The 22nd Annual Emerald City Insulator/Bottle Collector’s Show (and Potluck) will take place on Saturday, March 12th, in the gym at B.F. Day Elementary School (3921 Linden Ave N). Collectors and distributors of these unique items will be on-hand, starting at 10a, to display, sell and trade with the general public.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Come dance, sing and laugh during an outrageous rock concert being held at Dusty Strings Music Shop on Saturday, January 15th at 11a featuring the Brian Waite Band. The free concert will take audience members to magical worlds where animals are rock stars, and instruments come alive!
More than 20 members of the Bastyr University community launched their winter quarter with a chilly race into the waters of Lake Washington on Monday, January 3rd, for the 13th annual ‘Splash and Dash.’
On January 6th, local band Luc & The Lovingtons return to perform at Nectar Lounge (412 N 36th) after their incredibly successful tour with Grammy award winner Jason Mraz. Mraz chose the band as his opening act for a portion of his national tour after first encountering their hit, “The Freedom Song.” The band and Mraz also performed the song at the Freedom Awards, in November 2010, as sponsored by Free The Slaves.
