Columbia Citizens

your Wikli-fix: clubs, co-ops, celebrations, community

If community connecting is your game, then this is your week. You can check in at events held by our longstanding clubs and councils and centers. And there are some new offerings: a climate co-op, a cultural corner, and new park improvements on the way.

Columbia City Farmers Market

For the Last market day of the season…

• Kids Tent: decorate gourds and twist vines and flowers into autumnal crowns
• Music: dreamy ballads by Pasquale Santos

Last chance to stock up on the most valuable food in town, right in your neighborhood…peppers, melons, wild mushrooms, cheese, fresh hen eggs, fish, chicken, beef, potatoes, apples (oh, the apples!!) and for a last day treat: St. Jude Tuna!

Thanks for another great season Columbia City!

Cultural Corner Open House

Columbia School is now home to the Torah Day School and the Cultural Corner. The Cultural Corner will be holding an open house during the last Farmers Market of the season. Come say hi and offer up any suggestions for what you'd like to see offered at the Cultural Corner.

The Cultural Corner is:

• Paul Nelson: SPokenword LAB (SPLAB)
• Molly Scott: visual artist and choreographer
• Joanne Kelly: graphic designer, photographer and communications planner

We'll have some light refreshments provided by Island Soul Restaurant and Salon Adidez.

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010, 3-7pm
NE Wing of Columbia School (Enter from the Farmers Market off of S Edmunds, 1 block north of S Ferdinand).

free community talk

Do you have a child who's been diagnosed with or shows signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADD/ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Disorders or other Neurodevelopmental Disorders?

If so, you'll not want to miss this informative free lecture on brain and nervous system function and their critical roles for social, emotional, academic and motor learning. Learn how we can help these kids without the use of drugs. Furthermore, you'll leave with a better understanding of what you can start doing right now to help each and every child reach their full potential.

This free community lecture will be presented by Dr. Tiffany Green, B.S., D.C., C.A.C.C.P. at the Lakewood Seward Park Community Club (4916 S Angeline St) on Thursday, October 21st 7-8pm.

Green Seattle Day, Nov. 6

Plant a tree for the annual Green Seattle Day in your woods! The Green Seattle Partnership has selected Cheasty Greenspace/Mt. View as a site for this great, citywide, tree-planting event!

Save the date and come over to Cheasty Greenspace/Mt. View (one block west of the Columbia City Light Rail Station) on Saturday, November 6 from 10am-2pm. We need your help to plant 200 donated trees as part of the City's Green Seattle Day, a day dedicated to planting trees in our urban parks.

Cheasty Greenspace/Mt. View is one of 14 city parks selected for this great event! Bring your family and have your kids name their very own tree that they can visit year after year…and register by clicking this link.

Halloween events

Join us for a weekend of happy hauntings and family fun!

Sun 10/31 3:30 - 6pm Trick-or-treating in the business district (Look for orange & black balloons)

• Geraldine's annual costume contest
• Free portraits at Retroactive Kids
• Drink and food specials at Island Soul, Lottie's Lounge

Sat 10/30 Costume party and contest, Royal Esquire Club

Visit our community calendar and/or columbiacityseattle.com for complete info.

LSPCC Halloween Ice Cream Social

Halloween Ice Cream Social & Kids Costume Party at the Lakewood Seward Park Community Club is a pre-Halloween event — another fun reason for kids to wear their costumes!

Friday October 29th at the LSPCC (4916 S Angeline) from 6:30-8:00pm. Featuring Full Tilt Ice Cream. Members free, non-members $3 per person or $10 per family.

www.lspcc.org or on facebook

new hours, free shows & the return of burlesque

We've got new hours and a new schedule of weekly events at The Bourbon bar at Columbia City Theater starting this week!

Our new hours are Sunday - Thursday: 4pm to 12am. We'll keep our regular weekend/show night hours: 4pm to 2am.

Our new weekly events:

• Monday: Open Mic Night
• Tuesday: Trivia with Tony Kay
• Wednesday: Karaoke
• And our all day Happy Hours have moved to Tuesday!

And burlesque fans, we know you've been waiting with bated breath, so we are thrilled to announce that burlesque is retuning to Columbia City Theater in a big way come November.

Pumpkin Push, October 30th

Add some health to your Halloween tradition at the Pumpkin Push.
Saturday October 30th nearly 2,000 pumpkins, devils, fairies & running enthusiasts alike will join Neighborcare Health in Seward Park for the 15th Annual Pumpkin Push 5k Run / 2 Mile Family Walk.

Register now at www.pumpkinpush.com. Help close the gap in health care by raising money with Neighborcare Health. Grab some goblins, bears & witches and do the Pumpkin Push!

All proceeds from Pumpkin Push benefit homeless programs at Neighborcare Health, where in 2009, we provided health care to 5,656 homeless adults, children, and unaccompanied youth.

Seward Park Playground Opening Celebration

Join us to celebrate the grand opening of the new playground at Seward Park!

Sunday, October 24th, 1-3pm

Free music, art activities, magician, ice cream, cookies and cider! Come explore your new playground!

We're extraordinarily proud of the results of this true community collaboration and consider it a testament to what Seward Park means to all of us in south Seattle and beyond. It is more than just a playground — it's an innovative showcase that combines active play, environmental awareness, and art appreciation.

South Seattle Climate Coop event

Want to learn how to save money, build community and all while protecting the environment by tackling climate change?

Come to our first Climate Coop event October 20, from 6-8pm at the Southside Commons in Columbia City.

Guest speakers include Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith, Brooks Kolb, Michael Murphy and more.

Southeast District Council meeting

Southeast and Greater Duwamish District Councils will hold a joint meeting on October 27th from 6:30 to 8:30pm. at the Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Ave S. This month's meeting will focus on the 2011-2012 City budget. We will hear from Beth Goldberg, the City's Budget Director, and Stella Chao, Department of Neighborhoods Director.

agenda

SPLAB

The SPokenword LAB begins its 2nd season in Columbia City in the former Columbia School on October 26. That will be the first night for Living Room, a writer's critique circle starting at 7PM. Come to read new work, come to read the work of someone else, or come to be in the engaging company of other writers or fans of writing. Details at www.splab.org Your donation of $5 helps keep SPLAB open.