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Bring your natural and cultural objects to the Burke Museum for their collection experts to evaluate on Artifact ID Day between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. This is the one day a year where all the Burke’s research and collections staff are in one place to help you learn more about your treasured,聽or found, objects.

These experts, who聽specialize in baskets, blankets and other cultural objects from Native American cultures, the Pacific Islands and Asia, as well as archaeological artifacts, bones, fossils and rocks, will help you find out about the origins of聽your objects and their cultural, natural, and historic significance.

The Burke Museum proudly reports that past Artifact ID Days have uncovered such rare items as a 5,000-year-old stone tool, a twined basketry doll made by a Tlingit weaver, and a drinking cup made from a walrus’ tusk.

What objects do you have at home that you’re curious about?

Artifact ID Day is included in museum admission and is free for Burke members. Please bring a limit of three items per visitor.

Click here to see more about the .

See you at the Burke!

The Bike Month Commute Challenge, presented by Adobe, is May 1聽鈥� 31. Motivate yourself to commute by bike as often as possible during the month of May. Track yourself or join as part of a team, and use聽a cool new website to track all your bike trips. To participate, you need to commute by bike at least four days throughout the month. No problem, right?

Click here to register.

Just getting started?

颁濒颈肠办听 to聽register for any of these (and other) helpful and informative bike commuting classes, held at the HUB, and taught by instructors from Cascade Bicycle Club:

• Bike Commuting 101 – Getting Started (April 28, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. today, May 6)
• Bike Commuting 102 – Rules of the Road (May 14)
• Bike Commuting 103 – Fix your own flat tire (May 19)

Don’t have a bike? Use Pronto!

Pronto is Seattle鈥檚 nonprofit bike share system with 11 stations in the U-District and 40+ more in Capitol Hill, South Lake Union, and downtown. Once you join, you can take an unlimited number of rides up to 30 minutes for free.

Click here for full Pronto membership information and to see a map that shows you all the 91探花Pronto stations.

Always be safe!

Always wear聽a helmet (clean helmets are available to borrow at every聽Pronto station) and bike cautiously and responsibly.

Remember the following rules:

• Pedestrians always have the right of聽way
• Stay in control and ride within your聽ability
• Obey all traffic聽laws
• Dismount and walk your bike when in any Bike Walk Zone and other crowded pedestrian聽areas
• Minimize your impact by staying off of聽lawns
• Park and lock your bike only at designated bike聽racks

See you in聽the bike lane!

Senate Resolution 8680, sponsored by Sen. Steve O’Ban, was adopted by the State Senate today. This resolution honors job recruitment efforts that target veterans and honors聽businesses and community partners that have taken exceptional measures to train, recruit and hire veterans.

The 91探花 was included as one of the businesses that has made veteran employment a priority, along with The Boeing Company, Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, Weyerhaeuser, US Bank, Comcast, the Port of Seattle, Providence Health and Services, The Shultz Foundation, Puget Sound Energy, Multicare, and others.

Washington state聽is home to over 600,000 veterans and active duty service members.

Sen. Steve O鈥橞an says on his , 鈥淭hese highly motivated women and men possess exemplary work ethics and superb skills, including expertise in leading others, health care, technology and logistics. We鈥檙e grateful for these companies who have made a huge difference in the lives of thousands of service members who need to transition successfully into civilian life and find new careers.鈥�

The聽Department of Regional & Community Relations is聽proud that the UW聽is included in SR 8680 and聽to have聽the opportunity to work聽with our veterans and military service members.

Click to read the full text for SR 8680.

Watch聽this new video from UWTV about the opening聽celebration聽at聽Intellectual House on March 12, 2015, and its philosophy to serve as a place of welcome聽and affirmation, and “where we can share our culture with non-Natives and build bridges amongst us,”聽Denny Hurtado, former chair of the Skokomish Tribe and retired director of Indian Education for the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), says.

This new聽facility is also known聽by the Lushootseed language name for Intellectual House,聽w菨色菨b蕯altx史, pronounced 鈥渨补丑-蝉丑别产-补濒迟耻丑,” and聽is聽intended to be a learning and gathering place for Native American students, faculty and staff, as well as the 91探花and surrounding community.

40 years in the making, w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House received input and guidance from an elders committee and regional tribes聽in addition to聽 91探花community members.

Sheila Edwards Lange, Vice President for Minority Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity, UW; Charlotte Cot茅, associate professor, American Indian Studies, UW; Ross Braine, director, Intellectual House, 91探花and聽Johnpaul Jones, architect, are聽also featured in the video.

Visit w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House at .

Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. 鈥� 5 p.m. (unless otherwise reserved)

For more information about w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House, click .

Head to the Montlake Cut for excellent viewing and world-class rowing聽at the Windermere Cup Regatta on May 2. The 29th annual Windermere Cup Regatta will feature 21 races and more than 800 rowers.聽The final two races, the prestigious Windermere Cup events,聽will feature the Husky women鈥檚 crew facing the University of Virginia, and the Husky men鈥檚 crew competing against Columbia University and the New Zealand national team, the聽two-time defending world champions.

Windermere Real Estate president OB Jacobi says in the press release for this event (), 鈥淲e invite everyone to come down to the Montlake Cut to watch the races and enjoy what has grown into the largest free community event in Seattle.鈥� 91探花women鈥檚 rowing head coach Bob Ernst adds, 鈥淭his is one of the great spectacles in rowing鈥� It鈥檚 a great opportunity for us to bring world-class competition to the Northwest and give all these rowers the chance to perform in front of the great Seattle rowing community.鈥�

Following the races, fans are invited to join the regatta champions for an awards ceremony and presentation of the Windermere Cup Trophy at the Conibear Shellhouse.

The regatta will take place from 10:20 a.m. until noon. Immediately following the regatta will be the Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day Boat Parade, featuring 300 boats in 23 classes.

Note that the Montlake Bridge will be closed from approximately 9:00 a.m. to聽3:00 p.m.

For a full schedule of events and additional information, click .

See you at the Cut!

Go Huskies!