PubliCalendar: Garage Sales on Capitol Hill, Affordable Housing in South Lake Union, and Streetcars Through Downtown
Today's picks for civic nerds.
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For Saturday
Garage Sale on the Hill
One person's trash is another person's treasure at the Capitol Hill garage sale. Broadway Hill Park serves as the hub of the action, but sales will be going on throughout Capitol Hill. Spend this upcoming Saturday shopping around the Hill for unique finds, or participate by throwing your own garage sale. After-sale items can be donated to Northwest Center's Big Blue Truck.
Capitol Hill Garage Sale, Sat, June 8, 9am-4pm, Broadway Hill Park, E Republican St & Federal Ave E
For Friday
Living in South Lake Union
Learn what the new changes to building requirements in South Lake Union mean for the availability of affordable housing, and how to do it right. A panel of city officials, developers and low-income advocates, hosted by Transportation Choices, will discuss the land use changes how to incorporate affordable housing and density into the rapidly changing cityscape. The forum includes Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien, among others.
Affordable Housing and Density in South Lake Union, June 7, Noon-1pm, Rm 121, 401 5th Ave, free.
An American in Communist China
Join filmmakers Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers for a special screening of their film The Revolutionary at this month's installment of the Meaningful Movies series.
The film chronicles the life of Sidney Rittenberg, an American living in post-WWII China who joined the Chinese Communist Party and China's Broadcast Administration. However, after a fall-out with the party, Rittenberg served 16 years in solitiary confinement, after which he returned to the United States in 1980. The Revolutionary portrays his life through interviews with Rittenberg about his unique experience as an American insider in communist China and the historical context surrounding his story.
Meaningful Movies: The Revolutionary, Fri, June 7, 6:30-9:30pm, Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ, 5019 Keystone Place N., free.
For Today
Streetcars through Seattle
Learn more about downtown connection between the South Lake Union and First Hill streetcars at an open house hosted by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). On the table: Whether the downtown streetcar should travel along 1st Ave. or further to the east, on 4th or 5th.
Center City Connector Transit Study, Thurs, June 6, 5:30-7:30pm, South Lake Union Discovery Center, 101 Westlake Ave N, free.
Connecting Mercer Island to the Mainland
Sound Transit hosts an open house to give riders and residents a look at the latest designs for the Mercer Island segment of East Link light rail, including the Mercer Island station in the center roadway of I-90. Sound Transit expects East Link to carry about 50,000 riders each weekday by 2030. East Link constructino will start in 2015.
Mercer Island Link Light Rail open house, Thurs, June 6, 5-7pm, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St, Mercer Island, free.
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