March Pub Talk

Science Pub: “Roots of My Future”
March 4th, 2025 | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Sip your favorite brew, while you learn a thing or two! Science Pub is an opportunity to enjoy learning about interesting topics in an informal atmosphere. Just bring your curiosity and a thirst to learn!

There are 2 ways to be at this event:

  1. In Person – Paradise Creek Brewery will be seating indoors at 100% capacity and the pub talk will be broadcast/projected on a the large projection screen in the pub/restaurant area.
  2. Via Zoom – Register for Zoom link HERE. Place a food/drink order for pick up at Paradise Creek Brewery’s Downtown Restaurant – 245 SE Paradise St, Pullman. Local delivery is also available. Tip: Place your order early so it’s ready by Pub talk time.

See the Facebook event here

This month’s speakers:

Join Darryl Singleton and Jacqueline Wilson on March 4th for their pub talk, “Roots of My Future”.

“If This Drum Could Talk” was Darryl M. Singleton’s most recent creative effort. Using the drum as a prismatic lens for cultural expression, “Doc D” will talk about how cultural expression through the arts is resistance and that when we recognize and value those expressions, we promote justice and equity. Dr. Jacqueline Wilson is a Yakama creator, musician, and advocate whose creative activity centers Indigenous voices with a focus on relationship-building through meaningful, reciprocal artistic collaborations. In this talk, Wilson will discuss how Indigenous concepts of relationality and resilience inform and inspire her approach to community engagement, pedagogy, and performance.

Darryl “Doc D” Singleton is WSU’s Assistant Professor of Black Music in America and Social Justice, Jazz Percussion teacher, and Jazz Area Coordinator. His longest previous appointment was 27 years spent at Texas Southern University where he taught percussion and became the interim director of the “Ocean of Soul” marching band. A versatile percussionist, Singleton’s career highlights include performances with Gladys Knight, Phyllis Hyman, and Aretha Franklin. Before coming to WSU, he was timpanist and principal percussionist in Houston’s Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestra and drummer/percussionist with the Conrad Johnson Jazz Orchestra. On the Palouse, “Doc D” stays busy playing in bands with styles ranging from Latin rock and salsa to jazz and neo soul.

Bassoonist Dr. Jacqueline Wilson is an active performer, pedagogue, collaborator, and advocate. She currently serves as Principal Bassoonist of the Washington Idaho Symphony and Assistant Professor of Bassoon at Washington State University where she performs with the Solstice Faculty Wind Quintet. As an active soloist and chamber musician, she regularly presents recitals, masterclasses, and clinics including engagements at the International Double Reed Society Conference, the International Alliance for Women in Music Conference, the Meg Quigley Bassoon Symposium, the Getty Center Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. An eager contributor to the Double Reed community, Dr. Wilson currently serves as President of the International Double Reed Society.