This Friday night (Aug. 14th), starting around 8pm, prepare to put your complimentary 3D glasses on and get transported for FREE on a “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” the first of the two outdoor movies in Burien Parks’ “Music and Movies in the Park” summer series at Lake Burien School Park, SW 148th & 16th Ave SW.

This is a family-friendly 3D film starring Brendan Fraser, who has ties to the northwest – he went to Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle before hitting the bigtime in the 90s.

Here’s the film’s synopsis:

An exciting adventure based on the classic Jules Verne novel “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” Journey to the Center of the Earth stars Brendan Fraser (Crash, The Mummy) as a science professor whose untraditional hypotheses have made him the laughing stock of the academic community. But on an expedition in Iceland, he and his nephew stumble upon a major discovery that launches them on a thrilling journey deep beneath the Earth’s surface, where they travel through never-before-seen worlds and encounter a variety of unusual creatures. Journey to the Center of the Earth is directed by Academy Award-winning visual effects veteran Eric Brevig (Total Recall, Pearl Harbor) from a screenplay by Michael Weiss and Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin.

The movie is scheduled to start at “Dusk,” which means around 8-8:30pm-ish, and viewers are asked to bring your own lawn chairs, blankets and popcorn.

But don’t worry about bringing your own 3D glasses – the fine folks at Burien Parks will be providing those!

Burien Parks’ annual “Family Fiesta” night is coming Thursday, July 16th, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Lake Burien School Park, located at SW 146th and 16th Ave SW.

There will be music, dancing, art, food and more, and it’s a free festival.

The City of Burien is pleased to present this annual event, with performance by Evolucion Latina.

Grab your blanket and enjoy an evening fiesta of music, dance, art making, food and more! Food will be available from Los Agaves along with a fundraising snack booth from Burien’s own Paros Los Ninos.

Along with the city and Burien Parks, sponsors include 4Culture.org and BurienAutos.com.

For more information please call Burien Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services at 206-988-3700 or go to www.burienparks.net.

Incredibly-talented Seattle violinist Geoffrey Castle will be playing with his band this Thursday night from 6:30pm-8pm at Music and Movies In The Park at Lake Burien School Park, and here’s a mini video concert of what to expect:

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The totally-free “Music and Movies In The Park“ continues tonight with delta blues band “The Jellyrollers” jamming live tonight at Lake Burien School Park starting at 6:30pm.

Here’s a video preview of what you can expect, shot at the Port Townsend Country Blues Festival in 2007:

And here is an MP3 of their song “Reuben“:

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Courtesy Burien Parks comes this video of Seattle artist Susan Robb’s one-day temporary art installation (now gone) called Warmth, Giant Black Toobs, which was showcased at Lake Burien School Park last Thursday:

In Warmth, Giant Black Toobs, Robb uses solar power and ambient breezes to give life to the ever-present black plastic garbage bag:

• Giant polypropylene garbage bags, 50 feet tall by 30 inches in diameter, are inflated with air by allowing the wind to fill them or by running with them
• One end is staked to the ground; the other end is free
• The sun does the rest
• Employing a similar principle to that of hot air balloons, the sun heats the air inside the toobs, and since hot air is less dense than cold air, the toobs become buoyant!

Pretty cool stuff, but what would you expect from such an artist haven as Burien?

Be sure to mark your summerific calendars for this Thursday, July 17th for the “Family Fiesta” featuring Correo Aereo and the New Futures Dancers, performing from 6:30pm – 8pm.

Here’s some video samplers of what you can expect, only visualize yourself outside on a warm summer night at Lake Burien School Park:

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On Thursday, July 17th, Seattle artist Susan Robb will be showcasing her outdoor, temporary art installation called Warmth, Giant Black Toobs at Lake Burien School Park (located at SW 148th & 16th Ave SW) from 11:00 am to 4:30 pm.

In Warmth, Giant Black Toobs, Robb uses solar power and ambient breezes to give life to the ever-present black plastic garbage bag:

• Giant polypropylene garbage bags, 50 feet tall by 30 inches in diameter, are inflated with air by allowing the wind to fill them or by running with them
• One end is staked to the ground; the other end is free
• The sun does the rest
• Employing a similar principle to that of hot air balloons, the sun heats the air inside the toobs, and since hot air is less dense than cold air, the toobs become buoyant!

Check out these “YouToob” videos (ha) for a better idea of what to expect – definitely other-worldly stuff:

Come to Lake Burien School Park on July 17th and experience this fascinating sculpture!

Bring your lunch and watch as the toobs move in the breeze.

The artist will be on site for questions (we know what we’re going to ask her – what did she do with all the garbage that was once inside these giant garbage bags?).

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Burien’s FREE “Music and Movies In The Park“ begins this Thursday July 3rd at 6:30pm with six outdoor concerts every Thursday through Aug. 7th and two movies every Friday on Aug. 15th and 22nd.

The fun kicks off with the humorous-but-talented Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band performing “Ya Sousa You Betcha“ type music this Thursday at Lake Burien School Park, located at SW 148th & 16th Ave SW.

Here’s a video clip of the Sousa Band from the Folklife Festival:

Why does Seattle’s Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band have an ever-expanding cult following?

They draw enormous crowds at the summer Ballard Locks concert series.

They’ve been forced to add additional shows to their sold-out Sousa’s birthday celebrations.

Hundreds of rabid fans seek them out at the Northwest Folklife Festival.

What is the mysterious allure of this band?

Here’s the full lineup:

Download the poster here (PDF).

Map to Lake Burien School Park:

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