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Somehow it's already time to throw back a few drinks for the kids. Last year, the citywide drink-a-thon to support the excellent work of the Vera Project fell in October, but who are we to complain about a great excuse for summer cocktails or india p...

topics: arts, bar, lounge, neumos, show

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12:00 PM - Mike Lawson: House SecretsSeattle Mystery Bookshop4th in a series: When Joe DeMarco is asked by the Speaker of the House to probe the apparent accidental death of a reporter who was trailing presidential hopeful Senator Paul Morelli, di...

topics: book, books, show

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Oh, what, you still don't have something to do this weekend? Lucky for you, the Wooden Boat Festival is also happening, at the Center for Wooden Boats in South Lake Union.This festival really is so much fun. Tons of people with wooden boats tie up to...

topics: festival, sailing, south-lake-union

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Having too many fun things to do is a nice problem to have; such is the case for this coming weekend. Fireworks, festivals there's a lot going on and as an added bonus it's a three-day weekend for many of us.I recommend spending at least part of y...

topics: beer, downtown, fest, festival, running

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If this very special Canada Day and its commemoration of confederacy reminds us of anything, it's that our country's anniversary of a brutal break-up is a mere few days away. (This change in calendar in the dark hours of this morning prompted me to h...

topics: beer, bike, capitol-hill, cooking, parade

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7:00 PM - Lance Reynald: Pop SalvationUW Bookstore, U DistrictWhat would a bildungsroman look like if the protagonist had an Andy Warhol fetish? This book. Quirky and interesting.[LINK]7:30 PM - Kate Christensen: TroubleElliott Bay Book Co.Women in t...

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this near infrared' photo of the international fountain during sunday's pride festivities comes to us by way of Tom Dobrowolsky [flickr] who was nice enough to add it to our reader-powered group pool [#].the Seattle P-I is looking for neighborhood...

topics: capitol-hill, neighborhood

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Besides the obvious Art Walk this Thursday, what free things will you be doing this holiday weekend? The reason I ask is because I'll be entertaining a guest and I'd like to keep our spending to a minimum. Here are some of my thoughts. -Spend a morni...

topics: ballard, discovery-park, food, fremont, pike-place-market

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6:30 PM - Elizabeth Austen: ReadingSPL Northgate BranchSeattle poet Elizabeth Austen talks about her poetry and the authors who have influenced her work.[LINK]7:00 PM - Karen Joy Fowler: ReadingUW Bookstore, U DistrictClarion West presents the World ...

topics: book, northgate

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photo by william [flickr]; we'd love to see your pride photos in our group pool, too [#]Certain people in Wallingford seem to wish that they lived in the placid countryside instead of in the heart of a city where people hold concerts or launch ...

topics: ballard, bar, concerts, dance, fremont