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👋 Bye-"By"- George?
Volunteer Park at its best with the Space Needle in the background. Thanks @kindestwarrior for this shot! 🌺
📸: @kindestwarrior
What Seattle is talking about
An anti-police-union protest ended in 18 arrests on Sunday night. About 100 people marched from the International District to the Seattle Police Officers Guild building in SoDo. Police declared the march a riot and deployed pepper spray and blast balls. (The Seattle Times)
Experience an augmented reality art show at the Seattle Design Festival. In an effort to help sustain the BLM movement, Seattle designers at GGLO have created an app that lets users discover art installations around the city. The app to see the virtual artworks will be available for at least the duration of the festival. (Crosscut)
Bikers will have a say in the new Beacon Hill Bike Route Project. The project will provide greater connectivity in Southeast Seattle with three segments. Construction is slated to begin in 2022 and those who want a say in what the routes will look like can participate in info and Q&A sessions as well as take this online survey. (South Seattle Emerald)
Another one bites the dust. Beloved U-District icon Cafe Racer was bought in 2017 when it ran into financial trouble, but the pandemic has forced it to close its doors for good. The good news? It’ll keep kicking as an online radio station, Cafe Racer Radio, and will only play music from Washington state. (Eater Seattle)
The UW BLM chapter is using art as protest. Every day this month, people are welcomed to create art to cover the George Washington statue in Red Square. UW BLM has joined to support UW’s Black Student Union in demanding that the statue be removed and more Black faculty hired, among other points. (The Stranger)
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Tomorrow
🎭 Listen to a group of Black and POC opera professionals discuss racial injustices in the opera world. (Online)
📖 Join the book launch for Kiku Hughes' "Displacement" a book about a teenager time traveling to a Japanese American incarceration camp during WW II. (Online)
🚲 Grab your bike and head to Georgetown with The Collective to grab some beer. (Georgetown)
Thursday
📖 Listen to a conversation between two Seattle writers Molly Wizenberg and Katrina Carrasco to discuss Molly's new memoir. (Online)
👍 Get schooled on consent with Consent Academy. (Online)
🎞 Into the spooky and bizarre? Then tune in to this "Strange Storytelling Hour." (Online)
Saturday
🏃♂️ The Summer Seattle Marathon is going virtual this year. Run a 5K, 10K or both on your own and submit your time to receive a bib, shirt and medal. (Online)
Sunday
🚴♂️ Either hop on a bike or donate one to Kavana Cooperative's Bike Drive to support the nonprofit Bike Works. Drop-off in Upper Queen Anne. (Location Varies)
One more thing...
The heatwave may be over for the time being but that doesn’t mean that the season for ice cream is. Seattle Met has put together a list of the best places to get the frozen treat in the city.
I hereby challenge you to visit all of them on the list and report back to me which one is in fact the best ice cream spot. I cannot promise a reward only that your stomach will be incredibly happy (lactose-intolerant friends please remember a Lactaid).
I’ll see you back here tomorrow!
—The Evergrey