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Announcements, Art, Crown Hill Center, Events

Crown Hill Arts Festival, November 13th, 2010

Crown Hill Arts Festival 2010
Crown Hill Arts Festival 2010

November 13, 2010

Admission is FREE!

The Crown Hill Center
is proud to present the 2010 Crown Hill Arts Festival!

Doors open at 6:30pm

Artwalk
Stroll the Artwalk and enjoy paintings and photography from local artists. Local community groups and building tenants will have information tables in the hallway.

Performances
View amazing performances including yoga, flamenco and ballet.

Beer Garden
Listen to live music, drink a beer or glass of wine and eat yummy appetizers donated by Honey, I’m Home Catering.

Instant Wine Cellar Raffle
Support the Arts Festival by buying raffle tickets for an Instant Wine Cellar!

For the Kids
Childcare by donation from 6:30 – 9:30pm provided by Small Faces Child Development Center.

9250 14th Ave. NW
Seattle, WA

Art, Events, Neighborhood Sightings

Fire Station #35 Dedication in September

Station 35 Sign
New Fire Station #35 Sign

On Saturday, September 25, the new fire station will be dedicated. Come on out for this community celebration at 1:30 pm. The neon-lighted artwork will provide a recognizable night-time landmark for Crown Hill. [UPDATE: Mayor McGinn will be there for the dedication ceremony, and there will be a mini-town hall meeting at the fire station beginning at 2 PM. This is your chance to meet the Mayor and let him know your concerns].

Did you know?
Did you know that Fire Station 35 was once home to a horse-drawn fire rig, and that rig was the last horse drawn rig in service in the city of Seattle? And that Fire Station 35 was also home to an amphibious rescue craft at one time? Check out some really interesting pictures and historical facts about the history of fire fighting in Seattle at the Last Resort Fire Department. (Hint: do a text search for “Engine 35” on that page to find the picture of the last run of the horse drawn rig, and “Apparatus 302” to find the amphibious craft).
Art

ARC Summer Dance at the Center

From ARC Dance:

Arc Poster Summer At The Center

It is now less than two weeks until the opening of ARC’s Summer Dance at the Center.  There will be five new world premiers by choreographers from Mark Morris Dance Group, Whim Whim, and PNB, as well as Marie Chong, Artistic Director of ARC, and Betsy Cooper, resident choreographer for ARC.  Our ten professional dancers have been working very hard to learn and perfect the dances.  The dances are fun and thought provoking; the dancers are exciting and strong.

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Art, Businesses, Transportation, Walkability

Murals of Crown Hill

Pipe wrench mural
Pipe wrench mural

Upon moving to Crown Hill in 2002, I noticed many blank walls on buildings, often tagged with graffiti, painted out graffiti, re-tagged, re-painted out, etc. What is it about a blank wall that encourages vandals to leave their marks? Our major streets, 15th Ave NW, Holman Road, and NW 85th Street appeared quite tired, even dreary. As new businesses have moved in, old businesses and new alike have taken to spiffing up their storefronts with bright colors, and … murals. Most recently the Value Village relocated a couple of doors south on 15th, and engaged the services of Seattle muralist, Ryan “Henry” Ward. Henry’s murals drew much attention in the press (MyBallard article, and even some television and radio coverage). It has certainly sparked lots of discussions among neighbors and passerby (as I snapped photos early on a Saturday morning, 6 people volunteered their opinions, four very positive, one negative, one shrug).

Henry Mural on Value Village
Henry Mural on Value Village

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