Illumination art for Ukraine to light up Seattle this weekend including Capitol Hill’s Asian Art Museum

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Capitol Hill’s Seattle Asian Art Museum will join buildings around the world in a global display of light art this weekend for Ukraine.

The Enlightenment event will light up the art deco facades of the Volunteer Park museum with works from more than 35 illumination artists who have contributed animations “reflecting solidarity with the Ukrainians and oppressed people around the world.”

“The artworks created will be displayed on the facades of The Seattle Asian Art Museum and dozens of buildings in cities around the world,” the producers, Seattle-based creators of the Borealis – a festival of light events and Maxin10sity of Budapest, say. Continue reading

Capitol Hill Historical Society to hold 2022 annual meeting

Sunday could be a historic day for you.

The Capitol Hill Historical Societyformed only a few years back — will hold its 2022 annual meeting Sunday and everybody is invited.

It’s a good opportunity to get involved. “Though we will have some official membership business, such as voting in the board for the upcoming year, all are welcome, whether members or not,” the invite on the CHS Calendar reads.

Formed way back in the mid-2010s, the society is dedicated to documenting the many histories of Capitol Hill and helping to preserve some of its oldest and most important structures. Continue reading

On the List | Children’s Film Festival wraps up as Seattle’s ‘mid winter break’ begins

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The start of the “mid winter break” week for Seattle Public Schools kids brings a weekend of screenings as  The Children’s Film Festival Seattle wraps up online and in-person at Capitol Hill’s Northwest Film Forum.

The in-person screenings hosted at 12th Ave’s Northwest Film Forum are complemented by virtual screenings that are pay-what-you-can on a $5 to $25 sliding-scale. Continue reading

On the List | Embodied Change — a first at Seattle Asian Art Museum, Red Rocket at the Egyptian, Punk Rock Aerobics, Compline Choir

Embodied Change on display now at Seattle Asian Art Museum

Here are this week’s highlights from the CHS Calendar. You can also Add Your Event here. Know the risks, wear your mask, and don’t forget your proof of vax.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19TH

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On the List | January Art Walk, FRANKiE4 grand opening, virtual write-ins, lectures, and talks, Capitol Hill Farmers Market, MLK Day march

Here are this week’s highlights from the CHS Calendar. You can also Add Your Event here. Know the risks, wear your mask, and don’t forget your proof of vax.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12TH

THURSDAY JANUARY 13TH

On the List | Club Comedy debuts on 15th Ave E, Godzilla, Dusty 45s holiday party, wrestling at Washington Hall, Kwanzaa Market

Here are this week’s highlights from the CHS Calendar. You can also Add Your Event here. Wear your mask and don’t forget your proof of vax.

Shop the Hill, the long running effort from CHS, is partnering again with the GSBA and the Capitol Hill Business Alliance for the free service to help promote local retailers and small businesses and share updates on promotions, deals, and holiday offerings. Participating merchants and venues are complying with COVID-19 safety measures and many offer online ordering and curb pick-up. Check it out at capitolhillseattle.com/shopthehill/

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15TH

  • Club Comedy debut weekend: CHS reported here on the plans for the new 15th Ave E comedy venue from longtime Seattle scene presence Rick Taylor. Wednesday and Thursday bring preview nights when you are welcome to stop in to check out the space. Friday and Saturday the shows begin with debut headliner Showing results for cory michaelis Search instead for Cory Michaelis.
  • Godzilla: “The roaring granddaddy of all monster movies,” a 4K restoration of the 1954 Japanese classic screens at Northwest Film Forum

THURSDAY DECEMBER 16TH

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On the List | Holiday in the Park, December Capitol Hill Art Walk, Mommie Dearest ‘speak along,’ Market of the Beast, and REVIVAL: Holiday Market Street Pop-up

Holiday in the Park returns Thursday

Here are this week’s highlights from the CHS Calendar. You can also Add Your Event here. Wear your mask and don’t forget your proof of vax.

Shop the Hill, the long running effort from CHS, is partnering again with the GSBA and the Capitol Hill Business Alliance for the free service to help promote local retailers and small businesses and share updates on promotions, deals, and holiday offerings. Participating merchants and venues are complying with COVID-19 safety measures and many offer online ordering and curb pick-up. Check it out at capitolhillseattle.com/shopthehill/

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8TH

THURSDAY DECEMBER 9TH

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On the List | World AIDS Day, Comicon returns, Living Artists Collective Holiday Market, plus more craft and gift fairs

Here are this week’s highlights from the CHS Calendar. You can also Add Your Event here. Wear your mask and don’t forget your proof of vax.

Shop the Hill, the long running effort from CHS, is partnering again with the GSBA and the Capitol Hill Business Alliance for the free service to help promote local retailers and small businesses and share updates on promotions, deals, and holiday offerings. Participating merchants and venues are complying with COVID-19 safety measures and many offer online ordering and curb pick-up. Check it out at capitolhillseattle.com/shopthehill/

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1ST

  • World AIDS Day 2021 marks 40 years since the first cases were reported. Gay City hosts a commemoration in The AMP Plaza to mark the important milestone

THURSDAY DECEMBER 2ND

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What’s open on Capitol Hill Thanksgiving 2021 — Plus, On the List: Comedy competition, Disco Rodeo, Glasswing celebration

Here are this week’s highlights from the CHS Calendar. You can also Add Your Event here. Wear your mask and don’t forget your proof of vax.

THANKSGIVING — THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25
Here’s a round-up of Capitol Hill-area essentials with plans to be open on Thanksgiving. These are the locations we’ve been able to verify. If we missed your favorite’s Thanksgiving opening plans, let us know in the comments and we’ll update the post. Gobble gobble!

COFFEE

  • Vivace — Brix 8am-2pm, Walk-up CLOSED
  • Starbucks Roastery 7am -10pm
  • Fuel 19th – CLOSED
  • Victrola 15th, 7am-3pm and Victrola Pike 7am – 4pm
  • Caffe Vita – 7am-2pm
  • Analog Coffee – 8a – 1pm
  • Caffe Ladro – 6am – 2pm
  • Top Pot Summit – 8am – 1pm
  • Ghost Note – 9am-2pm
  • Liberty – 365 days a year
  • Ada’s — CLOSED
  • Wunderground — 8a — 1pm

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On the List: Black Carousel, Lube Wrestling benefit for Emerald City Mudhens, Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra, recall ballots arrive, Capitol Hill Farmers Market returns

Here are this week’s highlights from the CHS Calendar. You can also Add Your Event here. Wear your mask and don’t forget your proof of vax.

Shop the Hill, the long running effort from CHS, is partnering again with the GSBA and the Capitol Hill Business Alliance for the free service to help promote local retailers and small businesses and share updates on promotions, deals, and holiday offerings. Participating merchants and venues are complying with COVID-19 safety measures and many offer online ordering and curb pick-up. Check it out at capitolhillseattle.com/shopthehill/

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17

  • Sandra Smith, award winning translator, takes part in a virtual discussion with Capitol Hill’s Elliott Bay Book Co.
  • Freeland: See the “emotional thriller” set amid the background of the Northern California black market marijuana industry on the big screen at the Northwest Film Forum.
  • Werk Wednesdays: Black Carousel, an “all Black variety show” goes off at the Unicorn.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18

  • CHBA Community Conversations: Tune into the Capitol Hill Business Alliance’s monthly morning conversations. November’s session is focused on “talented creatives, solopreneurs, and entrepreneurs who work outside of a traditional brick-and-mortar business also call our neighborhood home.” Continue reading