Tag: events
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Riding STP for a cause
Why do people ride Cascade Bicycle Club’s annual Seattle to Portland? There are going to be quite a few people asking themselves this exact question this weekend at some point during their 200-mile ride. But every year, there are people riding for a specific cause, using the feat as a way to draw attention to…
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Saturday-Sunday: The Nine to Five is an all-night scavenger hunt by bike
The Nine to Five is a classic, legendary Seattle event that has been making its return in recent years. It is a wonderful counterpoint to the Fremont Solstice Parade bike ride. Rather than celebrate the long day of sun, the Nine to Five celebrates the short night. Riders will hit the streets from sunset to…
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Thursday: Feit will release poetry collection ‘The Night of Electric Bikes’ at Good Weather
Josh Feit is a longtime reporter, a co-founder of PubliCola News and now a writer for Sound Transit. But on Thursday, he’ll showcase a different kind of writing: urban design poetry. Head to Good Weather Bicycle & Cafe in Capitol Hill’s Chophouse Row at 7 p.m. Thursday to hear Feit read from his new poetry…
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When I say ‘Bike Everywhere Month,’ I mean EVERYWHERE
The long winter finally ended recently in Seattle, just in time for the year’s first heat wave. The sun is out, so biking energy is endless. Seattleites in sunlight are like sharks: they must keep biking in order to breathe. Bike Everywhere Month is well underway, and the number of events is not slowing down.…
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Seattle Neighborhood Greenways event will imagine ‘pedestrian streets in every Seattle neighborhood’
OK, OK, yes, it is ridiculous that Pike Place allows cars (especially non-delivery vehicles). But that is just one little street downtown, and it tends to take up most of the space in local conversations about pedestrianizing streets. Let try this statement on for size: There should be at least one pedestrian street in every…
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Bicycle Film Festival returns to Seattle May 6
The Bicycle Film Festival will screen May 6 at the Egyptian Theater on Capitol Hill. And among the short films featured is “A short film about Seattle bike messengers, day laborers, and outsourcing gone wild.” Tickets are $30. From the event listing: BFF Seattle presents an international short film program. Oscar nominated and award-winning shorts…
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