Drive 88 MPH and meet us at the Clock Tower, Future Boys & Girls!

Hosted by MAP Theatre: the inimitable Brandon Ryan, the inscrutable Peggy Gannon, the incorrigible Shane Regan! and an indispensable special guest host!

For the 22nd episode in our MAP Theatre trivia series, we bring you…

BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY Trivia Night!
50 questions about your favorite time traveling high schooler.

Tuesday, June 11th
7:00 – 9:30 PM

@ Central Cinema
1411 21st Avenue in Seattle (21st & Union in the Central District)

General Admission:
$6 ONLINE ADVANCE TICKETS https://central-cinema.com/get-tickets/?Page=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.ticketbiscuit.com%2FCentralCinema%2FEvents%2F164403
$8 AT THE DOOR

**PRIZES**
The MAP duo has put together some killer prize packages. Teams of 1-5 are welcome. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & last place, door prize, costume prize, and random other prizes for being awesome. You don’t have to be good at trivia … just come on down and nerd out with us.

**FOOD & DRINKS**
Central Cinema has table service; one of the things that makes it our favorite place.

~Will Brandon have an awkward & confusing exchange with his mother?
~Will Peggy get back in time?
~Will Shane deck Biff?
All of these questions and more will be uncovered at our next TRIVIA NIGHT!

You can rent the show from your local video store (such as On 15th Video, our dear sponsor).

Painting Stencils at Hopscotch Detroit

Join us as we use our giant stencils, flour chalk and paint a couple blocks in the CD with a prototype to figure out the best and quickest way to get our 1.8 mile course ready for June 1st!

We’ll be working through the problems, so we know what it will actually be like to lay down a 1.8 mile course! FUN!

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Can’t make the practice day? Remember Hopscotch CD happens on June 1st! 1.8 miles of fun including the following:

Jackson End (between 28th and 20th)

• Seattle Girls Schools and Leschi Community Council are doing a breakfast table plus a fun play project at Flo Ware Park
• Fire Station 6 may be doing to do something fun, like an open house
• Coleman Neighborhood Association is having a big book sale in the Red Apple Parking Lot to raise money for neighborhood improvements
• Stop in and hug someone in the Franz Bakery Outlet. Franz donated hundreds of pounds of flour, corn starch, and sugar to make the hopscotch path itself possible!
• Giddens School and Pomegranate Center are building an amazing neighborhood book sharing kiosk in Pratt’s parking lot at 20th and Jackson
• A pop band (with lots of horns and drums I hear) will be playing in front of a café at 20th and Jackson.

Pratt Park area (20th and Yesler) Continue reading →

Join the fun, as we discuss the making of the hopscotch templates, the practice day on Saturday, May 11, and how we’re going to find more block captains!

Now 20% off! Our 7-week Beginner’s Cycle is underway. Come learn practical self defense skills and kung fu basics in a fun, supportive environment. You’ll finish with a solid understanding of how to kick, punch, and get out of danger. Open to women and girls age 13 and older. Open enrollment through April 18.

Beginner’s classes are held on Tuedays 6:00-7:30 pm and Thursdays, 7:30-9pm, with an optional class on Saturday (mixed with all levels) from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. We ask that you come to at least two classes per week, and you are welcome to attend all three!

No prior experiemce is required.

EDITOR’S UPDATE: See our story for more about the 23rd Ave Action Plan.

Turn your passion into action!

Join us for a community workshop and resource fair to kick-off of the 23rd Avenue Action Plan. Together, we will identify new actions and a shared vision for healthy, equity, and character of three important Central Area community cores – 23rd & Union, Cherry, and Jackson.

The event starts at 9am with a half-hour social and continental breakfast – come grab a bite to eat and connect with your neighbors and other community members. Then we’ll head into an interactive workshop. Hope to see you there!

Learn more at http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/unionjackson/Overview/default.asp.

Join us for a conversation about the current Books on the Bus selection, Parable of the Sower, by speculative fiction icon, Octavia Butler. Award-winning local writer Nisi Shawl will lead the discussion. She’ll also share more about Ms. Butler’s life, her adventures on King County Metro buses, and her contributions to the community.

Light refreshments will be served. We’ll also have a few free copies of Parable on hand–available on a first come, first served basis.

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The 2100 Building is served by routes 4, 7, 8, & 48.

Want to learn self defense? Curious about martial arts? Interested in joining a great community of women? Then come to the free Try a Class night at Seven Star Women’s Kung Fu this Wednesday, March 27, 6:30-8:30pm!

This is a special class open to all women.  Classes are offered quarterly, usually two-three weeks before the Beginner’s Cycle starts.  It’s a great chance to meet some of the Seven Star students and teachers, and get a taste of our curriculum and teaching style.  In our Try A Class Night you will learn basic self defense tools and an introduction to Kajukenbo. $10 suggested donation.

Seven Star is only a couple of blocks from Garfield High School, at 525 21st Ave (between Cherry & Jefferson Streets) in Seattle.

We provide child-care and ASL interpreting (let us know if you need either in advance).

Questions? Contact us at sevenstarwomen@yahoo.com or  206.720.1046.

Join us as we talk about what the fliers need to say and how we’re getting them delivered to every house on the route, talk about the budget we handed over to the city, and talk about how we’re going to make the stencils. And have fun!

RSVP if possible, here: http://www.facebook.com/events/340796036021218/

Come help us scope out the proposed route for the 1.8 mile hopscotch course across the CD! We’ll be meeting up at Flo Ware Park on 28th and Jackson and walking over have some beer and food at the Neighbor Lady on 23rd and Union.

http://www.facebook.com/events/104284063079915/

Can’t make the walk but getting curious about how you can lend a hand?

Live or work on the route?

WE NEED BLOCK CAPTAINS!
Block Captains will be the neighborhood masters of fun! You’ll be passing out chalk, chatting with your neighbors and helping people continue on their way along the course.

HOST A GARAGE SALE! MAKE A LEMONADE STAND!
Are you kidding? No way! Maybe you don’t hopscotch and can’t stand making chalk drawings..but you could take advantage of all the folks out the street to clean out your stuff and make a bit of money. We’ll be listing ALL EVENTS along the route on our upcoming website so why not? This is also a great opportunity for community organizations to do a little fundraising.

HELP US FIGURE OUT PARTNERSHIPS and MORE FUN!
We don’t know everyone yet on the route, but we’d love to see partnerships and mentoring happening all along the route, so if you are involved in school, social organization, church in the neighborhood and aren’t on the route but want to participate, let’s figure out how we can get your paired up with activities on the route! We’re looking for people and group who want to organize games and other FUN events. Have a giant chess set? Have lots of smaller ones and tables to host some chess? Like dodge ball? Know how to play four square? Are you on a jump rope team? We are looking for you!

As always, stay in the know with the latest news on Hopscotch CD and get in touch with us at Jackson Commons. It’s on Facebook, Twitter, and the Web. Or drop us an email at jacksoncommons@gmail.com.

Here’s that proposed route one more time: Continue reading →