Seattle, WA

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to get out and enjoy nature? Well, I’ll tell you. Enjoy nature AND clean up the planet! You can do just that at any Metro Park on Saturday from 9 to noon. Check out their website for more information.

If have a building project in mind, you may want to check out the sale this weekend at Earthwise where everything will be on sale for 10-50% off. Earthwise carries just about every item you could possibly want. Doors, windows, molding, cabinets, lighting, hardware and more! Not to mention appliances & tiles. You can also sell or trade your own recyclables there, too. Check them out!
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Join SCA, the University of Washington, and Seattle Parks and Recreation for a day of fun projects at the Washington Park Arboretum on Saturday, April 19.

What: Earth Day 2008 with University of Washington Botanic Gardens (UWBG) and Seattle Parks and Recreation
When: April 19, 2008, 8:30 – 3:00
Where: Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle
Who: SCA alumni, Conservation Leadership Corps members, SCA supporters, community members, SCA staff, UWBG staff, Seattle Parks and Recreation staff
Why: To celebrate our Earth, work together to beautify our community, get youth and community members involved.

Details:

• We will be working on a variety of projects around the Washington Park Arboretum. Something for everyone!
• Bring water bottle, sack lunch, snacks, sunscreen, rain gear, long pants, work gloves and boots.
• Directions to Washington Park Arboretum.

RSVP to join us on April 19th

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Leap for Green!

A sustainability fair for the community of Mercer Island, Washington, USA. Focus of the fair is the engagement of Children of All Ages in the issues surrounding sustainability and living lighter on the land. There will be book readings/signings, a Native American story teller and drummer, a reptile man, footprint calculators designed for different ages, a park planting event, mini-farmers market, a slide presentation of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth and much more. It will be at the Mercer Island Community Center on Saturday, April 19th, 2008 from 10am to 2pm. Children come and bring your parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles!

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Go GREEN this weekend with the Seattle Green Festival! Did you know that Seattle was named one of the top 10 green cities in the U.S. in 2005 by National Geographic’s The Green Guide. The event will highlight gree products and services in Seattle. This year’s festival details are:

When: April 12 - April 13, 2008
Where:
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA
$$$: $15 Festival Pass (per person). You get some cool extras with your admission. See website for more details.

Better World Books and Green Festival are partnering to offer $5 off Green Festival admission to attendees who bring in 3 or more books. Your donated books will be sold on BetterWorld.com to help fund girls’ scholarships in developing countries in Asia through Room to Read. www.roomtoread.org

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This is the last weekend for The Moisture Festival. The annual Moisture Festival is a comedy/varietè showcase of local, national and international artists with something for everyone: Aerialists, acrobats, jugglers, dancers, musicians, clowns, comedians, and magicians. There are also “Burlesque meets Comedy/Varieté” shows at ACT Theatre.

When: Shows end April 13th, 2008
Where:
Hale’s Palladium
4301 Leary Way NW,
Seattle’s Fremont/Ballard neighborhoods
$$$: Ticket prices vary. Check their website.

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This is also the last weekend for Whirligig 2008! Now in its 26th year, this wacky world of carnival color and kid-sized action is the definition of fun. Remember being told, “no running in the house?” Well, here’s a house (Center House) where kids can bounce, slide, glide and ride on super-cool, super-size inflatable rides. A special Toddler Zone is also available.

Whirligig! runs daily and charges a minimal fee for a single ride ticket or a day-use pass except, KIDS RIDE FREE on Thursdays (in Center House not the Fun Forest). Face painters and balloon artists also charge a nominal fee.

HELPFUL HINT: Avoid the crowds and play Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

Dates: March 28 - April 13, 2008
Times: Monday - Thursday, 11 AM - 4 PM;
Friday - Sunday, 11 AM - 6 PM
$$$: All-Day Pass $7.25, All-Day Toddler Pass $4.25,
Single Ticket $1.50 and FREE Thursdays.

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You can take part in a tradition this weekend and attend The Daffodil Festival The Daffodil Festival, a 501(c)(3) Organization, will celebrate its 75th year during the 2008 festival season and takes pride in calling the great State of Washington, specifically Pierce County, its home. The Festival is an annual event that culminates in April with a Grand Floral Street Parade, which travels through the cities of Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting, all in one day. The Theme for 2008 will be “75″ Years, Remembering Your First Daffodil Parade”.

When: Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 10:30 AM PDT - 12:00PM
Where: S 11th and Pacific to S 21st and Pacific

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Seattle Book sale! If you like to read as much as I do then this is your event! The Friends of The Seattle Public Library holds two major book sales each year. At each sale, over 200,000 books and other items are offered to the general public, including:

• Art prints and posters
• Audiocassettes
• Books



• Compact discs
• Computer software
• Records
• Sheet music
• Videocassettes and DVDs

When: Saturday, April 12 2008, 9:00am
Where:
Warren G. Magnuson Park
7400 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
(206) 684-4946
$$$: Free

Most books cost $1.00, but the sale also features “better books” including recent releases, and rare and collectible books, which are available at affordable prices even though they are higher priced than the majority of books. The price of other items varies, but all are “good deals.”

Those are my picks for the weekend. What are you up to?

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