Just in time for fall, Taqueria Tres Reyes has installed covered seating near their truck at 21st and Union.
Tres Reyes has been settling in since they opened in May.
In other Union news, I have noticed an open sign a couple times at Magpie next to Tougo Coffee on 18th near the old T.T. Minor building. But shhh! I think it’s supposed to be a soft opening…
From the CD’s very own boxing gym comes a family-friendly amateur boxing event so exhilarating and so magnificent that it will make a Floyd Mayweather fight look like a game of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.
It’s the Central District Boxing Revival put on by Cappy’s Boxing Gym. The event will feature amateur boxers from all over the northwest.
October 1 starting at 6 p.m. $5. Garfield Community Center.
Check out these photos from last year’s event.
From Cappy’s:
WHAT: LOCAL BOXING EVENT
Amateur boxers from clubs all over the Northwest have been invited to participate in this USA Boxing sanctioned event. USA Boxing – Registered boxers age 8-34 are eligible, and will be matched according to weight, age, and experience.
WHEN: Saturday, October 1st, 2011 at 6pm sharp
WHERE: Garfield Community Center
2323 East Cherry Street, Seattle, WA 98122WHO: Presented by Cappy’s Boxing Club
WWW.CAPPYSGYM.COM
Contact Cappy Kotz ( [email protected] , 206-310-2473)
The second design review meeting for the Imani Village apartment project at 20th and Fir is tonight (September 28), 8 p.m. at Miller Community Center. The project, which is funded in part by grants from Washington State and the Gates Foundation, will create a three-story building with a center courtyard. It will focus on providing housing for families of a nearby low-income school.
The name of the school is being obfuscated due to privacy concerns.
Here are some images from the design documents (download the PDF):
A group of males robbed a woman on Yesler near 23rd Ave September 22 shortly after 8 p.m., according to the police report. One of the suspects allegedly lifted her off the ground from behind while another grabbed her bag, which contained a laptop, clothing, a toiletry bag and some paperwork.
They ran down Yesler to 22nd, where they joined two other males who may have been on lookout. The suspects fled on foot.
More details from the police report:
Police are keeping tabs on one potential suspect, but no arrests were made at the time of the report.
Pair robbed of iPod and phone near 23rd and Marion
Two people were robbed while waiting for a bus near 23rd and Marion September 24, according to the police report. One suspect was arrested after he was identified by both the victims.
From the police report:
An order on the door of Thompson’s Point of View at 23rd and Union states that the soul food restaurant has been closed due to unpaid taxes and penalties from the State of Washington. The unpaid amounts total just under $14,000, according to the posting.
Thompson’s has had a rough year and a half. Carl Thompson, Jr died unexpectedly in the spring of 2010 at the age of 51. Carl had been a centerpiece of the restaurant since it started serving up North Louisiana-style food in 1986. The restaurant stayed in the family with his wife Gail taking over.
We will update as we learn more.
Here’s the notice posted on the door:
The Reel Grrls summer apprenticeship videos are now available for viewing online.
As we reported last week, the summer apprenticeship at Reel Grrls changed its focus this year after the program’s funding was threatened by Comcast. This year, the videos produced focused on media justice issues, including topics like net neutrality and low power FM radio.
Because Reel Grrls is based out of a building at 21st and Union, many of the videos take place around the CD.
Here’s one net neutrality video that takes place in the CD’s very own Union Market, less than a block from the Reel Grrls headquarters:
Internet Freedom #2 from Reel Grrls on Vimeo.
You can check out the other summer apprenticeship videos, including a video recap of the Comcast debacle, at the Reel Grrls Vimeo page.
The man apparently beaten to death at 26th and Jefferson September 22 has been identified as Shaun Ansar Harris, 43.
Police were called to the scene just after 6:30 a.m. after someone reported an altercation inside a vehicle. Harris was found outside a red Mercedes-Benz convertible with a fatal head wound. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he died.
At the September 22 meeting of the East Precinct Advisory Council (EastPAC), precinct commander James Dermody said police do not believe the killing was related to the neighborhood or Garfield High School, which is one block away from the site of the attack.
According to the King County sex offender website, Harris was convicted of third degree rape in 1995. He also has a lengthy list of aliases.
Seattle Times has more information on Harris’ criminal history:
A police spokeswoman said Thursday investigators think Harris knew his attacker.
Harris’ last known address is in Federal Way, according to public records.
Court records show Harris was a Level III sex offender who had an extensive criminal history, including a number of arrests on felony drug charges. He was last arrested Aug. 24 for violating his community custody on a May 2010 drug charge and was released from the King County Jail on Sept. 12, 10 days before his death, jail records show.
Just got this note from Seattle University. The Seattle U Youth Initiative (SUYI) invites the public to a school year kickoff party at Pratt Park tonight (September 23) at 5:30 p.m.
SUYI is a long-term plan to create a relationship between Seattle University and the Bailey-Gatzert Elementary community. One visible result of last year’s SUYI efforts is a mural near the Bailey-Gatzert Elementary playfield, which was created in the spring by a Seattle U art class in conjunction with the school community.
From Seattle U:
Just a quick heads up about an event we have tonight at Pratt Park (20th/Yesler), 5:30 pm.
It’s the kickoff of the Seattle University Youth Initiative for this school year. We’re partnering with MM YMCA.
About 250 families are expected to attend, where there will be a movie shown on a 16-ft screen and many of our community neighborhood partners will be on hand providing info and services to families, related to health and fitness.
The community is invited!
As you probably recall, the SUYI is a long-term commitment to enriching children’s lives in the Bailey Gatzert and SU neighborhood.
www.seattleu.edu/suyi
Hollow Earth Radio’s fall fundraiser will take place in living rooms all around the city simultaneously. Register for BREAK-Fest now and they’ll email you the address of a private living room somewhere in Seattle where you’ll get a home-cooked meal and the chance to listen to Hollow Earth with other station supporters.
BREAK-fest is a throwback to the online radio station’s roots in a Wallingford home before they moved to E Union St over a year ago. From Hollow Earth:
When Hollow Earth Radio first started we did our little online broadcast out of the basement of a residential home. And even though we’ve moved on to a rad public space in the Central District, we think that same mood has carried with us; listeners tell us that tuning in feels like hanging out with friends in their home. We’re comfy homemade radio.
Aside from broadcasting online from their Union studio (including Central District-focused Central Sounds, Wednesdays from 9-11 p.m.), Hollow Earth Radio has also offered programs such as a summer field recording class for kids.
More details about BREAK-fest from Hollow Earth:
Here’s how it will work.
RSVP to attend our Fall Fundraising Brunch.
Register here: http://hollowearthradiobrunch.eventbrite.com/
One week prior to the event, we’ll email you with directions to a private home in Seattle, WA where you’ll enjoy a home-cooked meal with up to 10 other supporters.
If you think your friends would enjoy supporting Hollow Earth Radio, please invite them to attend as well.
All you have to do is bring a checkbook or a pillow case full of money and show up in your PJ’s (and that’s optional). Piece of cake (actual cake probably not provided)!
Speaking of Central Sounds, next Wednesday’s show is the free monthly Art Show dance and art party at the studio:
After Comcast pulled funding for summer programs at Reel Grrls following a May tweet by the organization questioning Comcast’s remarkably dubious hiring of former FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker (just months after Baker voted to approve the Comcast/NBC merger), Reel Grrls went out and raised the funds on their own. When Comcast backpedaled and offered the money back, Reel Grrls told them to keep it.
But the source of funding was not the only thing that changed for the organization’s summer programs. In light of their experience with a power-abusing big media company, Reel Grrls restructured the focus of their summer apprenticeship program to focus on media justice. Administrative Manager Teresa Mozur explained their decision in May:
In light of the events with Comcast last week, we’ve decided to change the focus of our summer apprenticeship program. Participants will now produce short films exploring media reform and media justice issues in partnership with Free Press and the Center for Media Justice. The program will include a trip to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit for all participants who are able to attend.
The public will have the chance to view the result of the summer’s work September 25 at Central Cinema. From Reel Grrls:
Seattle youth-media organization Reel Grrls is hosting a screening of their summer apprentice students’ videos at Central Cinema on Sunday, September 25th at 4pm. The videos produced by the apprentices specifically address media justice and reform issues in response to a public dispute with Comcast over funding of the program.
Since 2007 Comcast had served as the primary provider of funding for the Reel Grrls summer apprenticeship program. On May 13, 2011 funds were revoked because of a tweet posted by Reel Grrls with commentary on their recent hiring of former FCC Commissioner Baker. This year’s program was made possible because of donations made by over 600 individuals from around the country who raised nearly $25,000.
After the screening, during a Q&A session, students will discuss their videos as well as what they learned from the summer program.
What: Reel Grrls’ Summer Apprenticeship Screening
When: Sunday, September 25, at 4:00 PM
Where: Central Cinema
1411 21st Ave, Seattle WA 98122