Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

" Please join us to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and to recognize our individual and collective responsibility to continue his important work. The theme for this year's celebration is "No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

The celebration will include music by the King County MLK Singers and a performance by award-winning spoken word artist Christa Bell. The keynote address will be delivered by King County Councilmember Larry Gossett, one of King County's human rights icons. Other speakers at the celebration will include County Executive Dow Constantine and King County Council Chair Larry Phillips. The event will also feature the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Essay Award ceremony, sponsored by the King County Civil Rights Commission.

A very limited number of 2014 MLK Calendars will also be available at the celebration on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Paramount Theatre is accessible. Sign language interpretation will be provided. Other reasonable accommodations will be provided upon advance request. For more information or to request reasonable accommodations, please contact Paula Harris-White at the Department of Executive Services at 206-263-2444 or paula.harris-white@kingcounty.gov. "

For more info. go here.

Image courtesy of Starbucks

Woohoo - Was I happy to see this email in my inbox this evening! Starbucks is doing their We-love-you Fridays promo for a third year with free tickets to lots of fun events! They are doing this once again to thank customers for their patronage over the past 40+ years!

We checked this out the last two years and it has been awesome! We've previously picked up free tickets for Mariner's Games and the Seattle Art Museum and we've had a blast!

So what you do is on the following Fridays you can go into a Seattle area Starbucks (see participating stores link below) after 3pm and pick up a voucher at the cash register. No purchase is necessary...just ask and they will just hand it right to you. There will usually be a line but it goes really fast! Also, according to their FAQs page there will be about 100+ vouchers available per store on those Fridays.

FYI - You can text “SEATTLE” to 697289 to receive We-Love-You Fridays reminders too!

Here is the line up for 2012:

Giveaway date: May 18
One free admission to select Seattle International Film Festival screenings.

Giveaway date: May 25
One free adult admission to the Seattle Art Museum.

Giveaway date: June 1
Four tickets to an exclusive film screening of Sister Act at The Paramount Theatre on July 8, 2012 at 6:30pm.

Giveaway date: June 8
One free adult admission to Woodland Park Zoo.

More free summer fun thanks to Starbucks!! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

For more info go here.

For participating Seattle stores go here.

For FAQs on the promo go here.

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014