Queer film organization Three Dollar Bill Cinema is celebrating the passage of marriage equality in the state with a double feature Wednesday evening at Central Cinema. And you’re invited!

From Three Dollar Bill Cinema:

You’re invited to Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Gay Wedding Celebration, with I THINK I DO and THE WEDDING BANQUET at Central Cinema

Celebrate the passage of marriage equality in Washington (and help to keep it legal!) with two fun-filled, matrimony-minded classics of queer cinema.
Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Gay Wedding Celebration is the first event to be produced under our new label of archival events, Rewind. Hard-to-find movies, rarely screened film prints, and classics from the archives will be showcased in future Rewind screenings of vintage queer films. From the festive holiday tradition of “An Evening With AUNTIE MAME” to month-long retrospective series such as “OUTLAW: Jean Genet on Film,” these events provide opportunities for generations young and mature to look back at queer themes and imagery in film and see how far we’ve come.

April 25, 2012
Central Cinema
1411 21st Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

We’ll be collecting donations for Washington United for Marriage, a coalition of organizations, congregations, unions, and businesses working together to secure civil marriage for loving, committed gay and lesbian couples. Representatives will also be present at both screenings with information and opportunities to get involved.

Ticket Prices
Buy in advance and save money!
$10 each film
$8 for members of Three Dollar Bill Cinema
Above tickets will be $2 more at the door

Double Feature: See both films for one low price of $15 (same price in advance or at the door)

Also Wednesday, just around the corner, the monthly Art Show takes over Hollow Earth Radio. Things get underway at 9 p.m.

The ability to sell liquor near 23rd and Union sold at auction for $295,100 late last week. Beaverton, Oregon’s Michale Beraki purchased the rights for what could be the only CD liquor store south of Madison and north of Jackson.

Beraki still needs to negotiate a lease with building owner Tom Bangasser, who told CDNews he is interested in keeping a liquor store in the building. Beraki also won the rights to Store 74 in Lynnwood.

Washington State Liquor Store 182 has been hawking booze since 1993. The store sold $3,541,604 worth of booze in 2011. But as the state prepares to get out of the booze-selling business, it is selling one-time exceptions to a rule included in I-1183 that puts liquor sales almost entirely in the hands of large retailers. The Costco-funded and citizen-approved initiative requires that businesses applying to sell liquor be a minimum of 10,000 square feet. Store 182 is 4,347 square feet.

Grocery Outlet at MLK and Union is large enough to apply for a liquor license, but a manager told CDNews they are not pursuing a license at this time.

By winning the auction, Beraki can either open a store at the current location, open a store in a nearby location or sell the rights to open a liquor store to another party.

Sully McGinnis, proprietor of the Kitchen Sink Project, never thought much about the mysterious namesake of the park down the street. But after reading a little about the life of Flo Ware, McGinnis was inspired and decided to organize a day to celebrate Ware’s life and the 30th Anniversary of the 28th and Jackson park.

From McGinnis:

What I found blew me away, a passionate story about a dynamic lady who simply tried to live her life as a good neighbor. This struck me very deeply because her visions and way of thinking about life are much the same as my own. Many of Flo Ware’s visions are those that I try to mirror through the Kitchen Sink Project. I wanted to invite you to this exciting event.

Celebration details:

May 8th is the 30th Anniversary of Flo Ware Park

12:00-3:00

Brown Bag Lunch

Flo Ware Park

28th and Jackson

“Whatever your fears are-forget them; anything you want challenged-challenge it yourself; whatever your dreams are-make sure they come true” -Flo Ware

Flo Ware was a revolutionary woman who advocated primarily for the rights of the Elderly, Children, and Poor living in Seattle’s Central District.

She was a mother to over 20 foster children

She was arrested for handing out leaflets in front of Horace Mann Elementary school demanding school improvements

She Spearheaded the Meals On Wheels program for the elderly

Come hang out with us in the park! Honor and Be Inspired by the tireless efforts of Florasina Ware. 2012 Would be her 100th birthday year and we can’t think of a better way to Celebrate her Life than by honoring the beautiful space her efforts have provided for the Central District!

Bring a brown bag lunch, some chalk, some bubbles, your stilts, your chess set or your basketball. Come along with your Friends, Family, and Neighbors! Everybody’s invited to come celebrate This amazing Super Hero!

Kitchen Sink Project will have a few extra brown bag lunches on hand in case you forget yours or can’t bring one along.

Hope to See you There,

Sully

http://www.flowarepark.org/

www.kitchensinkproject.com

This guy has a memory problem. Jeremy Marclay Flemings and Anthony Kenner have been charged with attempting to promote prostitution after they allegedly offered an undercover SPD officer protection and to pay for her hotel room in return for half her earnings, according to charging documents.

This was not, however, the first time undercover Officer Clark and Flemings had met, according to the documents. Flemings, now 19, had done time as a juvenile after he was caught in a pimping sting two years ago. The undercover officer in that sting? Officer Clark.

The sting went down at Rainier and Charles April 12. It ended when officers swooped in at undercover Officer Clark’s signal. Details, from the charging documents:

We’ve written about a lot of Craigslist deals gone awry in the CD, but they usually involve items like iPads and iPhones. Wednesday, a man was robbed at gunpoint near 17th 26th and Columbia just seconds after paying $1,400 in cash for a 1991 Ford Explorer.

From the SPD Blotter:

Mere moments after handing over cash for a used car Wednesday evening, a man found himself at the mercy of two carjackers in the Central District.

The man told police that Wednesday afternoon, he contacted a woman about an online ad for a 1991 white Ford Explorer, and later met her in the parking lot of a restaurant near the Seattle Center.

The man drove with the woman to the Central District and parked near a home on 17th 26th Avenue and E. Columbia Street.

The woman told the victim she needed to go into the home and get paperwork for the car, and the victim handed her $1400 in cash to pay for the vehicle.

After the woman got out of the car and walked off, two men approached the victim—who was waiting in the car—and pointed a gun at him.

The suspects ordered the victim out of the car, demanded his keys and cell phone, and drove off with the victim’s car.

The Northwest African American Museum is marking the last day of the exhibit Xenobia Bailey: Aesthetics of Funk by throwing a funk party. Things get underway April 20 starting at 6:30 p.m. and run until 10. Oh, and it’s free.

From NAAM:

Come celebrate the closing of Xenobia Bailey: Aesthetics of Funk at the Northwest African American Museum. Since the opening of The Aesthetics of Funk, visitors have asked to move and dance to the beats of Bailey’s larger-than-life crocheted creations. In response, we are setting the artwork to music for a good old fashioned get down. So get up! Bring your cool and your dancing shoes and get funky to the sweet sounds of DJ Chocolate Chuck. Also, enjoy light refreshments and the last day to view Xenobia Bailey: The Aesthetics of Funk will be May 6, 2012.

Free and open to the public

Location: NAAM

Friday, April 20

6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

[email protected]

– 206-518-6000 ext 108

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You have until May 1st to order your Madrona Mayfair shirts. This year’s festival is Saturday May 12 and you cannot buy t-shirts there. Sales of the shirts support the annual spring fair.

Mayfair schedule (h/t Barbara Parker at Madrona News):

Madrona Mayfair Block Party

A special Madrona day with events to suit every age group. Events rain or shine.

Friday, May 11

4:00-5:00 – Bike and Trike Decorating at the Shelterhouse. Decorations provided!

Saturday May 12

8:00-9:15 – Madrona K-8 Breakfast & Last Minute Bike/Trike Decorating

9:15 – Parade Line Up at Al Larkins Park 9:30 – Parade Begins

9:30-12:00 – Bouncy house, pony rides, bake sale, face painting, an obstacle course,

The Reptile Man, Charles the Clown, food and more in the Madrona Playfield

Enjoy food, fun, and music all afternoon

Amara Parking Lot Performances 12:00 – The Not-Its! – America’s Most Rockin’

Indie Band

1:00 – Le Cancer

2:00 – GOD

3:00 – TBA

4:00 – Ethan Freckleton 5:00 – Autumn Electricity

Bottlehouse Performances 12:00 – Band of Guitars

1:00 – A Cedar Suede 2:00 – TBA

3:00 – Last Great Fire 4:00 – TBA

5:00 – Jazz Group

We’d like to thank our sponsors and neighbor- hood businesses for helping make the Madrona Mayfair Block Party a successful event: Primary Sponsors:

Madrona Community Council and Business Owners of Madrona. Also Ewing & Clark; Harvard Avenue Preschool; Madrona Fam- ily Dental; Lakeview Orthodontics; Madrona Dining and Sipping Society

Supporting sponsors:

Cleanscapes; Cupcake Royale: St. Cloud’s; Meter Music; Seattle Gymnastics;

Seattle Parks and Recreation, Tougo Coffee, Girlie Press, Key Bank, Bottlehouse, Nena

KEXP recently started a concert series to raise money for arts organizations in the region. Their second show — which is coming up April 20 at the Neptune in the U District — will benefit 23rd and Cherry’s Coyote Central. Tickets are $15 for general admission.

From KEXP:

Four times a year, we will present bands at The Neptune, and donate 100% of ticket sales to a local non-profit.

Our second show will feature Real Estate and local group Poor Moon. Our beneficiary is Coyote Central, an organization that cultivates competence and creativity in adolescents through projects with professionals in the studio and out in the community.

Little Big Show #2

April 20, 2012
KEXP, Starbucks & STG are back in the saddle for the return of Little Big Show at The Neptune, featuring Real Estate & Poor Moon. 100% of ticket sales benefiting Coyote Central

A customer in line at the 23rd and Cherry AM/PM convenience store got caught in the path of an angry coffee buyer shortly before 10:30 a.m. April 9, according to the police report. The angry woman wanted a 20 ounce cup at the 16 ounce price. When the clerk demanded the full price, the angry customer tried to throw the coffee at the clerk, but hit the person waiting in line behind her instead.

The assailant then jumped up on the counter and kicked over a container of pepperoni sticks before fleeing the scene. From the police report:

A film crew is stationed outside Grocery Outlet at MLK and Union for the first day of shooting “Touchy Feely.”

The film, starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy, Ellen Page and Josh Pais, is directed by Lynn Shelton and will be shooting around the CD and Capitol Hill. Shelton previously directed several indie flicks, including the Stranger-inspired “Humpday” and a particularly crazy episode of Mad Men (the one in Season 4 where Don almost gets caught by the Feds, Lane’s father slaps him for having a black girlfriend and Lucky Strike drops Sterling Cooper Draper Price).

Anyway, today the crew is filming a shopping scene inside Grocery Outlet (who Shelton said “were super super nice” about shooting) and some shots at the bus stop in front of the Green Plate Special garden across the street. Next week, they will also be filming at 20/20 Cycle.