For Thursday

Capitol Hill Ghost Tour

Celebrate this Halloween by learning about Capitol Hill's spookiest locations and haunted history.

This hour-and-a-half walking tour will take you around to locations such as the Harvard Exit Theatre, considered by some to be the most haunted theatre in the Northwest for a slew of paranormal activities that started in the 1920s, right after it was first built.

Capitol Hill Historical Ghost Tour, Thu, October 31, 5–6pm, starts at Elliot Bay Bookstore, $5 donation.

For Wednesday

Lessons from Bridge Engineering

In the wake of the Skagit River Bridge collapse, UW Professor John Stanton will give a lecture on what we've learned about bridge failures, and we can do with today's technology to improve tomorrow's bridges.

The lecture is part of UW's 2013 Engineering Lecture Series, exploring the future of local and national infrastructure.

Spanning the Gap: Lessons in Engineering Bridges, Wed, Octoboer 30, 7–9pm, University of Washington's Kane Hall (room 120), free.

For Tuesday

Center City Connector Open House

To improve north-to-south transit mobility in Seattle's core, an area with high ridership potential, the city has developed a Center City Connector project connecting the First Hill and South Lake Union streetcars through First Ave downtown. 

After two potential transit routes were established, the City analyzed the benefits and consequences of each. Learn how they could effect your transportation when the project team and Mayor McGinn share these results at tonight's open house.

Center City Connector Transit Study, Tues, October 29, 5–7pm, Elliot Bay Room in Pike Place Market (third floor of Market’s Economy Building), free.