For the second summer in a row, Seattle's Lake Union is transformed into an EDM venue with DJs spinning heavy bass for thousands of ravers on the water. On today's episode, Erik Hillesheim of Seattle Paddle Rave shares the origins and delights of this free Seattle event. We've got our flamingo floatie and oversized shades, and Meet Me Here is ready to party!

Check out the Seattle Paddle Rave Instagram page or LakeUnionConcerts.com. They have tips for where to get into the water, and where to rent paddleboards, kayaks, or motorboats.

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Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend.

HOST: Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows

LINKS:

• Walla Walla Movie Crush
• SIFF - In Theaters
• road to everywhere - Screenings
• The Last Picture Shows | Rustin Thompson
• Oregon Country Fair
• West Seattle Summer Fest
• Ballard SeafoodFest
• Kent Cornucopia Days
• PNA's PhinneyWood Garage Sale Day
• World Soccer Fan Celebration: Watch Parties
• Event Calendar | Seattle FIFA World Cup 26™
• Seattle Reign v Portland Thorns
  • Grudge Match BOGO
• The West Seattle Saunter
• Bare Buns Fun Run - Tiger Mountain

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Meet Me Here is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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With summer in full swing, authors Maria Dolan and Kathryn True's Seattle Field Guide is the perfect tool to get outside. The book has 38 recommendations, and we're taking a closer look at a few that will get readers out by the water.

In this episode, host Katie Campbell talks to Maria and Kathryn about four of their recommendations (and a few bonus ideas to enjoy the sunny season):

• The Commodore Park heron colony
• Shilshole Bay and its sea lions
• The ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island
• Secret shorelines of the city, including the Union Bay Natural Area

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Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend.

HOST: Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows

LINKS:

• FINALS - Salmon Bay FC vs Vermont Green FC
  • USL W Playoff Bracket
• Seattle Mariners vs SF Giants
• Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire
• GeekFest West Game Expo
• Capital Lakefair
• Sandsations Sand Sculpture Festival
• Sequim Lavender Festival
• Vashon Strawberry Festival
• CID Celebration
• Chinatown Parade

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Heads up: This episode includes a graphic description of eating wild animals to survive.

This month, the Meet Me Here team has been spreading the gospel of getting out by and on the water this summer. And we stand by that! But not all adventures on the water go well.

Journalist and author Sophie Elmhirst’s book “A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck” is a testament to that, telling the story of an English couple who ended up adrift for 118 days after their sailboat sank. Sophie’s book was a hit last summer and is about to come out in paperback, so host Katie Campbell got her on the line to talk about how some of the best plans can go terribly awry on the open ocean.

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“If you really stop to notice, there’s a lot of beauty hiding in the little details."

Artist Tininha Silva walks along the ocean beach near her home in Port Townsend every day. Instead of looking at the horizon, she looks at her feet and finds those beautiful details. A shell, a piece of bull kelp, and other little treasures become inspiration for her art: large fabric and chicken wire pieces that evoke the beach at low tide, kelp forests, and as-yet-undiscovered sea creatures.

Tininha tells Meet Me Here host Jeannie Yandel about the voice that told her to pursue her creativity and work with her hands.

Tininha’s first installation piece, Between Tides, is hanging at the Seattle Art Fair at Lumen Field Events Center July 23 through 26.

Links:

• Tininha Silva on Instagram
• Tininha Silva website
• Seattle Art Fair
• A DIY lesson on how to make a cardboard loom

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Have you ever just wanted to take off into the woods for a simpler life? Maybe you built forts in the woods as a kid, and you want to get back to that innocence, before your friends got married and you had to pay taxes?

Tacoma author Patrick Hutchison felt that. So, he bought a $7,500 cabin as a young man with little to no knowledge about how to restore it — the how was unimportant, honestly — and he documented his experience in his memoir, Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman.

The KUOW Book Club read Patrick’s memoir in July. KUOW’s Katie Campbell sat down with him on July 16 in front of a live audience at the Seattle Central Library to talk about just how clueless he once was, and everything he learned as he restored his own piece of the world.

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