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.
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.
 Symetra Bellevue Family 4th, the Eastside’s Premier 4th of July Event, 10:05pm, Bellevue Downtown Park (one block south of Bellevue Square on the corner of NE 4th Street and Bellevue Way), 10201 NE 4th Street Bellevue, WA 98004.
Celebrate Kirkland, 10:15pm, Marina Park with views from most downtown waterfront parks. The Marina Parking Lot will open after 1:30 p.m. In the evening, once the Marina Parking Lot is full there will be no entrance into the park. After the fireworks show drivers will wait until the pedestrians are cleared from the park and traffic can move safely from the lot.
Seattle’s Family 4th at Lake Union, 10:00pm, Gas Works Park. Seattle’s Family 4th fireworks display is nationally acknowledged as one of the best in the country. The innovative and technologically advanced fireworks are set against the natural amphitheater of Lake Union and are synchronized to an inspiring score of traditional anthems and popular favorites. Time magazine has called the Family 4th at Lake Union one of the Top Five fireworks displays in the country.
Here’s a list of other locations around Seattle, where you can watch 4th of July fireworks, by TRAVIS PITTMAN at KING5.com.
Have a safe and beautiful 4th of July. Let freedom ring.
Seattle International Beer Festival (SIB) is and OVER THE TOP beer festival, celebrating the world’s most legendary brewing styles and the nations that made them famous. Come taste over 150 world-class beers from more than 15 countries. Cost is $25 AT GATE. $5 for non-drinkers (includes free N/A bevs). Ticket price includes the following goodies.
Entry includes SIB glass & 10 beer tickets
More tickets available for $1 each
All beers are 4oz. servings
Beers cost 1 to 6 tickets, depending on how much it costs us.
Prices are NOT based on rarity.
There are dozens of 1 ticket beers. Usually over 50.
Hours
Friday July 2 12pm-10pm
Saturday July 3 12pm-10pm
Sunday July 4 12pm-9pm
Here’s how to enjoy all that beer and save a buck or more:
$20 ADVANCE PURCHASE when you buy tickets online
Volunteer at SIB and get free beer.
Find out which Tully’s Coffee locations in the Seattle area will offer customers free coffee over the 4th of July weekend in her article Free coffee at Seattle area Tully’s 4th of July weekend , by Seattle Free Stuff Examiner, Cindy Grayson.
Over 500 people, from more than 75 countries, will be sworn in by U.S. District Court Judge, as new citizens of the United States of America. 26th Naturalization Ceremony, Sunday, July 4, 2010 beginning at 11:00am.
This is by far one of the most meaningful and moving Fourth of July events in the region and arouses great interest among friends and families of the new citizens as well as within the general community. While this is an especially important day for the many new citizens, coming from a variety of nations and cultures, it also serves to reaffirm the deeper meaning of being a citizen of the United States of America. The public is encouraged to attend and admission is free.
Air National Guard Band of the Northwest will perform festive selections beginning at 11:00am. The Washington Army National Guard Honor Guard will present the colors. The formal program will begin at 12:00 noon, and will last one hour, beginning with a performance by Native American performers Gene Tagaban & Swil Kanim.
The 2010 Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival will be held Saturday, July 3rd and Sunday, July 4th, 2010 from 10 am to 6 pm each day. Free! Donations Accepted! The Festival is held at Lake Union Park and The Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley Street, Seattle WA 98109.
The theme is heritage wooden boats. The ambiance is that of an old-fashioned, down-home waterfront festival where everything is fun, almost everything is free and nothing much is fancy. It’s as authentically grassroots American as you can get and has been for over three decades.
Join McCormick & Schmik on Father’s Day June 20 with a 3-course dinner for $29.95, including soup or salad, prime rib, and creme brulee dessert. Take advantage of something special “fore” dad!
Enter for a change to win Callaway Golf Clubs with Limited Edition Bag!
4 locations in the Seattle area:
MCCORMICK & SCHMICK’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, 700 Bellevue Way, Bellevue 98004. 425.454.2606
MCCORMICK’S FISH HOUSE & BAR, 722 Fourth Ave, Seattle 98104. 206.682.3900
MCCORMICK & SCHMICK’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, 1103 First Ave, Seattle 98101. 206.623.5500
MCCORMICK & SCHMICK’S HARBORSIDE ON LAKE UNION, 1200 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle 98109. 206.270.9052
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