At a Glance Upcoming events and deals
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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.
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.
See new installations and celebrate summer at the Olympic Sculpture Park. Experience art, performances, talks, dancing and more at the late-night SAM Remix creative explosion! Illuminate the park after dark by wearing neon; the first 50 people in neon get in free. SAM Remix event August 27, 2010, 8 pm–midnight at Olympic Sculpture Park , 2901 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121. (Regular admission is $15/$12 for SAM members.)
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.
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.
Amazon has free eBooks for Kindle in their Free Book Collections that include free classics and out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books, as well as limited-time free promotional books available for Kindle or with a Free Kindle app (for PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, or Android)
The Seattle Public Library offers a variety of ebook and other digital services. Access these services 24/7 using a computer and your Seattle Public Library card number and PIN. Now your library never closes!
Enjoy over a a million free ebooks with Borders.com. Read eBooks on your computer or mobile device with a free Borders reader app for your Mac, PC, or mobile device.
Each week through September 14, 2010, Barnes Barnes & Noble will make a limited selection of Classics eBooks available at no charge. The titles will change weekly and will be determined in Barnes & Noble’s sole discretion. To learn more about which Classics are available, go to www.bn.com/freelibrary each week. In order to take advantage of this offer, customers must have a valid bn.com account and BN eReader enabled device. For those who do not have a bn.com account or BN eReader, please follow the prompts to create an account and download the eReader App for free. This offer is for a limited time only, subject to change or discontinuation without notice.
B&N also offers other free eBooks as well as many titles for under $5 as well as a free B&N reader.
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