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				1 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	2 Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond 7:00 pm Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond Weekly on Friday 7:00 pm @ Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Track cycling is a competitive sport, where racers maneuver single-speed, fixed-gear bicycles around an oval track, known as a velodrome. The outdoor velodrome at Marymoor Park is one of a few venues for track cycling ... Read More » Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	3 Free DIY craft kits at Job Carr Museum in Tacoma Free DIY craft kits at Job Carr Museum in Tacoma Saturday, June 3, 2023 Job Carr Museum, 2350 N 30th St, Tacoma, WA 98403 Craft Saturday Events feature take-home craft kits. Each kit includes all the materials and instructions needed for a fun at-home activity. Instructional videos are available on the Museum's YouTube channel. Pick up your craft kit ... Read More » Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More » Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood Weekly on Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm @ Hope Academy, 9421 18th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106 Delridge neighborhood farmers market in West Seattle seeks to put fresh, local food produced by BIPOC-owned businesses directly into the hands of local residents. Seattle’s only BIPOC-priority farmers market, and Seattle’s only farmers market where no ... Read More »
4 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	5 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	6 Free 1st/3rd Tues (May-Oct): open play croquet with instruction at Woodland Park 6:00 pm Free 1st/3rd Tues (May-Oct): open play croquet with instruction at Woodland Park Every 1 months on the 1st Tuesday 6:00 pm @ Woodland Park LBC Club, 6150 Whitman Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 On the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month throughout the "rolling season" (May to October) the public is invited to play croquet on the Woodland Park lawns from 6 p.m. to dusk at ... Read More » Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	7 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	8 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	9 Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond 7:00 pm Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond Weekly on Friday 7:00 pm @ Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Track cycling is a competitive sport, where racers maneuver single-speed, fixed-gear bicycles around an oval track, known as a velodrome. The outdoor velodrome at Marymoor Park is one of a few venues for track cycling ... Read More » Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	10 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More » Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood Weekly on Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm @ Hope Academy, 9421 18th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106 Delridge neighborhood farmers market in West Seattle seeks to put fresh, local food produced by BIPOC-owned businesses directly into the hands of local residents. Seattle’s only BIPOC-priority farmers market, and Seattle’s only farmers market where no ... Read More »
11 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	12 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	13 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	14 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	15 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	16 Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond 7:00 pm Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond Weekly on Friday 7:00 pm @ Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Track cycling is a competitive sport, where racers maneuver single-speed, fixed-gear bicycles around an oval track, known as a velodrome. The outdoor velodrome at Marymoor Park is one of a few venues for track cycling ... Read More » Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	17 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More » Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood Weekly on Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm @ Hope Academy, 9421 18th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106 Delridge neighborhood farmers market in West Seattle seeks to put fresh, local food produced by BIPOC-owned businesses directly into the hands of local residents. Seattle’s only BIPOC-priority farmers market, and Seattle’s only farmers market where no ... Read More »
18 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	19 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	20 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	21 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	22 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	23 Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond 7:00 pm Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond Weekly on Friday 7:00 pm @ Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Track cycling is a competitive sport, where racers maneuver single-speed, fixed-gear bicycles around an oval track, known as a velodrome. The outdoor velodrome at Marymoor Park is one of a few venues for track cycling ... Read More » Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	24 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More » Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Delridge farmers market features BIPOC businesses in West Seattle neighborhood Weekly on Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm @ Hope Academy, 9421 18th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106 Delridge neighborhood farmers market in West Seattle seeks to put fresh, local food produced by BIPOC-owned businesses directly into the hands of local residents. Seattle’s only BIPOC-priority farmers market, and Seattle’s only farmers market where no ... Read More »
25 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	26 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	27 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	28 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	29 Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »	30 Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond 7:00 pm Thrilling Friday night bicycle races in Redmond Weekly on Friday 7:00 pm @ Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Track cycling is a competitive sport, where racers maneuver single-speed, fixed-gear bicycles around an oval track, known as a velodrome. The outdoor velodrome at Marymoor Park is one of a few venues for track cycling ... Read More » Free museum admission in summer for military families Free museum admission in summer for military families Multiple locations From Armed Forces Day to Labor Day, free admission for active duty U.S. military personnel and up to five immediate family members is offered through the Blue Star Museums collaboration. Participating museums include many popular ... Read More » Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Blue Star Museum program: free summer admission for military Multiple locations There are dozens and dozens of museums (we lost count at 130...) in the Seattle-Tacoma metro region. You could visit two every week and not hit the same one twice. Of course, 100 museum admission ... Read More »