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Third Thursday

Edmonds Art Walk.  Galleries are open from 5-8pm.  E-mail ansons66@yahoo.com.

Tacoma Art Walk.  Tacoma's galleries, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum, and the Washington State History Museum are open from 5-8pm.  All three museums are free.  Info: 253/272-4258.

Upper Queen Anne Art Walk, 6-8pm.  E-mail info@bouncingwall.com.

Third Saturday

Everett Art Walk, 4-7pm.  Visit www.everettartwalk.org.

LaConner Art Walk, 4-8pm.

Last Thursday

MIcrosoft Art Collection Tours.  Open to the public, free.  RSVP two weeks in advance artevent@microsoft.com.  Maximum of 40 can register.

October 16

The 2009 Soil Art Auction held at the Lawrimore Project, 831 Airport Way S., 6pm. Auction preview at noon. Art, food, drinks, friends, and music, all for $10.

October 16 – ?

At 11am, Max Grover Gallery, located at 820 Water Street in Port Townsend, start the selling of all gallery inventory so Sherry and Max can have more time to paint and get on with the joys of living.

October 17

Opening weekend celebration at the downtown Seattle Art Museum for two shows: Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act and Michelangelo Public and Private. Art, music, games, kids' art shows, family tours and more.

Family Day at the Seattle Art Museum from 10am to 3pm.

Art Rumble in Sodo, an all-day open studio event with the 1020 Building (above Ouch My Eye located at 1022 First Avenue South) and the Bemis Building from noon-8pm. Over 25 artist studios will be open to the public in both buildings. An artist reception is scheduled at Ouch My Eye from 8pm-midnight.

Ten visual artists are pitching in to help start a new dance company in Seattle, Whim W’Him. Steven Jensen, Mark Zappone, Casey Curran, Michael Liang, Mary Crane, Catherine Lepoutre, Jared Rue, D. Kleck, and Margo Spellman have all donated art for a dinner/silent auction to be held at Steve Jensen Studios, 1424 Tenth Avenue. For more information, call Deborah Cobain at 425.246.5056.

October 17 & 18

The Big Red Barn Festival at Countryside Meadows, 21916 7th. Avenue NE in Arlington, from 9am - 5pm. The festival is a family-oriented event that includes a children's art show, plant sale, and art exhibitors representing a variety of mediums from oils, watercolors, and acrylics to jewelry, pottery, and garden art. No charge.

October 17 – November 1

Tacoma Art Museum and Centro Latino celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Observed in Mexican and other Latin American communities on November 1 and 2 (All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day), Dia de los Muertos is a powerful, symbolic celebration in honor of relatives and friends who have died. The belief is that death is not the end, but rather the beginning of a new stage in life; therefore these celebrations are joyous, not mournful. Alongside the traditional tapete (sand painting) that fills the lobby and more than a dozen altars made by community organizations, this year’s festival will include a collective altar on which everyone is welcome to contribute their own ofrendas (offerings) to lost loved ones.