At a Glance Upcoming events and deals
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The Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival provides a feast for the senses as visitors journey through the sights, sounds and tastes of Hawaii with workshops, Hawaiian crafts, keiki-activities, exhibits and ono food. Join many of the over 50,000 Hawaiian Islanders who call Washington their home as they share their homeland’s colorful history through live performances of the hula and mele. Presented by the Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival Committee.
Seattle Center Festál, a series of 22 world festivals presented at Seattle Center on weekends throughout 2010, highlights the distinct cultures and common threads of ethnic communities in our region through traditional and contemporary art, music, foods, youth activities, workshops and more. This collection of cultural events is produced with the generous support of Wells Fargo, Verizon Wireless, KUOW 94.9 Public Radio and Western Washington Toyota Dealers. Additional support is provided by Seattle Center Foundation and the City of Seattle.
Upcomining events
Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival September 12, 2010
Seattle Fiestas Patrias September 18-19, 2010
The Italian Festival September 25-26, 2010
CroatiaFest October 3, 2010
Utsav – South Asian Performing Arts Festival October 9-10, 2010
TurkFest October 16-17 2010
Dia de Muertos – A Mexican Remembrance to Remember Our Departed October 30-31, 2010
Hmong New Year Celebration November 6, 2010
The West Seattle art walk is a monthly art event that is held the second Thursday of each month 6pm to 9pm year-round. The art walk is hosted by the local West Seattle merchants who feature a wide range of art and showcase our vibrant artist community.
From Alki to Endolyne, the West Seattle Art Walk is brought to you by West Seattle merchants. Over 60 merchants in the West Seattle Junction, Alki Beach, Admiral District, Morgan Junction, Fauntleroy District and Delridge display art and showcase artists.
Korea’s traditional Harvest Festival Day offers festival-goers insight into this country’s cultural evolution and contemporary culture through folk songs, dance, Tae Kwon Do demonstrations, traditional harvest foods, films and exhibits. Presented by the Korean-American Art & Cultural Association of the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle Center Festál, a series of 22 world festivals presented at Seattle Center on weekends throughout 2010, highlights the distinct cultures and common threads of ethnic communities in our region through traditional and contemporary art, music, foods, youth activities, workshops and more. This collection of cultural events is produced with the generous support of Wells Fargo, Verizon Wireless, KUOW 94.9 Public Radio and Western Washington Toyota Dealers. Additional support is provided by Seattle Center Foundation and the City of Seattle.
Upcomining events
Korean Cultural Celebration September 11, 2010
Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival September 12, 2010
Seattle Fiestas Patrias September 18-19, 2010
The Italian Festival September 25-26, 2010
CroatiaFest October 3, 2010
Utsav – South Asian Performing Arts Festival October 9-10, 2010
TurkFest October 16-17 2010
Dia de Muertos – A Mexican Remembrance to Remember Our Departed October 30-31, 2010
Hmong New Year Celebration November 6, 2010
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
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.
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.
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
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