Events

• NAAM’s Main Juneteenth Celebration and Skate Party | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Northwest African American Museum, 2300 S. Massachusetts St. | Free | Grab your rollerskates for some groovy fun, peruse the vendors, listen to live DJs, and tour the museum.
• Summer of Soul Juneteenth Celebration | 12-8 p.m. | Jimi Hendrix Park, 2400 S. Massachusetts St. | Free | This festival includes live music, vendors, and a kids’ area.

Give back

• Feed the People | This nonprofit hosts youth cooking classes and aims to increase food access by supplying meals to the community. Donate or buy some merch.
• Africatown Land Trust | This org maintains and stewards property within the Central District to create space for growing businesses. It also helps individuals and other groups keep and tend to their own land.
• ACLU of Washington | The local chapter of the national organization works to ensure justice for all by offering litigation services and policy work.
• King County Equity Now | By protecting and advocating for resources and systems that impact Black communities, this nonprofit hopes to create a more equitable King County.

• Wesli | Monday, June 19 | 8 p.m. | Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle | $15-$25 | The award-winning Haitian guitarist and songwriter makes a stop in Seattle.

• Craft and Cocktail: Creative Gathering | Tuesday, June 20-Tuesday, Sept. 19 | 7-10 p.m. | Olmstead, 314 Broadway E., Seattle | Free | Bring whatever arts project you’re working on and meet some new people over drinks.
• Skate Like a Girl | Tuesday, June 20 | 3-6 p.m. | Waterfront Park Seattle, 1401 Alaskan Way, Seattle | Free | This skate clinic is designed to help any young one looking to improve their skills — open to all genders.

• Intro to Backpacking | Wednesday, June 21 | 6-8 p.m. | Capitol Hill Tool Library, 1552 Crawford Pl., Seattle | Free | Learn everything you need to know before you take a more adventurous trip into the great outdoors.

• Fleur de Villes Pride | Thursday, June 22-Monday, June 26 | Times vary | Pacific Place, 600 Pine St., Seattle | Free | This pop-up floral exhibit features flower-bombed benches, selfie stations, and the company’s famous mannequin displays.

• Fancy a crumpet shop, dear? Pike Place Market’s the Crumpet Shop has hit the market for any local restaurateur looking to expand into pastries. The bakery, which opened in 1976 and whose owners are now retiring, has an asking price of $715,000.

• Korean fried chicken joint Sodam Chicken is looking to open its second US location in Capitol Hill. No opening date has been set for the restaurant that will be taking over the space at 1818 E. Madison St., but hungry Seattleites can still get a taste at the business’s first location in Shoreline. (Capitol Hill Blog)

• Applications for Capitol Hill’s first LGBTQ+ senior housing development are now open. Pride Place, located at 1620 12th Ave., includes 118 studio and one-bedroom apartment units and will be available to those making between 30-60% of the area’s median income. (Capitol Hill Blog)

• The Spruce Tree Mini Park in the Central District has reopened after an $800,000 play area renovation project. Improvements include new play equipment, benches + other seating options, and ADA features. The city will host a celebration event later this summer.

• The number of people regularly hiking in the Seattle area has fallen following the end of pandemic-era regulations. Between January 2022 and February 2023, only 36% of adults had been hiking, compared to 40% earlier in the pandemic. (Seattle Times)

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