November 30

Wannabe Farmers

Wannabe Farmers is a not-for-profit educational group in Seattle whose purpose is to learn the basics of organic farming and direct marketing through hands-on practice. The group has been meeting since September 1996. They lease a 1/2 acre plot at a certified organic working farm 30 minutes east of Seattle. Members grow vegetables, flowers and herbs for sale at local farmers' markets. They can sometimes be found at the Fremont Sunday Market or the Columbia City Wednesday Market. Work parties on local farms give a broad exposure to widely varied organic operations. If you are interested in learning more about organic farming and local agriculture, call Wannabe Farmers at (206) 834-6179 or e-mail wannabe@scn.org

November 27

Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender Menu

The updated menu includes links to local information about health services, political groups, gay newspapers and magazines, support organizations, gay-friendly churches and other resources. A youth section includes links to sources of help in several Puget Sound cities.

November 21

Food Lifeline

Food Lifeline is offering more volunteer opportunities, and would like to encourage neighborhood, school, corporate and community groups to participate. If you'd like to volunteer, call Patty Hopfe at (206) 545-FOOD or (800) 404-7543 ext. 222, or e-mail Patty at PattyH@fll.org.

November 13

Southeast Youth and Family Services

Southeast Youth and Family Services is a community based nonprofit agency that assists youth in Southeast Seattle to make healthy life choices. At Risk Youth Intervention helps youth develop viable and appropriate alternatives to street and prostitution involvement. Seattle Team For Youth provides early intervention and intensive support services to youth to prevent gang affiliation. Common problems among youth served include family conflict, violent behavior, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, criminal history, depression, suicidal thoughts/threats, school problems, teen pregnancy, drug/alcohol abuse and unemployment. Additional services range from parenting education and family support to diversion from the regular juvenile criminal justice system for lesser offenses into a community accountability program. To reach SEYOUTH, call (206) 721-5542 or e-mail seyouth@scn.org.

November 9

Sheclimbs, Inc., Seattle Chapter

October 31

Newport Hills

October 28

Seattle Crisis Resource Directory

"Where do you go online to find out about sliding scale medical services in Seattle? How about needle exchange? Or parenting resources? Unlike many other crisis resource directories, we view our primary audience as users of services, not social service professionals. If you are interested in working with us, you can e-mail us at heathens@scn.org or call the Peace Heathens' message phone, (206) 547-0862." - Joe Mabel

Read Joe Mabel's story of the Peace Heathens and the Crisis Resource Directory.

Fremont Neighborhood Council

Basecamp Seattle

October 25

Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee

Harvey Muggy Lesbian/Gay Democrats of Washington State

University Folk Dancers

King County Library's Netmaster Volunteer Training Program

Community Networks

October 22

Online Library Catalogs

October 20

Exist Foundation

Northwest Geological Society

WA State Neighborhood Networks Consortium

Northwest Folk Dancers Inc.

September 29

Seattle Area Employment Guide

The Diversity Job fair is today, until 4:00 PM at the Seattle Center's Northwest Rooms. Several other job fairs are scheduled for October. See the Events and Job Fairs page. SCN's employment guide features links to sites about resume writing and interviewing, and has links to many local companies' telephone job hotlines and online hiring information.

Seattle and Northwest Directories

More and more Web sites have sprung up to guide people to Seattle area information. Our directory includes a variety of sites that focus on local content.

Puget Sound Internet Providers

The number of local ISPs is down from about 190 earlier this year to about 160 now, as the big fish eat the little fish.

September 22

Public Internet Access Locations in King and Pierce Counties

More locations in the Seattle area now have public Internet computers. See the north, central and south Seattle pages for new listings.

September 21

Transmissions

Transmissions is a series of public affairs programs on social and political topics, featuring interviews with authors and activists. It airs on Public Access Channel 29 and on Mind Over Matters on KCMU 90.3 FM. The site offers weekly updates about upcoming programs and information about past interviews. Liz White, who produces Transmissions, has also worked on the public access programs Storytime with Earth On-the-Air Independent Media and Network X, which airs each Thursday night at 6:00 PM on Channel 29. Liz is a member of the Seattle Independent Media Coalition and a regional board member of the Alliance for Community Media.

September 20

Seattle Japanese American Citizens League

Since 1929 JACL has been the primary voice for upholding the civil and human rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry. JACL is committed to developing understanding among all social and ethnic groups. In recent years JACL programs have included monitoring anti-Asian violence, promoting accurate accounts of the Japanese American experience in textbooks, and the campaign for redress which successfully lobbied the U.S. government for compensation and an apology for WWII internment camp survivors.

The Seattle chapter presented a benefit performance for the JACL Youth Scholarship Fund on August 29 and 30. Testimony was a performance piece and legacy reclamation project based on the oral histories of former WWII internees and their descendants. Using theater, poetry and taiko drumming, performers presented actual testimonies from the 1981 CWRIC hearings, and explored the journey from forced evacuation and detention to the present. For more information about Seattle JACL, send e-mail to jacl@scn.org or call (206) 622-4098.

Magnolia Community Council

The Magnolia Community Club has been active since 1924. Anyone who resides or works in Magnolia is welcome to join. MCC provides funding, management and labor for community projects. It acts on quality of life issues by participating in the public process, and negotiating conditions and mitigation for adverse impacts likely to be caused by proposed projects. Current concerns include the expansion of Daybreak Star, airplane noise and air traffic at Boeing Field, and possible expansion of Metro.

MCC plants trees, promotes public art through the Neighborhood Arts Council, and hopes to expand the Magnolia Library. General meetings cover a wide range of current topics, on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Magnolia Congregational Church at 3555 West McGraw St. MCC also publishes a monthly newsletter. Send your ideas and concerns to magnolia@scn.org or call (206) 283-1188.

Seattle Public Theater

Seattle Public Theater offers a fun and dramatic approach to political and social activism, conflict resolution, community building and therapy. No acting experience is necessary. Explore the dynamic, interactive theater techniques developed by Brazilian visionary Augusto Boal, in "Introduction to Theater of the Oppressed." The six workshops teach physical imagery and improvisational scene work.

Come and participate with the Theater of Liberation Troupe in an introduction to its work at 8:00 PM Fridays, October 16 and November 20. Each evening is a different audience and so a different story to enact using Forum Theater techniques. Call (206) 328-4848 for reservations. For more information, e-mail beacon@scn.org.

Association for Women in Computing, Puget Sound Chapter

E-commerce on the Internet is the topic of the next AWC meeting on Tuesday, October 20. Panel members are Jeanne Edgmand, Internet project manager at Excell Data; Lisa Wolff, vice president of business development at FreeShop; and Tish Hill, founder of Sitewerks. To reserve a space, e-mail awc@scn.org or call (206) 781-7315.

Five women from AWC/PS are now in China along with 17 other AWC members for an information technology exchange intended to build professional and educational relationships. The September 10-24 trip consists mostly of business and professional programs in Beijing, Hefei, Wuxi and Shanghai. AWC/PS will hold a special event in March in Seattle's International District so that these members can share their experiences and memories from the trip.

AWC has a new mailing list at awcpsnews@scn.org. Members can find job openings on the awcpsinfo@scn.org list, and submit resumes to the job bank for open positions.

September 15

Enzian Schuhplattler

Enzian Schuhplattler is a not-for-profit folk dance group dedicated to the preservation of Bavarian and Tirolean folk dancing, costumes, customs, culture, and fellowship. German and Austrian immigrants founded the club in Seattle in 1965. Enzian performs regional dances from Bavaria (Germany) and Tirol (Austria), including traditional Schuhplattler and folk dances.

Enzian Schuhplattler will perform at the Autumn Leaf Festival in Leavenworth, WA on September 26-27, and at the Oktoberfest in Leavenworth on October 11. For more information, please contact Kathy Bruni.

September 14

Concert Spirituel

Concert Spirituel's fall season opens with Jacob Van Eyck in the Rose Garden, a free twilight performance in the Rose Garden at Woodland Park (by the south entrance to the Zoo), from 6:30 to 7:30 PM on Tuesday, September 29. Jeffrey Cohan performs Van Eyck's (1589-1657) Variations on favorite melodies of the early 17th century for solo flute. Listeners are encouraged to wander about the park and enjoy the blooming roses and the music, played on a copy of a descant renaissance transverse flute like the one that Jacob Van Eyck played in a city park in Utrecht, Holland, where he was the city's carillonneur.

For more information about the fall concert series or to be included on the mailing list, please send e-mail to bg773@scn.org or call (206) 525-2216.

September 9

46th District Democrats

The 46th state legislative district includes north Seattle's Greenwood, Green Lake, Ravenna, View Ridge, Northgate, Lake City and other nearby neighborhoods. The district's Democrats meet on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM at the Olympic View Church at 5th Ave. NE and NE 95th St. Their Web pages offer information about Democratic candidates for local and state offices in the September 15 primary. You can send e-mail to dems46@scn.org.

Local residents passed a number of resolutions at the 1998 46th District Democratic convention. One resolution urges community colleges to employ instructors full-time, pay part-time instructors on the same salary scale as full-time instructors, and provide part-time instructors comparable health insurance and retirement benefits.

Another resolution asks King County to reject the Metro staff bus plan, require Metro to consult with bus riders and neighborhood organizations about route changes, and use an open, public process with full community participation in preparing a new plan.

September 8

Community Computer Fair

Come to the hands-on computer fair this Friday and Saturday, September 11-12, at the Seattle Vocational Institute. Saturday's workshops will encourage people to brainstorm on topics like tech skills for the workplace, small business, new media, neighborhood action and how to start a community computer lab. Find out what resources are available to you in your neighborhood. Find out about job opportunities in computers and technology. The City of Seattle, CAMP, the Seattle Public Library and many others will be there to answer your questions. It's free. Youth, seniors, families and beginners are welcome.

September 1

The Compline Choir

Every Sunday evening, in the darkened St. Mark's Episcopal cathedral in Seattle, a group of men chant the last monastic office of the day, the Office of Compline. When twelve UW music students gathered in 1954 to study plainsong, their choir sang to an empty nave. Now more than 500 people, most of them in their teens and early twenties, come to sit in the silent nave to be renewed and comforted by this ancient liturgical office. Tens of thousands more listen on the radio. Over the years, members of the group who have left Seattle have started singing the office in their new communities.

In keeping with the earliest practices of the monastic communities, Compline is offered when the work of the day is completed, and the quietness of evening settles over the hearts and minds of those who have come together in thankfulness for the blessings of the day that has passed.

Dr. Peter R. Hallock directs the Compline Choir. "Silence and time for interior reflection are often identified as the most powerful and moving characteristics of the Compline service... I see us engaged in a radical... activity. In a real sense we are called to act contrary to the icons of contemporary society - money, power, material comfort. These values cannot sustain or nourish the soul."

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