Such a busy week on the Hill! Here’s a quick rundown and reminder of all the events slated for your neighborhood. You’ll also find The SunBreak’s roster of events from across the city, below.
CAPITOL HILL ON THE LIST
THURSDAY
- ACLU Washington 75th Birthday Party in Cal Anderson: “Join us with special guest Constance McMillen to celebrate 75 years of protecting civil liberties, including the freedom to love whomever you choose. Featuring cupcakes, ”prom” photos, and merriment. Free and open to the public.” 5-7 PM
- Seven Hills Park and P-Patch Opening Celebration: “Join in the community celebration for this new neighborhood park and P-Patch. This Pro Parks project turned a parking lot into a beautiful open space and great place for the community to gather, enjoy barbecue, garden and sit in the sun.” 6-8 PM.
- Blitz Capitol Hill Art Walk: http://www.blitzcapitolhill.com/ Monthly art walk plus special unveiling of the Wallrus project.
SATURDAY
- Seattle Bicycle Music Festival: “The Seattle Bicycle Music Festival is a grassroots, pedal-powered event featuring off-the-grid power and local live bands. The Music Festival will start in Ballard at Bergen Place (where NW Market, Leary Ave, and 22nd Ave NW intersect), at 9am. Two bands will play, then we’ll pack everything up and ride to Denny Park. Three more bands play there, then we continue on to Cal Anderson Park for the last leg of the festival.”
- Queer Youth Space Big Queer Jumble Sale: Big change — was going to be at People’s Parking Lot, now scheduled for Cal Anderson Park. Noon until ???
SUNDAY
- Melrose Market Street Festival:
The Melrose Market Street Festival will take place on Melrose Avenue between Pike and Pine streets on Sunday, September 12th, 2010. The festivities begin at 10:00am and end at 8:00pm. This is a family event offering something for everyone.
Don’t forget to bring your reusable shopping bags to this event because the festivities will kick off with area farmers selling their locally-grown organic edibles from 10AM to 3PM. Participating farmers include: Finnriver Organic Produce and Grains, Sweet as a Bee Honey, Oxbow Farms, Marigold and Mint, Tonnemaker Hill Organic Farm, and others.
Updated Event Info:
Join us at 12:00 Noon for the BBQ with a grill manned by Sitka & Spruce chef Matt Dillon.
Sonic Boom Records provides entertainment with a band lineup that includes:
New Roman Times @ 1:00pm
Ghost of Kyle Bradford @ 3:00pm
Head Like A Kite @ 5:00pm
Between these great live acts will be fashion shows by Velouria Boutique & Gallery showcasing the area’s hippest designers. Refreshments, nibbles and fresh local products are offered by Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches, Marigold & Mint flowers and produce, The Calf & Kid cheeses, and Rain Shadow Meats. Grown-up libations will be offered by Bar Ferd’nand, Still Liquor, and at the outdoor beer garden, whose proceeds will benefit Seattle Tilth and their Seattle Youth Garden Works Program. For the young and old alike, our Pine Street neighbor Molly Moon will be on site with her ice cream truck.
- Capitol Hill Housing Benefit at Marjorie: “Join Capitol Hill Housing Foundation board member Donna Moodie at her restaurant Marjorie on 14th and E Union to support vibrant and engaged communities.” $50
- Capitol Hill Alano Club BBQ at Volunteer Park: A free ‘thank you’ barbecue to celebrate CHAC’s successful fundraising campaign. 1 PM
Now, the rest of this week’s On the List:
Wednesday, September 8th
- Not a bad lineup for a Wednesday, with The Walkmen and The Helio Sequence @ Showbox
- Get there early and avoid the lines at the first night of the symphony’s Beethoven and Wine Festival (through the 10th) @ Benaroya Hall
- I know we just had a long Labor Day weekend of music, but that shouldn’t keep you from the one-two party punch of Let’s Wrestle and Man Man @ Neumo’s
- That Broadway musical project was a joke; so the kids will have no choice but to behold the intensity of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists @ the Vera Project
- Stimulate Dance performs a site-specific performance as part of ArtSparks @ Occidental Park
Thursday, September 9th
Daliantaie McNeil, getting ready to appear with Seattle Arts and Lectures
- It’s the second Thursday of the month, which means it’s Blitz @ Capitol Hill Art Walk
- Solo performer Stokeley Towles continues his exploration of our public systems with Trash Talk: The Social Life of Garbage @ New City Theatre
- Catch a train to Portland to fill the Bumbershoot-sized hole in your heart with two citywide festivals just south of the border @ Musicfest Northwest & Time-Based Art Festival
- Only one night to catch Louis CK’s new stand-up film Hilarious (Audrey’s Sundance review here) @ Central Cinema
- Yes, his height is probably below average for a Swede, but the Tallest Man On Earth picks up the torch that gravelly Dylan dropped in Memorial Stadium this weekend and runs with it @ Neumo’s
Friday, September 10th
- Sold out: It’s Billy and a bunch of other dudes going by the name Smashing Pumpkins @ Showbox SoDo
- Check out the craggy folk of A.A. Bondy and the introspective lyrics of JBM @ Tractor
- Or, wait for Portland to come to you: Menomena @ Showbox
- Opening: Strawberry Theatre Workshop‘s Breaking the Code @ the Erickson Theatre
- Digital restoration of The Bridge on the River Kwai (through Sept. 12) @ SIFF Cinema
Saturday, September 11th
- Celebrate Patsy Cline’s birthday with two shows of Sweet Dreams, Patsy Cline covers by some of the top Northwest singer-songwriter ladies, including Star Anna, Rachel Flotard, Kristen Ward, Kim Vivrant, and Victoria Wimer-Contreras @ Triple Door
- The National’s albums were made for cool autumn evenings; bundle up and enjoy them with Okkervil River @ Marymoor
- If you like surreal British humor of The Mighty Boosh, be sure to stop by and see Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman @ the NWFF
“After the Show,” care of slightlynorth
Sunday, September 12th
- Head to Sand Point for the 7th annual Pony Boy Jazz Picnic @ Magnuson Park
- Titus Andronicus! Indie punks with a bent for literature and history! What’s not to like? @ Tractor Tavern
- Opening: Moliere’s Doctor in Spite of Himself, starring Daniel Breaker @ the Intiman
Monday, September 13th
- There’s no place like home, but there is The Wizard of Oz (through the 14th) @ Central Cinema
- It’s the 11th Annual Sister City Jazz Day, as Kobe, Japan’s 2010 Jazz Queen, Geila Zilkha performs @ Jazz Alley
- Fans of fado should catch Portuguese chanteuse Ramana Vieira @ the Triple Door
- Fuzzed-out British buzz band and Sub Pop signees Male Bonding @ The Sunset
Tuesday, September 14th
- A very intimate night hosted by Seattle Arts and Lectures with the greatest living American author (cue backlash) Jonathan Franzen @ Benaroya Hall
- Ratatat will play their good times video game songs @ Showbox SoDo
- “Authentic white blues guitar player” Johnny Winter brings it live @ the Triple Door
6pm? at the above-alluded-to-intersection and park site. potluck (possible BBQ?)
Neighbors/citizens/brazen activists to discuss short-term and longterm plans for this new $2million Seattle parks acquisition.
My vote is for a mini iconic destination waterpark, with slides and one of those ‘lazy rivers’.
Or a playground (wisely anticipating the needs of familes and specifically tuned to the exponentially increasing number of little tykes in the immediate park walkshed area).
…Whichever is more financially feasible / sound.
My vote is for it to be part pea patch. I do enjoy seeing the little tykes in the neighborhood. However, there are 3 playground parks (Volunteer Park, Lowell Elementary and Cal Anderson Park) already in the area and since being retired, like many in the area, and living right across from the new sight, a playground doesn’t appeal to me as much as nicely landscaped park with open area for kids to play with picnic tables and a place for people to sit enjoy good weather, read, socialize, barbeque, and pea patchers use their green thumbs.
The big iconic waterslide sounds fun too though :-)