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Weekend Roundup – On & Around Queen Anne

October 18th, 2012 by Laura

A fairly quiet weekend up ahead, everyone must be waiting for Halloween! If you haven’t checked out our Halloween Roundup, that’s where the action is – and some events start this week (also included below).

Heads-Up for Mid-Week:
Jimmy Buffet, Key Arena, 8pm

Weekend Traffic Impacts:
Mercer St: Reduced to one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes between Fairview and Terry for artwork installation in the median. Sunday, Oct 21, 9am-3pm
520 Bridge: Closed 11pm Friday, Oct 19 – noon Sunday, Oct 21
King County Metro: Routes 3 and 4 will be re-routed on Saturday, Oct 20, from 8am-11am due to American Heart Walk street closures and traffic congestion. (also routes 10, 11, 16, 43, 47, 120, 125, & Sound Transit Routes ST 522, & ST 554)
Aurora Bridge: Bridge reduced to one lane in each direction and the Fremont Way N southbound on-ramp to the Aurora Bridge will be closed, Monday, Oct 22 – Thursday, Oct 25, 9pm-5am

Multi-Day Events:
TurkFest, 11am-6pm, Oct 20 – 21, Seattle Center Armory, FREE
Seattle Polish Film Festival, SIFF Uptown, October 19–21
Chicken Run, $4 Films4Famlies Matinee, SIFF Film Center, Saturday, Oct 20 – Sunday, Oct 21

Friday, October 19
Free Halloween Swim, Queen Anne Pool, 1920 1st W, 6:30pm–8:00pm FREE
Queen Anne Books Author Event, Doug Smith, “Former People”, 6:30pm FREE
SIFF Uptown New & Continuing Films: Wuthering Heights, Argo, Arbitrage

Saturday, October 20
2012 Puget Sound Heart and Stroke Walk, Seattle Center, Festival at 7:30am; Walk at 9am
2012 Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference Sevens Tournament, 8am-5pm, Memorial Stadium
Free2Walk King County, Gas Works Park, 8am
GirlFest, CenturyLink, 10am-5pm

Sunday, October 21
Seattle Center Next Fifty Closing Ceremony, FREE events + $1 rides to the Space Needle Obervation Deck from 9:30am-11pm
Twirl Cafe Anniversary Pumpkin Bash, Twirl Café, 9am-1pm FREE
Sounders vs Dallas, CenturyLink, 6pm

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