Updated Saturday, April 23. Registration is now open for the Top Pot Doughnuts 2nd Annual Doughnut Dash 5K Run & Walk. 2,800 to 3,000 registrants are expected. The event will be Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Green Lake Park. The start and finish lines will be near the Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N), and the course will utilize some city streets and the Green Lake loop. A course map can be seen on promotionevents.com. The 5K Run and Walk will start at 9 a.m., followed by an awards ceremony at 9:45 a.m. and a free 1K Kids’…
March 2011
March 30, 2011 at 1:04PM
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Green Lake band ‘Hotels’ is a semifinalist in Billboard’s Battle of the Bands contest
New Wave / post-punk / surf band Hotels is one of three northwest semifinalists in Billboard.com’s Battle of the Bands contest, a nation-wide search for an unsigned band which will perform live at the Billboard Music Awards. Two of the four members of Hotels live in the Green Lake neighborhood. Frontman Blake Madden is located in east Green Lake, and the band’s drummer lives just north of the lake. “One of our northwest competitors, Grynch, calls himself the King of Ballard,” Blake tells us. “Well, we are royal residents of the Lake.” Billboard.com is now accepting online Battle of the Bands votes….
March 30, 2011 at 12:09PM
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Green Lake author celebrates release of new teen book with geocache
Tomorrow evening (March 31, 2011) at 7 p.m., Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) is presenting a panel of four local young adult authors. One of the featured authors, Green Lake resident Lisa Cach, wrote to let us know that a geocache has been created in honor of her new book, Wake Unto Me, which is being released tomorrow. “Geocaching is an immensely popular, family-friendly activity where you find caches using a GPS unit,” Lisa explains. Copies of Wake Unto Me can be found in the cache, she says, “as well as lots of other goodies, including gift certificates to Mockingbird Books and…
March 29, 2011 at 10:48PM
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‘Art Chix’ art opening at Cafe Lulu this Saturday night
The world premier of “Art Chix” will be this Saturday (April 2, 2011), 6-9 p.m., at Cafe Lulu (6417 Latona Ave NE). Artists Nancy Jenkins, Leah Kaufman, Dana Nunnelly, Roseanne Olson, Cary Pillo, Anna Rhodes, D. Lisa West, and Sheryl Westergren will be showing their work, which is currently on display on the walls of Cafe Lulu. The Art Chix are eight women who meet every six weeks to share creative projects. “We choose a theme and then make something–a painting, song, print, poem, story, quilt or some other expression–to share,” their website explains. “Our evening starts with dinner, including lovely wine, and continues…
March 29, 2011 at 4:49PM
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Panel of young adult authors to speak at Green Lake’s Mockingbird Books
Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) is presenting a panel of four local young adult authors this Thursday evening (March 31, 2011) at 7 p.m. Attendees will hear about the authors’ current and upcoming books and will be able to ask questions about the writing process. Refreshments will be provided. From Mockingbird Books: Lisa Cach‘s just released Wake Unto Me is an excellent choice for a spring break read and escape from those AP studies for your teenager. Holly Cupala’s Tell Me a Secret is a novel that captivates the reader from its first to final word. She will also have…
