This story comes to us via Kat Chow. Kat is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory, an advanced reporting class in which students produce news stories and packages for local neighborhood and ethnic newspapers and online sites. Stafford Smith of the Vedanta Society of Western Washington wants people to walk away from the society’s philosophical dialogues with more questions. The society’s three-part miniseries being held at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) is meant to stimulate discussion about why people work. “This isn’t just a passive sit-there-and-be-lectured-at experience,” said Smith, the society’s Chairman of…
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“Bikes for Books” reading program in final stretch
photo credit: Daehyun Park The “Bikes for Books” reading program is still underway at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N). Children in first through third grades have been reading books all fall for a chance to win a bike, helmet and lock. Participants can enter their names into a drawing one time for every ten books that they have read between Monday, October 3 and Saturday, December 3, 2011. Each entry requires a short oral book report to to a librarian on one book. One girl and one boy will win. A prize drawing will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 5 at the…
Seattle Public Schools kindergarten early enrollment
Seattle Public Schools Early Enrollment provides families an opportunity to get their school assignment and avoid the crowds of the busy spring and summer enrollment periods. All students who participate in early enrollment receive an initial assignment to their designated school. Early enrollment events are planned for several Seattle locations, including Green Lake. The full list is available on this PDF. The Green Lake early enrollment event will be at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) on Monday, October 24, 2011, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. The following documentation is required for enrollment: Certificate of Immunization Status (CIS) [PDF] Photo…
Zen Buddhist Monk to give talk at Green Lake Library
Photo credit: D Sharon Pruitt Zen Buddhist Monk Rev Master Basil Singer is giving a talk on Tuesday November 1, 2011, 6:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N). The talk will be on the Buddha’s enlightenment, the beginning of a religion, and how we can do what the Buddha did. The North Cascades Buddhist Priory’s Seattle Meditation Group is putting on the event. It is not sponsored by the Seattle Public Library. For more information, contact Geoff at (360) 556-1093 or portybeach [at] hotmail.com.
Baby Time and Family Story Time at the Green Lake Library
The Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) is offering two programs for young children this October: Baby Time is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.: Learn fun ways to increase the pre-literacy skills of your baby (0 – 12 months) as you enjoy books, music, tummy tickles and meeting other parents and their babies. Family Story Time will be on Wednesdays, Oct. 12, 19 and 26, 2011 at 11:15 a.m.: It is story time at the Green Lake Branch! Bring your preschoolers and toddlers to enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and fun with our children’s librarian. For more information, contact Joanna…
