4 p.m. – Chef Demo with Metropolitan Market Chef Amy Pinkis, who will be teaching market goers how to make fresh mozzarella (and later, homemade ricotta), and how to concoct delicious dishes that highlight the fresh-made cheese
4 p.m. – Kid’s Mozzarella Pull
5 p.m. – Live Music with returning market favorite The Canote Brothers (be sure to bring your dancing shoes!)
5:30 p.m. – Chef Demo part two with Met Market’s Amy Pinkis, this time teaching market goers how to make their own homemade ricotta cheese and integrate it into interesting recipes
Check out what’s fresh at the market this week here
As always the Queen Anne Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at W Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N. The Interbay Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Interbay Urban Center, located at 1819 15th Ave. W.
The Seattle Center and future tenant KEXP 90.3 are putting on a number of free concerts at the Mural Ampitheatre every Friday throughout the month of August as part of the Concerts at the Mural summer music series.
The eclectic concerts will showcase some of KEXP’s favorite artists and local bands. All shows are free, all-ages and “tailored to the culturally curious who seek to discover the best of the area’s independent music scene.” KEXP DJs will be on hand to entertain between sets, and there will also be a beer/wine garden for music lovers 21 and up.
The first live show kicks off today at 6 p.m. with Seattle-based bands The Maldives, Hey Marseilles and Black Whales. Check out the lineup for the whole month:
Friday, August 5, 6pm The Maldives
Hey Marseilles
Black Whales
Saturday, August 6, 3 – 9pm KEXP BBQ Fool’s Gold
Rainbow Arabia
Capsula
School of Rock
Virgin Islands
Mad Rad Friday, August 12, 6pm Seapony
Gold Leaves
Math and Physics Club
Friday, August 19, 6pm Black Mountain
My Goodness
Whalebones (Record Release)
Friday, August 26, 6pm NO DEPRESSION NIGHT Shane Tutmarc
Ravenna Woods
Pickwick
Drew Grow & the Pastors’ Wives
Looking for something fun to do in the neighborhood this weekend? Check out Queen Anne’s weekend happenings:
Join in one of the historic Olmsted walks on Saturday with an all-day 12-13 mile walk from Ballard (leaving from Aster Coffee at 5615 24th Ave. NW at 8:30 a.m.) to Queen Anne by way of Discovery Park, Magnolia Blvd, Kinnear Park, and Queen Anne Blvd. Details here.
Pick your own lavender on Saturday and Sunday at the Interbay P-Patch’s U-Pick Lavender Sale. Swing by the garden, at 2451 15th Ave W, between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. either day. Cost is $3 for a small bunch and $5 for a large.
Listen to some fun and quirky tunes by musical due “Team Andrew,” who will be swinging by El Diablo at 4 p.m. on Sunday to share their music, and meet with fans during the Seattle stop of their International Tour. Check out their “surreal hip hop” in this music video.
If you venture out of Queen Anne this weekend, keep in mind that traffic is going to be tight both coming and going due to the SDOT’s Mercer Street I-5 on and off ramp closure all weekend long. There are also quite a few special events taking place around town this weekend, including the Capitol Hill Block Party, Chinatown and West Seattle Parades, the Roosevelt Bull Moose Festival, the Swedish SummeRun, various Seafair related events, and quite a few more. Many of these events will mean lane closures, and all will cause higher traffic congestion, so watch out. Download SDOT’s full weekend traffic advisory here (.pdf).
The Queen Anne and Interbay farmers markets will be full of festive food-related activities this afternoon at their respective locations. Let’s just hope it doesn’t rain! Check out the schedules for both market below.
As always the Queen Anne Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at W Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N. The Interbay Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Interbay Urban Center, located at 1819 15th Ave. W.
The weather report calls for rain, but let’s hope it stays off long enough for the festivities at the Queen Anne Farmers Market and Interbay Farmers Market today. Check out the schedules for both neighborhood markets below.
At the Queen Anne Farmers Market:
3 to 7:30 p.m. – At the Info Tent: Join the kids market treasure hunt, and sign up for the QAFM email list and enoy free veggie seeds!
4 p.m. – Chef Kaspar Donier from Kaspar’s Special Events & Catering will dazzle the market with his mixed greens, market vegetables and savory granola tossed with assorted dressings and topped with Mt Townsend Truffle Fromage Blanc and Pound Cake with macerated berries!
4:30 p.m. – The Queen Anne Performing Arts Market Singers return, this time under the big tree, to sing more favorites! 5 p.m. – The Peterka Family Band will entertain all with Old Time, Folk, Blues and much more!
3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – I will be at the market representing Queen Anne View. Swing by to say hello, find out more about the site, add your favorite thing about Queen Anne to a living mural of and by the community, or enter the kids coloring contest.
Say cheese! Everyone is invited to take an instant picture and help build a living mural of the Queen Anne community.
Get ready, get set, grab your crayons and color! Kids can also enter a coloring contest by drawing what they love about the farmers market. They’ll be candy, crayons, and the winning drawings (chosen by market staffers) will be published on Queen Anne View! Judging begins at 7 p.m., so swing by from 3 to 6:45 p.m. to enter.
At the Interbay Farmers Market:
As of 1 p.m. today the Interbay Farmers Market has not yet posted its schedule for today – check back on the website or Facebook page for details closer to the market start time.
As always the Queen Anne Farmers Market is held from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at Queen Anne Ave N and W Crockett. The Interbay Farmers market is held from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Interbay Whole Foods parking lot on 15th.
*Disclosure: Queen Anne View is a sponsor of the Queen Anne Farmers Market.
4 p.m. – Cooking demonstration with Chef Dan Osser, from Interbay Whole Foods Market’s Meat Department
Also at the market this week: doggies, edible flowers, kimchi and much more.
The Queen Anne Farmers Market will be happening from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at W Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N. The Interbay Farmers Market will be happening from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Interbay Whole Foods parking lot on 15th Ave.
Photo by Laura Levy, courtesy of the Queen Anne Farmers Market.
In addition the the long list fresh items and vendors available at the market each week, there will be a chef demo with Vuong Loc of Queen Anne’s Portage Restaurant and Madrona’s June at 4 p.m. in the chef tent. From the QAFM website:
Chef Loc moved to Seattle in 2006 after working all over the country from New York to Hawaii. With an approach to cooking that centers on simple preparations with refined craftsmanship and a commitment to sourcing only outstanding product, we can’t wait to see what he prepares after a shopping trip at the market.
At 5 p.m. there will be live music courtesy of vocalist and guitarist Beth Whitney.
As if the live music, chef demos, and all around food-centric festivities at the market weren’t enough, Charley+May owner Lauren Formicola will be holding an After Market Wine Tasting from 6 to 9 p.m. every Thursday at her shop, located at 2225 Queen Anne Ave N, until the end of the Queen Anne Farmers Market season.
Check out more photos from opening day at the Queen Anne Farmers Market Facebook page. For more information on the market and its week-to-week events, check out the new QAFM website.
Blue skies arrived just in time for the opening of the Queen Anne Farmers Market, which kicks off its 5th season from 3 to 7:30 p.m. today, Thursday, June 2 at W Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N. (Watch out for drizzle though – despite the fact that it’s June, rain is still in the forecast for today).
Rain or shine the market will be bustling with over 40 farmers and food vendors, adult and kids cooking demonstrations, and live music.
Check out what’s on the schedule for Opening Day:
3 p.m. – Live Music: Mariachi Monarcas of Seattle, sponsored by Umpqua Bank;
Welcome – George Counts, M.D., Market Founder & Secretary, QANRG;
John Hay Elementary Chorus;
Remarks by: Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council President, Senator Jeanne Kohl Welles, and Representative Reuven Carlyle
4 p.m. – Market musician: Vincent Mtz & the Great Blue Yonder
4 p.m. – Chef Demo: Seth Caswell, Emmer & Rye
5:30 p.m. – Kids Cooking Class
In addition to the market’s popular returning vendors, a number of ready-made food trucks will also be swinging by, including the ever popular Parfait artisan ice cream, Anita’s Crepes, Maximum/Minimus, and a few new ones including Seattle Salads (fresh salads and wraps) and Where Ya At Matt? (Creole soul food). Check out the full list of vendors this year here.
Looking to stock with fresh eats at the market today? Here’s what’s fresh at the market this week: asparagus, spinach, spring greens, peonies, red rhubarb, organic herbs, and more.
Season sponsors include Metropolitan Market; Umpqua
Bank; Rene Stern, Windermere Real Estate; and HomeStreet Bank.
Swing by Easy Street Records in Lower Queen Anne at 6 p.m. tonight to catch Aloe Blacc’s free, live performance.
From Easy Street:
If you’re into the classic soul stylings of Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield – and who isn’t? – then you are bound to fall all over Mr. Blacc and his sharp white suit.
Aloe Blacc will be performing songs off his new album, Good Things.
Kick off your Labor Day weekend a little early, with some fresh eats, live music and all around foodie fun at the Queen Anne Farmers Market this afternoon. Check out the lineup:
3 to 7 p.m.—Music by Santa Fe, New Mexico’s The Andé Marimba Band
6 p.m.—Cooking Demo and Book Signing with Kim O’Donnelof the Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook
The featured nonprofit this week is Queen Anne Emergency Preparedness. As always the market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W. Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.
Today is Dog Day at the Queen Anne Farmers Market! From puppy pics, to adoption, to special doggy treats, it sounds like it’s going to be a fun time for market-goers, and their pooches! Check out the lineup:
3 to 5 p.m.—Music by Hot Cider
3 p.m.—Adopt a bet with Maxmobile!, the Seattle Humane Society’s mobile pet adoption van
If you happen to walk by Counterbalance Park around lunchtime this week, you may notice an addition to the concrete and umbrella-filled scenery—a little live music.
Part of the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department’s Busker Program, the city has hired local musicians to bring live tunes to parks in downtown and surrounding areas during the summer.
Lunchtime concerts will be at our own Counterbalance Park (at Queen Anne Ave N and Roy, across from the Uptown Caffe Ladro) from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for the rest of the summer.
Last week 19-year-old Reilly Hutchins brought his own equipment to the park, where he sang classic covers, including a handful of Beatles songs.
The buskers change from day to day, so keep an eye out, and if the weather permits, find a nice place to stop off for lunch or a quick break to enjoy the music. Wondering well else buskers are playing this summer? Follow the SeattleBuskers Twitter feed.
6 p.m.—Book Signing with Dining in Seattle: Past & Present authors Andrea Lott and Andrea Umbach
6:30 p.m.—Holy Tomato! Contest: Judges will be handing out prizes for Best Overall, Best Savory, Best Sweet, and Most Creative (winners announced at 7 p.m.)
The featured nonprofit this week is the Alaskan Way Viaduct Project. As always, the Queen Anne Farmers Market is taking place from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.
The featured nonprofit this week is Friends of Seattle Public Library, which will be running at Cookbook Exchange at their table. Market-goers are invited to bring in a gently used cookbook, and take home another.
As always, the market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at W. Crockett St. at Queen Anne Ave N.
Just like every week, there’s a stacked schedule at the Queen Anne Farmers Market today. And in honor of National Farmers Market Week, the Queen Anne Market says it is proud to announce it has been able to host 100 percent of the farmers who applied for stalls throughout the entire season. Check out the lineup here:
The featured nonprofit this week is Queen Anne Emergency Preparedness. As always, the market is held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett St. at Queen Anne Ave N.
There’s nothing like Thursdays at the Queen Anne Farmers Market. Check out what’s going on this week:
Thursday, July 29
3 to 5 p.m.—Music by Tinker’s Dram
4 p.m.—Chef Demo with Natalie Divergigeles of the 5 Spot
5:30 p.m.—Special Event: Join a live taping of the food and comedy podcast Spilled Milk with food writers and authors Matthew Amster-Burton, of Hungry Monkey, and Molly Wizenberg, of Orangette.net and A Homemade Life.
6 p.m.—Gluten-Free Cooking Demo with Jeanne Sauvage of Four Chickens
The featured nonprofit this week is the Queen Anne Community Center. As always the market will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on W. Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.
The weather is expected to be a perfect 75 degrees out tomorrow—ideal farmer’s market weather, if you ask me (not like last week’s whopping 97!) Check out the lineup:
5 p.m. – Chef Demo with Conscious Feast‘s Nicole Aloni (who also happens to be the author of The Backyard Bartender and Secrets From A Caterer’s Kitchen)
The featured nonprofit at the market this week is the Seattle Children’s Theatre. As always, the Queen Anne Farmers Market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.
As of this morning, Monday, June 7, Queen Anne and Magnolia are in second place in KEXP’s 5th annual “Hood to Hood Challenge” summer membership drive, which pits Seattle-area neighborhoods against each other to see which can raise the most money for the independent, non-profit radio station.
Winning neighborhoods receive a day of live, free music shows put on at different venues around said ‘hood by the folks at KEXP. West Seattle won the challenge last year and celebrated with a day of musical festivities just last month. Before that Ballard was the two-time reigning champ.
Right now listeners from Queen Anne/Magnolia have donated $9,255, putting us in second place behind Capitol Hill/First Hill/Madison Park with $11,340. Donations can be made starting at $10 and up (there are goodies for those who donate $100 or more) and can be made through the end of the drive this Friday, June 11.
The competition is steep this year, as both sister neighborhoods Ballard (currently in third place) and Wallingford (currently in fourth) are looking to make a comeback and steal the win at the end. We’ve got four days to step up and beat Capitol Hill, First Hill and Madison Park! Can we do it, Queen Anne and Magnolia?
In lieu of the Free First Thursdays program (which offers free admission to the museum from 5 to 8 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month), which will be going on hiatus until October 7, EMP|SFM will be hosting a new program called Late Nights, where guests are invited to enjoy live music and drinks in the Sky Church, and explore EMP|SFM exhibitions during extended visiting hours, beginning tonight, Thursday, June 3.
Late Nights will be held every month on the first Thursday evening during the museum’s summer hours schedule (June 3, July 1, August 5 and September 2). However, unlike the First Free Thursdays program, admission to the Sky Church during Late Nights will be free, but admission to the galleries will cost–the same price as daily tickets (free for EMP|SFM members and children under 5 years old; $15 for adults; $12 for children ages 5-17, students, military and seniors).
Tonight the band We Wrote the Book on Connectors will be performing. On July 1 No-Fi Soul Rebellion and Boy Eats Drum Machine will perform. The Rat City Brass will be performing Thursday, August 5. All shows are all ages and open to the public at no cost.
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