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Friday, January 16, 2009

Your Guide to Seattle's Inauguration Parties - UPDATED

Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:20 PM

The Stranger's Inauguration Day party at the Triple Door is sold out. (For those of you with tickets, doors open at 7 AM so you can watch the whole damn thing—marching bands, Rick Warren, etc.) But there's plenty of other events around town to choose from. Here's a list of what we've got so far. If you have an event to include, e-mail me. I'll post updates Monday.

Inauguration Day Viewing Party at Town Hall
Watch the inauguration on a big screen! The event is free—coffee, tea, and pastries are available for purchase. Doors open at 8:30 am. More info.

Watch the Inauguration at the Seattle Center
They'll have live coverage of the inauguration at the Seattle Center's Center House, as well as a radio broadcast over the sound system in the International Fountain. The event is free, doors open at 8 am. More info.

Inauguration Day Breakfast at SPORT
SPORT's Chef John Howie is oepning the doors at 8:30 am and serving breakfast pizzas, Mimosas, Bloody Marys and more to celebrate the inauguration, which will be broadcasted on 29 HDTVs and a giant 130" screen. Reservations may be made by calling (206) 404-7767.

Inauguration Day Breakfast at the BottleNeck Lounge
Special guest chef Lisa Hogeland is serving breakfast (croissant with eggs and Virginia ham, the Blue State Scramble, bagels and lox), Bloody Marys, and mimosas. The event is free, reservations not required. More info.

Inauguration party at Faire Gallery Cafe
Watch the inauguration on three TVs and enjoy an "Obama Stimulus Package"—a bottle of Champagne, cheese and cracker plate, and two Obama cookies for $20! The event is free.

Watch the Presidential Inauguration at Presse
Café Presse will broadcast live the inauguration of Barack Obama. "In years to come, when people ask 'where were you when...' you will be able to answer: Café Presse!"

The 44th Presidential Inauguration Celebration at the Paramount
The Paramount is opening doors at 7 am and broadcasting the inauguration live on the big screen. The event is free (and so is the food!). More info.

32nd District Democrats' Presidential Inauguration Watch Party
Watch the inauguration live—coffee and snacks will be available, and a $10 donation at the door is appreciated, but not required. Doors open at 8 am at the Shoreline Conference Center.

Inauguration Day Celebration at West 5
Don't want to watch the inauguration, but still want to the reap the benefits? There are no TVs at West 5, but they've got Happy Hour going all day from 11-6 with $4 Bloody Marys and mimosas.

Presidential Inauguration Viewing in Council Chambers
The Council will host a viewing of the Presidential inauguration ceremonies in the Council Chambers at 8:30 am, which will replace the Council Briefings session for that day.

Watch the Ceremony at Northwest African American Museum
The Northwest African American Museum has partnered with Community for Youth to celebrate the swearing-in of Barack Obama with music and spoken word. Doors open at 8 am, the event is free (donations accepted), and light refreshments will be served. More info.

Inauguration Party at Jillian's
Watch the inauguration on one of Jillian's many TVs. Doors open early at 8 am—there will be drink specials, prizes, giveaways, and more.

Inauguration Party at Capitol Club
The Capitol Club will show the Inauguration on the big screen upstairs. There are drink specials all day and a breakfast buffet for $10.

Watch the Inauguration at Murphy's
Doors open early at 8 am for live coverage of the Inauguration ceremony with special Bloody Marys served all day—instead of celery, they come with a branch of "Barackoli." Domestic beers are on special all day and all night so you can celebrate being American.

Enjoy an ObamLette at Magnolia Village Pub
ObamLettes and $4 Bloody Marys and mimosas until 3pm.

Inauguration Day Walkout and Rally
"Help us celebrate the end of the Bush regime, and remind President-elect Obama who it was that got him into office. Bring your banners, flags, signs, megaphones, drums, horns, but most importantly, bring your VOICE!!!" UW students are rallying at Red Square at 10:30 am, then busing to Seattle Central Community College. A march from Seattle University will begin at 1 pm, and conclude at Westlake Center for another rally, guest speakers, and live music. For more information, visit http://j20celebration.blogspot.com/.

All-Day Inauguration Party at Moe Bar
Two flat screen TVs will be showing the inaugural events all day. Pike Street Fish Fry will offer a special breakfast menu, and Moe Bar's got drink specials from morning to night including $2 wells and $2 PBR and High Life. It's free and doors open at 8 am.

Inauguration Day Viewing at South Lake Union Discovery Center
They'll broadcast the inauguration live on a massive screen, with some breakfast refreshments for all guests. Doors open at 8:30 am, the event is free.

Seattle Museum of the Mysteries's Inauguration Party
This free party lasts all day—watch the event on the big screen and share your predictions.

Inauguration Viewing Party at the University Book Store
Watch the Inauguration at the University Book Store on the Ave. Doors open at 9 am, the event is free.

**Both the Palace Ballroom and Central Cinema events are sold out, therefore not included.

And that's just a list of what's happening on the MORNING of January 20th. The list of afternoon and evening events is coming soon.

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1
Hey Megan - I work in Bellevue, is there any hope should I say, "run out for coffee" for a few hours???
Posted by BenJ on January 16, 2009 at 3:24 PM
2
Is there a party with the King County Republicans? The UW Daily?
Posted by Planck of Woods on January 16, 2009 at 3:27 PM
3

Democrips are still busters.
Posted by Rebloodican on January 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM
4
Who the hell are you people that you don't have to be at work all day on Tuesday?! Especially the day after a holiday! I'm so effing jealous. I'm going to have to figure out how to secretly watch CNN.com, with earbuds, in the middle of a sea of cubicles filled with Republicans. No parades here.
Posted by i hate my job on January 16, 2009 at 3:35 PM
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Fear not day-shifters! There is going to be a fantastic night-time ball at Rebar on Tues. Jan 20th.

Hosted by Seattle's own Ade' there will be hors-d'ouerves and a big show with burlesque, musical comedy, drag and live vocals.

The theme is "Return to Camelot". So were those fab 60's threads.

Door is at 8. Show at 9. Cover $5 for partiers wearing 60's chic, $10 otherwise, no-host bar.
Posted by finally, something worth celebrating on January 16, 2009 at 3:48 PM
6
The listing for The Paramount says concessions will be for sale, not free. Please double check.
Posted by TheMisanthrope on January 16, 2009 at 3:52 PM
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Watch the Inauguration at the University Book Store on the Ave. Doors open at 9 am, the event is free.

seeing as the swearing in occurs at 9am, it sounds like the UW bookstore won't be an ideal place to watch everything. hopefully they'll open earlier.
Posted by stinkbug on January 16, 2009 at 4:00 PM
8
I thought the swearing in was at 11:30? Is that Eastern time?
Posted by Fnarf on January 16, 2009 at 4:01 PM
9
Where is the Spitfire event? I heard they were doing something.

Also Cafe Racer is supposedly having an event.
Posted by Christopher Stefan on January 16, 2009 at 4:23 PM
10
Just received this email from ERW:


It’s not breakfast as usual... Come join ERW as we celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama at Martin’s Off Madison!

There will be $20 brunch specials, along with mimosas and bloody mary’s available for purchase while pro-equality folks watch the inauguration together.


Posted by whoopee on January 16, 2009 at 4:34 PM
11
fnarf, here's a schedule with *eastern* times:

http://inaugurationday2009.com/schedule.…
Posted by stinkbug on January 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM
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@4 - I switched my holiday, so I will be working on Monday (MLK Jr Day) in lieu of Tuesday. But there are plenty of people I know who are taking the 20th as a vacation day.
Posted by genevieve on January 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM
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I and a vast amount of UW students will be making it a 4-day weekend. I'm going to my mom's to celebrate with lattes and mimosas-- she's almost 57 and Obama was the first person either of us ever caucused for. We are big nerds-- I think she's going to bust out the leftover flag-themed stuff from the 4th of July.
Posted by Jessica on January 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
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The central library is opening early and showing it in their auditorium. Free and open to the public, of course. Perfect for downtown office-workers to take a long coffee break.
Posted by Meggo on January 16, 2009 at 6:51 PM
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Equal Rights Washington will host an Inaugural breakfast from 8-10 am Tuesday morning at Martin's off Madison, 1413 14th Ave. To join us, please contact Ramsey Cambell at rcampbell@equalrightswashington.org, or call 206.324.2570.
Posted by Thomas Pitchford on January 16, 2009 at 11:44 PM
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The Portage Bay Cafe down in South Lake Union is putting up a big screen and showing it. Doors open at 7:3o, and we're taking reservations, but are pretty full already...
Posted by Justin on January 17, 2009 at 4:09 PM
17
So what happened to the promised list of evening events??
Posted by Shay on January 19, 2009 at 10:40 PM
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the spitfire party is co hosted by the weekly so I think that is why it's not being promoted. However, it's being co-hosted by Worldchanging. I'm on belltown so that is where I'm going.
Posted by yay! on January 20, 2009 at 5:08 AM
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Showbox Inauguration Replay Party!

Come watch the Inauguration and join us for this historic nationwide
party! We will show the morning's Inaugural Ceremonies replayed in
full as well as live coverage of the evening balls and parties on six
large plasma screens. We'll be hugging strangers, kissing friends,
popping bottles, and cheering for our President Barack Obama! Like the
ecstatic jubilation on election night, you will not want to stay home
while Seattle comes together for the party of a lifetime! Doors open
at 4pm and we'll start replaying the Inauguration at 6pm. There will
food and premium drink specials all night long! Happy hour from 4-7pm!
The Showbox Sodo, 1700 1st Avenue S, two blocks south of the stadiums.
Plenty of free parking and frequent buses available. This nationwide
Neighborhood Ball will be one for the history books and a grand night
to remember. We helped Obama to bring HOPE and CHANGE to our country
and now it's time to CELEBRATE! YES WE CAN!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/det…
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/det…
http://events.pic2009.org/page/event/det…
http://civ.moveon.org/event/events/event…
http://usaservice.org/page/event/detail/…
Posted by R0B0 on January 20, 2009 at 11:13 AM
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There is also a street party tonight brought to you by MoveOn.org at the corner of Pike and Broadway on Capitol Hill. It starts at 7pm!!
Posted by Hooray!! on January 20, 2009 at 11:56 AM

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