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This is the opposite of a complete list of everything going on around town. It's only what intrigues me, by being at least A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY while also being FREE or AFFORDABLE. I'll be the fat old fart in the back row.

Please note: You are not allowed to have any fun whatsoever until you have AT LEAST contacted your elected reps to demand Donald Trump's impeachment and Elon Musk's arrest.

Film at the Beacon
Knightriders (1981)
WED FEB 5 thru THU FEB 6 — $12.50

Performance at UW North Allen Library Lobby
UW First Wednesday Concert
WED FEB 5, 12:30 PM — FREE

Performance at ArtsWest
Covenant
Preview: WED FEB 5, 7:30 PM — $10

Free First Thursday at most Seattle museums
Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
Henry Art Gallery
Museum of Flight
National Nordic Museum
Northwest African American Museum
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Volunteer Park Conservatory
THU FEB 6 — FREE
and every first Thursday

Film at the Crest
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
NOW PLAYING thru THU FEB 6, 5:00 PM — $7

Film at Northwest Film Forum
Sing Sing (2024)
FRI FEB 7 thru SUN FEB 16 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)

Performance at Music Center of the Northwest
Ladies Music Club — Spanish, American, and Italian music
FRI FEB 7, 7:30 PM — FREE

Performance at Highline Performing Arts Center
Northwest Symphony Orchestra’s Valentine’s Concert
FRI FEB 7, 7:30 PM — $20
(discounts for seniors, FREE for children)

Equinox Studios Art Walk
SAT FEB 8, 6-9PM — FREE

Performance at Seattle Center Armory Stage
Benin to Brazil
SAT FEB 8, 4:00 PM — FREE

Georgetown Wet Weather Facility Tour
SAT FEB 8, 10AM — FREE (registration required)

Tour of the Moore Theater
SAT FEB 8, 10AM — FREE (registration required)

Beat the Freeze at Town Hall Seattle
Seattle Welcome Day
SAT FEB 8, 10AM-2PM — $20

Performance at Annex Theater
Gold
NOW PLAYING thru SAT FEB 8, 7:30 PM
Sliding-scale tickets start at $5

Firepit social at Pier 62 and Overlook Walk
SUN FEB 9, 3:00-6:00 PM (weather permitting) — FREE
and every Sunday

Film at the Beacon
David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange (2025)
NOW PLAYING thru SUN FEB 9 — $5

Pop-up Weddings at Charlie's Queer Books
SUN FEB 9, 9:00 AM - NOON — FREE

Performance at University House Wallingford
Ladies Music Club — Woodwind trios; piano works by Piazzolla & Gershwin
MON FEB 10, 7:00 PM — FREE

Performance at Town Hall Seattle
Debra Revere and The Mitzvot Quartet with Rebecca Crichton
MON FEB 10, 7:30 PM
Sliding-scale tickets start at $10

Film at Auburn Library
The Black Panthers-Vanguard of the Revolution
TUE FEB 11, 5:30 PM — FREE

Film at the Beacon
Secret Cinema
TUE FEB 11, 7:30 PM — FREE

Film at Ballard Library
Interstellar (2014) with popcorn
WED FEB 12, 1:30 PM — FREE

Performance at Central Library
Ladies Musical Club
WED FEB 12, NOON — FREE

Performance at at Benaroya Hall
Seattle Symphony Side-by-Side with Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
THU FEB 13, 7:30 PM — FREE (registration requested)

Decent Social Skills at Ada's Technical Books
Conversation Cafe
THU FEB 13, 6:30 PM — FREE (registration required)

Film at Beacon Cinema
America: Everything You’ve Ever Dreamed Of (1971-73)
THU FEB 13, 8:00 PM and MON FEB 17, 4:30 PM — $12.50

Film at Northwest Film Forum
The Cartoons of Max Fleischer (1928-38)
FRI FEB 14, 7:00 PM — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)

No Expectation Art for Adults at Federal Way Library
FRI FEB 14, 3:30 to 5:30 PM — FREE

Swap Meet at Punk Rock Flea Market
Capitol Hill Swap Meet (CHASM)
SAT FEB 15, NOON to 6PM
(cost is not mentioned on website; emailed inquiry got me an irrelevant form letter)

Conversation at Town Hall
US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Washington Rep Liz Berry (D-38th)
SUN FEB 16, 7:30 PM
Sliding-scale tickets start at $10

Film at Beacon Cinema
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
TUE FEB 18 thru THU FEB 20 — $12.50

Performance at Lapis Theater
Works in Progress
TUE FEB 18, 6PM — FREE (registration required)

How a covered I-5 can transform Seattle at Town Hall Seattle
WED FEB 19, 5:00 PM — FREE (registration required)

Film at Northwest Film Forum (presented by Grand Illusion)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
WED FEB 19, 7:00 PM — $12
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)

Open mic (stories) at Town Hall Seattle
Ignite Seattle #47
THU FEB 20, 6:30 PM — $20

Film at Northwest Film Forum
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)
FRI FEB 21 thru SUN MAR 2 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)

Film at First United Methodist Church
The Occupation of the American Mind (2016)
SUN FEB 23, 12:30 PM — FREE

Film at Beacon Cinema
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
SUN FEB 23 thru WED FEB 26 — $12.50

Open Mic Night (literary) at Folio
MON FEB 24, 5:30 PM
Pay what you can (registration required)

Performance at Highline Heritage Museum
Seven Stories
FRI FEB 28, 7:30 PM
(cost is not mentioned on website; no reply to emailed inquiry)

ALWAYS FREE
Art Walks
Artists at Play (at Seattle Center)
Ballard Locks
Center for Wooden Boats (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
Center on Contemporary Art (open Thurs, Fri, Saturdays only)
Low tide on the Sound— great for crab, snail, or starfish hunting
Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center (closed Mondays)
Festál (at Seattle Center)
Frye Art Museum
KEXP Gathering Space
Klondike Gold Rush Museum (closed Mondays-Tuesdays)
Kubota Garden
Ladies Musical Club
Log House Museum (open Fridays & Saturdays only)
Museum Pass from King County Public Library
Olympic Sculpture ParkPike Place Market
Seattle Center
Seattle Chinese Garden
Seattle Free Walking Tours
Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets
Seattle Parks & Recreation
Suzzallo Library
Washington Park Arboretum
Woodland Park Rose Garden

NOT FREE BUT WORTH THE PRICE
Ada's Technical Books & Cafe
Archie McPhee
Charlie's Queer Books
Connections Museum (Sundays only)
The Couth Buzzard
Elliott Bay Books
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
Highline Heritage Museum (closed Mondays-Wednesdays)
Left Bank Books
Metro Transit
The Monorail
Open Books
Paper Boat Booksellers
Scarecrow Video
Queen Anne Book Company
Seattle Japanese Garden (closed for winter)
Seattle Pinball Museum
Sound Transit
Third Place Books
Underground Tour
Washington State Ferries
Water Taxi
Wing Luke Museum (closed Mondays-Tuesdays)
Woodland Park Zoo (admission varies stupidly & wildly from day to day)
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

As the nincompoops say, "Do your own research." Click the links. Check the times. Maybe I made a typo.

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In West Seattle north of the Junction, the best one is Belvedere Park. Great hill length and speed without being too crazy for the little ones. Also Hamilton Viewpoint is a great spot.

Where's your spot?

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In case anything was unclear

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On ballots that went out last week, voters have two choices to make to determine the future of Seattle’s newest plan for housing.

The first is whether the developer should be funded at all. The next choice — regardless of the previous answer — is how.

Option 1A is with a new employer tax on all salaries over $1 million a year. Backers hope the 5% tax would raise as much as $50 million a year to be spent on buying and, eventually, developing housing that would be cost-controlled and owned by taxpayers.

Option 1B is to fund the developer with $10 million a year in existing city funding — specifically the city’s JumpStart tax on large corporations in Seattle.

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This is the opposite of a complete list of everything going on around town. It's only what intrigues me, by being at least A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY while also being FREE or AFFORDABLE. I'll be the fat old fart in the back row.

Film at the Beacon:
David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange (2025)
playing through SUN FEB 9 — $5

Performance at Seattle Public Theater:
Where is Here?
playing thru SUN FEB 2 — SLIDING-SCALE TICKETS START AT $10

Film at Luther's Table in Renton:
How We Grow (2017)
WED JAN 29, 7:00 PM — FREE

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
WED JAN 29 – SUN FEB 2 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
Slacker (1991)
WED JAN 29 – SUN FEB 2 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Film at Mt. Baker Community Club:
Seattle Black Panthers: Fight for Justice & Freedom (2024)
THU JAN 30, 6:00 PM — FREE

Performance at Seattle Rep:
Blues for an Alabama Sky
Previews THU JAN 30 - TUE FEB 4, 7:30 PM — TICKETS START AT $22 Running THU FEB 6 - SUN FEB 23 — TICKETS START AT $25 FOR SOME SHOWS

Celebrating the National Park Service at the Steam Plant
SAT FEB 1, 10AM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Firepit social at Pier 62 and Overlook Walk
EVERY SUNDAY (WEATHER PERMITTING) 3PM-6PM — FREE

Performance at Church of the Ascension:
A Little Afternoon Music
SUN FEB 2, 2PM — FREE

Film at the Beacon:
Knightriders (1981)
WED FEB 5 - THU FEB 6 — $12.50

Performance at UW North Allen Library Lobby:
UW First Wednesday Concert
WED FEB 5, 12:30 PM — FREE

Performance at ArtsWest:
Covenant
Preview: WED FEB 5, 7:30 PM — $10 (Regular run FEB 6 – MAR 2 is unaffordable)

FREE FIRST THURSDAY at most Seattle museums:
Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
Henry Art Gallery
Museum of Flight
National Nordic Museum
Northwest African American Museum
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Volunteer Park Conservatory
THU FEB 6 — AND EVERY FIRST THURSDAY

Play at Annex Theater:
Gold
Playing thru SAT FEB 8, 7:30 PM — SLIDING-SCALE TICKETS START AT $5

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
Sing Sing (2024)
FRI FEB 7 – SUN FEB 16 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Georgetown Wet Weather Facility Tour
SAT FEB 8, 10AM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Tour of the Moore Theater
SAT FEB 8, 10AM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Film at Auburn Library:
The Black Panthers-Vanguard of the Revolution
TUE FEB 11, 5:30 PM — FREE

Film at the Beacon:
Secret Cinema
TUE FEB 11, 7:30 PM — FREE

Performance at Central Library:
Ladies Musical Club
WED FEB 12, NOON — FREE

Performance at at Benaroya Hall:
Seattle Symphony Side-by-Side with Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
THU FEB 13, 7:30 PM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUESTED

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
The Cartoons of Max Fleischer (1928-38)
TUE FEB 14, 7:00 PM — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Conversation at Town Hall:
US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Washington Rep Liz Berry (D-38th)
SUN FEB 16, 7:30 PM — SLIDING-SCALE TICKETS START AT $10

Performance at Lapis Theater:
Works in Progress (open mic literature)
TUE FEB 18, 6PM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)
FRI FEB 21 – SUN MAR 2 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Film at First United Methodist Church:
The Occupation of the American Mind (2016)
SUN FEB 23, 12:30 PM — FREE

Performance at Highline Heritage Museum:
Seven Stories
FRI FEB 28, 7:30 PM — COST IS NOT MENTIONED ON WEBSITE

ALWAYS FREE
Center for Wooden Boats (Wednesdays – Sundays)
Center on Contemporary Art (Thursdays – Saturdays)
Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center (closed Mondays)
Frye Art Museum
Klondike Gold Rush Museum (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
Kubota Garden
Log House Museum (Fridays & Saturdays)
Museum Pass from King County Public Library
Olympic Sculpture Park

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According to testimony at his trial, Nelson ignored his training and moved to arrest Sarey by himself, resulting in a scuffle that ended when Nelson shot Sarey in the belly at point-blank range. Testimony and video showed that as Sarey slumped to the ground, Nelson cleared a malfunction in his handgun, looked around and then shot Sarey a second time in the head.

“Using unnecessary violence was nothing new for Nelson,” Eakes wrote, noting Phelps had already concluded during an earlier ruling that Nelson had a pattern of using violence “during routine and nonthreatening situations when someone showed him disrespect or failed to acknowledge his authority.”

Sarey was Nelson’s third fatal shooting as an Auburn officer. The city has paid about $6 million to settle claims against Nelson, including $4 million to Sarey’s family.

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