Take a bite out of summer at this weekend’s Bite of Seattle at the Seattle Center. The event draws up to a half a million hungry people each year.
The Northwest’s premiere food festival, it’s a showcase of all kinds of food from the region’s restaurants. And this year the Bite has rolled prices back: $5 gets you any entree or combo plate.
The three-day event includes cooking demonstrations, entertainment, beer gardens, wine tasting and children’s activities.
On Saturday and Sunday, Metro will operate a shuttle between the Northgate park-and-ride, at NE 112th Street and Fifth Avenue NE, and Seattle Center.
The Northgate shuttle will run every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. This shuttle makes inbound stops at Northgate Park and Ride, Northgate Transit Center, Aurora at 105th, 85th and 46th. The outbound shuttle makes all regular stops. There is no shuttle today. One-way fare is $1.25.
|
Family fun
Bite of Seattle: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Seattle Center; www.biteofseattle.com.
Goodguys Rod &Custom Association car show: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup. $6 to $15. Drag races today at Pacific Raceway in Kent, eliminations begin at 7 p.m., $5 to $15. 253-848-1405, www.good-guys.com.
Classic Speedboat Show: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, South Lake Union Park in Seattle. $5, free 12 and younger. www.seafair.com.
“Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. $5 to $11 at box office, 425-258-6766.
King County Fair: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 23-24, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 25 at the fairgrounds in Enumclaw. $4 to $6, with family passes and discounts for military. Wednesday is $1. 206-296-8888. |
Hot cars: See more than 2,000 hot rods, customs and classics at the Goodguys Rod &Custom Association Pacific Northwest Nationals this weekend at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup. More than 2,000 vehicles manufactured through 1964 will be on display, along with model cars. Other highlights include dozens of manufacturer and commercial exhibits, entertainment, children’s performers and drag races tonight at the Pacific Raceway in Kent.
Classic boats: Seafair celebrates a new event, the Classic Speedboat Show, this weekend at South Lake Union Park in Seattle and the adjoining Center for Wooden Boats. More than 100 vintage mahogany runabouts, restored cruisers and hydroplanes will be on view. The show, hosted by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Antique &Classic Boat Society, is Saturday and Sunday. The show will also include vintage launches and cruisers and a display of vintage hydros from the Hydroplane &Raceboat Museum, classic cars, vintage motorcycles, antique outboard motors, model boats, food vendors and commercial exhibitors.
Silent classic “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” is an epic silent movie that made Rudolph Valentino a star. The 1921 film, considered an anti-war classic of its time, will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday as part of the “Silents, Please!” film series at the historic Everett Theatre. It’s the third in a four-film series of movies starring Valentino, arguably the first male screen idol in movie history.
The fully restored movies are shown with musical accompaniment provided by Dennis James, a noted theater organist who plays the original musical scores on the theater’s 16-rank pipe organ.
The Four Horsemen, mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible, are traditionally named War, Famine, Pestilence and Death and are allegories for war’s disasters.
The Valentino film is an adaptation of an anti-war novel by Spanish writer Vicente Blasco-Ibanez set during World War I. Valentino stars as a man who finds himself in the trenches defending France while fighting members of his own family on the other side.
King County Fair: The fair season gets going on Wednesday with the opening of the King County Fair. The five-day event features carnival rides, farm animals, home-arts competitions, fair food and family activities. The fair, which runs through July 25 at the King County Fairgrounds in Enumclaw, includes concerts, a rodeo and a logging show. The Royal Hanneford Circus is free with admission.
Wednesday’s opening day has been designated Dollar Day, which means admission, parking and the carnival rides and that evening’s concert with country music star Chris Cagle are each $1.
The rest of the evening concert schedule includes: Rachel Lampa, Thursday, $5 advance, $7 door); KMPS Concert: Restless Heart reunion, July 23, free; Hit Explosion and RockARaoke, July 24, free; La Onda, July 25, $5 advance, $7 door.
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.
