Here’s a lineup of what’s happening around Wallingford this weekend. Don’t forget to check out our post of St. Patrick’s Day events happening in the neighborhood today! Word on the street is that Murphy’s already has a line forming!
Friday:
- 5:00-7:00pm Wine tasting City Cellars (1710 North 45th Street), Gilbert Cellars. $3.00-$5.00.
- 7:00-9:30pm Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies at Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ (5019 Keystone Place North) presents the film “TAPPED” (76 min, Stephanie Soechtig & Jason Lindsey, 2009), Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right?…Or an article of commerce? “TAPPED” examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, economy, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. From the production of plastic, to the ocean in which so many bottles wind up, this film follows the path of the bottled water industry into the communities that are caught at the intersection of big business and the public right to water. “TAPPED” is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water. Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. Price: FREE!
- 6:00pm-8:00pm Wine World (400 NE 45th Street). Japanese Assistance Night. At Wine World, we take the “world” part seriously. Help us raise funds for our friends across the Pacific, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. While our tastings are always free, we encourage a $10 donation to help raise funds for the relief efforts. We’ll pour wines from around the world. Come before you go out!
Saturday:
- 10:30-11:30am “Living Naturally” series continues with Lower Your Diabetes Risk, at Bastyr Center for Natural Health (3670 Stone Way N). Free and open to the public. Learn what you need to know about lowering your diabetes risk through nutritional and lifestyle strategies from Bastyr expert Ryan Bradley, ND, a faculty member and researcher at Bastyr University who has given presentations for the American Diabetes Association and many other organizations.
To RSVP to the event (appreciated, but not required) or for more information about the discussion series, contact Seth McOmber at (206) 834-4163 or [email protected]. - 12:00pm-4:00pm The Alliance Française de Seattle, located in the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North), is hosting La Francophonie –a celebration of all the French-speaking countries of the world. Journée de la Francophonie à l’Alliance. Guest of Honor: Lebanon. Dance, songs, booth & presentations of Francophone countries.
Sunday:
- 9:30 am Boardwalk 5k walk and run. This is at Husky Stadium but it helps Seattle Public Schools raise money for PE equipment for all the schools in the district. Online registration ($40) closes at 10pm Thursday night, but you can register in person beginning at 8:30am ($45).
- 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm at the studio of Curtis & Emmons Architects (3909 Bagley Ave N), Patricia Emmons will be hosting an exhibit and reception for her drawings and paintings (including Mumbai, at right). Patricia has promised to join us soon as a contributing writer to Wallyhood, so we’ll see if her writing matches her other artistic talents.
- 1:30 PM-? Drum Circle at Gas Works Park is back: “We had a blast last time we did this at Gas works park, so lets do this again. The idea is very simple, please show up with whatever drums you have and get ready for a jam. If you don’t have a drum yet, that’s cool too! Some of us carry spares (I will carry two). The way we did this last time was one person in the circle holds the base Rhythm and others are free to embellish or build a structure on top of the base rhythm. Every few minutes the person holding the base rhythm and the base rhythm itself change. Very fun and pressure free, not all of us are professionals!”