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Seattle will soon be home to one of the most unique gardens and cultural centers in the county. The 4.6-acre Seattle Chinese Garden will be one of the largest Chinese gardens outside of China, showcasing not only plants, but also stone, architecture and water elements that are customary to Chinese gardens. The Garden will also feature 12 buildings, including an education center and a banquet hall with special event seating for up to 200 people. The Garden is being built in phases. Some site work has been done and next will be construction of the “Knowing the Spring Courtyard”, the second traditional structure in the Garden. Completion of the Courtyard is expected by end of 2010. Components for this courtyard will be fabricated in Chongqing, and assembly performed by Chinese artisans from Chongqing and local Seattle contractors.
Seattle Chinese Garden is hosting an Artisan Welcome Party Sunday, August 22 from 1–4 pm to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese artisans and welcome them to Seattle at a fun, festive, community event! You will get to see Courtyard Progress and the Garden Site and have the opportunity to talk with the Artisans (translators on hand) who are constructing the Garden. The public is invited to this free community event. There is a suggested donation of $5. The festivities include:
Lion Dance (1:40 pm)
Martial Arts by Tony Au International
Chinese Children’s Dances by the Melody Institute
Chinese Arts Demonstrations
Kite Flying and Family Activities
Directions: Drive into the north entrance to South Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Ave. SW (map). The college arboretum is on your left.
Parking: Continue driving straight ahead past the one-story building on your left (the Chan Education Center). Turn left into the entrance to a small parking lot for the Landscape Horticulture Building (LHO) and the Chan Center. Look for Chinese Garden signs directing you to an LHO classroom. If this parking lot is full, park in the large lot to the south.
About the Artisans
Feng Dacheng, lead designer from Chongqing, and Song Weizhong, chief architect and project manager for the Changshu Ancient Style Garden Construction Company, will guide courtyard construction. Local partners are construction firm Krekow Jennings and Jones and Jones Architecture.
Yangming Chu is the Garden Society’s project director. An expert on Chinese art history and architecture, Chu oversaw the first stage of courtyard construction in 2008, the building of the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden in 1998, and the Ming Courtyard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Lonely Kazoo: A Synthetic Journey to Heaven is an operatic coming-of-age story about a young kazoo searching for a new home as a post-consumer product. Featuring a rock band, shadow puppets and, of course, kazoos. The show will play at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center for all to enjoy on Thursday, August 19 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm. $5-$7 Admission, appropriate for all ages.
Fremont Abbey Arts Center is located at 43rd & Fremont Avenue North in the Fremont Village (Upper Fremont), 4272 Fremont Ave., Seattle.
The mission of the Fremont Abbey is to be a vibrant community venue for people of all ages and incomes to be supported in their artistic & social development through new collaborative arts experiences. The Abbey focuses on music, dance, visual, literary and culinary arts in formats including multi-arts performances, group classes & workshops, individual lessons, new exhibits and artistic life celebrations.
Discover what owl species live in the Pacific Northwest. Take a night hike with the Rangers and look for owls and other nocturnal wildlife in the park. Bring a flashlight or a headlamp for the journey, as well as sturdy shoes! Pre-registration required. Limited space available. $3 per person. For more information, call Lewis Creek at 425-452-4195.
The Next Owl Prowl is offered on Aug-20-2010 from 7:00PM – 8:30PM at Lewis Creek Park, 5504 Lakemont BLVD SE, Bellevue. Meet in the LCVC – Meeting Room.
Head to the Samish Bay Bivalve Bash and Low Tide Mud Run on Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 9:00AM – 5:00PM. The Bash benefits the Community Clean Water Awareness Programs of the Skagit Conservation Education Alliance (SCEA), which promotoes education about understanding and caring for the Watersheds of Skagit County. The Festival Cover is $5 per person. Kids 6 and under and Mud Runners free. No pets. No coolers. Onsite menu. Carpooling encouraged. All Bivalve Bash Parking is offsite and free. Follow signs on Chuckanut Drive to free offsite parking and free shuttle bus service to festival site.
Directions from Seattle:
From the south for Blanchard Chapel Parking: Coming north on I-5 get off at Exit 232 (Cook Rd). Turn left at exit and go to Chuckanut Drive (Hwy 11). Turn right and look for signs for Bivalve Bash Parking. Turn right on Colony Road. At the stop sign, turn left. Blanchard Chapel is just ahead on the right.
From the south for Edison School Parking: Coming north on I-5 get off at Exit 232 (Cook Rd). Turn left and go to Chuckanut Drive (Hwy 11) and turn right and look for signs for Bivalve Bash Parking. Turn left at W Bow Hill Road. Stay to the left and turn onto Main St.
Event festivities include the following family fun activities.
Kid’s Beach, Mr. Krabby’s Kid Pond, and Giant Bubbles
Oyster Shuffleboard, Oyster Shell Sculpture Competition, and Amateur Shucking Competition
Bivalve Face Painting and Shell Crafts
Hula Hoops and Volleyball
Silent Auction
…and More!
The Low Tide Mud Run is yard-for-yard, the Northwest’s toughest foot race. Voted the best summer event by Skagit Runners! strong>Trudge through 250 yards of Samish Bay mud. Shoes required. Clean-up hoses provided. Change of clothes recommended.
Moonlight Cinema by Redhook Ale Brewery is presented in their outdoor grassy amphitheater, known as The Bowl. On Thursday evenings from mid-July through August, movie watchers gather under the stars to see their favorite movies projected on a 55-foot inflatable screen, while enjoying some of the finest brew available in the Northwest. Redhook invites you to join in this unique and memorable annual tradition. Come and see what the hype is about! For a list of this season’s movies or directions to the site, visit www.redhookmoonlightcinema.com.
$5 Admission. Please have your I.D. ready at the gate to receive your 21+ bracelet. Shows are All-Ages, unless otherwise noted.
Gates open at 6pm and seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
Movies start at dusk, and end at approximately 11:00PM
Bring a blanket or your low-back chairs to save your spot.
BBQ food is available in the Beer Garden and to-go food from the Forecaster’s Pub can be brought out to The Bowl. Picnics are also welcomed.
Parking is available at Redhook until the lot fills, then in the ball fields and the Wine Village lot, just east of the brewery. After 7pm, guests can park next door at the Columbia Winery.
The Not Allowed List:
No Outside alcohol – bags & coolers will be checked at the gate.
No BBQ grills.
No pets.
Make a date to join thousands of Zombies in the RED, WHITE, & DEAD ZOMBIE WALK on Saturday, July 03, 2010 at Fremont Outdoor Movies and walk and dance for a bloody good time and cause. The Fremont Outdoor Movies is counting on all of Seattle to come out and represent their city to return the Guinness World Record back to its rightful owner and crown Seattle the “Zombie Capital of the World” once and for all in the Dead Center of the Universe – Fremont. The Zombie walk world record is 4,026 and currently held by the Big Chill Music Festival in the England, which narrowly edged out Seattle’s 3,894 last August.
Event Producer, Ryan Reiter believes it will take 10,000 zombies to hold onto it for a while, but is confident Seattle can do it.
Don’t be a Zombie and stand in line this year for hours this July 3rd. Purchase your advance ticket here and enter the Express gate, and get pre-registered for the Guinness World Record. Yes, it’s that easy!
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JamFest, a monthly music and art celebration, takes place from 6-9pm on first Thursdays, June-September 2010. Come explore the restaurants, shops, and galleries in the Chinatown-International district (ID) like never before! Hear musicians at the Wing and at local businesses, see art in galleries, and experience dance in Hing Hay Park.
A single $5 cover charge gets you into all music venues. Other sites are free and open to everyone.
Plan your JamFest experience using this map of JamFest, showing participating music venues, shops, galleries and restaurants open late, plus public transportation and parking lots–everything you need to make the most of JamFest.
Classical guitarist Michael Nicolella, violinist Irene Mitri, flutist, Jim O’Halloran and percussionist Andy Schloss perform music by Lou Harrison, Barbara Kolb, Toru Takemitsu, Robert Beaser, Jacob ter Veldhuis and Michael Nicolella. Presented in association with the Wayward Music Series. Saturday, June 26, 6:00-9:00 PM. $5 – $15 suggested donation at the door.
Wayward Music Series is a consortium of affiliated organizations and artists performing adventurous/experimental music ten times per month in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center, including contemporary, classical, free improvisation & the outer fringes of jazz, electronic & computer music, phonography, sound art, microtonality, minimalism, sound poetry, and other weird noise.
Nonsequitur supports a wide range of adventurous music and sound art through recordings, performances, and exhibitions since 1989 and currently runs the concert series in the Chapel Performance Space at the historic Good Shepherd Center.
Boehm’s Candies guided tours, offered June-October, take you through the candy factory where you will receive samples of Boehm’s confections and see how the candies are made. You will also see the authentic Swiss Chalet and Alpine Chapel where you will learn about the history of the founder, Julius Boehm.
Tours are by reservation only. The cost of the tour is $3 per person. Children age 5 and under are free. Tours take approximately 35-45 minutes. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before your scheduled tour time.
Boehm’s also offers free self-guided tours.
Columbia City BeatWalk is a monthly music celebration, where a single cover charge gets you into a host of live music venues. Most nights, Beat Walkers can expect to enjoy everything from live jazz and indie pop, to family dancing (kids are FREE–no cover!) and rhythm and blues. Columbia City in the Rainier Valley is one of the most diverse and unique music events in Seattle featuring high quality performances, along with award-winning restaurants, fantastic retail shops, galleries, and more.
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