DIVERSIONS


THURSDAY 2/10

MEDITATION WORKSHOP -- Meditate in a workshop given for three consecutive Thursdays by the Sri Chinmoy Centre; it will cost you nothing but a revised, exalted self-recognition. Seattle Central Community College, 701 Broadway, Room 4166, 7:30-9 pm, free. Or take classes on how to do it in the privacy of your own home: My Journey's Dawn Bookstore, 5615 University Way, 7:30-9 pm, free. Pre-registration for both: 322-2600.


Saturday 2/12

SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS -- A Contemporary Theater gives a break to those folks who must always back up the pros: amateurs, those who do it 'cause they love it ("amateur" from "amour"). The Seattle Neighborhood Arts Celebration showcases grassroots performance groups like StreetWrites, Savoy Swing Club, and Heart and Soul Productions, in addition to individual poets -- one of whom will be voted Seattle's Poet Populist. ACT, Seventh and Union, 292-7676, 4-8 pm, free.

BUNGEE -- Falling in love is like coming to one of life's bridges, stripping yourself of the world's coverings for all to see, and leaping haphazardly off the side. Being in love is like hanging there by your ankles, still naked, and negotiating how to face up to your ridiculous condition while being slowly pulled back up to the bridge. But enough of the metaphors -- The Bungee Zone is kind enough to provide the opportunity to indulge in the physical correlative of love this Valentine's Day weekend. Feel the rush at 5 pm, Sat-Sun, 23 Nanaimo River Rd, Nanaimo, B.C., 250-716-6623, $10.


Sunday 2/13

PIONEERING HOMOS -- The Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Project presents "Queen City Comes Out," a multi-media presentation about the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movements in Seattle from 1900-1970 (pre-Manray). Chicken Soup Brigade Annex Building, 1161 11th Ave, 11 am breakfast, 12-1 pm presentation, free; 323-2227 to RSVP or for more info.


Tuesday 2/15

A GOOEY, MOUSY LECTURE -- Dr. Doug Engelbart, who invented the computer mouse, will team up with Dr. Alan Kay, who invented the GUI interface and the Internet prototype ARPAnet, to talk about the concept of progress in relation to future global communications possibilities. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 7 pm, free tickets are at the University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, though you can just show up at Town Hall and hope that seats haven't filled up.