The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is Monday, so closures and MLK Day events are included below as well as the weekend’s events. Sports-wise, there are sadly no more Seahawks games, but the Rat City Rollergirls kick off their season at the Key with their first bout on Saturday. And, film buffs should check out SIFF Uptown’s encore presentation of the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival and one-night only showing of Glengarry Glen Ross. Happy long weekend to those of you with Monday off!
Holiday Closures:
Traffic Impacts:
- Mercer: 9am-3pm, Tuesday, Jan 22 – Friday, Jan 25, lane restrictions on eastbound Mercer for installation of new signal poles and mast arms at the intersection of Mercer and Fairview. Two eastbound lanes will remain open to traffic between Terry Ave N and Fairview Ave N.
- Aurora Bridge: Bridge reduced to one lane in each direction 9pm-5am Sunday, Jan 20 – Thursday, Jan 24; Fremont Way N southbound on-ramp to the Aurora Bridge will be closed 9pm-5am Sunday, Jan 20 – Thursday, Jan 24
- I-5 Reconstruction: Friday, Jan 18 to Monday, Jan. 21, 10pm-5am, ramps from S. Columbian Way to the West Seattle Bridge, 6th Avenue S. and southbound I-5 will be closed. The ramp from S. Columbian Way to northbound I-5 will remain open.
Multi-Day Events:
- American Buffalo, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Center, Jan 11-Feb 3
- A Doll’s House, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Center, Jan 2-27
- Seattle Opera – Cinderella, McCaw Hall, Jan 12-26
- The Last Reef 3D, Pacific Science Center IMAX, Jan 11-April 11
- Nordic Lights Film Festival, SIFF Film Center, Jan 18-20
- The Impression of Amundsen: Roald Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition 1910–1912, Nordic Heritage Museum, Jan 18-March 3
- 39th Annual Model Railroad Show, Pacific Science Center, Jan 19-21, 10am
Friday, January 18
- Supporting Families in Newtown, Seattle Children’s Museum, 10am-5pm – $1 from each paid admission will be donated to Everwonder Children’s Museum in Newtown, CT
- Martin Luther King Jr. 39th Annual Community Celebration presented by the Seattle Community Colleges, Mount Zion Baptist Church (Capitol Hill), noon-1:30pm
- Queen Anne Pool Movie Night – “Brave” 6:30-8pm, $3.75youth/$5.25 adult
- SIFF Uptown New & Continuing Films: Barbara, Les Miserables, Django Unchained, Silver Linings Playbook, The Miami Connection
Saturday, January 19
- North Seattle French School K-1 Open House, Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Association Blue Room, 9am-noon
- Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy Planting Event, Discovery Park, 1pm-4pm Call 206-386-4237 to register
- Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival 2013 Encore Screening, SIFF Uptown, 4pm
- Rat City Rollergirls, Key Arena, doors open 4:30pm
Sunday, January 20
- Charlyne Yi, Vera Project, 7:30pm
Monday, January 21
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, UW HUB Ballroom, 8am-9am
- Martin Luther King Day Annual Rally & March, Garfield High School, 9:30am workshop, 11am Rally, 12:30pm March to Federal Building
- Glengarry Glen Ross, SIFF Uptown (one-night only), 7pm
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