We received the following from Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N): There’s nothing like spring on Greenlake…..Why not spend some time down at the Bathhouse Theater this season? Seattle Public Theater has a few spots left in “The Future Files”, directed by SPT favorite Shawn Belyea. “The Future Files” will challenge, delight, and expand the horizons of your middle schooler. What is the future we imagine? What will the real future have in store for us? “The Future Files” starts rehearsal April 6th and is open to grades 5-8. No audition necessary;…
March 2010
March 25, 2010 at 10:56PM
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Middle Schoolers invited to participate in Seattle Public Theater's spring production of The Future Files
March 25, 2010 at 10:42PM
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Green Lake Community Center to turn the lights off for Earth Hour
If you notice the Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N) looking a little darker than usual this Saturday night, here’s why: From the Office of the Mayor: Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that all non-essential lighting at the Seattle Municipal Tower, City Hall, the Justice Center, Parks and Recreation Community Centers, Key Arena, the arches at the Pacific Science Center and the Space Needle will be turned off for Earth Hour, and encouraged residents to do the same. In city facilities, all building lights will be turned off except for emergency lights, lighting for around-the-clock operations…
March 25, 2010 at 8:12PM
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Green Lake’s Streetwise Gardener: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival preview
Day trip: Just 58 miles from Green Lake is Roozengaarde (15867 Beaver Marsh Rd, Mt Vernon) the PacNW’s foremost tulip grower. Here in the 3-acre display gardens is a preview of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival which starts officially April 1. Even on a cloudy-shrouded day like today the colors are an adrenalin shot for the soul. Expect to pay $4.00 pp to park at the garden and enter the festival. If you don’t stop at Mount Vernon’s Calico Cupboard Cafe and Bakery (121-B Freeway Drive, Mt Vernon) for a cinnamon bun, you’re missing out on a unforgettable experience for…
March 25, 2010 at 12:52PM
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Scenes from the 2010 Green Lake Spring Regatta
Many thanks to David Grossman for sharing these shots from Saturday’s Green Lake Spring Regatta: 2010 Green Lake Spring Regatta results can be found at greenlakecrew.org.
March 24, 2010 at 6:20PM
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What would you name the Green Lake loop?
Crosscut’s resident “address nerd” (and My Green Lake reader and commenter) Benjamin Lukoff has a great piece up on Crosscut.com in which he asks: What’s in a (street) name? Lukoff calls for the naming of Seattle’s unnamed places, including bridges, major intersections, pedestrian stairways and paths, and park drives and paths. He points out that the path around Green Lake, a.k.a. the Green Lake loop, is officially unnamed. So, how about it, Green Lakers? Share your thoughts: what should the Green Lake loop be called? A few Green Lake loop facts: The loop around Green Lake is 2.8 miles long….
