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Come join us for the Community Kitchen on Friday, December 10th from 12noon – 2pm at Rainier Vista Center. There is no charge and this is a fun way to meet your neighbors and get a chance to eat delicious food from around the world. Please call Kate Farmer at 206-461-4568 ext. 211 for more info.

The 5th Annual Green Seattle Day is coming up on November 6, and our local greenbelt is one of 20 sites around the city with an event!

Cheasty Greenspace is our neighborhood urban forest and the Mt. View section is a 10 acre parcel on the SW corner of Columbian and Mt. View Drive, just south of NRV. There has been a dedicated group of volunteers who have been working for the last few years to make these woods safe and accessible for our whole community with monthly cleanups and two DON Small and Simple grants. For Green Seattle, they have over 200 trees to plant and would love some volunteers.

More information about the restoration efforts for Mt. View, please visit CheastyMtView.com or Cheasty Mt. View’s page on Facebook.

Saturday, November 6
10am-2pm

Please register to come out and plant trees and continue the work in our local greenspace.

It’s NRV Neighborhood Cleanup Time! As always, come out and join your neighbors on the first Saturday of month, November 6, at 10am in the Central Park, or under the front door shelter at the Neighborhood House if it’s raining. Grab some coffee and a donut, then spend an hour or so helping us clean up New Rainier Vista. If you have them, please bring your gloves. There will be additional gloves, bags and grabbers available.

Every year, SEEDArts highlights different cultures from the diverse community of Southeast Seattle and beyond in its family focused Arts Gumbo Series. Each culture is celebrated at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center with performances, a question and answer session, participatory workshops and food samples from each culture.

On Saturday, Nov. 13 at 6pm, Arts Gumbo partners with the regionally acclaimed Northwest Tap Connection to present Rhythms of the Sole, a cultural journey through African American music guided by the sounds of rhythm tap dance. A Q&A including audience participation will follow. After the performance, a variety of traditional African American desserts will be offered.

Arts Gumbo will take place at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska St. (the SW Corner of Rainier Ave. & S. Alaska St.) in Seattle. Tickets are: $10 general admission, $7 for students and seniors, $5 for children ages 4-18, free for ages 3 and younger, and $25 for families of up to 4 people. Tickets are available at the door and online through Brown Paper Tickets at https://brownpapertickets.com/producer/1784.

A big THANK YOU to everyone involved in putting together the Multicultural Block Party this past weekend!

(There are some pics and a video on our Facebook page, in case you missed it.)

Come join your neighbors for a Multicultural Block Party Celebration! Free Food! Music and Live Performances! Games for Kids and Families!

Saturday, Sept. 25
3-7pm
Central Park

Featuring the Good Foot Performing Arts Collective, Rainier Vista Khmer Dance Group, Vietnamese Senior Dance Group and an East African Cultural Presentation.

Food will be provided, but if you can, please also bring a dish to share!

Need more info? Contact Naomi Chang at nchang@seattlehousing.org or 206-722-4010 ext 2.

The September neighborhood clean up will be Saturday, Sept. 11, at 10am at the Central Park.  Come on out, bring your gloves if you have them, spend some time with your neighbors and beautify our neighborhood.  Oh, and grab some coffee and doughnuts, too!

KaBoom is building a playground at the Boys & Girls Club across MLK, and they need volunteers for the build day.    Free breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks will be provided.  No experience necessary, just a willing spirit.  Thursday, Aug. 12 from 8am to 2:30pm.   Limited spots are available, so contact Amy at abresslour@positiveplace.org to reserve your space.

Providence Gamelin House is inviting the NRV community to a Luau on the Terrace.  Food, fun and prizes!  Friday, August 6, starting at 1pm.  For more information, please contact Providence Gamelin House at 206-723-1242.

The NRV Traffic & Safety Committee invites you to a Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness and Safety Meeting.  Please join your neighbors to discuss Emergency Preparedness and Safety Issues around our neighborhood.  Topics will include an neighborhood emergency preparedness plan and establishing a Block Watch program.

All community members welcome.  Refreshments served.  Interpretation will be provided.

Join us Monday, August 2, at 6:45pm at the Neighborhood House large community room.