If you would like to say goodbye to David Bowie with friends and face the strange of a world without him with a community at your side, events are starting to come together as the shock of the loss settles in. Here are a few Bowie memorial events around Capitol Hill that CHS has heard about — let us know if you have more to share. 

★ David Bowie Ride Seattle — Starts at Cal Anderson — Monday 1/11 5 PM: All I want to do today is ride my bike around Seattle listening to Bowie. And you are all invited to join. Bring your friends. And if you have a battery-powered radio (like, old school airwaves radio, not streaming), bring that, too. If the ride is big, we may just tune into KEXP’s Bowie tribute if it’s still going. Meet at the Cal Anderson fountain at 4:45 p.m. Leave at 5. End at ?? We’ll be biking during and after sunset, so bring bike lights.

★ Waking The Alien – David Bowie Singing Celebration — The Crescent — Monday 1/11 9:30 PM: The Rock’N’Roll Queer Messiah of the Alienated, The Goblin King, the one and only irreplaceable David Bowie, has shed one last persona and gone back to star stuff. If we cannot have a raucous, fantastic, drink-champagne-and-make- questionable-choices, capitol-W *WAKE* for David Bowie, then who the hell *can* we have a wake for? We will meet at The Crescent to sing as many Bowie songs as they have, as much as the KJ will let us, when we’re done there, we’ll move along to Cal Anderson to sing to the stars, and from there we can move on to Chop Suey, where the inestimable GGNZLA Karaoke is hosting, and has an even greater selection of Bowie songs to choose from! Join us wherever and however you please! All that matters is that we turn our queerest of neighborhoods into a raucuous rolling celebration and sing-along to and for the life of David Bowie, in all he has done to shape our world, and worlds, for the better. ♥

★ Starman: Remembering Bowie — The Eagle — Monday 1/11 10 PM: David Bowie has passed on, but his art and music are eternal. So tonight it is my honor and duty to pay special tribute to his near 50 year career. Join us for an evening of Bowie favorites, rarely heard songs and inspired artists. Let’s reminice and recolect on an icon that has certaibly touched all of us.