May 18 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
Iris, A Flower for all Seasons
This class will provide students with a look at the wondrous variety in the genus iris. Faculty member, Patrick Spence, Owner of Cascadia Iris Gardens, will provide an overview of the many varieties of bearded and beardless iris and how to use them in your landscape to achieve year-around bloom. Patrick will also describe how to use iris for any type of landscape, arid to pond.  more...
21 Acres

May 19 (Sunday) - Other
Empty Bowls - Fill the Need
North Helpline Emergency Services and Food Bank will be hosting our 4th Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser.  more...
North Helpline Emergency Services and Foodbank

June 1 (Saturday) - Other
Benefit party for a scrappy independent press.
A birthday celebration for Andrea Bauer, managing editor of the Freedom Socialist newspaper, will be held Saturday, June 1, 7:30pm at 5236 S. Fontanelle Place, Seattle. Bauer is a long time journalist, feminist organizer, and muckraker. An appetizer buffet will compliment the affair at a wooded home near Seward Park. Buffet donation $8.00. Proceeds to benefit the $100,000 Freedom Socialist Fund Drive.  more...
Freedom Socialist

June 7 (Friday) - Meeting
7th Annual NCIHC Membership Meeting
The 7th Annual NCIHC Membership Meeting is a gathering of Language Access Stakeholders, working together to ensure that everyone, regardless of ability to speak English, has access to services in the United States.  more...
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC)

June 9 (Sunday) - Workshop / Training
Backyard Farming ? Summer Edition Course at 21 Acres
Learn Gardening and Growing Techniques at 21 Acres to create a new or enhance your current garden yielding productive and flourishing results this summer.  more...
21 Acres

June 27 (Thursday) - Conference
Socialism 2013
Activists from Seattle will be traveling to Chicago for this conference. The Socialism 2013 conference will bring together hundreds of activists from across the U.S., and around the world, to tackle the many discussions and debates that confront anyone interested in changing the world.  more...
International Socialist Organization Seattle

June 29 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
21 Acres Successful Beekeeping Series for Backyards in the Puget Sound
This twelve-hour course will teach you everything you need to know to safely start and maintain a beehive and is intended to prepare new or experienced beekeepers with specific beekeeping activities before those activities are attempted with your own hives.  more...
21 Acres

July 16 (Tuesday) - Workshop / Training
Spanish Class at El Centro de la Raza
Classes provide an opportunity to learn from native Spanish-speakers about the Spanish Language and about Latin American culture.  more...
El Centro de la Raza

July 27 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
Activism Summer Camp for Teens
Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a unique leadership camp for teens who care about community service, activism and social justice. Visit www.yeacamp.org for details and to register.  more...
Youth Empowered Action

August 17 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
21 Acres Successful Beekeeping Series for Backyards in the Puget Sound
This twelve-hour course will teach you everything you need to know to safely start and maintain a beehive and is intended to prepare new or experienced beekeepers with specific beekeeping activities before those activities are attempted with your own hives.  more...
21 Acres

September 14 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
21 Acres Successful Beekeeping Series for Backyards in the Puget Sound
This twelve-hour course will teach you everything you need to know to safely start and maintain a beehive and is intended to prepare new or experienced beekeepers with specific beekeeping activities before those activities are attempted with your own hives.  more...
21 Acres