Archive for August, 2010
Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed on Friday, September 10, and Monday, September 13, for a furlough day. Youth Violence Prevention Initiative sites, also known as Extended Hours Program sites, will furlough on Wednesday, September 8. City of Seattle employees are taking 10 days off without pay in 2010 to
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Posted: August 30th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Budget Gap, closures, furlough
The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 9, in the Park Board Room at 100 Dexter Ave. N at the corner of Dexter and Denny. The meeting agenda includes: Board discussion and recommendation to the Superintendent on the use of the Atlantic City
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Posted: August 26th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: atlantic city nursery, dodgeball, Park Board, tennis, West Seattle reservoir
On Saturday, August 28, Seattle Parks and Recreation will host Big Day of Play at Magnuson Park, from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The day will begin with a 5K Fun Run/Walk, followed by a Free Kids’ 1K Run for children 10 and
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Posted: August 20th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: family, free, kids, Magnuson, outdoors, play, Recess Monkey, shuttle
Seattle fringe theatre group The Wrecking Crew is staging Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. through August 28. The production is activating the Central District’s Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park—a unique community park at E Yesler Way and 22nd Ave. S. Lavizzo Park features a small amphitheater
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Posted: August 19th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: free, lavizzo park, shakespeare in the park
If you’ve got the notion to shake your tail feather, Alki Community Center has a class for you this fall. Whether you like Zumba, Tap, Swing or Zydeco, dance and fitness classes are open to everyone from 5 years old to 95 years old. Zumba Fitness Ages 18 and older Inspired by
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Posted: August 19th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: alki, dance, family, fitness, kids
The Seattle Japanese Garden is pleased to host an exhibit of Ishimoto Yasuhiro’s photographs of the Katsura Detached Palace. Taken in 1953, the photographs showcase both the interior and exterior of the historic palace. Built in the early Edo Period (17th Century) for the Hachijonomiya family, the Katsura Detached Palace maintains the
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Posted: August 18th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Japanese Garden, Katsura Detached Palace, Photo exhibit
Seattle Parks and Recreation will hold a life jacket sale at Evans Pool, 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N, on Saturday, August 21 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 684-4961. The cost for life jackets sizes from infant to youth large is $20; for sizes teen to adult size XXL, it is
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Posted: August 17th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: evans pool, lifejackets
The wetlands and habitat at Magnuson continue to expand as Seattle Parks and Recreation moves forward the Magnuson Park Wetlands – Shore Ponds Project. Seattle Parks will host an open house at the Brig at Magnuson Park, 6330 NE 74th St., on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. to
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Posted: August 16th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Magnuson, natural habitat, shore ponds, wetlands
When it’s hot, Seattle residents don’t need to go far to cool off. Seattle Parks and Recreation has a long list of places to get cool in the water, including beaches, wading pools and water spray features, and outdoor pools. Beaches Parks offers safe, lifeguarded beaches at nine sites around the city,
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Posted: August 16th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: beaches, family, free, heat, hot, pools, weather
Camp Long, West Seattle’s outdoor classroom and urban haven, will host the Arts in Nature Festival on August 21 and 22, 2010. The festival will feature a large and varied range of performing and visual arts that connect visitors with nature, including: Music: Jazz, classical, world, hip hop, bluegrass, and orchestral folk
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Posted: August 12th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: art, Camp Long, nature, nature consortium, West Seattle
