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Sophie Wrenchey Gallery seeks artists

Fremont Baptist Church is looking for student, emerging and experienced artists to display their work at the Sophie Wrenchey Gallery located in the church. Works need not be of a religious nature, though Fremont Baptist does ask artists to consider the children in their audience.

The Sophie Wrenchey Gallery is open when the church sanctuary is in use for events such as worship services, weddings and concerts, or by appointment. The Gallery includes three walls totaling about 20 linear feet of display space.

Fremont Baptist Church is located at 717 N 36th St. For more information, call 632-7994.

Seattle Public Theater offers kids' workshops

If there are budding thespians in your home who need something to do this summer, you may want to check out the Seattle Public Theater's children's workshops at the Bathhouse Theater at Green Lake.

The drama workshops, which vary in length and theme will each end in a production. Seattle Public Theater will offer programs for kids from grades three through 12. The workshops will run from July 9 to Aug. 17.

Perhaps the best news is that scholarships are available. In April, the City's Department of Neighborhoods announced a Small and Simple Project Fund Award of $9,059 to the Green Lake Community Council, which will help support the program and provide both full and partial scholarships.

Shana Bestock, education director at Seattle Public Theater, said that the scholarships will be need-based, although candidates should demonstrate a commitment to the program. While the theater did run successful workshops last summer, they'd like more participants, 140 kids to exact, this time around.

"Tremendously creative, wonderful things are happening inside (the Bathhouse Theater)," Bestock said. "My goal is to use the Bathhouse as the community resource it should be." For more information, call 328-4848.

'Great Men of Science' opens at Empty Space

The Empty Space Theatre will present its season finale show, "Great Men of Science, Nos. 21 & 22" from June 6 through July 15.

"Great Men of Science" is a play about the struggles of two historical figures, Jacques de Vaucanson, an inventor and Lazzaro Spallanzani, a biologist. The play, written by Glen Berger, premiered in Los Angles in 1998 and won both the L.A. Weekly Award and the Ovation Award for Best Play. It will be directed at the Empty Space by Dan Fields and will star Eric Ray Anderson and Burton Curtis as the two scientists.

The Empty Space Theatre is located at 3509 Fremont Ave. N.

Art in Mineral Springs park

On Saturday, June 30, Friends of Mineral Springs/North Seattle Park and the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department will co-sponsor an Art-in-the-Park event.

The event will take place between 10 am and 6 pm. Local artist Darwin Nordin will help create the first artwork for the park with community participation. In addition, the Anzanga Marimba band around noon.

Mineral Springs/North Seattle Park located on N. 105th Street between Northgate Way and Meridian Ave. N.

For more info contact Sydney Cushing at 362-4181.

Fremont Fair, June 15-17

The 30th annual Fremont Fair will kick off with a Briefcase Relay and Fun Run starting at the "Waiting for the Interurban" statue on Friday, 6 p.m., to be followed by a concert at Red Hook Brewery.

The festivities shift into high gear at noon Saturday with the Fremont Art Council's annual Solstice Parade, featuring an always-eclectic procession of trolls, butterflies, towering puppets and floats. The parade route starts at 1st Ave. N and N. 36th and proceeds west to Fremont Ave., and west again along N. 34th. This year's Fair will feature the live Pirate's Parrots demonstration for kids, five music stages with over 50 acts, a three-night concert series at Redhook Brewery, and over 350 crafts booths. Also scheduled: a Solstice Pageant at Adobe Plaza 3 p.m. Saturday, and the Seattle Art Car Blowout at N. 35th, between Phinney and 1st NW. An Art Car parade will be held Sunday, 1-2 p.m. Admission is free. For details, visit the Fair Web site: www.fremontfair.com.

Even yours truly, (Clayton Park) will be performing as well. Come see me at the Redhook Mainstage at 2:10 p.m. on Sunday with my friends including Eric 4-A, owner of Vagrant Studios in the University area.

Greenwood Seafair Parade welcomes entries

The organizing committee for the 51st annual Greenwood Seafair Parade is seeking applications from those interested in participating in the parade. This year's parade will be held on Wednesday, July 25.

Last year's parade have 120 entries and we hope this year's parade will attract some new and imaginative entries.

"This year's theme is the 'Galaxy of Stars,'" says Greenwood Parade chair Marcia Brunner. "We would love to have more floats and bands."

The deadline for applying is July 1. Call the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber for an application. They can be reached at 789-1148.

This year's corporate sponsors include the following: Washington Mutual, Phinney Neighborhood Association, Pelayo Antiques, Bartell Drugs, Starbucks Coffee, Gene Johnson Plumbing & Heating, Scanwest Autosport, Mae's Phinney Ridge Cafe, Chuck Tompkins/Edward Jones Investments, Romio's Pizza & Pasta, Crosswalk Tavern & Restaurant, Couth Buzzard Used Books, Windermere NW Inc., A-1 Piano Sales & Rental, St. John's School, Greenwood Masonic Lodge, Birdem Turkish Rugs, and the Jet City Maven.

For more information, call Brunner at 789-6841.