extra special private reception with The National

September 19th at the Moore Theatre (seattle)

ONE POT and Caffe Vita have been helping put together a lovely fundraiser for the National Co-op Grocers Association. Come early – pay a little extra – and get small bites from Scott Emerick of Cremant, Scott Staples of Quinn’s, and Ericka Burke of the Volunteer Park Café – and then before the masses arrive pick out front row seats for The National (possibly the best new indie album of last year – tho my vote still goes to Arthur and Yu) and pdx darlings Menomena. This is a damn fine opportunity to see some amazing music – up close – and eat some splendid food. Everyone can thank the gentlemen at Neumos for making this event a reality.

Early super rad private reception: $50. 5:30 - 7:30. Front Row Seats. email hebberoy@gmail.com.

General Admission Concert. buy tickets here...

one pot + implied violence = jan 11

hard to explain this cacophonous event.

piles of cut lemons, men shaving, barley girl getting slapped - 5 courses - hard to remember the menu - so many things - avant theatre group implied violence owned the night - one pot merely filled in the corners.

one pot + the vera project = dec 12

ONE POT and Vita collaborated with Sole Repair on December 12th to raise a bunch of cash for The Vera Project. The evening featured a bunch of glorious food by ONE POT (ropa vieja, dirty rice, avocado salad), a sparkling brand new event space (Sole Repair), and coffee we just brought back from a remarkable farm in Guatemala Finca Nuevo Vinas and performances by Dead Science Mass Sugar and Husbands Love Your Wives. Pics by Micah

one pot + sweet crude + joel bisina= oct 14

we are thrilled to have a rare opportunity to engage with the irrepressibly brilliant sandy cioffi on the heels of her film premiere. sandy’s documentary sweet crude recently premiered seattle international film festival. sweet crude deeply questions the stark contrast between the insanely oil rich nigerian delta and the impoverished almost dehumanized state of its inhabitants.
and on this particular night we have a postcard from the nigerian delta. but better than a postcard an actual fleshy postcard. and one with lungs and a huge f#cking heart.
this sunday we are going to make some nigerian pepper soup – and we are going to sit with and share soup with and talk with and drink with and go late into the night with super nova filmmaker sandy cioffi and guest of honor - joel bisina – joel has been a critical leader in the nigerian delta – a kind of lighthouse of hope – and he is here in seattle - he came all the way from the delta – and if you missed the first viewing of sweet crude – you missed something remarkable – but it is a work in progress – and we are going to see new footage – and hear what is happening right now – today – in the delta. this will be casual. you will bring your own bowl and your own spoon. seriously. and we will provide soup. and you will bring wine or whiskey or whatever.
location: verite madrona (verite gallantly funded sweet crude – thank you jody and crew…)time: 6:30bring: wine to share, a bowl, and a spoon.price: whatever you want to pay – I will subtract my food expense and the rest goes directly to the kids in the delta. a little goes a long way. a lot goes even further. - MH

photos by drew zandonella-stannard
www.onemoresalute.com

one pot + urban rest stop = april 28

this event is a fundraiser. a fundraiser for the most lucid project I have come across in recent years. the urban rest stop – which provides hygienic showering facilities and laundry access to over 10,000 homeless men, women and children each year. go to the urban rest stop for more information on their ongoing work. The rest stop is part of The Lower Housing Income Institute – again “remarkable” – and LIHI has all of these wonderful old decaying buildings that will soon be redeveloped and sparkle in the seattle skyline. but one of these spaces is still hunched over on itself formerly an ever popular belltown club – called fittingly “the downunder” – nothing has changed in this surrealist daydream since they closed their doors many moons ago – it is in a decedent state of ruin – some strange mix between bad circus and a tropical casablanca. I think it is sublimely beautiful. so we are doing a big ol one pot dinner – concept: take whatever foodstuffs we get donated (mostly from whole foods) get together with some cooks – and just invent some dishes as we go along – feeding the great pots with bits of this and that– and then serve it forth in this forgotten playground. the evening continues with a robust cabaret by theatre impresario seanjohn walsh, and hits stride with a late night dance party. the bar is being run by those lovely kids from the viceroy. and late night spinning by dj greg jaspan. if you can’t make the dinner - come by for the cabaret (9:30) - or to shake it (11). - MH

one pot + daniel tucker = april 1

we are keeping this one simple. soup. and daniel. if you care about city, and the arts, and some more of the stuff I will paste in below - please sign up and come. sam gould, myself, and western bridge curator eric fredrickson will launch into a panel discussion with mr. tucker post souping. it is in the absolutely stupendously beautiful roy mcmackin designed western bridge gallery and art space - it will be a warm and convivial evening. here is some more info on daniel:
daniel tucker is an artist and organizer visitingfrom chicago. he will be speaking of his work with AREA chicago, abiannual publication (of which he is editor) dedicated to researching and networking the art, education, and activist practices within the city ofchicago.
AREA connects disparate yet vital work and weavesnarratives that bring engaged chicagoans together through critical writing, media and documentation. - MH

illustration by neil brideau