Kirby has been in Fremont for a lifetime, as a resident, employee, employer, and playmate. She's served on the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, the Fremont Neighborhood Council and the Fremont Arts Council, and can be seen wandering the Center of the Universe year 'round. When it comes to Fremont, she likes to say she's full of it!
The annual pub crawl to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research, in the form of donations to Molly Johnston’s team in the MS Walk on April 3rd, will take place on Saturday, March 12th, with kick-off at 4p at the Red Door, and the raffle drawing at 7p at The Ballroom.
At the monthly meeting of the Fremont Arts Council on February 8th, the election closed for the 2011 Board of Directors. Board Member Barb Luecke sent an e-mail out on February 27th to the FAC e-group reporting that the Board has now elected as their president Michael Clark.
The dates for the public open house/stakeholders workshops have been rescheduled. The opportunity for the public, in addition to the members of the project’s community stakeholders, to view the conceptual floor plans, cost information, architectural elevations and “flyover” simulations for the final five remodel concepts under consideration for the North Seattle Transfer Station have been rescheduled for Monday, March 7th and Monday, March 14th. The two public viewings will still be held at the offices of the Institute for Systems Biology (at 837 N 34th St.)
On Sunday, February 27th, from Noon – 6p, Henry Burton invites everyone to stop by Fremont Place Books (a.k.a. Fremont Place Book Company) to celebrate 22-years of books and bookselling, and to say good-bye to it all. Additionally, he hopes book lovers, bargain shoppers, and shopkeepers will come in to buy up the inventory, office supplies and furnishings.
From the “only in Fremont” files, a large heart was hung on the bronze sculpture of Vladimir Lenin in celebration of Valentine’s Day, on Monday, February 14, 2011.
We in Fremont always think of Theo when we need to fulfill our chocolate fix – but do not forget Theo Chocolate when it comes to the upcoming chocolate holiday of the year – Valentine’s Day, Monday, February 14th.
This weekend, Friday & Saturday, Feb 4 & 5, Stone Soup Theatre will offer discounted tickets to their latest production, How I Learned to Drive written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel, and directed by John Vreeke.
Does your best friend need a few pointers on how best to behave? Well, if your best friend is your pooch, check out dog training courses now being offered at Petapoluza Pet Supply (114 N 36th St) by Drew Webster, of Good Dog Training.
On Sunday, February 13th, 2011, from 6p – 10p, Moisture Festival will hold the most romantic of all fundraisers – for what says love more than square dancing… At Hale’s Palladium (4301 Leary Way N.W.), the aerialists, musicians and ghost of Mae West invite Moisture Festival lovers, and supporters, to come experience a night of romance.
Now at the Seattle Boat Show, at Qwest Field Event Center, through Sunday, January 30th, will be four men who plan to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a 29-foot rowboat starting in December 2011. Atlantic Ocean Rowing Race veterans Greg Spooner and (Fremonster) Jordan Hanssen, Olympic Gold Medalist Adam Kreek, and former UW rower Richard Tarbill will be available from 10a – 8p each day of the Boat Show to answer questions about their experiences, and plans.
