The Seattle City Government Parks & Recreation site recently hosted a public meeting to gather input on a proposed public art piece in Myrtle Edwards Park that will be used for skateboarding. Energy drink maker Red Bull has approached Seattle Parks and Recreation about making a community investment that would include commissioning an artist to […]
Happy Friday. I hope you get a chance to go outside this weekend. Not just because it’s good for you, but because it also helps the economy. No really, at least according to one study, and anecdotally, Oregon is seeing ahuge economic benefit by encouraging outdoor recreation, specifically bikeways and bike tourism: During a special […]
SoulPancake hits the streets to see what happens when two strangers sit in a ball pit… and talk about lifes big questions. via Take a Seat – Make a Friend? – YouTube.
I read about this street performer on Mashable. Based in Manhattan, he sounds like a guy with the same passion and vision for a play-filled world that I have, so I just had to share: Matthew Silver just wants people to smile. Silver, “The Great Performer,” can be seen throughout Manhattan using dance, song and […]
Ah, Halloween, originally considered the betwixt and between time of year when ghosts and souls past could pass over into our world and scare the crud out of their relatives. But these days, Halloween is really a celebration of play. No, really! When else is it perfectly acceptable to dress up in funny costumes, stay […]
This makes me sad to see that fear is stopping a lot of kids from playing outdoors in the U.K. From the national organization Play England: Traffic and a fear of strangers are preventing children from playing outdoors, new research released for Playday 2012 has found. Almost half (49%) of parents report that fear of […]
Happy Friday! Lately on Fridays I’ve been sharing my next great adventure destination, but this weekend that destination is staying put! And boy am I gonna have fun doing it! For those of you who are also staying home this weekend and don’t know what to do about it, or maybe you had a loooooong […]
I posted last week about Jason Sweeney and his TED City2.0 plan to map out quiet spaces in cities. After doing some more poking around I found some other great projects all grouped under “Play in the City.” First, I commend TED and the participants of this project for recognizing the need for play in […]
This time of year we often think of playing in boats and recreation on the water. But sometimes one kind of play can inspire an entirely different kind. I came across this great blog post from Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA, about how recycled objects like boat bumpers make great toys, especially for larger […]
Does anybody know more about this event? Playful 2012: It’s a one-day conference all about games, play, interaction, behaviour and everything that comes with looking at the world through fun eyes. It’ll be incredible, enlightening, smart and gloriously silly. A bit like a really good game, or Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen. Playful 2012 […]
