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Get Out: Weekend Planner Aug 26-28

Check our picks for the activities and hot spots to hit this weekend.

It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do for the weekend.

Mercer Island Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit and new bars/restaurants/shops to explore.

 

  • Where/When: 8 p.m. Fri, Aug 26 at .
  • Why Go: The Fat Chance Opera Company is coming to the Mercer Island Covenant Church this Friday to present Opera and Operetta Scenes from various Operas in a fun performance that will definitely has a sense of humor. All of the performing artists are local residents that have a passion in music and singing. The performance is also a great way to present operas to those who may not like operas in general. Enjoy the show!
  • Pricing: $10.00 suggested donation. Tax deductible receipt provided. 

 

Seahawks Pre-Season Football

  • Where/When: 6 p.m. Sat, Aug 27 at .
  • Why Go: It's not a regular season game, but it'll be the best look at the Seahawk's new squad you've seen all year. Most of the starting players are expected to play a full three quarters if not more. Get the The Islander early to take advantage of the 3-6 p.m. happy hour.
  • Pricing: No cover.

 

  • Where/When: 7:45-11:30 p.m. Sat, Aug 27 at Mercerdale Park.
  • Why Go: Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and flashlights to Mercerdale Park this Saturday night for the last of the Movie in the Park series. The featured movie will be the family friendly film Tangled, starring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy. Keep an eye on the weather though, the showing will be cancelled during inclement weather.
  • Cost: Free.

 

  • Where/When: 5:30 - 7 p.m. Sun, Aug 28 at .
  • Why Go: Join the Mercer Island Arts Council's for the last installment of their summer concert series, Mostly Music in the Park. Swamp Soul will be the featured musicians. Not sure of what to expect from Swamp Soul? Check out this clip of the group in action.
  • Pricing: Free.

 

UFC RIO

  • Where/When: 6 p.m. Sat, Aug 28 at various locations, use the UFC Bar Finder to view a list of bars or restaurants showing the fights.
  • Why Go: The World Middleweight Championship is on the line this Saturday as Anderson "Spider" Silva aims to avenge is last loss (disqualification in 06') against Yushin Okami. Also on the card this Saturday, is the highly anticipated rematch of Forrest Griffin and Shogun Rua. Need a little more back story to get into these fights? This pomo should do the trick.
  • Pricing: Usually no cover.

 

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Jerry Gropp Architect AIA May 15, 2013 at 02:07 pm
The Jury is still out. I liked the "Old Patch". J
Linda Mammano April 12, 2013 at 10:43 am
That is the best commentary on the subject to date. This should be on the front page of every localRead More newspaper. Finally pressure to bear. Thank you!!!
Thomas Imrich April 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Excellent assessments today, both by Mr. Horn here, and by Mr. Cero in today's MI Reporter. The keyRead More is that we need new blood in both the legislature, and in our City Council, to actually better understand the problems at hand and potential real solutions we'll need. Many of our elected and appointed officials are poorly representing their constituency. For example, Ms. Clibborn could readily put the brakes on this I-90 tolling tax diversion to fund 520 fiasco, in a heartbeat, through her leadership position for state transportation. But despite that tolling is a terrible precedent, and could even undermine the entire national interstate highway system, Ms. Clibborn is CHOOSING NOT TO fight I-90 bridge tolling. Apparently she and some of our waffling weak kneed Council members have made their choices about this issue, and about other debacles, like our seriously flawed highly subsidized mass transit, and our pending loss of carpool lanes. Now it is approaching the time to make our decisions, in the next election.
Kevin Scheid April 9, 2013 at 01:59 pm
Great article Jim. So despite the bad decisions and bad policy by the legislature, we can gatherRead More that the way out of this mess is to raise gas tax appropriately to pay for the roads. Additionally I might add, we can scale down on the upgrades and delay constructing the approaches to the 520 bridge. Scaling back these upgrades should not affect the safety or construction schedule of the 520 bridge and may eliminate the funding shortage entirely.