At a Glance Upcoming events and deals
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Lowe’s offers free Build & Grow workshops where kids (ages 3 & up) can come and learn to build a wooden project. Each participant also receives a free apron, goggles, and a project themed patch, with a certification of merit upon completion of their project. Here are the projects the kids can tackle over the next couple of weeks:
Saturday, September 11: Pet Leash Hanger
Saturday, September 25: Fire Truck
If these projects aren’t a good fit for your brood, check back in a few weeks. Lowe’s typically offers a few free Build & Grow workshops each month!
From project basics to giving your child the opportunity to say, “I built it!”, Lowe’s Build and Grow kid’s clinics are a great way to help build confidence! Sign up online by clicking here.
Deal found courtesy of Jennifer Maciejewski, Atlanta on the Cheap
Experience Hawaii Day at the Seattle Aquarium with a taste of the Hawaiian island of Oahu at the Seattle Aquarium, 1483 Alaskan Way on Sunday, September 12 from 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
You can visit the “Only in Hawai’i” exhibit anytime, but on Sunday, September 12th the Aquarium is planning some additional fun. 700 fresh flower leis will be given out, Hawai’i inspired food and drink specials in the Aquarium Cafe and Hawaiian performers will bring the music of the islands to the Aquarium’s Great Hall at 10:30 am and 1:00 pm. Put on your favorite island attire and get ready to hula with the fish! Aloha!
This event is free with aquarium admission and open to the public.
Attend a free design seminar titled “An Exterior Connection: Relax, Rejuvenate, Replenish”, presented by Cambium Inc. at Terris Draheim, 5600 sixth avenue south, Seattle 98108 on Tuesday September 14, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
At the seminar, gather inspiration for your garden oasis, hear about a new approach to outdoor living and discover how to enhance your exteriors by considering the environment, architecture and furnishings. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to showroom@terrisdraheim.com by September 13.
Since 1998, Cambium, Inc. has provided the highest quality landscape architectural design, construction, and maintenance services for the discerning client.
Emerald City Contra Dance with the Seattle Folklore Society present Contra dancing every Friday at the
Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney N, Seattle (map) in the “Community Hall” (brick building off lower parking lot).
Dance from 7:30pm to 10:00pm, beginner’s workshop at 7:00.
Regular admission is $8; $7 for SFS and PNA members and seniors; $5 for students; under 16 free.
First time contra dancers get a coupon for free admission to their next dance. Coupon redemption limited to first five coupons on any single night.
For more information: 206-440-9839 or emeraldcitycontra@pobox.com
All dances taught. No partner necessary! Light, comfortable clothing recommended. Please do not wear cologne, perfume or other strongly scented products. Thanks! Our hall has strict capacity limits. We occasionally need to limit entry due to high attendance.
Lake City Contra/Old Time Country Dance present Contra dancing in Lake City every Friday at the Lake City Community Center, 12531 – 28th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125 (Map). Admission $8, students & seniors $5, kids and first-time contradancers free! For more information call 206-525-0932.
Dance from 8:00pm-11:00pm with a free introductory “dance skills” workshop at 7:30pm.
Regular admission is $8; students & seniors $5, kids and first-time contradancers free!
Please respect the health needs of many dancers and come fragrance-free.
Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare (SNAP) is offered at various libraries throughout the City to help residents and neighborhoods become better prepared for disasters. This interactive and informative program teaches simple steps that don’t take a lot of time or money. You’ll learn that preparedness can be fun and empowering! Free, no registration needed.
SNAP is offered by the Seattle Office of Emergency Management in partnership with the community to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. For a schedule of classes and other preparedness activities, see the Seattle Emergency Management calendar.
Upcoming SNAP emergency preparedness classes for Fall 2010 (PDF):
Central Branch Library, 1000 4th Ave., 98104, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 6:30-7:45pm
Fremont Branch Library, 731 N. 35th St., 98103, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 from 6:30-7:45pm
Capitol Hill Branch Library, 425 Harvard Ave. E., 98102, Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 10:30am-Noon
Lake City Branch Library, 12501 28th Ave. N.E., 98125, Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:30-7:45pm
Southwest Branch Library, 9010 35th Ave. S.W., 98126, Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10:30am-Noon
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.
A free Big Day of Play is sponsored by Seattle Parks Dept and PCC Markets at Warren G. Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE in Seattle, August 28, 2010. Celebrate Cultural Diversity! There will be music, activities, and healthy food and plenty of fun for our cities youth.
Here’s a list of the fun activities and programs that help families to be active together: Fun Run, 3 on 3 basketball, and samples of the activities from all of our facilities and programs, and Paddling and Boating activities at the beach.
The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace (中文) (Tiếng Việt) will be touring in Seattle August 21 – 29. The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is the largest Buddha carved from gemstone quality jade. The Jade Buddha can be seen at the Vietnamese Co Lam Temple, 3503 S. Graham St, Seattle, 98118. (Map)
The goal of the tour is to promote interfaith harmony and universal peace for all beings. The organizers and sponsors of the tour hope that the Buddha’s presence will inspire everyone who sees it to find peace in their home, their school and work, their family, and in their own heart.
The Universal Peace Tour
The Jade Buddha is on a world tour which will take it to Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. The Universal Peace Tour commenced in 2009 in Vietnam and then traveled to Australia. The Buddha is currently on tour in the U.S., followed by tours in Canada, Germany, England, and other European cities before returning to Asia in 2012. Eventually the Jade Buddha will go to its home at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. There, the Jade Buddha will be a symbol of peace to inspire the world for millennia to come. (A Stupa is the most sacred type of monument in the Buddhist world.)
The Jade Buddha
The Jade Buddha is a great international achievement. The Buddha is carved from the largest boulder ever found of gem quality polar jade. The project became possible in 2000 with the discovery of the 19.8 ton boulder. The Jade Buddha project commenced in early 2003. The prototype for the Buddha, based on the famous Buddha from Bodh Gaya, India was designed by an Australian and a Thai sculptor, then carved by skilled craftsmen in Thailand. The face was painted by a master painter from Nepal. The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace was consecrated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on December 1, 2009 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia.
The Jade Buddha weighs about 4 tons and sits 8 feet high on an alabaster throne that is about 4-1/2 feet high. The Jade Buddha is currently valued at $5 million AUD (about $4.5 million USD).
Jade Buddha Fact Sheet
Jade Buddha brochure
About Polar Jade
In the late 1990s a remarkable new find of jade was discovered just south of the Yukon border in Canada. It contained stone so green, clear and vibrant that it was unlike any other jade ever found. Inspired by its surroundings it became known as “Polar Jade”, a translucent Nephrite jade. Polar Jade has been scientifically determined to be harder than any other variety of Nephrite jade. It shines to a brilliant polish and is prized as a gem for precious jewelry and for carving fine art. Polar Jade was always in very limited supply and is now considered to be unavailable.
The discovery of the immense jade boulder in 2000 was dubbed “the find of the millennium”. In the book “Jade” by Fred Ward, internationally known author and gemologist, he writes about Polar Jade:
“Without doubt, this is the largest piece of gem grade jade found in my lifetime and perhaps the millennium. Without going into too much in the geological formation, it is a very, very rare occurrence.”
The Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) has more than 30 years of activity and involvement in protecting native plants. The small group of individuals who assembled at the Pacific Science Center in 1976 has now grown to nearly 1800 members with eleven active chapters throughout Washington.
To join the WPNS, use the membership form. The form may printed and mailed with your dues check, or submitted online (see the form for payment options, including online credit card payments).
Membership benefits include Field trips to admire, study and photograph wildflowers and plant communities. There are also volunteer opportunities to help restore habitats, conduct native plant inventories, and monitor rare plant populations, and much more.
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