April 5
Seattle Sites of the Day:

Art/Not Terminal Gallery

The Functional Art Contest - "This fun annual show is appearing for the
eleventh time. Entries are work that has recognizable and hopefully real
utility beyond art; clothing, furniture, reconfigured technology,
incantation paraphernalia, you name it.
"A panel of judges from the local art and design communities, as well as
opening goers will award the prizes. These awards are presented opening
night, April 8th, between 7 and 10 P.M. The show continues through May 4th."
The Gallery is at 2045 Westlake
(corner of Westlake, Lenora and 8th, a few blocks north of Westlake Mall).
Mt. Baker Neighborhood
Spectrum Dance Theater

Spring Dance 2000 - "Support Spectrum's Gift of Dance scholarship program and
dance education program for Kimball Elementary School as Spectrum Dance
Theater and Mt. Baker Community Club host the fifth annual Dance Through
the Decades dance party fund-raiser on Saturday, April 22, 7:30 to 11:30
p.m. at the Mt. Baker Community Club. The ticket price of $10.00 goes toward raising funds
for after-school dance programs in the Mt. Baker
neighborhood."
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April 2 - 8
Seattle Site of the Week:


Thornton Creek Alliance

"The creek is a historic home to at least 5 species of Pacific salmon and
trout. ... drainage has been impacted by development and ... frequent
flooding, sedimentation, pollutants, loss of biodiversity, decimated salmon
runs and other aquatic life. ...
"A few of our accomplishments:
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Tributary dechannelization for fish passage |
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Plantings of native vegetation... adjacent to the creek |
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... frog pond to help bring back Pacific chorus frogs |
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Construction to restore a tributary creeklet and wetland...
adjacent to the south fork |
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Restoration of Willow Creek, a tributary to the south fork |
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Streamkeeper program" |
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