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One-time events and ongoing activities (public and ticketed) in the Emerson-Garfield neighborhood.

Night Out Against Crime, Aug 7

Night Out Against Crime, Aug 7

On Tuesday, August 7 (remember: that’s the evening before the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Picnic & Potluck) there will be a special fundraiser hosted by Pizza Rita on Indiana on behalf of the annual nationwide Night Out Against Crime. The event starts at 6pm and runs until 8pm at Corbin Park [map].

Pizza Rita will be selling slices of pizza and ice-cold pop for just 50¢. All proceeds from the pizza sales will benefit COPS North Central.

Pizza Rita on Indiana

A number of items will be for sale at the event through a silent auction. As with the pizza money, all auction money goes to our local COPS Shop. There will also be Live Music (Zach Hval and The Liverwurst Lads ) and Visual Vortex fire dancers.

Please remember that this is a cash only event — that goes for the auction as well as the pizza. Although there are some tables at the park, bring your own folding chairs and  picnic blankets (not to mention your appetite!). Parking is limited, too, so plan to walk or bike a few blocks instead of driving.

Questions? Contact Pizza Rita through their Facebook page or call Brian at 953-1486.

To mark the Night Out Against Crime you can also meet at your Block Watch captain’s home. But we have a feeling that cheap pizza in the park will be just a tiny bit more fun.

Paint in My Hair (Re)Opening, Aug 9

Paint in My Hair (Re)Opening, Aug 9

When one door closes, another often opens.

It was only a few weeks ago that we were lamenting the departure of Area 58. The good news is that another Monroe Street business, Paint in My Hair, has already moved into Area 58’s vacated space and will be hosting a grand (re)opening on Thursday, August 9 starting at 10:30am.

Jessica, the owner of Paint in My Hair, closing her old shop, July 28, 2012.

The boutique left its old digs at 2810 N. Monroe on July 28 (almost one year to the day after moving in) and is now located at 3036 N. Monroe [map]. (A post that describes how the owner transformed that earlier space can be found here.)

As part of Paint in My Hair’s Grand (Re)Opening festivities, they will be raffling away three great prizes:

  • A DeWalt drill set
  • A $100 Paint in My Hair gift certificate
  • 10 Paint in My Hair tote bags to the first ten customers, each filled with goodies

In addition to the giveaways, the event will also feature Chalk Paint demos and new items for sale.

2012 Emerson-Garfield Picnic & Potluck, Aug 8

2012 Emerson-Garfield Picnic & Potluck, Aug 8

Lucky residents in Emerson-Garfield have already begun receiving their flyers for this year’s Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Picnic & Potluck, which will be held Wednesday, August 8 from 6 to 8pm in Emerson Park [map].

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The picnic/potluck is being organized by members of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council — an all-volunteer organization that’s dedicated to bringing improvements to the neighborhood and ensuring a better quality of life for residents and business owners alike.

This event will be a great chance to meet your neighbors from all over Emerson-Garfield neighborhood and to hear from EGNC members on things like:

  • Upcoming events
  • Crime reports
  • Initiatives by the City of Spokane
  • Neighborhood planning
  • Park improvements

Everyone who lives or does business in Emerson-Garfield is welcome to attend. Invite your closest neighbors! Invite members of your charity or congregation! Invite the postman! Invite the cashiers at Zips on NW Blvd and Pizza Rita on Indiana or the baristas at Caffe Delicio!

There will be free hot dogs and soda, but all participants are kindly asked to please bring a dish (seriously, folks, please bring a dish!) to ensure that we’ve got enough food and enough variety. It could be a bowl of your homemade potato salad, a bag of tortilla chips and a jar of salsa, or some fruit from a local grocer.

Costs for all the supplies are coming out of our own pockets, so if you’re feeling generous, here’s what else we could use:

  • Extra utensils
  • Extra cups
  • Additional hot dogs or burgers (and buns)
  • Juice

Please let us know if you’re bringing any of the above so we can plan accordingly. Leave a comment below, e-mail us, or call (509) 325-4340.

A neighborhood council meeting will follow the event, which means you can take part and decide if you’d like to become an active member.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Monroe St. Pub Crawl July 28

Monroe St. Pub Crawl July 28

The fifth annual Monroe Street Pub Crawl will be held this Saturday, July 28, starting at 5pm.

This pub crawl is organized by Great Shape! Inc., a nonprofit that facilitates health care and education projects in Jamaica. The pub crawl is one of its two annual fundraisers
that help send volunteers to Jamaica to provide families with eye care, dental care, and literacy programs.

The event will start at Scout [map] at 1001 W. 1st Ave (i.e., corner of Monroe and 1st) at 5pm and continue north on Monroe as the evening progresses. There are ten bars/taverns/pubs on the itinerary, including (* denotes an Emerson-Garfield business):

Registration is $25. Sign up by filling out the online registration form, or get in touch with Hannah Phalen for more info.

Christ Our Hope Neighborhood Garage Sale July 28

Christ Our Hope Neighborhood Garage Sale July 28

Christ Our Hope Bible Church [map] will be holding a neighborhood garage sale this Saturday, July 28, from 9am to 1pm. It will take place in the church’s parking lot at 1620 N. Monroe.

It’s free to shop, of course, and even better — it’s free for vendors.

COHBC will take care of all promotional activity and set up tables in the church parking lot. Members of the community can sign up to sell their own items at one of those tables.

Setup will begin at 8am, and tables must be cleared of goods by 2pm. Participants ought to remain at their assigned table for the duration of the event, since COHBC won’t assume any responsibility for pricing, minding, or selling participants’ goods.

If you’d like to reserve a table, RSVP — for the record, that means répondez s’il vous plaît, or “please respond” — to Mark Baker via markalanbaker@gmail.com or call him on (509) 979-9903. It’s important that you get in touch promptly because they will need to know how many tables to reserve.

You can download the flyer as a PDF to keep for handy reference or to print out and help spread the word.