning to where he currently is in this art. His 20-30 minute presentation will be followed by a discussion and Q&A.
Saturday May 31st at 2pm 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144
On May 17 2025, join us for an evening of improvised music with Paul Rucker (cello) and Hans Teuber (alto saxophone, woodwinds). Longtime collaborators of nearly 25 years, Rucker and Teuber use their distinctive musical voices to create lyrical soundscapes, drawing on their shared roots in Seattle’s improvisational music scene.
Come see this exciting musical duo making their debut at The Grocery! Every concert the duo presents is improvised and spontaneously produced.
Teuber, who is a top call saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, arranger and keyboardist in Seattle started working with Rucker, who is a cellist, bassist, visual artist and composer in 2001 and released the critically acclaimed CD “Oil” featuring 9 improvised pieces. Both have worked with jazz luminaries Bill Frisell, Julian Priester, Michael White and Wayne Horvitz. They have also both worked with Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam. Teuber was inducted into the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame, and Rucker’s Quintet that includes Teuber won Best Outside Jazz Group from the Earshot Jazz Awards.
Their performance at The Grocery follows two sold out shows at the Jazz&TheCity festival in Salzburg, Austria.
All proceeds go to the artists. Light snacks and beverages provided.
About Paul Rucker
Paul Rucker is a multimedia visual artist, composer, and musician. His practice often integrates live performance, original musical compositions, and visual art installation. For nearly two decades, Paul has used his own brand of art making as a social practice, which illuminates the legacy of enslavement in America and its relationship to the current socio-political moment. His work is the product of a rich interactive process, through which he investigates community impacts, human rights issues, historical research, and basic human emotions.
Paul has received numerous grants, awards, and residencies for visual art and music. He is a Creative Capital grantee in visual art as well as a multiple grantee from MAP Fund for performance. He was awarded the Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant as well as the Mary Sawyer Baker Award. In 2016 Paul received the Rauschenberg Artist as Activist fellowship and the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, becoming the first artist in residence at the National Museum of African American Culture.
Paul is a Guggenheim Fellow, TED Fellow and Senior Fellow, Rauschenburg Fellow, and an iCubed Arts Research Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, he is the Curator for Creative Collaboration for VCUarts at Virginia Commonwealth University.
About Hans Teuber
Hans Teuber has been a top call saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, arranger, and keyboardist in the Pacific northwest for over 30 years. In 2021, he was inducted into the Earshot Jazz hall of fame. Hans has recorded with many artists and toured extensively across North America, Europe, Japan, and Brazil.
He has performed with jazz luminaries like George Cables, Julian Priester, Bill Frisell, Chano Domingues, Michael White, and Wayne Horvitz. He toured and recorded with folk singer Ani DiFranco and recorded with notable Seattle rock bands Brad and Mudhoney. Hans has also been actively involved in the cirque world spending 18 years with Teatro Zinzanni and currently working with Montreal’s comedy duo “Monseigneures Tim et Joe.”
Saturday February 15, 7 – 10pm Explore the vibrant LGBTQ+ culture of Seattle through seen:scene, a stunning photo magazine photographed by Khadija Pugh showcasing inclusive spaces, from ballroom and fashion runways to intimate sapphic social mixers. Featuring the bold designs of Sloane Miller, this collaborative magazine brings a vision of queer expression and community to life. Don’t miss this celebration of creativity and culture in the Pacific Northwest!
About Khadija Pugh I’m a narrative/documentarian photographer seeking to capture communities through a lens that only they can choose. I aim to center intersectionality in my work and provide the world with an intimate understanding of nuanced existences. I am currently fascinated with Seattle’s blossoming scene. There is a culture beginning here. Life is being birthed into this city by tenacious artists and innovators. I am one of the patient observers. https://www.khadijapughphoto.com/
Immerse yourself in the virtual reality experience ‘Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!’ then join us for an interactive discussion with the artist Jo Cosme and writer Beverly Aarons, founder of Artists Up Close.
Saturday, January 18 2:00 – 5:00pm Art and VR viewing 3:00 – 3:45pm: Discussion with Jo Cosme and Beverly Aarons
At The Grocery Studios on North Beacon Hill 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144
Welcome to Paradise is an immersive multimedia installation featuring artworks that juxtapose the opulence enjoyed by some with the stark living conditions of others: lenticular photos contrasting housing inequities, a Discover Puerto Rico tourism campaign sign hand-stitched from hurricane tarps, a ten-foot inflatable Vejigante mask–-a display of cultural identity–-and a virtual reality simulation.
Bios
Jo Cosmeis a Native Boricua and award-winning multimedia artist who was displaced from Borikén to Seattle one year after Hurricane María. Her shock over North Americans’ ignorance of the archipelago inspired her to create works that provoke reflections on U.S. imperialism, disaster capitalism, and neocolonialism in her homeland. Cosme holds a BFA in photography from Puerto Rico’s School of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the Museo de las Américas (PR), the Whatcom Museum, Out of Sight, Photographic Center Northwest, Dab Art Gallery (Los Angeles), and Galerie Rivoli 59 (Paris) among other venues. In 2021, she was granted the Puerto Rican Artist Fellowship at MASS MoCA’s A4A Residency, followed by Northwest Film Forum’s Collective Power Fund grant and Artist Trust’s GAP grant in 2022. Most recently, Cosme was awarded Pratt Fine Arts Center’s Bernie Funk Artist Scholarship, the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture’s City Artist grant, McMillen Foundation’s 2023 Fellowship, and was named one of 4Culture’s 2023 Arc Fellows. She is currently participating in Inscape’s AiR program and plans to attend Anderson Ranch in the fall.
“Showing this project in the continental U.S. serves as an educational experience to raise awareness and as a call to action against imperialism. My goal is to have North American audiences contemplate what it’s like to be a native inhabitant of the places they vacation and take land from.”
With a professional writing career spanning 30+ years, Beverly Aarons is a distinguished storyteller, exploring the intersections of history, current realities, and imagined future worlds. As an award-winning journalist, she has interviewed a diverse range of individuals, from artists and business owners to scientists, for publications such as South Seattle Emerald and The Iranian. And she has facilitated several conversations at Town Hall Seattle.
Recognizing the need for in-depth arts coverage, Beverly Aarons founded Artists Up Close in 2022. Her passion for uncovering the deeper layers of artists’ lives and creative processes drives her to tell stories that transcend superficial hot-takes and soundbites.
In 2023, she began collaborating with Seattle artists and organizations to create unique, transformative artist conversations that are more than just a bunch of talking heads and a silent audience. Her artist gatherings are more than talks, they’re community discussions.
Aarons’ thoughts on founding Artists Up Close: “I created Artists Up Close because I’m hungry for arts coverage that goes deep. I’m hungry to read it and I’m hungry to write it. We live in an era of quick hot takes, sound bites, and copy/paste press releases. I’m tired of that. I want to dig beneath the surface of artists’ lives and artistic practices. What makes them tick? What is their reason for existing and creating? I want to take a trip deep into the mind of the artist. Come take that journey with me.”
