Remember that awesome woman who used to sit, every Sunday at the lake, at a little table marked “POET” in big sparkly letters? Well, if you miss seeing her as much as we do: happy day! She is alive and kicking, doing amazing things in Seattle’s art + lit worlds. In fact, she’ll be downtown at SAM tonight: SAM Word: A.K. “Mimi” Allin From Art Criticism to Poetry in Five Strokes August 20, 2009 7:30–8:30 pm Third Floor Galleries A.K. “Mimi” Allin, the Poetess at Green Lake, curates poetry-infused “instigations” in SAM’s downtown galleries. During this event, “sumi-e art criticisms”…
August 2009
August 19, 2009 at 10:42PM
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Water Polo at Green Lake
Looks like the kayak polo-ers are back at Green Lake. Maybe we’re seeing the first-ever American world champions in the making. In bocca al lupo! Thanks Mitch!
August 19, 2009 at 3:11PM
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Roller Derby Yard Sale and BBQ
If you’re worried walking for peaceful pigs Saturday morning will leave you hungry for something a little rougher, consider the yard sale and BBQ put on by the Tilted Thunder Rail Birds. The BBQ will have both meat and veggie options so you can keep it real for the pigs and their friends all day long. Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:00am – 4:00pm 710 N. 59th Street More about TTRB: Tilted Thunder is an all-female start up banked track roller derby league based out of Seattle. We are a non-profit organization owned and operated “by the skaters and for the…
August 19, 2009 at 12:50PM
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Walk for Pigs Peace on Saturday
Pigs Peace Sanctuary: A Safe Haven of Love for Pigs and their Friends is holding its annual Walk for Animals this weekend. Register now and hit your friends and family up to sponsor you. Your $15 registration fee scores you a Walk for Pigs Peace t-shirt. Free t-shirt!! (Free because your $15 goes directly to the pigs, so don’t consider it a t-shirt fee). Check-in starts at 10:30am on Saturday on the south side of the Community Center. The walk starts at 11am and is one to two loops around the lake, lasting one to two hours. Pigs Peace Sanctuary…
