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This weekend in Green Lake: Neighbor Appreciation Day, Valentine’s Day Dash, Station 16 open house and more

Here is what’s happening this weekend in our part of the city: Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 Free wine tasting and snack bar at Cafe Bonjour to celebrate debut of new pasta menu and beer and wine license. [info] 7:30 p.m. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Seattle Public Theater. [info] Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 Neighbor Appreciation Day. [info] 8 a.m. 3,000 participants expected at the Love ‘em or Leave ‘em Valentine’s Day Dash at Green Lake Park. [info] 8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Reroute of Metro routes 26 and 48. [info] 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Free kids’ Valentines event at PCC Greenlake. [info] 11 a.m….

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Green Lake resident warns motorcycle owners about attempted theft last night

We received the following note from Paul, a north Green Lake resident, earlier today (Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012): Somebody prowling the alleys last night made off with one of our motorcycle covers and damaged another one. I suspect they were trying to steal the bikes but our locks deterred them, for now. Time to get a bigger lock! If anyone knows info about similar crimes or finds a discarded moto cover laying around north GreenLake, let us know! And to any other moto owners, lock ‘em up! Every deterrent helps. FYI, the prowling happened in an alley near the playfields…

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Green Lake Ben & Jerry’s now open

Rhett Russell, the new co-owner of Ben & Jerry’s Green Lake Scoop Shop (7900 E Green Lake Dr N), sent us the following update: We are officially open today!  woo hoo! Our store hours are: Monday thru Thursday: Noon to 9:00 PM Friday & Saturday: 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM Sunday: 12:00 AM to 9:00 PM We are having a special for Stephen Colbert’s 5th anniversary of his ice cream flavor “Americone Dream”  Free scoops of this on February 14th from 5-8 PM.  Also launching the “Get the dough out of politics” campaign to try to get an amendment to the…

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News from SPT: Circus camp openings and additional ‘Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead’ show

News from the Seattle Public Theater (SPT): There are still openings in Circus Skills for Actors, a mid-winter break theater camp for students in grades 3-5. The camp is being offered by the SPT Youth Program in partnership with Teatro Zinzanni. It will be held at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N) Feb. 21-25, 2012. Financial aid is available. For more information about the camp, please call Kenna at (206) 523-1370 or check the SPT education page. Tickets to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead have been selling quickly. An additional show has been added: WHAT            Audiences are so enjoying Seattle Public Theater’s (SPT) performance of the Tony Award-winning…

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The Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse presents a free production of Hamlet

The Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N) invites you to a free youth ensemble production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Performances are scheduled for tonight (Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012) at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. All youth shows are free; however donations to the youth scholarship fund are gladly appreciated. Directed by Artistic Associate Kelly Kitchens, the Seattle Public Theater Youth Program performs their adaptation of Shakespeare’s longest work, exploring themes of treachery and revenge. To be or not to be? Definitely be at SPT to see these…

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