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 Enlightenmentevent 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 lightevents and Maxin10sity of Budapest, say. Continue reading →
You don’t need to celebrate. You can mark the milestone in any way you see fit.
Saturday brings the first day face masks will again be optional in Seattle and across Washington state in more than 600 days. Be ready for many venues to keep mask requirements in place and consider others in your decisions on when to mask and when to free face it.
If you are interested, the CHS Calendar has a few ideas for going out in the world including Thursday night’s March edition of the Capitol Hill Art Walk.
March highlights include the opening of the Sunny Side Up show at the FoodArt Collection, a Candle Making Workshop in the Greenfire Loft in Melrose Market, Introvertido by Paco Macías O at The Factory inside First Hill’s Museum of Museums, and a new group show at Steve Gilbert Studio.
You can also add your community events here for free.
Meanwhile, Sunday brings a milestone of a different sort — clocks spring forward by an hour starting at 2 AM marking the start of Daylight Saving Time across most of the United States.
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The Capitol Hill Historical Society — formed 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 →
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 →
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul plays Sunday on Northwest Film Forum’s Sundance “satellite screen”
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.
THURSDAY JANUARY 27TH
virtual — Community Write-In with Arlene Naganawa: Join writers from across the country in a weekly dose of inspiration with prompts and ideas from Hugo House.
Original Cast Album: Company: Northwest Film Forum screens the film capturing the recording of the cast album for the 1970 Stephen Sondheim musical “Company.”
virtual — Mozart Birthday Toast 2022: This year’s version of the the longtime Town Hall tradition celebrates Mozart with pianist Byron Schenkman & Friends in a one night only online broadcast.
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.
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
VIRTUAL — UW Castalia: The monthly reading series features graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Washington MFA program.
VIRTUAL — Beatrix Potter Virtual Lecture: Join Frye Art Museum for an online session discussing the author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and “her close observations of nature and background in scientific illustration.” Continue reading →
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
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/
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
Emerald City Comic Con 2021: Thanks to the pandemic, Comicon comes to Seattle for a special December edition through the weekend at the Convention Center
