Archives for July 2015

Your Busy Weekend in Northeast Seattle, July 31-August 6

It’s going to be a warm one… The forecast calls for temperatures hovering close to 90 degrees through the weekend but back to 80 degrees next week.

FRIDAY, July 31

  • Shakespeare in Cowen Park: Macbeth 
    • ABOUTBackyard Bard (a program by GreenStage) brings Shakespeare to small parks around Seattle in 45 minute, four-actor, family-oriented performances.
    • DETAILS: Cowen Park, 6504 20th Ave NE. 7 PM. FREE. Donations accepted.

SATURDAY, August 1

  • VHS Horror Swap Meet at Scarecrow Video 
    • ABOUT: Buy, sell, and trade VHS tapes, DVDs, posters, t-shirts, and other horror-related memorabilia and collectibles. Other screenings and events can be found on their calendar.
    • DETAILS: Scarecrow Video, 5030 Roosevelt Way. 2-8 PM. FREE.

WEDNESDAY, August 5

  • Annual Kids Carnival at Ravenna Eckstein Community Center 
  • Author Event at Ravenna Third Place Books: Mary Kubica 
    • ABOUT: Mary follows her acclaimed debut The Good Girl with psychological thriller, Pretty Baby.
    • DETAILS: Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE. 7-8 PM. FREE.
  • University Village Sounds of Summer Concert: The Paperboys
    • ABOUT: Music, beer garden, kids activities, and samples from U Village restaurants.
    • DETAILS: University Village parking lot. Wednesdays, July-August. Doors open at 5:45, show 6:30-8:30 PM. FREE.

THURSDAY, August 6

  • Author Event at Ravenna Third Place Books: Craig McLaughlin
  • Outdoor Movies at Magnuson Park: 10 Things I Hate About You 
    • ABOUT: Movies on a big screen, live entertainment, trivia, and food trucks on Thursdays evenings from July 9 – Aug. 27, 2015. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and event is dog friendly.
    • DETAILS: Magnuson Park (grass athletic fields), 7400 Sand Point Way NE. Doors open at 7 PM, movie starts at dusk. $5 per person. Kids 5 and under are free.

ONGOING

  • 80 Days of Summer at the Burke Museum of Natural History
    • ABOUT: Summer activities planned around a weekly theme include a scavenger hunt, craft, and guess the content of a “mystery box.”  The theme for August 1-7 is “Best Friends Week.”
    • DETAILS: The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, UW Campus at 17th Ave. NE and NE 45th St. Open daily, 10 AM-5 PM. Activities included with museum admission, $7.50-10.

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Your Busy Weekend in Northeast Seattle, July 24-30

The forecast calls for temperatures hovering around 70 and a chance of rain both Saturday and Sunday. We’ll get back to temperatures in the low 80s next week.

FRIDAY, July 24

  • Shakespeare in Cowen Park: The Two Gentleman of Verona 
    • ABOUTBackyard Bard (a program by GreenStage) brings Shakespeare to small parks around Seattle in 45 minute, four-actor, family-oriented performances.
    • DETAILS: Cowen Park, 6504 20th Ave NE. 7 PM. FREE. Donations accepted.

SATURDAY, July 25

  • The Roosevelt Neighborhood Bull Moose Festival and Land Use Academy 
    • ABOUT: The annual festival features food, music and fun including a free pancake breakfast, dog contest, moose call contest, and dance exhibition. This year the festival will also feature the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association coordinated Land Use Academy: “This session, Roosevelt 101, is planned as an informative, educational session for neighborhood residents and stakeholders. There will be opportunity for Q&A, but this session is not intended for in-depth public comment. Subsequent sessions will explicitly encourage community comments and input.” The session agenda can be found here.
    • DETAILS: Calvary Christian Assembly parking lot located at 68th Avenue NE & Roosevelt Way NE. 9 AM-3 PM. FREE.
  • Author Event at Ravenna Third Place Books: James B. Moore
    • ABOUT: James B. Moore shares 40 years of experience and poetry in Spirit Unchained: The Autobiography of a Soul. 
    • DETAILS: Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE. 7-8 PM. FREE.
  • Teen movie showing at the Seattle Public Library’s Northgate Branch: Back to the Future
    • ABOUT: “Great Scott!” Teens are invited to hop in the DeLorean with us for popcorn and a screening of the 1985 film “Back to the Future.” – SPL Website. Free movies showing this summer at several library locations around Seattle.
    • DETAILS: Northgate Branch Meeting Room, 10548 Fifth Ave. N.E. 2-4 PM. FREE.

MONDAY, July 27

  • Science on Tap at Ravenna Third Place Pub 
    • ABOUT: ALS and Alzheimer’s: two different diseases, one common mechanism of progression with Laura Taylor, UW Department of Medicine, Gerontology Division. Science on Tap is a forum for exploring the latest ideas in science and technology in a relaxed atmosphere with local scientists.
    • DETAILS: Ravenna Third Place Pub, 6504 20th Ave NE. 7 PM. FREE.
  • “Bad Movie” showing at the Seattle Public Library’s University Branch: Troll 2
    • ABOUT: “A family vacationing in a small town discovers the entire town is inhabited by goblins in disguise as humans, who plan to eat them.” – SPL Website. Troll 2 is PG-13. Free movies showing at several library locations this summer around Seattle.
    • DETAILS: University Branch Lower Level Meeting Room, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE. 6-7:45 PM. FREE.

WEDNESDAY, July 29

  • University Village Sounds of Summer Concert: Hit Explosion
    • ABOUT: Music, beer garden, kids activities, and samples from U Village restaurants.
    • DETAILS: University Village parking lot. Wednesdays, July-August. Doors open at 5:45, show 6:30-8:30 PM. FREE.

THURSDAY, July 30

  • Outdoor Movies at Magnuson ParkZoolander 
    • ABOUT: Movies on a big screen, live entertainment, trivia, and food trucks on Thursdays evenings from July 9 – Aug. 27, 2015. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and event is dog friendly.
    • DETAILS: Magnuson Park (grass athletic fields), 7400 Sand Point Way NE. Doors open at 7 PM, movie starts at dusk. $5 per person. Kids 5 and under are free.

ONGOING

  • 80 Days of Summer at the Burke Museum of Natural History
    • ABOUT: Summer activities planned around a weekly theme include a scavenger hunt, craft, and guess the content of a “mystery box.”  The theme for July 25-31 is “Boat Week.”
    • DETAILS: The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, UW Campus at 17th Ave. NE and NE 45th St. Open daily, 10 AM-5 PM. Activities included with museum admission, $7.50-10.

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Officer-involved hit and run; suspect flees into heart of Ravenna

   BTW. This is smack in middle of Ravenna. This is a very quiet neighborhood. Use to live two blocks from this scene. pic.twitter.com/Gn6z6wtg26

— Photographer Fred (@PhotogFredKOMO) July 17, 2015

From the Seattle Police Department Blotter:

The officer was driving southbound on the freeway, just after 4 am, approaching the 65th Street exit, when the suspect vehicle intentionally rammed the patrol car from behind. The impact caused the officer’s vehicle to move across the lanes of traffic and into the embankment. The suspect vehicle then fled the scene.

Southbound I-5 north of NE 65th Street is affected to do the investigation at the hit and run scene.

From police scanner chat, it now looks as though the suspect fled in his vehicle east on NE 65th Street, and was stopped at Ravenna Avenue NE by officers. Homicide detectives are on scene now, as is Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole. Waiting on details from SPD to confirm an officer-involved shooting and the suspect being deceased.

At this time the intersection of NE 65th Street and Ravenna Avenue NE as well as the 6500 block of Ravenna Avenue NE is closed for police investigation.

More updates as we’re able.

 

UPDATE (5:44am): The main line of southbound I-5 is closed at this time from approximately NE 85th Street to NE 65th Street. WSDOT has opened the express lanes southbound for all traffic.

UPDATE (6:15am): The Seattle Police Department has confirmed that this was an officer-involved shooting on the 6500 block of Ravenna Avenue NE.

UPDATE (6:30am): one of the reporters at the scene notes that the body has not been cleared yet.

UPDATE (7:29am): NE 65th Street has reopened to traffic. Ravenna Avenue NE north of NE 65th Street remains closed due to the ongoing police investigation.

Your Busy Weekend in Northeast Seattle, July 10-16

The forecast calls for temperatures in the upper 70s and some clouds this weekend.

SATURDAY, July 11

  • 10th Annual Wedgwood Art Festival
    • ABOUT: The outdoor art festival features local arts and crafts, entertainmentfood, and children’s arts activities.
    • DETAILS: Our Lady of the Lake Parish and School, 3520 NE 89th St. Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM-5 PM. Entry is FREE.
  • Teen movie showing at the Seattle Public Library’s Northgate Branch: Beetlejuice
    • ABOUT: “Teens are invited to join us for popcorn and a screening of this Tim Burton ’80s classic.” – SPL Website. Free movies showing this summer at several library locations around Seattle.
    • DETAILS: Northgate Branch Meeting Room, 10548 Fifth Ave. N.E. 2-4 PM. FREE.

SUNDAY, July 12

  • 10th Annual Wedgwood Art Festival
    • DETAILS: See above.

MONDAY, July 13

  • Movie showing at the Seattle Public Library’s University Branch: An American in Paris
    • ABOUT: This is the final movie in Americans Abroad: A Globetrotting Film Series at the University Branch. Free movies showing at several library locations this summer around Seattle.
    • DETAILS: University Branch Meeting Room, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE. 6-8 PM. FREE.
  • Magic Monday at Ravenna Third Place Books
    • ABOUT: Magicians doing their thing on the second Monday of each month.
    • DETAILS: Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE. 7-8 PM. FREE.

WEDNESDAY, July 15

  • University Village Sounds of Summer Concert: Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme
    • ABOUT: Music, beer garden, kids activities, and samples from U Village restaurants.
    • DETAILS: University Village parking lot. Wednesdays, July-August. Doors open at 5:45, show 6:30-8:30 PM. FREE.

THURSDAY, July 16

  • Outdoor Movies at Magnuson ParkCrazy, Stupid, Love
    • ABOUT: Movies on a big screen, live entertainment, trivia, and food trucks on Thursdays evenings from July 9 – Aug. 27, 2015. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and event is dog friendly.
    • DETAILS: Magnuson Park (grass athletic fields), 7400 Sand Point Way NE. Doors open at 7 PM, movie starts at dusk. $5 per person. Kids 5 and under are free.
  • Author Event at Ravenna Third Place Books: Judy Bower
  • STG presents Erased, Dani Tirrell & Color Lines Dance Ensemble
    • ABOUT: “Erased is a dance theater piece conceived and choreographed by Dani Tirrell in collaboration with Color Lines Dance Ensemble. Through movement, live singing, spoken word and video, Color Lines Dance Ensemble tackle issues of race, misogyny, colorism, hair, body image and the complex but rewarding relationships women of color share with each other.” – STG website. This performance is part of a series of free, all-ages summer events at The Neptune Theater, Night at the Neptune. See the full 2015 lineup here.
    • DETAILS: The Neptune Theater, 1303 NE 45th Street. Doors open at 6 PM, show at 7 PM. RSVP here. All-ages. FREE.

ONGOING

  • 80 Days of Summer at the Burke Museum of Natural History
    • ABOUT: Summer activities planned around a weekly theme include a scavenger hunt, craft, and guess the content of a “mystery box.”  The theme for July 11-17 is “Navigation Week.”
    • DETAILS: The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, UW Campus at 17th Ave. NE and NE 45th St. Open daily, 10 AM-5 PM. Activities included with museum admission, $7.50-10.

Anything else to add? Garage sale? Fundraiser? Lemonade stand? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll add it to the post!

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Your Busy Weekend in Northeast Seattle, July 3 – 9

You probably already know it but the forecast calls for a sunny and HOT weekend with temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s.

FRIDAY, July 3

  • Multi-Family Yard Sale
    • ABOUT: Electronics, clothing, miscelaneous household items, tools, camping stuff, a raft, sewing machines, artwork, movies, collectable comics, jewelry, etc.
    • DETAILS: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. 6802 Roosevelt Ave E. 10 AM-6 PM.

SATURDAY, July 4

  • Annual 18th Ave NE 4th of July Kids Parade
    • ABOUT: Kids decorate their bikes, trikes, or themselves march in this approximately 2 block parade. Turn around and repeat!
    • DETAILS: Parade begins at 11 AM at the corner of NE 73rd and 18th Ave NE.

SUNDAY, July 5

  • Seattle Humane Society’s MaxMobile at the University Village 
    • ABOUT: The MaxMobile is the Humane Society’s mobile adoption and education unit with cats, dogs, or other critters available for on-the-spot adoption.
    • DETAILS: MaxMobile is parked outside the Ravenna Gardens building (#79 on this map), 3-6 PM.

MONDAY, July 6

  • Movie showing at the Seattle Public Library’s University Branch. 
    • ABOUT: Free movies showing at several library locations around Seattle. Watch “Roman Holiday,” the second movie in Americans Abroad: A Globetrotting Film Series at the University Branch.
    • DETAILS: University Branch Meeting Room, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE. 6-8 PM. FREE.

WEDNESDAY, July 8

  • University Village Sounds of Summer Concert: The Maldives
    • ABOUT: Music, beer garden, kids activities, and samples from U Village restaurants.
    • DETAILS: University Village parking lot. Wednesdays, July-August. Doors open at 5:45, show 6:30-8:30 PM. FREE.

THURSDAY, July 9

  • UPDATE: Opening night of Outdoor Movies at Magnuson Park: Back to the Future
    • ABOUT: This is the fifth year of summertime outdoor movies on a big screen, live entertainment, trivia, and food trucks on Thursdays evenings from July 9 – Aug. 27, 2015 at Magnuson. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and events are dog friendly.
    • DETAILS: Magnuson Park (grass athletic fields), 7400 Sand Point Way NE. Doors open at 7 PM, movie starts at dusk. $5 per person. Kids 5 and under are free.
  • STG presents Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons in the The Rainier Valley Revival
    • ABOUT: “Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons collaborate with students from Washington Middle School’s roots music program to tell stories and perform songs celebrating the history of the Rainier Valley. Through interpreting the music and culture of our local heritage, this concert will contribute to a revival of the wonderful stories and traditions that have lain dormant for too long!” – STG Website.  This concert is part of a series of free all-ages summer events at The Neptune Theater, Night at the Neptune. See the full 2015 lineup here.
    • DETAILS: The Neptune Theater, 1303 NE 45th Street. Doors open at 6 PM, show at 7 PM. FREE.

ONGOING

  • 80 Days of Summer at the Burke Museum of Natural History.
    • ABOUT: Summer activities planned around a weekly theme include a scavenger hunt, craft, and guess the content of a “mystery box.”  The theme for July 5-10 is “Objects in the Sky.”
    • DETAILS: The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, UW Campus at 17th Ave. NE and NE 45th St. Open daily, 10 AM-5 PM but CLOSED for the 4th of July. Activities included with museum admission, $7.50-10.

Anything else to add? Garage sale? Fundraiser? Lemonade stand? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll add it to the post!

Want to promote an upcoming NE Seattle weekend happeningEmail us ahead of time, or use our online comment form to tell us about it.

We publish these Busy Weekend posts at noon on Thursdays.