Beacon Arts

🍁October on Beacon Hill: music, reading, writing, and community events are happening all month!

Every Thursday
Beacon Jams - Baja Bistro
6-10 PM

Saturday, Oct 3
South Seattle Club Fair - El Centro
10 AM-2 PM

Tuesday, Oct 6
Prime Time Reading Starts - 1607 S Forrest St.
5:30-7 PM

Saturday, Oct 24
T’Challalloween Carnival - Jefferson Community Center South Seattle Emerald
1-4 PM

Saturday, Oct 24
BA Writers Circle - Oak Restaurant & Bar
10 AM-12 PM

Make Thursday your jam night!

Beacon Jams brings music and neighbors together every Thursday at Baja Bistro . Play an instrument, sing a song, listen, or just come hang out. With DJ Smerk DJ Smerk, Sandi Fernandez Sandi Fernandez & Caleb Yi Caleb Yi 🙌

🪴BH Garden Club, 📝 BA Writer’s Circle and 🎸Beacon Jams will all be part of this great event to help folks connect with their neighbors around common interests. Come meet the people who make it all happen and learn how to join the fun! 🙌

*Update* Prime Time Reading is postponed to start on Oct 6th and there’s a couple of spots left. A free weekly evening of literary family fun for six weeks. Parents and children attend together. Your child receives up to 10 award-winning books 📚💫

Tuesdays, Oct 6th - Nov 10th , 5:30 - 7:00 pm
1607 S Forest St, Seattle

More info beacon-arts.org/primetime

It’s today (Sep 12)! Our last Street Fair of the season and we are celebrating 🇯🇵Japan on Beacon Hill.

Find us right next to BH light rail station, follow the live music to the Roberto Maestas Festival Street, check out local art vendors along the way and go inside Centilia to find Japanese art activities and displays!

At Plaza Roberto Maestas you can grab a bite or a treat from a variety of food vendors 🍣🍦🧋🍕

Happening until 5pm, don’t miss out!

Ways to learn as a family, listen to music and connect in the month of September:

Sept. 10 Beacon Jam Night, 6–10pm at Baja Bistro
Sept. 12 Street Fair: Japan on Beacon Hill, 11am–5pm
Sept. 22 Prime Time Reading, 5:30–7pm
Sept. 24 Beacon Jam Night, 6–10pm at Baja Bistro
Sept. 26 BA Writers Circle, 10am–12pm at The Oak

Go to beacon-arts.org for details!

SAVE IT AND SHARE IT! All the things happening this Saturday at the Street Fair.

Main Stage next to BH Light Rail Station
12pm Miss Minami
2pm Cherry Dragon
3pm Inochi Taiko
4pm Ichi Bichi

In Centilia Cultural Center
1660 S. Roberto Maestas Festival Street
11:30am & 1pm Tea Ceremonies
1:30pm Japanese Dance
2:30pm Interactive Dance
3:30pm Haiku Contest
3:45pm Feminist Karate Union Demo

Door prizes/raffles at 12:55, 1:25 & 2:25pm

JAPAN ON BEACON HILL • SEPT. 12 A full day of activities to celebrate Japanese culture, art & music at the Street Fair!

PERFORMANCES & ACTIVITIES
11:30 AM & 1:00 PM — Tea Ceremony led by Mrs. Naomi Takemura
1:30 & 2:30 PM — Japanese Dance by the Fujima Dance and Music Ensemble, plus an interactive dance activity led by Tazue Sasaki
3:45 PM — Feminist Women’s Karate Demonstration

DISPLAYS & ART TABLES
Sashiko by Penny Cheuk-Low
Youth photography from Youth in Focus, inspired by the Seattle Japanese Garden
Make &Play: Origami, kites & tops

VENDORS & RAFFLES
Misha Charms • Tokaragashi Confections • Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington
Raffle prizes from Panama Hotel & Kinokuniya Bookstore

11 AM–5 PM • FREE & ALL ARE WELCOME

Come explore, learn, make, and celebrate Japanese culture on Beacon Hill!