{"id":9668,"date":"2025-07-21T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=9668"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:17:06","slug":"zoe-jorgensen-quartet-at-saam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=9668","title":{"rendered":"Zo\u00eb Jorgensen Quartet at SAAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SAAM<\/strong><\/a> (the Smithsonian American Art Museum) hosts Luce Unplugged, a free local concert series in the skylit courtyard, which in 2026 is celebrating its tenth anniversary. After exploring the exhibits at either SAAM or the <a href=\"https:\/\/npg.si.edu\/home\/national-portrait-gallery\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/npg.si.edu\/home\/national-portrait-gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>National Portrait Gallery<\/strong><\/a>, you can pick up a drink at the cafe and sit in the courtyard between the two, enjoying music. On the day of our visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoejorgenson.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zoejorgenson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Zo\u00eb Jorgensen<\/strong> Quartet<\/a> played to an enthusiastic crowd. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/events\/luce-local-community-day-july-11-2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.trumba.com\/calendars\/smithsonian-events?view=series&amp;seriesid=1380574&amp;media=print#:~:text=1\u20133%20p.m.%20(see%20below%20for,chosen%20by%20the%20performing%20artists.&amp;text=Saturday%2C%20July%2011%2C%202026,Luce%20Local%20Community%20Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luce Local<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/events\/luce-local-community-day-july-11-2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.trumba.com\/calendars\/smithsonian-events?view=series&amp;seriesid=1380574&amp;media=print#:~:text=1\u20133%20p.m.%20(see%20below%20for,chosen%20by%20the%20performing%20artists.&amp;text=Saturday%2C%20July%2011%2C%202026,Luce%20Local%20Community%20Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong> Community Day<\/strong><\/a> is scheduled for Saturday, July 11th, 2026. Concerts <span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; white-space: normal;\">are scheduled for<\/span> guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/events\/take-5-jazz-saam-joshua-bayer-july-9-2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/events\/take-5-jazz-saam-joshua-bayer-july-9-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Joshua Bayer<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday, July 9th, and for saxophonist and flautist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/events\/take-five-jazz-saam-lyle-link-august-20-2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/events\/take-five-jazz-saam-lyle-link-august-20-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Lyle Link<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday, August 20th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JorgensonQuartet2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JorgensonQuartet2-1024x755.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JorgensonQuartet2-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JorgensonQuartet2-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JorgensonQuartet2-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JorgensonQuartet2-1536x1133.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JorgensonQuartet2-2048x1510.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAAM (the Smithsonian American Art Museum) hosts Luce Unplugged, a free local concert series in the skylit courtyard, which in 2026 is celebrating its tenth anniversary. After exploring the exhibits at either SAAM or the National Portrait Gallery, you can pick up a drink at the cafe and sit in the courtyard between the two,<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=9668\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[47,94,17,3],"class_list":["post-9668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook","tag-dc","tag-music","tag-penink","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9668"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9713,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9668\/revisions\/9713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}