From the Broadway to Ross Island bridges, Goose Hollow to Ladd's Addition, people will begin gathering at 11 a.m. Lakeman will be live on KBOO 90.7 FM, .announcing where gaps need to be filled. It's a point where all the work we've been doing to change the city coalesces. Then that evening from 5 p.m. on, City Repair will sponsor what Lakeman says is Pioneer Square's first summer solstice event. People are asked to bring food for a mega-potluck, as well as their own artwork for display.
Musical instruments are welcome, and entertainment is slated on five stages.
The event, like everything City Repair does, is an effort to break public space free of the commercialism that characterizes most public gatherings. There's no affiliations or entry price. The environment and openness create their own dynamic. Sharing brings out more abundance, and reduces our psychological necessity for material rewards. If you want to talk about simplification, start with sharing.