August 26

Creative Retirement Institute

Edmonds Community College's CRI schedule of fall classes is now online. First on the list is Advanced Sketching. Next is Biotechnology: The Cutting Edge, "an overview of biotechnology and how it is used to generate the new medicines which are having an impact on health care. There will also be an opportunity for some hands-on science and a tour of the research laboratories at Immunex." The dozens of other offerings range from one day outings to two month courses.

August 14

University District Farmers Market

Every Saturday from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM you can buy fresh local fruit and produce at the Farmers Market. WSU Extension's Master Gardeners, Seattle Tilth and P-Patch answer gardening questions, local restaurants' chefs give cooking demonstrations, and sometimes folk musicians entertain the crowds.

Puget Sound Internet Providers

This is an updated list of 113 local Internet providers. There's also an introduction to Selecting an Internet Provider.

August 11

SCN Access Newsletter, August 1996

The first annual SCNA membership meeting is August 28th at the Seattle Public Library. The members will elect a new 15-member Board of Directors. SCN will have a booth again this year at KISW's annual Nudestock outdoor music festival. Brian High has revitalized SCN's Web how-to classes for community groups, held periodically at the SPL computer lab.

August 9

Sustainable Seattle

Sustainable Seattle monitors a number of long-term indicators of the city's environmental, social and economic health, and works to improve the eventual livability of a more populous Seattle. They encourage people to volunteer to help with environental restoration, with health and social service activities, and with efforts to affect Washington state environmental policy.

LVR (Youth) Soccer Club

This is a brand new page for a soccer club in northeast Seattle. If you're interested in participating, you can phone for more information, or contact the club by e-mail here on SCN.

August 2

Hunger Never Takes a Vacation

Food Lifeline's summer food drive is underway. You can drop off a food donation at any of 16 major shopping malls, 27 office buildings and 48 apartment complexes around Puget Sound, through Sunday, August 4th. Here's a list of the locations, from Olympia to Burlington.

July 31

Positive Women's Network

PWN is a Snohomish County group that supports health care and disease prevention efforts for women who have become infected with the HIV virus. PWN's page includes links to more information about women and AIDS.

July 27

Fremont Arts Council

For over twenty years, the Arts Council has produced and encouraged art projects in Seattle's Fremont district, otherwise known as the Artist's Republic of Fremont. They're the people behind the Waiting for the Interurban and Troll sculptures and Fremont's four annual pagan celebrations. FAC sponsors art workshops at the old Powerhouse.

July 25

Meridian Neighborhood

Seattle's Meridian neighborhood extends north of Wallingford to Green Lake. If you live around there, you might want to contribute something to their newly created Web page.

SCN Access Newsletter, July 1996

The Timberland Library's new dial-up lines (in the 360 area code) give local residents greater access to the library's catalog and other resources. The library also provides a text-only Internet gateway. SCN's Roadshow and our Internet classes at the Seattle Public Library continue to introduce people to community service uses of the Net. SCN is moving further onto the Web. We invite you to become an SCN volunteer and help us out.

July 23

Enzian Schuhplattler

These Seattle folk dancers perform old Bavarian and Tirolean dances, and preserve some of the customs of the German and Austrian immigrants who founded the group in the 1960s. They're looking for new members who like to dance and who enjoy the historical costumes.

Western Washington Mensa

Mensa's pages feature plans for a convention on the Olympic Peninsula this fall, and list the organization's local officers.

July 19

Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (SHARE)

SHARE operates eight homeless shelters in Seattle, and two houses that offer low-cost transitional group housing for formerly homeless SHARE members. SHARE also maintains a downtown Seattle storage facility where homeless people can safely leave their belongings, such as while on job interviews.

July 11

The Tudor Choir

Each year, the Tudor Choir performs several concerts of choral music from Elizabethan and later times. The Choir sings most often at Seattle's St. James Cathedral and St. Mark's Cathedral, sometimes in combination with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and with other enthusiasts who are part of the Early Music Guild of Seattle.

July 4

Bonvenon al la Mondo de Esperanto

Kio estas tiom amuza pri Esperanto? Tralegeti la novajxleteron de la Seatla Vasxintonia Esperanto grupo.

July 2

Welcome to Hostelling in Washington

Washington's eight American Youth Hostels provide overnight accommodations for travelers of all ages. AYH's pages give details about each hostel, and about AYH's discovery weekend outdoor trips.

Engineering and Science Resource Bureau

ESRB is an association of about 160 retired and practicing engineers who present scientific, mathematical and technology workshops for schools in the Puget Sound area. ESRB's members also help with teacher training, in cooperation with educators' groups such as the Science Teachers Association.

SCN Access Newsletter, June 1996

The June issue reports on SCN volunteer Brandy Williams' good work at the NW Folklife Festival, and on the Seattle Public Library's Lynx workshops at the Green Lake Library.

July 1

Northwest Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce

NW-FACT supports increased citizen participation in defending free speech against what it calls "moral panic." The group notes that "Very few things are as fun and exciting as social change, and if you are concerned about the free flow of information..." the group offers a way to participate in political action.

Seattle Institute for Sex Therapy, Education and Research

Since 1975, the Institute has helped people with counseling, referrals, classes, access to research information, and therapy. The Institute's staff and board members are professionals who work with the treatment of sex offenders, victims of crime, and people with a wide variety of concerns.

June 30

American Newspeak

This satirical news review features "cutting edge advances in the art of doublethink carefully scavenged from the back pages of our finer newspapers." It also includes a list of alternative news sites and links to political humor.

June 29

Central Area Motivation Project's ROPE

CAMP sponsors the Rites of Passage Experience (ROPE) for teens, and the scn.youth.ropester discussion forum. CAMP also offers an employment program, a food bank, emergency shelter, minor home repair assistance and other family resources.

June 25

Washington In-Line Skaters Assoc.

WILSA's pages include an events calendar, answers to frequently asked questions about inline skating, and other helpful information for anyone who'd like to get out there and skate.

June 22

Meadowbrook Community

Residents of the Meadowbrook neighborhood in northeast Seattle, on Lake Washington north of Matthews Beach Park, have started two SCN discussion forums, scn.meadowbrook.events and scn.meadowbrook.issues. Their neighborhood page includes information about the Meadowbrook Community Council and the Maple Leaf Lutheran Church's SHARE homeless shelter.

June 19

University District Food Bank

The University District Food Bank helps Northeast Seattle residents who don't have enough to eat. The UDFB, located in the basement of the University Christian Church, depends on more than 100 food bank volunteers for its operation. Your company, church, school or family can help out too, by contributing to a neighborhood food drive.

Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus

The Chorus will present Songs of Power, Passion and Pride on June 29th and 30th, at Meany Hall on the UW campus. You can check here for ticket prices and availability for the performance.

June 15

Artist's Republic of Fremont

Seattle's Fremont neighborhood has a thriving presence on the Web. The Fremont Fair is today and tomorrow. Dozens of musicians will perform on the Redhook Main Stage and the PCC World Stage.

June 13

Ask Mr. Science

Mr. Science is Phil Abrams, of University Science and Nature. Phil hosts two SCN discussion forums, one for help with science projects and the other for general science questions.

Anyone can read these (and other) SCN forums, and reply to the forum messages by e-mail, but to post public messages you'll need to have a free SCN user ID, and dial up our Freeport menu system.

June 12

Frye Art Museum

The Frye Art Museum is closed until February, for major renovation and expansion. But in the meantime, you can view some of its collection on the Web. The Frye features the work of many Alaskan, American realist, and Munich School painters. When it reopens, admission will remain free to the public.

June 4

Citizens for Incorporation of Kenmore

Kenmore residents interested in incorporating as a city meet every Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Kenmore Fire Station. Their Web pages answer questions such as "Why should Kenmore incorporate?" and "Will my property taxes go up?"

June 3

Basecamp Seattle

Two Basecamp members are in Turkey for the UN's Habitat II housing conference in Istanbul. Basecamp's page includes their e-mail updates from the conference. Saturday's note is about the Human Rights Caucus.

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