At a Glance Upcoming events and deals
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Come to the Seattle Dahlia Society 53rd Annual Show & Flower Sale on Sunday, September 5 from 11am – 4pm at Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125 (map). Over 1,000 blooms in all sizes & colors on display & gorgeous cut flowers for sale. Society members on hand to provide cultural information.
For more information, visit www.seattledahliasociety.org, 206-954-3336 or email seattledahliasociety@comcast.net.
If you’re looking for a place to walk, study, or express your artistic talents, visit the Washington Park Arboretum, a hidden gem on the shores of Lake Washington. The Graham Visitors Center has maps, restrooms, staff and Arboretum Foundation offices, a gift shop and meeting room. No matter what time of year you visit, you’ll find something of interest along the trails that wind through 230 acres of gardens, natural areas and wetlands, and a dynamic assortment of plants found nowhere else. Directions to Washington Park Arboretum.
The Washington Park Arboretum is free and open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.
The Graham Visitors Center, gift shop and public restrooms are open 9:00 AM-5:00 PM daily, except UW holidays.
The Japanese Garden is operated by Seattle City Parks and Recreation and has an admission fee. For information, call 206-684-4725 or visit their website.
Don’t miss the annual Labor Day Weekend Sale at area Outlet Malls. Enjoy extra savings on top of every day savings of 25% – 65%.
Labor Day Weekend Sale: Fri-Mon, Sept 3 – 6
Fri, Sept 3: 10am-9pm
Sat, Sept 4: 10am-9pm
Sun, Sept 5: 10am-9pm
Mon, Sept 6: 10am-9pm
Seattle Premium Outlets, 10600 Quil Ceda Blvd., Tulalip, WA 98271. (360) 654-3000.
Factory Stores at North Bend, 461 South Fork Avenue SW, North Bend, WA 98045. (425) 888-4505.
Want to learn how to Krump dance? Don’t know what it is? Join us Saturday, September 4, 2010 from 7 – 9pm. Instructor Ja’mari Adams will show you the moves! No pre-registration necessary. FREE.
Southwest Teen Life Center, 2801 SW Thistle St, Seattle, WA 98126.
It only happens once a year EVERYTHING is on SALE (yes, everything) through September 30 at City Kitchens birthday sale. If it’s not on sale, they’ll take 20% off at the register (10% off electrics) plus a store full of birthday specials at 30-50% off.
City Kitchens is located in downtown Seattle, 1527 Fourth Ave, between Pike and Pine. Open Mon-Sat 10-7 and Sun 10-6.
Here is a taste of some of the birthday deals:
40% off Le Creuset cast iron cookware
50% off Emile Henry Olive Green Tagine
50% off Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Cookware
65% off Shun Classic 9″ slicer
50% off WMF 6.5 qt pressure cooker
60% off J.A. Henckels Pro S 4 Pc Steak
40% off all open stock Wusthoff knives
Free guided walking tours of Olmsted-designed parks and boulevards are presented by Friend’s of Seattle’s Olmstead Parks (FSOP). Please join FSOP for a series of walking tours of Olmsted-designed parks and boulevards and a bike tour of Lake Washington Boulevard. All tours begin at 10:00 a.m. and last approximately two hours.
Upcoming walks:
Aug. 28, Jefferson Park
Sept. 26, bicycle tour of Lake Washington Boulevard. (Helmets required for the bicycle tour. This tour will be held on one of the “Bicycle Sundays” this summer on Lake Washington Boulevard. The boulevard is closed to traffic between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information visit: www.seattle.gov/parks/bicyclesunday.)
Oct. 16, Washington park Arboretum Pacific Connections Garden
FSOP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Seattle’s unique Olmsted landscape heritage and raising awareness of the Olmsted philosophy of providing open space for all people.
Beacon Hill Music presents Beacon Rocks! Sunday, August 29 from 1-5pm. Why is it “Beacon Rocks!?” We mean: ”Beacon” as in “our neighborhood”, the folks who live, work or go to school around here. “Rocks!” Is used to mean “a lively state of being excellent” NOT as in only rock music allowed.
We are excited about our new outdoor community meeting place on Beacon Hill, “Lander Festival Street”, just north of Beacon Light Rail Station & east of Beacon Ave South (map). Among the seemingly endless possible uses, Beacon Hill Music wants neighborhood musicians to perform there for you, their neighbors.
What is the point? We want to create opportunities for local musicians and performers to provide free entertainment for their neighbors. We hope this will enrich and strengthen our community pride. Besides . . . It’s Fun!
For more information about Beacon Hill, Visit Yelp’s Neighborhood Spotlight: Beacon Hill
Center City Cinema presents the movie UP, Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 7-9pm at Hing Hay Park in the International District (ID), 423 Maynard Ave S (Map), Seattle, WA 98104-2914. The movie will be shown in English with Spanish subtitles. Movie will be canceled in the case of rain.
Hing Hay Park is the “Park for Pleasurable Gatherings” and is a hub of the ID. Terrace-like stairs lead down from Maynard to a red brick square with an ornate Grand Pavilion designed and constructed in Taipei, Taiwan. Artwork on an adjacent building features a dragon in a depiction of Asian-American history in the Northwest. The park is a popular lunch spot, and meeting place for families and friends.
UP is the Disney Pixar film described by viewers as a hilarious comedy with breath-taking action, amazing sound, special effects, and a story with a heart–possibly the best Pixar film to date. A great film for kids and families. “UP” is rated PG for some peril and action.
Listen to great four-part, a cappella melodies sung in barbershop style by members of the SeaChordsmen, Seattle’s barbershop chorus. This free public concert is part of the SeaChordsmen’s commitment to adopt programs each year that stress service to the community, good fellowship, and vocal music education. The Seattle SeaChordsmen are a group of amateur singers who enjoy performing this great American art form. Come enjoy songs from all decades of the 20th century, for barbershop harmony is ageless in its appeal to singers and audiences. For more information, please see www.seachordsmen.org or call 206-370-4085
This free concert is Saturday, August 28 at 2pm in the Counterbalance Park, Queen Anne Ave. N and Roy St. (Map), Seattle, WA 98119-3828.
The Counterbalance Park is relatively level, 12,000 square feet, bordered on two sides by streets and two sides by condominiums. A variety of neighborhood residential and commercial buildings are visible from the site. Queen Anne Avenue North and Roy Street are both heavily traveled arterials. Traffic signals and crosswalks allow pedestrian access to the site. There is no on-site parking.
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