BALLARD GIVES BLACK FRIDAY
Various businesses in Ballard
Fri., Nov. 24. More than twenty Ballard area businesses are putting a generous spin on Black Friday shopping by participating in Ballard Gives Black Friday, on Nov. 24. Ballard Gives Black Friday is a program created by local merchants to encourage holiday shopping in Ballard by donating a portion of the day’s proceeds to their selected charity. “In addition to the ‘giving’ portion of the post-Thanksgiving weekend, the Ballard merchant community is promoting a message to shop local and shop small. When small businesses thrive, communities thrive. When people support their local merchants and small businesses, more of their money stays in the community,” said Legh Burns, co-owner of re-souL. More than twenty businesses are participating this year and many are extending this event throughout the holiday weekend. For a complete list of participating business and their charities of choice for 2017 go to: www.visitballard.com/ballardgivesblackfriday.
100th anniversary of the
Leif Erikson Lodge murals
Leif Erikson Lodge
2245 N.W. 57th St.
Wed., Dec. 13, 6 p.m. dinner and program following. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Leif Erikson Lodge murals with a dinner and program following. Our beautiful murals represent the highlights of Norway’s history painted by Sverre Mack and Yngvar Sonnichsen. Above is a section of the mural called The Oath by Sverre Mack. It perhaps represents a newer Norway with a depiction of King Haakon VII, the first modern King of Norway in 1905 along with the new flag of Norway. To make reservations for dinner call 206.783.1274. For more info: leiferiksonlodge@qwestoffice.net.
Seattle Public Theater Announces 2017-18 Season
7312 West Green Lake Dr N, Seattle, WA 98103
www.seattlepublictheater.org
Gregory Award-winning Seattle Public Theater announced the lineup for its 2017-18 season yesterday. The six plays, including a newly-commissioned world premiere by local playwright Maggie Lee and the runaway broadway sensation Hand to God by Robert Askins, were chosen specifically by newly appointed co-producing Artistic Directors Kelly Kitchens and Annie Lareau as part of the organization’s mission to produce compelling and socially relevant theater that sparks conversation, broadens consciousness, and inspires compassion.
December 1 - December 24, 2017
The Flight Before Xmas by Maggie Lee
Directed by Amy Poisson
With all the stress of the holidays, spending Christmas Eve stranded in an airport with a bunch of strangers is the last thing anyone needs! With endless delays, kids shuttling between stepfamilies, a rogue cat on the loose, an important business deal at stake, and missing your grandson’s first Christmas morning, the holiday spirit can disappear quicker than your lost luggage. But sometimes, all you need is to be a little late in order to truly appreciate what you’re rushing toward. A heartwarming new holiday show about finding your way home and the family we discover for ourselves.
December 8 - December 24, 2017
Christmastown: A Holiday Noir by Wayne Rawley
Directed by Kelly Kitchens
In this film noir-inspired holiday thriller by Seattle playwright Wayne Rawley, hard-boiled detective Nick Holiday investigates some un-holiday-like shenanigans taking place in Christmastown that sends him on a search for the truth about Big Red. Add a glamorous elf, a used-Christmas-tree salesman, a muckraking reporter, and a quick-thinking cab driver, and you’ve got what the Seattle Times calls “best new holiday romp of the year!”
February 2 - February 25, 2017
Vanishing Point by Rob Hartmann & Liv Cummins
Music by Rob Hartmann
Original Concept & Additional Lyrics by Scott Keys
Directed by Annie Lareau
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and author Agatha Christie each vanished mysteriously: Agatha disappeared for eleven days; Aimee disappeared for three weeks; and of course Amelia vanished completely. Vanishing Point, a musical comedy-fantasy, brings these three women together as they solve the mystery of their disappearances from their own lives.
March 23 - April 15, 2018
Ironbound by Martyna Majok
Directed by Kelly Kitchens
An immigrant woman waits for her late night bus in the shadows of a run-down Jersey factory. A man appears. A man always appears. And he’s got something she needs. Spanning over 20 years, three relationships, and three presidents, what will two working class people trade and how dirtily will they fight for the cheapest safety in a world that does not value all kinds of people?
May 11 - June 3, 2018
Hand to God by Robert Askins
Directed by Kelly Kitchens
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and—most especially—his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.
For more information or to arrange interviews, please contact Julia Nardin at (206) 482-5491 or julia@seattlepublictheater.org.
ONGOING
Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group
Swedish Medical Center, Ballard
5300 Tallman Ave. N.W.
Third Sat. of month, 10:30 a.m.–Noon. Free. Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver support groups provide a consistent and caring place for people to learn, share and gain emotional support from others who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with memory loss. Info: Linda Whiteside, 206.529.3875.
The Market Street Singers
Ballard Senior Center
5429 32nd Ave. N.W.
Every Tues., 7 p.m. The Market Street Singers is a non-audition community choir. We’re always open to new members, particularly tenors and basses. For more information isit marketstreetsingers.org.
Alzheimer’s Cafe
Monthly Meeting
Stage Door Cafe, Taproot Theatre
208 N. 85th St.
Second Tues. of month, 3:30–5 p.m. The Alzheimer’s Cafe provides an opportunity to get out and socialize in a safe environment. No judgement or expectations—just support. There is no cost other than the food that is ordered. Parking available in the lot behind the Taproot. This is a program of the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s Greenwood Senior Center. For info: Carin Mack at 206.230.0166.
Exercise Class at Leif Erikson Lodge
2245 N.W. 57th St.
206.783.1274
Every Wed., 10–10:45 a.m., 45-minute light workout that includes aerobics, strength training, coordination, balance and brainpower. $3 fee per class attended, walk-ins welcome and open to the public.
Free Nia Fitness Class
Amazing Grace Spiritual Center
2007 N.W. 61st St.
Every Fri., 10–11 a.m. Suitable for all ages and all fitness levels, the first class is free. Nia is a barefoot fitness fusion blending martial arts, dance arts, and healing arts, along with world music sounds into an hour fitness fusion that is geared for “everybody.” Practiced globally, Nia is designed to work with everybody and every fitness level. Contact Deborah at ddzippie3@gmail.com.
Sustainable Ballard Knitters for the Homeless
On the Park, 2233 NW 58th Street
(contact Jody for entrance directions)
Tues., Nov. 21, 7–9 p.m. (monthly on third Tues.) Knitting instruction and yarn provided. Donated yarn welcome. Info: Jody at 206.718.1529 or jodytgrage@gmail.com.
