This weekend across Capitol Hill brings you an opportunity to Search for Meaning, delve into the history of one major cultural center preparing for a big change, and visit another for the last weekend before a long break to make way for its own big changes. Here are the highlights from the CHS Calendar.

While the city sorts out the plan to overhaul and expand Volunteer Park’s museum, the construction process needs to begin now to safely move and protect the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collections. The museum is inviting you to come say goodbye, for now, and enjoy a free weekend of activities in Volunteer Park:

Seattle Asian Art Museum closing weekend open house

Why are we here? To bring you community news and… well, we don’t always know. Especially in the big picture. That “human quest for meaning” is at the center of Seattle University’s annual Search for Meaning Festival taking place this weekend on the 12th Ave campus:

Search for Meaning Festival 2017

While you’re saying goodbye to SAAM, another cultural center is also gearing up for big changes. We wrote here about the plans for a major overhaul to First Hill’s Town Hall. Sunday, you can join the Hall and Historic Seattle for a look at the venue’s past and future:

Town Hall Past and Future

Meanwhile, don’t forget about the Capitol Hill Community Council’s Thursday night benefit for the Islamic Center of the Eastside, rallying for trans rights Saturday in Tacoma, a forum at Gay City about the FDA’s ban on homosexual blood donors, and Sunday’s gathering of 15th Ave E neighbors to help a longtime business find a new home.

For more things to do on and around Capitol Hill, check out the CHS Calendar.

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