03 Mar A First Thursday you won’t want to miss – Updated!

If you haven’t been to a First Thursday in Pioneer Square in a while, this is one that you definitely don’t want to miss.

Art in the Park (Occidental Square Park, 11am – 8pm)
As you walk through the many galleries in downtown Seattle and Pioneer Square, don’t forget to stop through Occidental Square Park to find great deals from undiscovered local artists.

First Thursday Art Walk (Pioneer Square, 6pm – 9pm)
More than 50 art venues in the historic district showcase their latest artistic offerings. For more information on the Art Walk, click here.

Nord Alley Party VI (alley south of Grand Central Bakery building, 5pm – 9pm)
Winners of the Green Alleys competition will be announced promptly at 5pm, so make sure you’re there on time. Drawings of all of the entries will also be displayed in the Nord Alley. Here is a link to the last alley party where they unveiled their “waste not” art installation, and a link to the International Sustainability Institute’s website.

North Lot Community Celebration (FX McRory’s, 419 Occidental Ave S, 5pm-7pm)
You are cordially invited to meet the Development Team for the North Lot project to celebrate the issuance of a Master Use Permit for the North Lot project.Appetizers & non-alcoholic beverages will be served. Hosted by Daniels Development.

Save 4Culture “Laptop Rally” (Caffe Vita in the Tashiro Kaplan building, 125 Prefontaine Pl S, 6pm – 8pm)
“4Culture is the arts, culture, and historic preservation arm of King County. It gives grants, it features new local artists in its Pioneer Square gallery every month (the newest lineup here), it commissions public projects, and generally pumps energy in the ecosystem of Washington art and culture. If the bill currently in front of the state legislature doesn’t pass by March 11, then major cuts will start happening in January, and 4Culture will have no sustainable funding source into the future.”

Here’s what you can do—stop by the laptop rally, or just write a quick note from this template on your own. (from the Slog)

Location Animation Showcase (Zeitgeist Coffee, 171 S Jackson, 8pm – 9pm)
Seattle animators are bucking the computer animation trend, using lo-fi techniques to create lovely little films. See for yourself at the (free!) Local Animation Showcase, featuring work by the artists profiled in the March issue of Seattle magazine (Stefan Gruber, Tess Martin, Britta Johnson, Webster Crowell and Clyde Petersen) as well as a few fellow animators.

I think if you play your cards right, you could hit one event after the other, which makes for a very fulfilling evening. See you all there!