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
• 3 to 7 p.m.—Dog Photography by Emi Halvorson
• 4 p.m.—Chef Demo with Lynne Vea of PCC Cooks
• 5 to 7 p.m.—Music by Clallam County
• 5 p.m.—Fruit Brix Demo with Georgia Pellegrini, author of Food Heroes, 16 Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition, and hero Jon Rowley (sponsored by Edible Seattle)
• 5 p.m.—Dog Etiquette Demo with David Wiley of BarkBusters
• 6 p.m.—Cooking Demo by Marc Schermerhorn and Larry Liang
• 6:30 p.m.—Dog Contest at Barkbusters Tent (Best Trick, Best Command, and Congeniality King and Queen)

The featured sponsor of the market this week is Metropolitan Market, and the featured nonprofit is the Seattle Humane Society.

As always, the market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W. Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.

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.

It’s tomato day at the Queen Anne Farmers Market this week! Check out the lineup:

• 3 to 5 p.m.—Music by James O’Keefe
• 4 p.m.—Chef Demo with Kathleen Andersen Ramm of Senor Moose
• 5 to 7 p.m.—Music by Vince Mtz. & The Great Blue Yonder (at the west end of the market)
• 5 p.m.—Cooking Demo with Leslie Kelly of Whining & Dining
• 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.

It’s a beautiful mid-August day—perfect conditions for another afternoon at the Queen Anne Farmers Market. Check out this week’s lineup:

Thursday, August 12

• 4 p.m.—Chef Demo with Diane LaVonne of Diane’s Market Kitchen
• 5 p.m.—Kids Cooking Class with Ashley Rodriguez of Not Without Salt
• 3 to 5 p.m.—Musical performance by Hal Merrill (West end of market)
• 5 to 7 p.m.—Music by Quartette con Brio (East end of market)
• 6 p.m.—Cooking Demo with Diane LaVonne of Diane’s Market Kitchen

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:

Thursday, August 5—National Farmers Market Week

• 3 to 5 p.m.—Music by Squirrel Butter
• 4 p.m.—Knife skills demo with Kathleen Flinn, author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry
• 5 p.m.—Followed by a book signing with Kathleen Flinn
• 5 to 7 p.m.—Music by Vince Mtz. & The Great Blue Yonder
• 5 p.m.—Kids Cooking Class with Laura Heinlein and Gabby Moorhead of Grand Central Baking Company
• 6 p.m.—Cooking demo with Eric Rivera, from Eric Rivera Cooks

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 to 7 p.m.—Music by Dustin James
• 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:

Thursday, July 15

• 3 to 5 p.m. – Music by Dustin James
• 3:30 p.m. – Kids Cooking Class with Toi Sennhauser
• 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)
• 5 to 7 p.m. – Music by Red Dog
• 6 p.m. – Cooking Demo with Jay Friedman ( Gastrolust and Edible Seattle) and Akiko Kino

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.

There’s some great stuff lined up for the Queen Anne Farmers Market this week! Check out the schedule for the market on Thursday, June 3:

• 3 to 5 p.m. – Musical stylings by Vince Mtz. & The Great Blue Yonder
• 4 p.m. – Chef Demo with emmer&rye‘s Seth Caswell
• 5 p.m. – Kids’ Cooking Class Hsiao-Ching Chou from Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution-Seattle
• 6 p.m. – Cooking Demo with Alice Currah from Savory Sweet Life
• 5 to 7 p.m. – More music by The Canote Brothers

The featured nonprofit this week is the Queen Anne Helpline. As always, the market is open from 3 to 7 p.m. at W Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N. every Thursday through October 7.