There’s a little bit for everybody this weekend in North Seattle, from learning some stories about the stars overhead to even rubbing shoulders with the mayor.
- Award-winning journalist Ingrid Nixon starts off the weekend with her all-ages “Stories in the Stars,” from 8-9 tonight at Haller Lake Community Club, 12579 Densmore Ave. N. Stories range from the trials and travails of Antarctic explorers to the Greek myths behind the constellations. Tickets cost $8 to $10 and are available at the door.
- Greenwood-Phinney’s Art Up Artwalk also is tonight, as highlighted in our partner blog PhinneyWood. The monthly event takes place from 6-9.
- On Saturday, Mayor Mike McGinn will take a tour of nearby Lake City from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Lake City Live blog has a detailed list of where he’ll be stopping during his visit if you’d like to pop by and discuss your thoughts and concerns.
- You’re also invited to Celebrate Urban Naturefrom 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Magnuson Community Center, 7110 62nd Ave. N.E. Get there at 9 a.m. if you want a tour of the Magnuson Park wetland. Other events include a free, all-ages concert by Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew, formerly of the Presidents of the United States); birds of prey from the Woodland Park Zoo’s UP CLOSE program; a representative of the marine mammal division of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration will talk about seals and whales; interactive booths and displays including Seattle Bug ; Bats Northwest and the Washington Native Plant Society; Roving Reptiles, with their slithery collection of snakes, lizards and more; art and nature activities, including a worm bin, nature crafts, a recycle art workshop, and a class on how to create a bird-friendly garden; and nature-themed carnival games with nature-related prizes.
- There also are a couple of opportunities to score some gently used goods at the 65th Street Co-op’s turn Gently Used Kids Gear and Plant Sale, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Phinney Neighorhood Association’s Brick Building, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. (more in PhinneyWood); and the Queen Anne Community Center’s Spring Flea Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 1901 First Ave. W. (more in the Queen Anne View)
- And if you’re in the mood for some music, The Wanderers and Cabin Fever are performing from 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Haller Lake Community Club, 12579 Densmore Ave. The Wanderers, Carl Allen and Bill Murlin, sing sweet folk songs of yesterday with great harmonies, and they specialize in the Columbia River songs by Woody Guthrie. Cabin Fever, Dianne Bochsler and Tara Wolfe, has a sound that easily fits into the mountains of the Appalachian homeland where its music was birthed. Cost: $12; $10 HLCC members; 12 and younger half-price.
Know of any other events this weekend you’d like to share?
