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Bigfoot Book Festival, Dog Costume Parade & Best Burger in Redmond This Week · Best of Redmond: Redmond Washington News, Events, Restaurants & Things to Do

• 0:01
  Jennifer Davis: Welcome to The Best of Redmond.
• 0:04
  Jennifer Davis: I'm Jennifer Davis
• 0:05
  Dan Schulz: And I'm Dan Schultz, and this is Redmond's twice weekly newsletter and podcast about all of the amazing things happening in Redmond during the next seven days Did you miss the sold-out Stuart Gibbs night?
• 0:19
  Dan Schulz: Well, he'll be at Saturday's free book festival.
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  Dan Schulz: More than 50 children's authors and illustrators, one building, and it's free to get in.
• 0:27
  Dan Schulz: That's the fourth annual Bigfoot Kids Book Festival hosted by Brick Mortar Books.
• 0:33
  Dan Schulz: It's this weekend on Saturday from 10:00 to 4:00 PM at the Redmond Senior and Community Center downtown.
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  Dan Schulz: The lineup includes Stuart Gibbs, Jerry Craft, Kazuo Kamisha, Brandon Mull, and Ben Clanton, with book signings, panels, and activities for babies through teens.
• 0:54
  Dan Schulz: Gibbs' ticketed event at the bookstore Friday is already sold out, so Saturday is your shot.
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  Dan Schulz: The full author list is in the show notes and in the newsletter.
• 1:06
  Jennifer Davis: Your dog already has a costume.
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  Jennifer Davis: Friday, it gets a parade.
• 1:12
  Jennifer Davis: Bark in the Park Howl-O-Ween returns from 4:00 to 5:30 at Farrell McWhorter Park out on Redmond Road with an after-hour stroll through the barnyard, a trick-or-treat hunt, sniff spots, and a farm-themed selfie station for you and your pup
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  Jennifer Davis: Dogs stay on leash and the costume parade loops the barnyard at 5:00.
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  Jennifer Davis: It's free, however they ask you to register ahead.
• 1:38
  Jennifer Davis: The registration link is in the show notes and in our newsletter
• 1:43
  Dan Schulz: What happens when librarians end up in a book ban fight?
• 1:47
  Dan Schulz: Find out Wednesday.
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  Dan Schulz: A few years ago, school and public librarians ended up in the middle of the fight over which books kids get to read.
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  Dan Schulz: On Wednesday, the Redmond Library is screening The Librarians, a Sundance documentary about the fight in Texas, Florida, and other states for Banned Books Week.
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  Dan Schulz: A panel follows with teacher librarian Gavin Downing, who stopped a ban at his school, Unusual Chickens author Kelly Jones, and KCLS selection librarian Brenna Shanks.
• 2:21
  Dan Schulz: Doors open at 5:15 PM.
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  Dan Schulz: The film starts at 5:30, and the panel at 7:00 in the library's meeting room downtown.
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  Dan Schulz: It's free, no registration, first come seating, and both of us have seen that movie.
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  Dan Schulz: It is fantastic.
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  Dan Schulz: We urge everyone to go check it out.
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  Dan Schulz: It is a really compelling movie
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  Jennifer Davis: Nobody talks in these movies, but the band plays the whole time.
• 2:48
  Jennifer Davis: A silent movie up on the screen, live musicians playing along as it rolls, and a host keeping the night moving.
• 2:56
  Jennifer Davis: This weekend on Saturday, Soul Food Coffee House is screening silent films with a live musical score, hosted by master of ceremonies Victor Ego from 7:00 to Soul Food hasn't posted which films are on the bill or whether there's
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  Jennifer Davis: a cover, so check their events page before you head over.
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  Jennifer Davis: Grab a coffee, find a seat, and let the band do the talking.
• 3:21
  Jennifer Davis: The event link is in our show notes and in our newsletter
• 3:26
  Dan Schulz: Teens already pitched their teen center.
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  Dan Schulz: Thursday, it's your turn.
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  Dan Schulz: Redmond already asked teens what they want in a new teen center.
• 3:37
  Dan Schulz: On Thursday, it's everybody else's turn.
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  Dan Schulz: The City of Redmond's Teen Center Project Community Visioning Sessions runs from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in the Red Oak Community Room at the Redmond Senior and Community Center.
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  Dan Schulz: It's free, and it's open to anyone, and there's free childcare for kids 3 to 12 for people attending the meeting.
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  Dan Schulz: Everything shared will go to the design build team once the city picks one.
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  Dan Schulz: So ideas raised now are there from day one.
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  Dan Schulz: Project details are in the show notes and in our newsletter
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  Jennifer Davis: Only four Saturdays left at the Redmond Saturday Market.
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  Jennifer Davis: The Redmond Saturday Market has four Saturdays left this season, and this weekend is one of them.
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  Jennifer Davis: It runs from 9:00 to 2:00 on Saturday in the Overlake Christian Church parking lot on Willows Road, with 45-plus vendors selling produce, eggs, honey, flowers, baked goods, and prepared food.
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  Jennifer Davis: Dogs are welcome, EBT is accepted, and parking in the lots next door is free.
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  Jennifer Davis: The season wraps up October 31st, so if you've been meaning to go, the window is closing.
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  Jennifer Davis: Grab a bag and go
• 4:54
  Dan Schulz: Ever open your water bill and think, "That can't be right."
• 4:57
  Dan Schulz: No puddles, nothing dripping, but the number doubled.
• 5:00
  Dan Schulz: We ask Lincoln Spencer from Simply Leak Detection what's actually going on.
• 5:05
  Lincoln: It's actually very normal to have that situation, even though it seems weird to people that there's no visible water.
• 5:12
  Lincoln: Most often we get calls like that and the water is just draining straight down into the ground, and it really depends on the soil type, especially if they have very gravelly or rocky soil.
• 5:24
  Lincoln: It makes it easier for the water to just drain down.
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  Lincoln: And in most of the calls we get, there is no visible water.
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  Lincoln: So people just think, "Oh yeah, there's gonna be water all over."
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  Lincoln: But if it was, they wouldn't be calling us.
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  Lincoln: And it takes a lot of water pressure and a big leak for it to actually surface three feet above where that water pipe is buried up to the ground.
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  Jennifer Davis: Simply Leak Detection finds the leaks you can't see.
• 5:48
  Jennifer Davis: Call 253-800-1412 or go to simplyleakdetection.com and tell them The Best of Redmond sent ya.
• 5:59
  Jennifer Davis: It's time for the Redmond History Minute Dan, are you ready for this week's question?
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  Dan Schulz: Yep.
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  Dan Schulz: What is a trivia question?
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  Jennifer Davis: Anna Cleese lived at Willowmore Farm, the land that's now Marymoor Park.
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  Jennifer Davis: In 1907, she founded what major institution?
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  Jennifer Davis: Was it A, the University of Washington; B, Seattle Children's Hospital; C, the Redmond Public Library; or D, the Eastside YMCA?
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  Jennifer Davis: And your time starts now
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  Dan Schulz: Okay, I have no clue, but I, I'm gonna make an educated guess.
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  Dan Schulz: I think, and I'm gonna go all in, I think it's the Seattle Children's Hospital, B, and here's my reasoning.
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  Dan Schulz: I don't think a normal person can just say, "Hey, I'm founding the University of Washington."
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  Dan Schulz: "Oh, hey, I'm founding the Redmond Public Library," or, "Hey, I'm just a dude.
• 6:56
  Dan Schulz: I'm founding the YMCA in Redmond."
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  Dan Schulz: I think those are all multi-people have to do that, but I think anyone can start a hospital.
• 7:04
  Dan Schulz: Final answer.
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  Jennifer Davis: Well, interesting, uh, deductions there, and you're right.
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  Dan Schulz: Jennifer, give me my flowers, as the kids say
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  Jennifer Davis: The answer is B, Seattle's Children Hospital.
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  Jennifer Davis: In 1898, Anna and James Cleese's five-year-old son Willis died of inflammatory rheumatism, and Anna was just devastated that the whole Northwest had so little medical care for children.
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  Jennifer Davis: So in 1907, she gathered 23 of her wealthy Seattle friends, and each put in $20, and they launched Seattle's Orthopedic Hospital, the first pediatric hospital in the Northwest.
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  Jennifer Davis: It promised to take any child, whatever their race, religion, or ability to pay.
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  Jennifer Davis: Today it's Seattle Children's, and it started with a grieving mother on a Redmond farm.
• 8:04
  Dan Schulz: We've got a good rumor today.
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  Dan Schulz: Word is a high-end tea house is being quietly developed near Redmond Town Center.
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  Dan Schulz: Not bubble tea and not a coffee chain's matcha.
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  Dan Schulz: Think gong fu ceremony, single-origin teas, and private tastings.
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  Dan Schulz: The couple behind it apparently spent two years sourcing directly from farms in Yunnan and Taiwan.
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  Dan Schulz: None of this is confirmed.
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  Dan Schulz: We don't have a name, an address, or an opening date.
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  Dan Schulz: So here's the question: Would you book a private tea tasting or just want a quiet place to sit down with a good pot?
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  Dan Schulz: If you've got a guess, we would really love to hear about it.
• 8:43
  Dan Schulz: You can head on over to our Facebook page at facebook.com/bestofredmond and drop it in the Redmond Rumor Mill Guesses post.
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  Dan Schulz: And while you're at our Facebook page, find the post called Your Picks and post your answer to this question.
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  Dan Schulz: We want to know what you think the best burger in town is
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  Jennifer Davis: If you've enjoyed this podcast, you're gonna love our companion newsletter.
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  Jennifer Davis: Find it at bestofredmond.com, And we'll see you in the next one
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  Dan Schulz: Or maybe before then, walking around Redmond