Events this weekend in the South Seattle area

Friday, March 27th

Movies: Opening of Home– Details:When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human. And while he changes her planet and she changes his world, they discover the true meaning of the word HOME. – Showings: 3:00pm, 5:15pm, 7:00pm, 9:15pm –Where: 4816 Rainier Avenue Suth, Seattle, WA 98118 – More Info: http://www.arklodgecinemas.com

Happy Hour: Freelancers Happy Hour– Details: Interested in meeting and networking with your Southeast Seattle neighbors? Join your networking neighbors for a monthly happy hour at the Mount Baker Clubhouse. Normally held on the last Thursday of every month, this month’s Happy Hour has been moved to THIS Friday, 3/27. The Clubhouse will be opening their doors from 4-6PM and inviting our neighbors to come down and enjoy a local brew from Flying Lion Brewing in Columbia City. Not a freelancer? Don’t worry! Knock off work early and come join your neighbors for a beer.- Time: 4:00pm- 6:00pm-Where: Mount Baker Community Club – More Info: ebruce@mountbaker.org

Food: VFW Meat Raffle– Details:Come and have a chance to take home prime pieces of dead cow! – Time: 4:00pm- Where: VFW Post (7421 126th  St South, Seattle)- More Info: http://www.plateofnations.com/

Movies: SeedArts Cinema: Homegrown Documentaries Kickoff– Details:The SEEDArts Cinema Series, “Homegrown Documentaries” opens this Friday with Evergreen: The Road to Legalization (3/27 at 7pm). On Saturday, we present Oil & Water (3/28 at 5pm), and My Last Year with the Nuns (3/28 at 7pm).Each film will be followed by a community conversation with the filmmakers and moderated by Rustin Thompson, the Restless Critic.On Saturday, we’ll also host a screening of a work-in-progress at 3pm. This event is held in collaboration with the Seattle Documentary Association. It is free and open to the public.Admission to the Cinema Series is $5 per film.
Films will be screened at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center (3515 S Alaska St, 98118)  Popcorn, candy and drinks will be available.- Showings: See Above –Where: 3515 South Alaska Street WA 98118 – More Info: http://www.rainiervalleycultrualcenter.org/cinema

Food: Plate of Nations Kickoff– Details:Plate of Nations showcases the delicious diversity at independently-owned restaurants at the heart of one of the most ethnically-diverse communities in the country. Twelve local venues along MLK Jr. Way South in the Rainier Valley are participating in Plate of Nations 2015, with sharable global menus for $15 or $25. Participating restaurants include Café Ibex (Ethiopian), Bananas Grill (Somali, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern), Foo Lam (Mandarin/Cantonese Dim Sum), HuarachitosCocina Mexicana (Mexico City), Huong Duong (South Vietnamese), Joy Palace(Cantonese), Momona (Eritrean), Olympic Express (Southeast Asian/Cham Vietnamese Halal), The Original Philly’s (American East Coast), Othello Wok & Teriyaki (Pan Asian), Rainier Restaurant(Vietnamese), and Thai Savon (Laotian/ Thai).-More Info: http://www.plateofnations.com/

Art: Defiance– Details: DEFIANCE is a youth led, edited, revised and directed play that highlights the journey of young adults through a world of art, family, life, and rebellion. See what will happen when all art is stripped from our culture. Will they be able to bring back creativity before it is too late? Will they be able to save a dying world?- Time: 7:00-9:00pm –Where: 8815 Seward Park Avenue S WA 98118 – More Info: columbiacityyouththeatre@gmail.com

Music: Columbia City Party Night Details:Join The Royal Room for a monthly party, Columbia City style! We are hosting a night of funky dance music led by neighborhood musicians joining forces with Seattle’s finest for a good time with drinks, dancing and great hanging with our wonderful neighborhood! Entertainment for the night features The Chancellors (Royal Room house funk band) playing classic dance covers and exchanging sets with SpiceRack, a grooving guitar/organ/bass/drums quartet playing original psychedelic funk and their breed of “Circus Motown”. –Time: 9:30pm –Where: The Royal Room (5000 Rainier Avenue South Seattle, WA 98118) – More Info:  http://www.theroyalroomseattle.com

Saturday, March 28th

Food: Georgetown Bites: A Taste of Georgetown– Details:The Georgetown industrial arts corridor is home to some of Seattle’s most distinguished culinary attractions. From boutique breweries to chocolate confections, decadent burgers to gourmet delis, soda fountains to yogurt factories, Seattle’s oldest neighborhood is also its most sumptuous. Georgetown Bites: A Taste of Georgetown offers menu samples from 28 diverse dining establishments. For only $20, the public can purchase five tickets redeemable for special offers throughout the neighborhood, with additional tickets available for $5 each.Tickets will be sold at the Georgetown Bites booth at the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM the day of the event. Georgetown Bites also marks the official groundbreaking for the Festival Street project, creating a pedestrian and arts friendly plaza in the heart of the Georgetown business district. Funded by Seattle’s Bridging the Gap program, this attractive amenity will be christened at the annual Georgetown Carnival arts festival on Saturday, June 13.– Time: 11:00am-6:00pm – Where: 3515 South Alaska St. Seattle, WA 98118- More Info: http://www.rainiervalleyculturalcenter.org

Community: Community Conversation: Shaping Seattle’s Transportation Future – Details: In March 2015, Mayor Ed Murray introduced a proposal for a nine-year, $900 million transportation levy to replace the existing Bridging the Gap levy that expires at the end of 2015. The Transportation Levy to Move Seattle proposal focuses on taking care of the basics, maintaining our streets, bridges, and sidewalks, while also investing in the future with improvements that give us more transportation choices to move more people and goods in and around our growing city. Your involvement in the public engagement period is crucial to shaping Seattle’s transportation future.- Time: 10:00am-12:00 pm – Where: New Holly Gathering Hall: 7054 32nd Avenue S, Seattle 98118- More Info: www.seattle.gov/LevytoMoveSeattle.

Community: Kubota Garden: Public Tour – Details: Enjoy a free public tour of Southeast Seattle’s Secret Treasure. Meet by 10 AM in the Entry Plaza, wear sturdy shoes and layered clothing. About 1 hour.- Time: 10:00am-11:00am – Where: Kubota Garden: 9817 55th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98118 – More Info: http://www.kubotagarden.org

Community: Life Skills 2 Work: Career Readiness Training Classes– Details: The Life-Skills-to-Work (LSW) process provides students with the Learn-to-Learn & Cognitive Behavior skill-sets needed for successful transition from prison & jail back to the community. The course work emphasizes practical skills development, assessment tools and application for successful education, training, employment and family reintegration student outcomes. All referrals must include the appropriate documentation, including the Referral / Staffing Document. Time: 8:15am- 2:50pm –Where:New Holly Learning Center (7058 32nd Avenue Seattle WA 98118, 2nd Floor)- More Info: Joseph.Garcia@seattlecolleges.edu

Art: Bemis Arts Spring Show (Day 1)– Details:The Bemis Spring Art Show will feature art community residents and visiting artists as well as an acoustic music lineup on both days. This spring’s event also features an exhibit showcasing the history of the Bemis Building. As always, resident artists will open their studios for you, and you can view the juried show of visiting artists throughout the expansive halls. This is an excellent opportunity to see well-established and emerging professionals in the unique environment of their working studios. The historic 150,000 square foot factory building located near Safeco Field is home to painters, photographers, glass artists, filmmakers, sculptors, fashion designers, and many others. For nearly a century, the towering letters of the Bemis Company sign have dominated the skyline just south of Pioneer Square, marking the edge of Seattle’s industrial district. With 30 lofts, it is one of the largest artist live/work buildings in Seattle and the structure represents an extremely unique industrial artifact.- Time: 12:00pm- 8:00pm –Where: 55 S Atlantic St Seattle, WA 98134- More Info: http://www.bemisarts.com

Music: En Canto– Details:En Canto brings you music as rich and varied as the people and places of Brazil: forró and baião from the northeast, bossa nova and choro from Rio, and sambas from every city and town. These lively, danceable rhythms get everyone onto the dance floor, while the occasional slower tunes (such as Tom Jobim’s “Falando do Amor”) evoke the romantic Brazilian mood of saudade (longing). Led by Brazilian-born vocalist Adriana Giordano, this septet combines consummate musicianship with an infectious sense of fun, delighting everyone from the discriminating music aficionado to anyone who just wants to groove. – Time: 9:00pm – Where: The Royal Room (5000 Rainier Avenue South Seattle, WA 98118)- More Info:  http://www.theroyalroomseattle.com

Sunday, March 29th

Art: Bemis Arts Spring Show (Day 2)– Details:The Bemis Spring Art Show will feature art community residents and visiting artists as well as an acoustic music lineup on both days. This spring’s event also features an exhibit showcasing the history of the Bemis Building. As always, resident artists will open their studios for you, and you can view the juried show of visiting artists throughout the expansive halls. This is an excellent opportunity to see well-established and emerging professionals in the unique environment of their working studios. The historic 150,000 square foot factory building located near Safeco Field is home to painters, photographers, glass artists, filmmakers, sculptors, fashion designers, and many others. For nearly a century, the towering letters of the Bemis Company sign have dominated the skyline just south of Pioneer Square, marking the edge of Seattle’s industrial district. With 30 lofts, it is one of the largest artist live/work buildings in Seattle and the structure represents an extremely unique industrial artifact.- Time: 12:00pm- 8:00pm –Where: 55 S Atlantic St Seattle, WA 98134- More Info: http://www.bemisarts.com

Music: Tom Varner Nonet/ WACO plays Holcomb & Varner– Details: Internationally reknowned as one of the foremost proponents of jazz and improvised music for the French horn Tom Varner is also an inventive, witty, and passionate composer. Varner’s compositions have garnered awards such as the 2000 Jazz Composers Alliance Julius Hemphill Composition Award, and been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered. His 1997 album, Martian Heartache, (Soul Note) was voted as one of the top ten releases of the year in numerous jazz publications. An annual DownBeat Critics Poll winner, Varner has performed as a leader at the Vienna Koncerthaus and the Seixal/Lisbon, Moers, Groningen, and Rotterdam Jazz Festivals, as well as countless appearances in the New York area with Steve Wilson, Ed Jackson, Billy Hart, and Tom Rainey. As a sideman, Varner has toured with the Mingus Orchestra, the Vienna Art Orchestra, Bobby Watson, Jane Ira Bloom, Jim McNeeley, Quincy Jones and Miles Davis. Since relocating to Seattle 2005, Varner has enjoyed playing at the Vancouver, Earshot, and Bumbershoot festivals, as both a leader and a sideman with artists such as Mark Taylor, Eric Barber, Hans Teuber, Wayne Horvitz, Jim Knapp, and Phil Sparks. He is currently on the jazz faculty of Cornish College of the Arts. WACO plays Holcomb & Varner: WACO (Washington Composers Orchestra) was created in 2008 by Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, and Tom Varner. Featuring top-flight Seattle improvisers and composers, this adventurous 15-piece ensemble challenges and extends the landscape of traditional big band repertoire. “A big band for modern times.” (Earshot Jazz).– Time: 7:00pm – Where: The Royal Room (5000 Rainier Avenue South Seattle, WA 98118)- More Info:  http://www.theroyalroomseattle.com

Art: Defiance (Sunday Presentation)– Details: DEFIANCE is a youth led, edited, revised and directed play that highlights the journey of young adults through a world of art, family, life, and rebellion. See what will happen when all art is stripped from our culture. Will they be able to bring back creativity before it is too late? Will they be able to save a dying world?- Time: 7:00-9:00pm –Where: 8815 Seward Park Avenue S WA 98118 – More Info: columbiacityyouththeatre@gmail.com

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