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Wonderade Punch List · From the archive
Seattle Weekend
Sep 26 to Sep 27
A past weekend. Written after the fact from what local sources listed and the weather that actually happened.
Seattle stayed dry and cloudy, with highs of 60 and 61. Saturday held storytime with Nancy Stewart, a sculpture park tour, bilingual aquarium talks and family improv, and Sunday was a farm festival day.
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What the weather did
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Saturday
60° / 49°
Cloudy, no rain.
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Sunday
61° / 51°
Cloudy, no rain.
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The weather rule that weekend: Cool day: bring a jacket and plan the outdoor stuff for midday, when it's warmest.
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Saturday picks |
 9:30 am |
Mercer Island's own Nancy Stewart, an award-winning singer and songwriter, led Singing and Stories at Island Books, a free storytime made for the 1-4 year old set.
Island Books · Free · Indoors
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| 1 to 2 pm |
The Olympic Sculpture Park offered a free hour-long guided tour of its artworks and the four landscapes that reflect Pacific Northwest ecosystems, a walking-shoes kind of outing.
Olympic Sculpture Park · Free · Outdoors, open sun
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 2:30 to 4 pm |
¡Vamos al Acuario! at the Seattle Aquarium celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with animal talks in Spanish and English and a digital scavenger hunt in three languages, with prizes for finishers.
Seattle Aquarium · Included with admission · Indoors
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 Evening |
ComedySportz at The Atlas Theatre played improv comedy as a sport, two teams competing for laughs on audience suggestions, with rules that kept it clean for families.
The Atlas Theatre · $17.50 to $20.50 · Indoors
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Also Saturday: Sukkot Open House at Kol Ami let families visit classrooms, meet teachers and stay for Pizza in the Hut, a yearly Sukkot tradition. (Free · Indoors and out)
Also Saturday: Craven Farm Fall Festival brought families to the Snohomish Valley's original pumpkin patch, with free admission and pay-as-you-go pumpkins and activities. (Admission is free; pay for pumpkins and activities you select · Outdoors, open sun)
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Sunday picks |
 10 to 11:30 am |
Craven Farm, the Snohomish Valley's original pumpkin patch, ran its Fall Festival with activities for all ages. Admission was free, with pumpkins and activities paid for as chosen.
Craven Farm · Admission is free; pay for pumpkins and activities you select · Outdoors, open sun
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| 12 to 1:30 pm |
Stocker Farms held its Fall Festival with a U-Pick pumpkin patch, a corn maze, jumping pillows, zip lines, pig races and a cow train. Some attractions ran only on weekends.
Stocker Farms · $2 to $30.95 · Outdoors, open sun
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| 2 to 3:30 pm |
Swans Trail Farms ran its Harvest Festival with U-Pick apples and pumpkins, a pumpkin garden and the Washington State Corn Maze, shaped like the state itself.
Swan’s Trail Farms · $1 to $25 · Outdoors, open sun
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Also Sunday: Public Sail at the Center for Wooden Boats took passengers out on Lake Union with volunteer skippers, on boats from steamboats to schooners. (Free · Outdoors, open sun)
Also Sunday: Mom+ Kid Flower Workshop at Sunlight Gallery & Studio paired moms and kids to build mason jar arrangements from seasonal garden flowers, with a Strawberry Basil Fizz and tips from Tara. ($95 · Indoors)
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