The ROCKiT space Tuesday Folk Club concert series continues tonight at 7:30 pm, with WB Reid performing both solo and with Mark Graham and Bonnie Zahnow. Sounds will include rags, blues, banjo-guitar, fiddle, clarinet, and more.
The event is at the Garden House, 2336 15th Ave. S. Doors open at 7. Admission is $5 minimum, kids free.
See the event page on Facebook.
The Station is located at 2533 16th Ave. S., just north of Beacon Hill Station, and across the street from El Centro de la Raza.
The North Beacon Hill Council is considering changing the day the group meets each month. To ensure maximum involvement from members of the community at Council meetings, they have created an opinion survey to find the best possible meeting day. The survey will be open for public response through the middle of July. Please fill out the survey if you have any interest in attending Council meetings.
Currently, the Council holds its public meetings on the the first Thursday of the month. However, due to some room availability conflicts this fall at the Library, they are considering a change. Another factor involved is that there have been requests from some board members and neighbors that the meeting be moved so that it does not conflict with the monthly “Art Walk” in Pioneer Square.
North Beacon Hill Council meetings are open to the public and feature official speakers from the City on issues such as land use, public safety and parks. Additionally, there are regular reports from the many subcommittees and other community organizations such as Beacon Bikes, the Merchants’ Association, and El Centro de la Raza. Beacon Hill neighbors and business owners are encouraged and welcome to attend all meetings, and voting membership is granted after attending two meetings.
(Thanks to Matthew Stubbs for this information!)
Don’t forget to check the BHB Events calendar for information about the weekend’s goings-on. This weekend on the Hill includes the weekly Friday Night BBQ and Bowls lawn bowling event, the first Beacon Rocks! music event of the summer followed by The Station’s first anniversary party, and more! Looking forward into next week, you may also want to make note of the Tuesday Folk Club at the Garden House, which will feature WB Reid and Friends in concert this month. See the event calendar here.
We had some responses to our call for Beacon Hill graduates. Here they are! Congratulations to these graduates and everyone else from Beacon Hill who graduated during the 2010-2011 school year! (Your BHB editor is a graduate this year as well.)
This Saturday, June 25, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound (BBBSPS) will hold a basketball tournament at Jefferson Community Center to raise awareness about the need for youth mentoring among the African-American community and to find Big Brothers and Big Sisters for more than 500 children who are waiting for a mentor.
The event runs from 12:30-3 p.m., and will feature 3-on-3 tournament games as well as food, games, and prizes for community members. All are welcome.
For information about the basketball tournament or Big Brothers Big Sisters, visit the website or contact Jason Knaggs at 206-763-9060 x228 or jason.knaggs@bbbsps.org.
Jefferson Community Center is located at 3801 Beacon Ave. S.
Mayor Mike McGinn will be at Jefferson Park at 4:15 this afternoon with representatives from City Light and Parks and Recreation to announce Community Solar, a new solar energy program for city residents, in conjunction with new solar picnic shelters at the Park.
The new picnic shelters have roofs made of solar panels, and will not only provide sheltered picnic sites, but also produce an estimated 24,000 kilowatt-hours of of energy each year, enough to operate 3 households.
City Light customers can participate in the Community Solar project by purchasing “solar units.” A portion of the energy generated by the project will then be credited annually to each member’s power bill. Founding members will also have their names displayed at the project site in Jefferson Park. Find out more about the program at the Seattle Community Solar project website.
A workshop will be held at Jefferson Community Center next Tuesday, June 28, to explain the program and provide more information about signing up. You can register for the workshop here.
Along with performances from Beacon Hill musicians and artists, The Station coffee house will be hosting a beer garden and food vending on the adjacent El Centro de la Raza grounds. After Beacon Rocks! is The Station’s First Anniversary Party, featuring more local hip hop and rock music from 5pm until dusk.
Chairs and/or blankets are recommended to sit on. Remember that the Festival Street is a paved site.
June 26 schedule, with descriptions courtesy of Beacon Rocks!:
This week many of the Seattle high schools held their graduation ceremonies. We know there are quite a few Beacon Hill neighbors among the happy graduates. Are you one of them? Or did you graduate from university, or grad school? Send us your name, school, degree or diploma type, and a graduation picture, and we will feature you on the blog. Email the info to blog@beaconhill.seattle.wa.us. We would like to publish names and photos of Beacon Hill graduates next week.
The list of classes may be found here. Classes are in the nearby Mount Baker neighborhood at Bradner Gardens Park.
There are also volunteer opportunities and summer garden camps for kids in Rainier Valley.