Hello!
My partner and I have two kids who are going into second and fourth grade at West Woodland Elementary school in Ballard. We live in the CD and are interested in carpooling with another family or more. If your kids go to school at another school north of the ship canal let me know and maybe carpooling could still make sense for both of us.
Cheers,
Shannon
Four incredible Hedgebrook Alums are on stage at Broadway Performance Hall on August 23rd, 2011.
The lineup includes: Lenelle Moïse’s jazz-infused, hip-hop bred, politicized poetry; Rebecca Brown’s ripe,imaginative and darkly humorous words; Thao Nguyen’s cleverly crafted and emotionally evocative songs, and Ruth Forman’s wise soothing stanzas. The talents of these women have been recognized both locally and nationally. Rebecca Brown is a Stranger Genius Awardee, Ruth Forman is a Pulitzer Prize Nominee in poetry, Thao Nyguyen’s recent show with Mirah sold out at the Crocodile and Lenelle Moise’s off-Broadway sensation Expatriate toured nationally this past year. It’s a sure fire recipe to tap your core and inspire your soul
We would like to introduce you to the Jackson Street Corridor Association’s new sites:
Please check ’em out when you get the chance! We are excited to be a part of your community and look forward to working with any and all of you!
Thanks and see you soon!
Summer. It wouldn’t count if you didn’t spend at least one day on the beach or watch your neighbors pull a roasting pig from a hole they dug in their backyard.
I love my neighbors. They dug this hole early Saturday morning before the 19th Annual 20th Avenue Block Party (which just so happens to be my street). Here’s a little photo montage of the big moment when they finally pulled the pig, after being buried for most the day.
Now, I don’t eat a lot of meat, actually. But pig cooked Polynesian-style? Delicious.
I followed-up the block party the next the best I could: By chilling out at Denny-Blaine Park beach enjoying the sun.
Do you have photos of fun in the Central District sun this weekend? Leave them in the comments.
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The 19th Annual 20th Avenue Block Party is Saturday, August 20 starting at noon. Come hang out with the characters of 20th Ave, including me, your humble editor.
Also, there’s going to be a pig roast. More information from my neighbors Marty and Brenda of Just Food:
The Chieftain, 12th Avenue’s new Irish pub near Seattle U, is ready to open its doors today, according to our sister site Capitol Hill Seattle.
The long anticipated opening of the controversial Chieftain Pub near Seattle University at 908 12th Avenue is finally here, and it will have its grand opening Friday, August 19th.
Peter Johnson and his crew have been working for over 6 months to transform the old Doc Hastings night club into a new Irish pub for the Capitol Hill community, and the place is a wonderful homage to the past, to Ireland and to its namesake, the Chieftain.
As we reported in April, the Chieftain takes its name from the Irish clan leaders, and there is a tradition of naming Irish pubs “The Chieftain.” However, the name is also a reference to Seattle U’s former mascot, which was changed in 2000 after being deemed inappropriate.
The pub’s plan is to pick up the lunch crowd and provide a good happy hour for college students, Johnson told CDN in April. According to CHS, the Happy Hour will go all-day on Mondays:
This new Irish pub will feature Happy Hour all day Monday and Tue-Fri 3-6pm and will have special events such as Tuesday night Trivia contests, Thursday Karaoke and Saturday nights live music.
I took a look at the menu and it seems evenly divided between American and Irish food, including Guinness Beef Stew, Shepherds Pie, Bangers and Mash, Whiskey Crab Soup and something called “Irish Nachos” which substitutes fried potato slices for the corn chips.
Johnson also owns Finn MacCool’s in the U District and McGilvra’s in Madison Park.
The Seattle Times profiled the Students Taking Agriculture ‘Round The Streets (STARTS) program, which puts youth to work in a kitchen while teaching them valuable skills to help them get a job. The program, funded primarily by the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, was started by Cortona Cafe co-owner Jason Davison and is operated out of the kitchen at Immaculate Conception Church at 18th and Marion.
From the Times:
The goal is to teach the teens the ins and outs of urban agriculture, farming, healthful cooking practices and business basics.
“I’m not trying to just throw money at kids,” Davison said of the paid internship program that started in June and ends next week. “They’re here to work.”
The program is funded primarily through the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative and Davison and his colleagues are working on ways to extend the funding to keep the program going through the fall.
Their aim is to train youngsters for success while changing the culture of the low-income neighborhoods where many of them live. For them, food choices may be limited to convenience stores that sell processed and sugar-laden snacks — and not apples, tomatoes or strawberries.
“If you change the way people think, then you can fight the obesity, diabetes and other diseases that affect them,” he said, referring to chronic health problems that are common among low-income families and communities of color.
I hope you’re not festival-ed out, because there’s more music, games and food to be had in the neighborhood this weekend. The Central Area Community Festival is Saturday, August 20 at the Garfield Community Center (23rd and Cherry).
For more info, check out the festival’s website or follow it on Facebook.
Here’s the music lineup:
11:00-12:00 — Sam Chambliss
12:20 – 1:20 — Smooth Jazz. Deems Tsutakawa with Steve Banks, Steve Okimoto and Leonard Berman, With Special Guest Ray Baldwin
1:40 – 2:40 — Lady “A” & The Baby Blue Funk Band
3:00 – 4:00 — Triple Treat Band
4:20 – 5:20 — Mutha Knows Best Funk Band
5:40 – 6:40 — Carmel Latte Band
7:00 – 8:00 — EriAm Sisters
8:00 — FESTIVAL ENDS
Here’s a video of the EriAm Sisters performing in Eritrea in East Africa earlier this year. Your challenge is before you, Central District: You must party as hard as the crowd in this video:
HIP-HOP VETERAN, E-DAWG, LAUNCHES NEW RADIO SHOW GEARED TOWARD SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT TALENT AND DISCUSSING CUTTING-EDGE ISSUES
Seattle, WA [081511] – Seattle-based Hip-Hop artist and entrepreneur E-Dawg has been involved with the national and regional Hip-Hop industry since the early 1990s. One thing he has noticed is the decrease in exposure and airtime offered by radio to independent artists. “There are not enough outlets for emerging artists to access the airwaves, so I wanted to be part of the solution to that”, says E-Dawg from his Seattle office.
As part of his solution, E-Dawg began with The Northwest Highlight Show on KKNW 1150 AM in Seattle and has extended his hand further by recently launching his new program, E’s Way. “E’s Way is an outlet for independent music, but also a forum for me to express my thoughts with more than two decades in the music industry and also to invite guests and listeners to get in on the conversation”, explains E-Dawg. E-Dawg was at one point in Hip-Hop’s history a focal point of the conversation having spawned the mid-‘90s hit, “Drop Top” on Sir Mix-A-Lot’s, Rhyme Cartel imprint. Today, E-Dawg and ‘Mix’ are back in business as they are partnering in the production and development of the show with plans for expansion and possible syndication based on listener demand.
E’s Way airs Sunday evenings on KKNW 1150 AM in the Seattle-Metro area with an online simulcast at www.1150kknw.com from 6-8 PM (PST) and the program is recorded and re-distributed online via E-Dawg’s Facebook site.
For more information and inquiries, contact Joleen Sims at 206-550-3150 or [email protected]