This one's our last Wikli: here's the signoff. To so many neighbors who have lent your interests and your insights to share what you know about our place — thank you. It's been a lot of fun.

• BeatWalk is back, every second Sunday of the summertime.
• Farmers market strawberries — need we say more?
• It ain't a typo: welcome Lucky Rabbet Framing.
• The Gallery announces its new exhibits, and issues its next call to artists.
• Ezekiel saw the wheels, and you can too at this bicycle blessing.
• At the library, there's a community meeting about the City's bicycle master plan update.
• Bump, set, spike: Franklin gears up for next year's girls volleyball.
• Art Walk in Rainier Beach
• In our blogossiphere, a community garden and a Seward Park race.
• In Citizen discussion, a Wikli wiedersehen and some conversation about what might come next.

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It's time. This one's our next-to-last Wikli.

There's a longer post to write — about all the amazing things Columbia Citizens have contributed here, about how much fun it's been, and about some of the best online alternatives out there for neighborhood sharing. More about that soon. In the meantime, check out this week's wiki-offerings.

• John and Ben start a neighborhood center in Hillman City.
• A season of Art Walks in Rainier Beach.
• Bless you, and your bike too.
• in our blogossiphere, maybe we're quitting for good, but stash quilts for good.
• in Citizen discussion, Yuko's mom is looking for a nearby homestay.

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These Wednesday afternoons draw Columbia Citizens out of the woodwork. Come and savor a stroll with us, if only to remember how lucky we all are.

• It's Rhubarb Fest at the farmers market.
• They bless bikes too?
• The Southeast District Council meets tonight in the community center.
• Try your hand in a community garden.
• In our blogossiphere,
  • a farmers market interview
  • new townhomes on Edmunds, and more on the way on 35th
  • a dynamic Columbia City logo
  • Stash rolls out a new site.
• In discussion, this pup needs a home.

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Columbia City's ArtWalks are back: join the revelry late into the night.

• Got a yen for planting? The Church of Hope has a community garden.
• The aforementioned ArtWalk.
• There's a great park to the south of Seward, and they're hosting a work party.
• Think you can put the strum in instrument? Uke go.
• Neighborhood House is looking for tech volunteers.
• Zooman & the Sign, a play at the RVCC
• In our blogossiphere,
  • a teacher accused of molestation,
  • kudos for Empire Espresso,
  • the Orca plant sale,
  • Diana blogs about the farmers market,
  • time well spent at the food bank.
• In Citizen discussion, neighbor seeks a mother-in-law apartment.

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What does it take to plant that seed, the kernel of the idea that starts a conversation, opens someone's mind, or moves people to pull together to create a change?

• at the RVCC, an incendiary drama.
• Citizens offer up this documentary short about Rainier Valley.
• Rainier Vista's neighborhood house seeks tech volunteers.
• Join the Mothers Day march.
• In our blogossiphere, a shooting and an arrest, Orca gets some press, our summer streets party, and the Dinky streetcar.

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There's a certain high that comes from welcoming new neighbors and new businesses — folks who have decided be a part of this place. And after a winter's hiatus, even better is to welcome back those longstanding, treasured neighborhood traditions. This Wikli will wave as you stroll through the farmer's market or roll along Lake Washington.

• May 1 is the first day of the farmers market.
• In our calendar, summer dates are filling up — farmers markets, bike Sundays, BeatWalks, ArtWalks and more.
• Neighborhood women offer retreat and renewal.
• The historical society holds its annual meeting.
• Radical Women celebrate May Day.
• In our blogossiphere, more coverage about that community meeting with police, and Orca school connects with the food bank.
• In Citizen discussion, Spinnaker Bay is open for business, our acupuncturists give a party, and Second Use looks to collect your paint.

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Neighbors expressed incredulity at a well-attended, community organized meeting about last month's police shooting. Read on, and see what you think. If you're looking for ways to stretch your mind your money, your mastery, or your muscles, this Wikli's got something for you.

• Local women musicians expand the genre and their audience in this jazz festival.
• Go with the flow: Yoga-Nia.
• On the hunt for a good book, or have one to suggest? The library's got a monthly book group.
• Do it for Mom: join the parade.
• The historical society considers Washington's Civil War legacy.
• In its third year, Art Walk throws a party.
• Delve into one of Seattle's own radical roots.
• Unload those documents and unwanted gadgets: e-cycling this weekend.
• In our blogossiphere,
  • In a meeting about last month's recent shooting, Neighbors take a critical view of police accounts.
  • Orca announces its plant sale.
  • The kids release salmon.
  • Diana profiles City Art Farm.
  • Details about new development at Columbia Plaza
  • Neighbors advocate for a Cheasty bike trail.
  • Kids break into school.
  • The library puts on a kids' book day.
  • Next week is the first week of the farmers market.
• In Citizen discussion, more about Green Eileen, real estate agents, and townhouses.

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Radical Women and Seattle's Freedom Socialists are putting on a handful of local events around May Day and Mothers' Day. So what are you waiting for? Yes you may.

• Fill the streets with a festive bunch of radicals in this Mother's Day parade.
• May Day is International Workers' Day.
• Kathleen kicks off a new session of the community chorus.
• Join these organizers in a public forum about their issues.
• The library hosts its monthly book group.
• The Church of Hope needs your tent.
• In our blogossiphere,
  • a class about broadband internet essentials,
  • Councilmembers react to last month's police raid.
  • a boost for the cinema via light rail,
  • a Rainier Ave streetcar?
  • Bike Works is hiring.
  • a review of St Dames,
  • and a great Craigslist ad for that abandoned shopping cart.
• In Citizen discussion, a video about the bakery, and a request for real estate agent recommendations.

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When you've planted the seed, nurtured the idea, invested the time, the sweat, the faith — then no matter what the outcome, there's a part of you to share in the finished result. This week you can check out some amazing neighborhood projects.

• Homegrown documentaries featured at this weekend's film festival.
• Citizens across the valley organize their Earth Day makeovers.
• Sabranie helps you clean out your e-waste.
• Seward Park leads nature walks.
• Kathleen and friends put on a spring concert.
• Local wines at this LSPCC fundraiser
• In our blogossiphere, Bike Sundays are coming back.
• In Citizen discussion, PCC coming soon, and Lloyd's new acupuncture practice.

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It's a transcendent week for many of us, a time to pull together to celebrate faith, rebirth, and deliverance. For some of us it's involved the shock of an early-morning police raid, a shooting, and now coming to terms with the aftermath. Life in the neighborhood proceeds apace, offering several ways to connect, to reflect, and to remember.

• This weekend there's a sunrise service, as well as a service and potluck.
• Shelters within a shelter: Darla seeks tents.
• Kathleen directs a spring concert.
• Not your everyday fare: Benjamin Britten's English adaptation of a surrealist opera.
• SEEDArts offers a series of homegrown documentaries.
• Mollia offers dance camp for girls.
• Join a birding crowd in Seward Park.
• Jana offers family music classes
• If you haven't already attended the Southeast District Council, well, there's next month.
• In our blogossiphere,
  • Neighbors and the Stranger discuss the SWAT raid of Friday morning.
  • Empire Espresso shares what's new.
  • Green Eileen moves toward opening day.
  • Gather does good.
  • Got green? asks, "where's ours?"
  • Plate of Nations
• In Citizen discussion,
  • a tumbleweed tent
  • Booty camp
  • more car break-ins
  • temporary housing offered
  • belly dancing

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Aaahh, at long last, the first day of spring. From here on out, sunrises are reserved for early birds. And for the rest of us, well, this Wikli's got something for everyone.

• Jana's still got space in her family music classes.
• Looking for some collaborative workspace? Our creative class is forming aneighborhood incubator.
• A local business is hiring neighborhood tour guides.
• The Lakewood Seward Park Community Club is sampling a world of wines.
• Valley and Mountain Fellowship celebrates a sunrise service for Easter, and there's another at Columbia City Church of Hope.
• You must be dreaming: June can help you make sense of it.
• For a really surreal experience, there's this operatic premier.
• In our blogossiphere, there's a housing market outlook, and this year's Plate of Nations.
• In Citizen discussion, community crime watch, the future of Columbia School, dead hummingbirds, library story time, urban coyotes, pub groups?, a lego request, and brunch with drag queens.

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We've got all these handy axioms of neighborhood living: lend a hand, many hands make for light work, all hands on deck… And even if we've got our hands full, we get to experience firsthand what is, hands-down, a handsome piece of work.

This Wikli comes to you on Thursday, cap in hand: it found itself a little short-handed yesterday. Apologies for the delay.

• Let's see a show of hands: reform City Council elections?
• A bird in the hand… at Seward Park Audubon.
• Firsthand narratives from Muslim women artists.
• Near-at-hand filmmakers present their works.
• Are our parking restrictions outta hand?
• You could have a hand in establishing our neighborhood brewery
• With one hand behind your back, you could win at game night.
• A helping hand: LSPCC offers a college scholarship.
• Who will take this in hand? Befriend a senior.
• In our blogossiphere, school news, downed trees, and a drug bust.
• In Citizen discussion, streetlights, a smash & grab, and another brewery?

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This Wikli is fairly light reading, but as always there are delightful details to share.

• Watch your daughter shine in dance camp.
• Neighborhood luminaries organize a free e-waste collection.
• Imagine: the lights of Memphis are beckoning to you and your uke.
• Too bright for ya? A neighbor posts a streetlight petition.
• A celebration of our global sisters.
• In our blogossiphere,
  • community dinners,
  • a crafts fair,
  • an uber-green home,
  • our very own ballot drop-box (who knew?),
  • a new ED at RVHS,
  • a thwarted attack,
  • more housing news.
• Citizen discussion,
  • more conversation around streetlights, crime prevention, and many facebook requests for referrals.

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Now how's that for a hook? — Hillman City is about to tap its own brand-new beer venue, and folks who love their neighborhood suds can step up and claim some lifelong privileges as founding patrons. And that's not all that's brewing this week. Hop to it.

• Spinnaker Bay Brewing is preparing to hoist its sails.
• The library offers family movie time.
• Neighborhood nonprofits are pulling together a shared space.
• Some neighbors hate the new streetlights.
• A benefit and celebration for Radical Women.
• Church of Hope offers Sunday school.
• Laura toots her horn for Arts in Motion.
• Looking to make a difference with local youth?
• Seward Park covers birding basics.
• In our blogossiphere, more improvements for Cheasty greenspace, Seward Park's PCC to move to Columbia City, and a neighbor review of the new Hummingbird Saloon.
• In Citizens discussion, more discussion about streetlights, coyotes, car sharing, more volunteer opportunities, and girls' softball.

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It may be that home is where the heart is, but there's still plenty of love to go 'round once you step out your front door. It's a hallmark of Columbia Citizenship: we love where we live.

• The Boys & Girls Club wants you to be someone to these kids.
• Orca at Whitworth has a well-loved playground, and they're looking to make it better.
• Lenten prayer at Columbia Lakewood Community Church
• The LSPCC offers a scholarship for neighborhood students.
• Love our elders.
• Wanna get creative with leftovers? A Columbia Citizen has a blog about that.
• Seward Park is creating master urban naturalists.
• You could have your very own P-patch.
• Let's talk about books.
• In our blogossiphere, a state of the real estate, salmon fry at Orca school, a resource fair for youth, and a rollover accident.
• Citizen discussion, expat neighbors looking to housesit, a request for yoga referrals, more food trucks, power lifting, and more talk of a neighborhood blog.

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An earlier version of this Wikli-fix had a bunch of dead links — sorry about that. They're updated now.

So what's new? Columbia Citizens are looking forward to greeting new businesses, a new congregation, and a new community leader. Please stop in and say hello.

• In our blogossiphere, Hummingbird Saloon: a new neighborhood watering hole, a new leader for our Historical Society, a career fair for youth, and police dissipate a potential conflict.
• In Citizen discussion, a lost kitty, a great pedicure, a mystery tenant in a renovated building, and is it time for a new neighborhood blog?
• On the community calendar Light For Life, a New Church has posted events.
• Smile while you strum.
• Is this your frame shop?

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We're all expert at something. This Wikli invites you to share what you know, to hone your skills at something you love, or to try your hand at something entirely different.

• Pure genius: ice cream for breakfast.
• Lend a hand at our local tech center.
• The inspiration is important, but how do you frame it?
• Become a Master Urban Naturalist at Seward Park. They've got a range of walks & talks, and a monthly birding basics session.
• P-patch plots available, you dig?
• Everyone's a critic — suggest your favorite books.
• In our blogossiphere, flu and the 42.
• In Citizen posts, a shady meat truck, and a kitty in need.

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In this week's blogossiphere, a home builder has posted about terroir, or sense of place. And that set this Wikli to thinking. What helps define ours? A landmark district? Check. Neighbor-owned & operated businesses? Certainly. Folks who know each other & see each other regularly? But of course. Good spaces to come together with friends? Mmm-hmm. A comfortable walking environment? Youbetcha. All that and much, much more.

• The library is now open seven days a week.
• The SouthEast District Council meets to recommend area improvements to sidewalks and crossings.
• The Gallery puts on its art auction.
• In our blogossiphere,
  • The Seattle Sketcher profiles the newly reopened cinema.
  • terroir of Rainier Vista
  • Harbor looks to sell its new apartment building.
  • Orca's MLK march for social justice,
  • ice cream for breakfast
• In Citizen posts,
  • zoning maps,
  • smash & grabs and nuisance properties.
  • booty camp.

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Looking for a brisk walk in the fresh air? Is this a good time to learn a new skill? How about some thoughtful time with the work of local artists? Would you like to share what you know with neighbors looking to learn? Follow us — or better yet, we'll follow you.

• Some fun guided walks in Seward Park
• Isn't it about time you let your inner urban naturalist out?
• Step it up with Sound Steps.
• Check out this artists' reception, and submit your bid for some snazzy local art.
• There's a mural unveiling across from the Paris Deli, near Full Tilt.
• And speaking of ice cream, it's not just for dessert anymore.
• Share your skills at Rainier Vista's tech center.
• Radical women show a documentary: The Coat Hanger Project.
• A force to be reckoned with: Jedi musicians.
• Sarah's fired up to open her fired arts studio.
• In our blogossiphere, new homes, Green Eileen, PCC, and library events.
• In Citizen discussion, booty camp, parks improvements at Cheasty, future development, traffic calming, community dinners, and power outage reactions.

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Columbia Citizens, are we a classy set? Need you ask… It's back-to-school week, and do we have class. Stick with this Wikli & learn a thing or two.

• Learn the Jedi arts with Arts In Motion.
• Jana offers Music for Everyone.
• It's on your calendar, right? International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.
• Learn about education programs coming to South Seattle.
• A new crop of artists at City Art Farm.
• Bird is the Word at Seward Park.
• In our neighborhood blogossiphere, the Church of Hope is hiring a children's minister, there's pajama storytime at the library, and there are details about Tutta Bella, Stash, & Ark Lodge.
• In Citizen discussion, neighbors post about an opening at the historical society, a serial car prowler, thai dining at the laundromat, a stolen bike, and more.

Stay classy, Columbia City.

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