A free outdoor contra dance began at 7 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, June 30, 2010) on the north end of Green Lake (near the intersection of Wallingford Ave N & E Green Lake Dr N. The dance will go on until dusk, around 9:50 p.m. Many thanks to Caroline W. Sherman for sending us this picture, taken just after 7 p.m tonight:
June 2010
June 30, 2010 at 10:30AM
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Suit: Stop funding zoo’s ‘cruel’ elephant treatment
This story comes to us via our news partner seattlepi.com. By VANESSA HO SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Two women have sued the city of Seattle in an effort to stop their tax dollars from funding what they call “cruel, inhumane and unlawful” treatment of elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo. For years, Mary Sebek and Nancy Farnam have been a part of a growing movement of people who believe zoo elephants do not thrive in captivity and should be released to sanctuaries. In 2006, local advocates filed a lawsuit accusing Woodland Park Zoo of violating federal laws in its treatment of Bamboo, a…
June 29, 2010 at 12:17AM
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2010 citywide chicken coop tour to make several stops in NE Seattle
Learn about raising hens and building chicken coops! Seattle Tilth is hosting a citywide chicken coop tour on Saturday, July 10, 2010, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. While the locations have not been disclosed, we do know that thirteen of the stops are in northeast Seattle. From Seattle Tilth: Do you have the urban farm itch? Spend a summer afternoon with family or friends visiting some of the city’s hardy urban farm folk and find out for yourself what it’s like to keep a flock of egg-laying hens. Also on tour: bees, goats, ducks, green building, rainwater harvesting, a solar…
June 28, 2010 at 11:52PM
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Host families needed for foreign exchange students this fall
Jamin Henderson of International Student Exchange asked us to share the following information with you: To laugh in another language in your own town don’t happen every day. Hosting a foreign exchange student doesn’t either, but we have a few students coming in the fall that are looking for host families. Why not open your home to a high schooler from a different country and learn about their culture while sharing yours. Host families are asked to provide a bed (shared room okay) and meals eaten with the family. Students have their own monthly spending money for all personal expenses,…
June 28, 2010 at 6:47PM
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The Fourth of July in Green Lake: A history
For 60 years, from 1920 until 1980, Green Lake was a prime Fourth of July destination, offering a spectacular fireworks show to crowds that descended on the neighborhood from all over Seattle. Seattle’s Post No. 1 of the American Legion sponsored the show from the event’s inception in 1920 until 1972. The fireworks, which began at the north shore of Green Lake and then moved to Duck Island, were traditionally preceded by naturalization ceremonies at Woodland Park or the Green Lake Aqua Theater. A 1952 Seattle Times article about the show quoted Col. Ralph H. Hall of the American Legion:…
