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This Week: Opportunities to Get Involved in Your Community

02.27.2011 Public Service Announcement

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this week… Monday: Baby Story Time, New Holly Tuesday: Rainier Valley Rotary [...]

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Save the Date: Medieval Women’s Choir to Perform in Mt. Baker

02.27.2011 Arts/Living

The community is invited to join Seattle’s Medieval Women’s Choir for an afternoon of heavenly music at Mount Baker Community Clubhouse (2811 Mount Rainier Dr. S.) on Sun., March 6, at 3:30 pm. Enjoy the voices of the choir as they sing medieval music with soloist Linda Strandberg, accompanied by period instruments played by percussionist [...]

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Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Oh My! Where in the Rainier Valley to Get Your Girl Scout Cookie Fix

02.25.2011 Eat

Local Girl Scout Troop 42276 met with Mayor Mike McGinn earlier today when they visited City Hall to celebrate the start of Girl Scout Cookie Sales, which run now through March 13. During this time, gaggles of Girl Scouts will spend their weekends increasing your calorie intake at the following Rainier Valley locations: PCC (5041 [...]

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Construction Completed on Rainier Avenue South; New Lane Markings Coming This Spring

02.22.2011 News

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has completed the majority of work in the Rainier Avenue Corridor for a project designed to improve transit speed and reliability along Metro Transit’s busiest route, Route #7. The only remaining work, the restriping of lane lines and crosswalks, will be completed this spring when the weather is warmer [...]

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This Week: Opportunities to Get Involved in Your Community

02.20.2011 Public Service Announcement

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this week… Monday: Freedom from Fear meditation & discussion, Columbia City Tuesday: [...]

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Save the Dates: “Waiting for Superman” Coming to Rainier Valley

02.20.2011 Arts/Living

Davis Guggenheim’s groundbreaking film “Waiting For Superman” is coming to the Rainier Valley next month, and we’ve got the schedule and locations where you can watch and discuss the 2010 documentary with your friends and neighbors. All viewings are free, open to the public and run from 6 to 9:30 pm. 3/15: Life Enrichment Bookstore [...]

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New Interactive Map Illustrates Segregation at N’hood Level, Including Rainier Valley

02.07.2011 Development

In the first analysis of new 2005-2009 Census Block Group data, Remapping Debate has developed an interactive map illustrating segregation right down to the city block level, revealing some otherwise hidden truths not necessarily apparent in the larger geographic areas represented by Census Tracts: The new maps, available here, highlight areas that remain ultra-white, as [...]

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This Week: Opportunities to Get Involved in Your Community

02.06.2011 Public Service Announcement

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this week… Monday: Mt. Baker Community Club meeting, Mt. Baker Public meeting [...]

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Weekend Update: Vintage Bingo With Sally Clark, First Friday Music & Dancing & More

02.03.2011 Arts/Living

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this weekend… Friday: Storytelling Series at Atlantic Street Center, New Holly Vintage [...]

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Spring Is Coming: Learn How to Grow Your Own Food in Mt. Baker

02.03.2011 Arts/Living

Starting next week, Seattle Tilth is offering a variety of informative “Grow Your Own Food” classes at Bradner Gardens Park (1733 Bradner Place S.) in Mt. Baker. See class details below. Click links for more information or to register. Advanced registration and payment are required. 2/12: Backyard Beekeeping 101, 10 a.m.-noon. Learn everything you need [...]

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This Week: Opportunities to Get Involved in Your Community

01.30.2011 Public Service Announcement

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this week… Tuesday: Rainier Valley Rotary Club, Columbia City Columbia City Business [...]

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Weekend Update: “African American Odyssey”, DIY Wedding Workshop, Bike Works Warehouse Sale & More

01.28.2011 Arts/Living

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this weekend… Friday: Burgers, Bingo & Brews, Brighton Northwest Tap Connection presents [...]

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NAAM Presents “Checking Our Pulse,” Health & Healers in the African American Community

01.26.2011 Arts/Living

The community is invited to join the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) now through June 5, 2011, for “Checking Our Pulse”, an exhibit about health and healers in the African American community: The Northwest African American Museum is proud to partner with Swedish Medical Center on an exciting new exhibition, “Checking Our Pulse.” The exhibit [...]

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Save the Date: Mt. Baker to Host Vintage Bingo Featuring Celebrity Caller CM Sally Clark

01.26.2011 Arts/Living

The community is invited to join the Mount Baker Community Club for its first ever Community Night on Fri., Feb. 4. This month’s theme is vintage Bingo: We’ll be using vintage Bingo cards we found in attic, plus the real-deal wooden Bingo ball machine and featuring celebrity caller Sally Clark from Seattle City Council, among [...]

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South-End Scenes: It’s a Pothole Pool Party in Mt. Baker

01.25.2011 Public Service Announcement

According to RVP news partner The Seattle Times, the city has nine crews on the roads fixing potholes this month, instead of the usual two or three, due to a backlog of complaints. Lodge yours here. Barbie and friends say, “Please, Seattle, don’t ever fix this pothole on 33rd Avenue South between South McClellan and [...]

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City Awards Nearly $23M for Affordable Rental Housing, Including Two South-End Projects

01.25.2011 Development

The Office of Housing announced last week nearly $23 million in capital funding, divvied up amongst eight nonprofit housing developers, to create and preserve affordable apartments throughout the city, including two south-end projects. “Having housing throughout our community that is affordable to people from all walks of life, people with varying economic situations, is what [...]

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Traffic Alert: Construction Continues on RAS at Genesee & MLK, Jr. Way

01.24.2011 News

Construction on the Rainier Avenue South transit corridor improvement project continues this week with bus travel improvements along Rainier Avenue South at South Genesee Street and at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way South. Motorists should expect lane closures and parking restrictions near these work areas. For instance, the southbound, right turn lane on Rainier at [...]

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Weekend Update: Contra Dance, Freedom Fest, Full Moon Dinner & More

01.20.2011 Arts/Living
harvest moon

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this weekend… Friday: Lunar New Year Full Moon Community Dinner and Guided [...]

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RVP Exclusive: South Seattle Cop Questions Reporter’s Allegations of Police Brutality

01.20.2011 911

South Seattle Cop: Ms. Romo – the witness in this case – is a reporter, someone who’s job it is to observe and report facts accurately, yet she’s revised the number of punches she claims she saw an officer make a few times now, depending on who she was telling the story to. In the [...]

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Rainier Beach HS Principal Out After 13 Years

01.19.2011 Education

School superintendent Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson announced last week that Rainier Beach High School co-principals, Dr. Robert Gary and Lisa Escobar will transition to new positions and a new principal will be appointed for the 2011-2012 school year. The announcement came on the heels of last week’s news that the troubled Rainier Valley high school is [...]

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Save the Dates: Tours & Open Houses Scheduled for South-End Schools (UPDATED)

01.18.2011 Education
New School Field Day 2008

Between January and March, Seattle Public Schools invites families to tour schools and attend open houses to learn more about their attendance area school, option schools, or other attendance area schools to which they may be interested in applying. Families are encouraged to attend these events to meet the principal and staff and have the [...]

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