We just got word from Megan of Sustainable Green Lake that the street mural by Seattle Mural Art at 7615 Aurora Ave N will be ready for viewing in two weeks:
You’re invited to a neighborhood celebration!
Mural Unveiling
Tuesday, March 23
Event 6:30 to 7:30 (unveiling at 6:45 p.m.)
7615 Aurora
Refreshments will be served.
Mural painted by Zach Bohnenkamp, John [...]

Aurora Art Mural Project
Join your neighbors to meet the artists who have been hired to create 2 art murals on Aurora.
Aurora mural locations include empty storefront windows and/or sides of buildings. The first project site is 7615 Aurora Avenue N.
The artists hired are from Seattle Mural Art. John Osgood, Zachary Bohnenkamp & Kevin “Sensei23″ Sullivan [...]

The ice cover at Green Lake’s east beach was inpenetrable (by kids and dads hurling rocks and chunks of ice), but the rime at west beach could barely support a couple ducks, let alone scare off seven poets. Check out the Poetess at Green Lake’s full summary of Saturday’s second annual Poetry Polar Bear Plunge. [...]

Got some extra towels in your linen closet?  Why not give them a shot at literary glory? Mylinda sent in the following:
Wanted: Towels to dry off cold poets!
They will be reading their frosty lines on Saturday December 12th, then jumping into the lake ~ brrrrr ~ and we need some warm snugglies to wrap [...]

Last month’s street mural block party had an impressive turnout and Sustainable Green Lake shares this latest news:
Nearly 400 local residents gave feedback on the 5 potential designs. The results showed two submissions, Waves and Swirl, as the community favorite. The two artists will work to develop a final design. The project team is now [...]

yay!
Great news!  The Poetry Polar Bear Swim is returning to Green Lake.
And, we even have a poem to prove it:
wow thanks for contacting me
ah this has been on my mind of late
to swim or not to swim?
i’ve been putting my feelers out and thinking about the time
it takes to organize
wondering if i have time
& after [...]

They had us at coffee and donuts, but discussing the design submissions will be fun, too. See the five designs and share your opinion in a survey on the Sustainable Green Lake site.
To help CHOOSE a design in person and hang out with your neighbors, come to a Block Party in the Street, on Stone Ave [...]

Want to see more great photos?  Check out  Rachel: Photo Diary and Fremont Universe.  There were more photographers than spectators so expect to see even more photos springing up all over the place.
Got a shot from the evening that you would like to share? Drop us a line at tips@mygreenlake.com.
Happy Equinox!

It’s not that we’re encouraging you to flee our crime-ridden-of-late neighborhood for safer places, it’s just that we’re not snubbing the penguins anymore. So check your bank balance, pack up the kids and dogs, and head over to Greenwood at 6 p.m. and you might just be heading home with an extra passenger (like Blue [...]

The next street mural meeting is tonight at 6:30pm in the Bethany Community Church CE Auditorium (8023 Green Lake Dr N).
Street mural design and painting project on Stone Ave N, between 80th and 81st/Green Lake Dr N, right in front of our meeting space! Collaboration with Bethany Community Church. Next meeting: July 30, 6:30pm at [...]