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Saturday
April 22, 2000

April 22
Seattle Sites of the Day:


Earth Day Puget Sound

One of many local events today is the Carkeek Park Earth Day Restoration Project:

"TREEmendous... hosts an invasive species removal work party... for anyone who is interested in learning more about native flora of the Pacific Northwest... start with a walk to teach volunteers basic plant identification specific to the invasives we are targeting, work to remove invasives... wrap-up lunch in the picnic area... Wear work clothes and sturdy shoes or boots... Tools and refreshments will be provided. treemendous_seattle@yahoo.com or (206) 985-6867 9 am - 1 pm"

Slumberland

"Little Nemo in Slumberland was a comic strip drawn in the early years of the 20th Century by Winsor McKay. Each full-page, full-color strip told a story from one of Little Nemo's dreams. At the end of each strip, Little Nemo woke up. Little Nemo was a comic of tremendous beauty and wit; it makes today's Sunday comics look incredibly flat and weak. If you haven't seen Little Nemo in Slumberland, I recommend the recent color reprint books published by Fantagraphics Books."

Fantagraphics Books

"Fantagraphics Books' goal is to produce comics for an audience that tends to appreciate comics as a serious means of expression on the level of film, theater, or literature."

The Comics Journal

"Unlike most art forms, there is little attention paid to the best the art form has to offer, particularly those comics which are fulfilling reading material for adults. ... Comics are the great hidden cultural treasure of the 20th century..."

April 16 - 22
Seattle Site of the Week:




Tweeters Birding Email

"Welcome to Tweeters, ... serving the University of Washington, Washington State, and the Cascadia region as a public service and scientific research tool. Tweeters was founded around the end of 1992 by Dan Victor of the Washington Ornithological Society and the Seattle Audubon Society, with three people sharing messages about bird sightings. From this informal beginning it has spread around the Northwest, and now has a wide variety of regional subscribers from Oregon, Idaho, British [Columbia] area. The University of Washington listprocessor was added in March of 1994...

"Anyone may subscribe to this free service. Unique field trip reports, interesting sightings, unusual bird anecdotes, scientific queries, questions for the experts, all messages are welcome."




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