Mark your calendar for our annual free holiday outdoor festival of lights: Walk the Volunteer Park pathways beautifully lit by hundreds of luminarias creating a magical wonderland! Listen to live joyful music from local choral ensembles, including The Beaconettes! Bring the kids to have fun at our children’s activity booth! Warm up in the Volunteer...
Seattle Art Museum - DOWNTOWN SEATTLE Silk and the Logics of Cosmopolitan Empire in Tang China BuYun Chen, Swarthmore College Commonly regarded as the golden age of Chinese history, the Tang dynasty was marked by impressive economic growth, political innovations, the flourishing of art and literature, and increased contact with the outside world. From the...
Come meet your neighbors and friends, and enjoy gardening in Volunteer Park at our monthly 2nd Saturdays stewardship event, 10 AM to Noon. We’ll be weeding, cleaning beds, removing invasive plants, and more. Look for the sign at the Black Sun sculpture across from Seattle Asian Art Museum to tell you where we’ll be in...
Seattle Art Museum - DOWNTOWN SEATTLE The 21st Century Silk Road: China’s Belt and Road Initiative David Bachman, University of Washington China’s Belt and Road Initiative marks a major expansion in China’s growing world in international affairs. It now includes land and maritime silk roads, an arctic silk road and a digital silk road. Much...
Thank you to the nearly 40 people who attended the public meeting at Miller Community Center hosted by Seattle Parks and Recreation for the Volunteer Park Amphitheater Project. The Seattle Park District Major Projects Challenge Fund provides $900,000 in funding to move the community-initiated Volunteer Park Amphitheater Replacement project forward through the final design phase and construction. The...
Our regular Second Saturday Work Party for February has been canceled due to continued cold weather. Join us next month when the hardy weeds will be coming up in abundance!
This hands-on workshop will offer your choice of learning how to make a flower arrangement or a beautiful flower crown, from flowers grown by local farmers. Students will have the option of creating a medium-sized bouquet arrangement (10-18 stems) OR a floral crown. Flowers will be locally sourced, with some coming from the Seattle Wholesale...
Dargarth is a Live Action Wargame. Players engage in medieval fantasy combat and roleplay with full garb and padded weapons. "Warm up those battering rams and grappling hooks, we're going to have some castle battles! To be done after the normal land-actions, of course. "
