(this is reposted from the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog!

The Broadway Alley’s Pilot Books is celebrating National Small Press Month with an event every single day of March. Tonight, for example, you can enjoy readings from Crystal Curry and a book release event for Tom Hansen. The Stranger’s Paul Constant approves. The day by day slate of author appearances is below — it’s a little bit of an eye chart so click for the larger version. Meanwhile, Pilot is posting clips from each night’s fun on http://www.pilotbooksseattle.com/. Pilot Books is located at 219 Broadway E, upstairs inside the Broadway Alley.

Alleycat Acres Urban Farming Work Party This Sunday

This Sunday, the members of Seattle’s newest urban farming collective need your help to create their first farm. The team behind Alleycat Acres would like to invite 30 volunteers to Beacon Hill to come help dig, till and build on February 28.

The nonprofit organization recently acquired a fifth of an acre of donated, underused space near the Jefferson Park Golf Course, and has already started preparing it to be their first in a collection of neighborhood-focused urban farms.

From soil specialists to landscape architects, bike enthusiasts to community organizers, the group’s members bring a wide variety of skills to the field. With their diverse toolbox of knowledge and connections, the Alleycat Acres collective aims to serve the food insecure. Alleycat Acres operates on the belief that everyone, regardless of financial status, should have the opportunity to eat healthy food. The organization plans to take demographic data and community suggestions into consideration before choosing what seeds to plant.

Once they get growing, the collective’s members will be delivering produce by bicycle to the neighborhoods in which their farms are located. Produce will be available through CSA, local farmers’ markets and eventually in neighborhood corner stores. In the meantime, Alleycat Acres is looking to partner with more local landowners and volunteers to increase their growing power.

To attend the Alleycat’s first work party this Sunday, Feb. 28, please email info@alleycatacres.com. Space is limited, so please send your volunteer request today: including your name, phone number and hours available. Work party shifts will be from 9 am to 12 pm, 1 pm to 4 pm. If you would like to view the garden or ask questions, please stop by at any time. Getting to the Beacon Hill location by public transportation is efficient and low cost; please ask for suggestions. Further details will be sent to you after your request is received.

For more information or to sign up for the newsletter, please visit http://www.alleycatacres.com/.

About Alleycat Acres
Alleycat Acres is a 501(c)3 organization, fiscally sponsored through Sustainable Seattle. All donations are tax deductible. The group is always looking to develop relationships with community members and organizations. If you would like to volunteer with Alleycats, offer your vacant or unused spaces for farmland or donate tools, seeds, soil or money, please email sean@alleycatacres.com.

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Media Contact
Sarah Kuck
360-393-9713
sarah@alleycatacres.com