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Word from a reader regarding a possible flash mob event this Saturday Morning at Aunties Bookstore Downtown:
". . .they are having as many people as they can read a book from 9am-10am out on the sidewalk. . .if people RSVP they provide chairs. I was told they have flyers at the store, but the website doesn't have anything up."
Get down there!
T'was a beautiful thing. Biking appears to be gaining some traction in our fair city. Thinking ahead, if this even achieves half the success of Bloomsday, could you imagine 20,000 cyclists zooming through the city?
The gauntlet has been thrown down; the bracket has been set. Over the coming days twenty-two projects will face-off in a heated battle for bragging rights as the 2008 People's Choice for architecture. Your role, dear reader, is simple: check in each day and place your vote. The projects range from schools to office buildings and everything in between.
The competition will last four rounds, and each day at least two polls will be placed in posts here on MetroSpokane. You get one vote per poll and the projects with the most votes will advance to the next round until the final two face-off next week. The bracket will be updated daily. Choose wisely, comment regularly, and spread the word. May the best design win.
If you thought the presidential elections were the only decision you needed to make this Fall you were wrong. Very wrong. This year MetroSpokane is teaming up with the Spokane Chapter of the American Institute of Architects to bring you the People's Choice Award, coinciding with the biannual AIA Spokane Design Awards. For the past few years you've been ranting and raving about the built environment and now your voice and your vote will count for something.
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We're confident some of you prefer your martinis dirty. We're also pretty sure all of you like your water clean. Why not enjoy one while benefiting the other? The Center for Justice will be hosting its annual Dirty Martinis for Clean Water fund raiser, featuring Spokane's own Dry Fly Distillery, on Friday September 12th. Tickets are $50 and proceeds go towards supporting the Center for Justice Spokane River Projects. C'mon, you're worth it.
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Over the past few years there have been a number of films shot in Spokane. Who can forget Cuba Gooding Jr. in Endgame, or even Chuck Norris' The Cutter? Classics. OK not really, but a new film may just reverse this sorry track record.
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This is it Spokane. Last year we mentioned the PARK(ing) movement taking place in cities across the globe. This year it's bound to expand to even more cities all over, "this crazy blue ball we call home" (credit: Will Ferell). The event is scheduled to take place on Friday September 19th.
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Get out yer calendars folks. This Wednesday, 8/6, the Main Market Co-op will be hosting it's first public meeting. The goal of the meeting is simple: share with the Spokane public what the Main Market Co-op is all about. You can expect details on what it means to be a part of a consumer cooperative, the benefits, the mission, and explanation of the planned educational opportunities. All of this followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
If you've a pulse and consume food regularly this event is for you.
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[Image by CraftiMoni via the MetroSpokane photopool]
Today and tomorrow the City of Spokane's Sustainability Office will be putting on the first Spokane Sustainability Symposium. Broken out into two sections, This afternoon's events will discuss the potential impacts of current energy and climate issues as they relate to Spokane. Friday will be reserved for a sustainability roundtable where you can join a discussion on what the City of Spokane government is and should be doing with regards to the topic of energy security and climate change.
[Photo courtesy of zenamoonbeam via Flickr]
If it's summer you can bet the South Perry Summer Theater is just around the corner. Actually it all begins this Friday in the Perry District. The location is per the usual in the Parking lot of the Shop and movies generally begin at dusk, twilight, nightfall or whatever measure of darkness is required to see the thing. For your browsing convenience see the schedule below...and bring a lawnchair, couch, papasan, or whatever works best for you. Although it's free, bring some scheckles to support this fine tradition.
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