This Week in Freeattle, March 29, 2010

This Week in Freeattle has the usual variety of events: duct tape wallets, online marketing, kayaking, park tours, author events, spring cleaning lessons, teen video game tournaments, and Easter egg hunts for the whole family. But if you have a special interest in Asian culture, this is your week! There are also Korean puppets, Chinese and Japanese movies, and Japanese woodblocks. 

Monday, March 29, 7pm: The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon-Thistle Theatre Puppets at the Mercer Island Library. “Ages 3 and older. In this Korean folktale, a young tiger, thinking he is the fiercest in all Korea, ventures down a mountainside in search of food. He overhears a mother trying to stop her daughter from crying with a piece of dried persimmon (kotgum). The silly tiger thinks the kotgum must be a very frightening creature if it can instantly stop a child from crying. Afraid that the kotgum will find him, the Tiger hides in the barn where a thief is hiding!”

Tuesday, March 30

• 6:30pm: Online Marketing 101 Talk at Des Moines Library. “In this class presented by GoGoPin, you will learn how to make use of free, online marketing tools to sell your items, promote your small business, or start an online business.”
• 7pm: The Bowron Lakes Kayak/ Canoe Circuit Talk at Seattle REI.

Wednesday, March 31

• 12:30-2:30pm: Kite-Making with the Museum of Flight at the South Park Branch Library. For ages 6 and up.
• 3pm: Duct Tape Wallets Workshop for Teens. “In this workshop, we will use different colored duct tape and a few simple tools to make personalized wallets. Just bring yourself and an unlimited imagination. Anyone in middle or high school is welcome to attend.”

Thursday, April 1

• Free First Thursday at Local Museums!
• 12pm: City Hall Concert: The CREATION Project (New work by four African-American performing artists).
• 4pm: Game On! Rock Band 2 Tournament for Teens and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii Tournament for Teens at the Federal Way Library.
• 6pm: Music and the Legacy of Slavery: Daniel Atkinson at the Northwest African American Museum. “Atkinson's lecture will explore the musical legacy of the Angola State Penitentiary, the world's largest maximum security prison. His discussion will highlight how slave music from the antebellum south has been translated into the cultural vernacular of Angola.
• 7pm: Dark Coast Press Presents "An Dantomine Eerly" Book Release Party at the Richard Hugo House. “Join Dark Coast Press for a raucous night of new fiction, booze and gypsy-jazz!”

Friday, April 2

• 6pm & 8:30pm: Teen Flashlight Egg Hunt. High Point Community Center at 6pm and Southwest Pool and Community Center at 8:30pm.
• 7pm: Rutter Requiem at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. John Rutter's Requiem under the direction of Allen Leslie. The performance will feature the Aldersgate Chancel Choir with Oboe, Harp, Cello, Flute, Organ and Timpani instrumentalists. The performance is free of charge and all are welcome.
• 7pm: Walter Mosley Reads at the Central Library. “Walter Mosley’s new hero, Leonid McGill, is back in the second book in Mosley’s mystery series that began with ‘The Long Fall.’ Mosley tells a contemporary story, written in classic noir style, with a complicated plot and a strong, conflicted main character, who is searching for redemption in a world that forces him to choose between his newly found principles and survival.”

Saturday, April 3

• 10am: Spring Egg Hunt at the Southwest Pool & Community Center. “Bring your children to look for eggs in the grass. There will be prizes and fun for the entire family. Come early and have breakfast from 8:30-10:30 AM.”
• 10:30am: Spring Egg Hunt at the Yesler Community Center. “Every spring, hundreds of little bunnies and their families turn out to participate in our annual Egg Hunt at Yesler Playfield. Candy, treats, balloons and good friends have made this a holiday tradition for many families!”
• 12pm & 1pm: Olympic Sculpture Park Public Tour: Site, Sculpture, Shoreline: Discover the Olympic Sculpture Park. “Explore the Olympic Sculpture Park’s dynamic spaces, learning about the design and layout of the park, the site history from the Duwamish to Unocal, selected sculptures and more. Bring your walking shoes for this 60-minute adventure! Free and open to the public.”
• 1:30pm: Free Kids' Film: My Neighbors the Yamadas at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. “Japanese animation, 104 min. A charming tale about a fun family! Kid Flicks are a great way to spend your Free First Saturday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Make a movie date with the museum on the first Saturday of the month from fall to spring.”
• 11am-2pm: Free First Saturday at Seattle Asian Art Museum. “Celebrate the opening weekend celebration of the Japanese woodblock print exhibition Fleeting Beauty with art making, music and more.”
• 2:30pm: “Red Cliff" Film Screening (Chinese w/English Subtitles). “Join us in the free screening of the Chinese film ‘Red Cliff,’ directed by John Woo. This film is based on the Battle of Red Cliff and events during the end of the Han Dynasty, immediately prior to the period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China. The movie is in Chinese Mandarin with English subtitles.
• 3pm: Paper and Filing Solutions for Busy People at the Woodinville Library.

Sunday, April 4, 11am & 1pm: Free Arboretum Tours on First and Third Sundays. Check back here this week for my report back from these great tours.