What do a big fanciful lion head, a 12-foot Mother Universe puppet and a 6-foot chicken have in common? Answer: They will be among the many revelers to greet passengers who get on and off light rail at the Othello Station for the celebration on Saturday, July 18, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
A stage near the northeast corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Othello Street adjacent to the station will feature live entertainment throughout the day. There will be a variety of booths, as well as an array of international food.
For those who would like to have lunch or refreshments while enjoying onstage entertainment, a taco bus will offer cold soft drinks, coffee and a variety of Mexican cuisine. There will also be an ice cream van, as well as a booth featuring coffee from Kwik Cup Espresso.
But visitors may want to venture a bit farther into Othello's mini-globe of food choices. Maps of the surrounding multicutural commercial district will guide hungry merrymakers to a wide range of restaurants, including East African, Malaysian/Indonesian, Mexican, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Laotian and American Southern home cooking.
The station area along Martin Luther King Way will be hung with official Othello street banners designed by the artist Alesandra Panieri.
Aside from Sound Transit providing free transportation to the event, Othello neighbors and businesses produced the street fair called Othello on the Move.
Live entertainment is projected to include fire dancers, juggling, hip-hop, martial arts, tap dancing and a variety of musical entertainers, in addition to the featured lion dancers.
Booths will offer information about alternative transportation and a wide range of community choices, businesses and artisans.
The developer, Othello Partners, will have models and renderings of how its transit-oriented development across the street will look upon completion.
Members of Vovinam USA, a youth martial arts group, will display their skill and don the lion-dance costume for the fair's featured performance.
The young Vovinam members organized their own fund-raising efforts to purchase exotic lion-dance costumes, drums and symbols. The dances symbolize the casting out of evil spirits to restore hope, vitality and prosperity.[[In-content Ad]]
