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Seattle Arts Crush features free and discount theater tickets, arts activities during October

Arts Crush is a month-long festival that features hundreds of free events, special discounts and once-a-year interactive arts opportunities for all ages, 31 days of creative adventures in art, literature, music, theatre, dance, film and more! Art Crush is presented by Theatre Puget Sound in cooperation with other community arts leaders.

Date Night! Get two-for-one tickets or admission to specific events on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the month. Check Date Night for specific details.
Attend Kids Crush, special activities, workshops and performances aimed at engaging youth and families. Whether you’ve got toddlers, tweens or teens, you’re certain to find something to spark their creativity
Find one-of-a-kind FREE events! Arts Crush pulls back the curtain with special performances, interactive events, open rehearsals, public parties, readings, workshops, meet-the-artist events, community art projects, site-specific works, and much more.

Free mindfulness-meditation session with Carolyn McManus every Wednesday at the Frye Museum

At the Frye, Carolyn McManus, PT, is offering free, thirty-minute “drop-in” mindfulness-meditation sessions Wednesdays at 12:30 pm at the Frye Museum where parking is also free. Registration is not required. The Frye Art Museum is located at 704 Terry Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104 (Google map), near Boren Avenue and James Street, just steps from downtown Seattle.

Carolyn McManus is on staff in the Rehab Services Department at Swedish Medical Center, where, since 1998, she has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a meditation, stress reduction, and gentle exercise program. She has also co-led a meditation program for veterans at the VA Puget Sound Medical Center. Presented in collaboration with Swedish Medical Center.

Present-moment awareness is essential to experience and appreciate any work for art, but it can be elusive and we often find ourselves distracted or lost in thought. Through the training and practice of mindfulness meditation we can apply present-moment awareness not only to experience art, but to all aspects life. We can discover a calm amidst our to-do lists and more fully appreciate the gift of each day.

Related posts: Always free Frye Museum where parking is also free.

Explore the retail shops at Pike Place Market DownUnder

Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle boasts nine acres and many shops to explore. Find anything from games and toys, to books and maps, art, magic, antiques, clothing, jewelry, leather, pottery and many other unique handmade crafts. Two of the best areas to explore are the Main Arcade DownUnder and the Sanitary and Corner Markets.

To find the DownUnder, head to the clock (corner of Pike St. and Pike Pl.) and find the nearby stairs (to the right of the fish stall) to the three labyrinthine lower levels, “down under” the Main Arcade.
To find the Sanitary and Corner Market, find the stairway on the north side of Pike St., west of 1st Ave (halfway between 1st Ave and Pike Pl.)

Pike Place Market is open seven days a week, closing only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Check out the market map and directory.

Free coloring pages online for kids or the kid in you

Get free printable coloring pages for your kids or the kid in you!

Printable Coloring Pages from MomsWhoThink.com
Coloring book pages from Apples4theteacher.com
Coloring pages from PreschoolColoringBook.com
Free coloring pages from Coloring Castle
Coloring pages by subject from kddoodle.com
Coloring Book Pages from coloring.ws

Free online books and e-reader software

Get free online books (and a free electronic reader if you need it) 24/7 from the public library as well as online bookstores.

Always free Frye Museum

Located on Seattle’s First Hill, where admission and parking are always free the Frye Art Museum hosts a permanent collection of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European paintings as well as temporary exhibitions of works by internationally renowned and emerging artists. See a list of current exibitions and upcoming exhibitions.

The Frye Art Museum is located at 704 Terry Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104 (Google map), near Boren Avenue and James Street, just steps from downtown Seattle.

Always $3 movies at Crest Theater

Crest Theater shows 2nd run movies and all shows are always $3.00. Featuring Hollywood favorites, independent film and foreign language cinema in a neighborhood setting, the Crest Cinema Center features an eclectic mix of programming at a discount price. Most films that play here are on their last stop before leaving Seattle area screens for good, so don’t snooze. Click here for more information and to get a list of what’s playing now.

Located in Shoreline at 16505 5th Avenue NE at 165th, Shoreline, WA 98155. Ph (206) 781-5755.

Wine tastings in Woodinville (mostly free)

Columbia Winery, 14030 NE 145th Street, Woodinville. Tasting room is open 10am to 6pm daily, excluding major holidays. For $5 per person, friendly and knowledgeable wine educators will guide you through a tasting of five wines.

Chateau Ste. Michelle is Washington State’s oldest winery, 14111 NE 145th Street, Woodinville. Open to the public for tours and tasting from 10 a.m. – 4 :30 p.m. daily.

Des Voigne Cellars is a family owned and operated winery located in the Woodinville Warehouse District. 19501 144th Ave NE Suite B-500, Woodinville. Tasting room: Saturdays – 12:00 to 4:00 pm Sundays – 1:00 to 4:00pm.

Distefano Winery is dedicated to producing small-lot, Bordeaux-style wines of the highest quality. 12280 Woodinville Drive NE, Woodinville. Hours: 12-5 Saturdays & Sundays.

Edmonds Winery makes wines in a lighter fashion, yet well balanced and with good structure. 19501 144th Ave. Northeast Suite D500, Woodinville. Hours: 1:00 – 5:00pm, Thursday – Monday.

Efesté wine cellars uses old world techniques with new world fruit to produce wines that combine the best of both: earthy, elegant, fruity, and bright. 19730 144th Ave NE, Woodinville. Tasting room open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12:00 – 4:00pm.

Facelli Winery family-owned and operated, producing fine Washington wines. 16120 Woodinville-Redmond Rd. NE, Ste. 1, Woodinville. Tastings on weekends from noon to 4 p.m.

Januik Winery creates unique wines that provide great pleasure. 14710 Woodinville-Redmond Rd. NE, Woodinville. Hours: 11-5 daily.

JM Cellars produce high quality wines styled for balance, power, dimension and finesse. 14404 137th Place NE, Woodinville. Saturdays and Sundays Noon – 4:00 pm. $10 tasting fee refunded with wine purchase.

Matthews Estate winery. 16116 140th Place NE, Woodinville. Saturday and Sunday 12-5 pm.

Novelty Hill is a small, artisan winery producing limited quantities of elegant, hand-crafted wines. 14710 Woodinville-Redmond Rd, Woodinville. Hours: 11-5 daily.

Page Cellars focus is on uncompromising quality and handcrafted premium red wines. 19495 144th Ave NE , Suite B 205, Woodinville. Hours: Saturday afternoons from noon to 4pm. Sunday afternoons 1-5pm.

Patterson Cellars/Washington Wine Company. 19501 144th Avenue NE, Suite D-600, Woodinville. 12 – 5pm EVERY Saturday & Sunday.

Silver Lake is Washington’s largest consumer owned winery. 15029-A Woodinville-Redmond Road, Woodinville. 11:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sat and Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Woodhouse Family Cellars flagship wine is Darighe, is a Bordeaux-style blend. 15500 Suite C600 Woodinville-Redmond Road, Woodinville. Tasting room open daily 11-5.

XSV Wines find the perfect balance between art and science. 19501 144th Ave NE #C300, Woodinville. Saturday 12-5PM, Sunday 12-4PM.

Alexandria Nicole Cellars, an award-winning winery based in Eastern Washington, has opened a tasting room in Woodinville. 19501 144th Ave NE, Building C-900, Woodinville. Thursday – Monday 12-5pm.

J. Bookwalter tasting studio. 14810 NE 145th Street, Bldg. B, Woodinville. Sunday 12p.m. to 5p.m. Saturday 11a.m. to 6p.m.

Free book readings at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Store

Elliott Bay Book Co.on Capitol Hill is an independently run, book-lover’s paradise that hosts an average of 10 author visits a week. These reading and speaking engagements are generally free or with nominal charge. Q&A sessions and book signings frequently follow.

For a schedule of author events, visit The Elliott Bay Book Company website or call 206-624-6600 or 800-962-5311.

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