If you haven’t been wiped out from the fireworks, explosions, potato salad, and other “4th” related activities, then check out this weekend’s On the List. Also, yay, it’s summer — wade pool and outdoor drink info here. Have something to add to our list? Decorate the CHS Calendar!
- Search and Rescue 7P at Northwest Film Forum
This July, revel in a smorgasborg of cinematic frivolities hand-selected from the Film Forum’s archive of educational, instructional and downright catastrophic 16mms reels. With a treasure of subjects ranging from the vast intricacies of molluscoidea to the newsreels of faded beauty queens, the vault houses the past in all of it’s imperfect glory.
- Grill and Vine: Special BBQ Sauce and Wine Tasting at Vino Verite
- David Brin 7P at Elliott Bay Book Co.
- JK POP! 9P at Barboza
- Level Up! at Laff Hole 9P at Chop Suey
Friday 7/6
- El Velador / The Night Watchman 7P at Northwest Film Forum
- G. Willow Wilson with Paul Constant 7P at Elliott Bay Book Co.
- Punchline Fridays :::Comedy Showcase::: 9P at Jai Thai on Broadway
- Capitol Hill Indoor Flea Market 11AM – 3P at Century Ballroom (featured vendor: Miss Indigo Blue)
- FOURTH OF JULY AFTER PARTY 12P – 5P at Cal Anderson Park
Cal Anderson Park’s 10th annual Independence Day Picnic is truly The Land of Opportunity! The Saturday AFTER July 4th bring the family out for free hot dogs, watermelon, ice cream floats, inflatable toys and games, a giant wedding cake to get your picture taken on, belly dancing lessons, music by The Not Its and Lushy, Puppet acts by The Humor Program, and MORE!
- Cal Anderson water balloon fight powered by Popcycles, 1:10p
- LGBT Immigration & Family Law Forum 6P at The Social
- BEATS Extravaganza 2012 6P at Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar
- Theater Schmeater in Volunteer Park
Sunday 7/8
- Broadway Farmers Market 11A – 3P
- Balagan’s free Sally and Thor Save the World (At Summer Camp) performance in Cal Anderson Park starts at 2p.
- THE CROOKED RACE 9A – 4P All Around Seattle
- Mimosas With Mama 2P – 4P at The Grill on Broadway
- Art Ache Market Showcase + Special Guests 3P at Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar
- Battalion Trivia Night and T-Dance 5P at The Social
- Black Coffee Cooperative open house
- First annual Cherry Pie Bake-off at High 5 — 1p






The after 4th event has free food in the ads – can that be explained. I remember buying everything in past years … so is it really free .. and what … and when??