Have a cat fan or 2 in your clan? Make this weekend everything about cats. The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) and a couple of regional coffee shops will help!
SIFF will be evaluating the uber family-friendly CatVideoFest 2023 this weekend, August 4-6.
What is it?
CatVideoFest is a collection reel of the latest and finest cat videos chosen from submissions and sourced animations, video, and timeless web powerhouses. Each year the job editors spend numerous hours examining and selecting video of cats taking part in, well, catness — playing, consuming, standing their ground, and taking part in ridiculous and often poignant methods. The 70-minute video programs in more than 200 U.S. and Canadian theaters and more than 100 theaters in Europe to raise money for regional shelters and awareness about animal adoption and cultivating.
SIFF-PAWS collaboration
Theaters screening CatVideoFest partners with cat-focused charities to make sure that profits from each screening help regional animals. SIFF is partnering with the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) this year. Since 1967, PAWS has actually assisted location 130,000 cats and dogs and looked after over 140,000 ill, hurt, and orphaned wild animals.
Screenings and costs
Tickets to CatVideoFest at SIFF are $15 for grownups and $14 for trainees and senior citizens. The programs are evaluating this weekend at SIFF Cinema Uptown:
- August 4 at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
- August 5 at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- August 6 at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Sip in more cat love – struck a cat coffee shop after the program
There is more than one method to see and support cats in Seattle. Consider heading to a cat coffee shop after the program (however make an appointment at your picked coffee shop a couple of days ahead).
Yes, cats. In coffee shops. Since the very first cat coffee shop opened in Taiwan in the late 1990s, feline-focused eateries/adoption coffee shops have actually appeared around the world, consisting of in Puget Sound. For households not thinking about bringing an animal home, they provide all the mental advantages of animal contact with no hassle. And for those thinking about providing an animal a permanently home, cat coffee shops are a terrific method to satisfy and socialize with possible family pets.
A friendly citizen of Neko Cat Cafe.
Three coffee shops to catch
There are numerous coffee shops in Puget Sound, however Neko: A Cat Cafe goes above and beyond on the coffee shop side. Make an appointment online, then settle your kids in with hot chocolate, Japanese strawberry milk, or strawberry lemonade. Beer, red wine, sake, and other libations are available for grownups. Neko lies at 519 E Pine Street in Seattle and is open 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The coffee shop has a 2nd place in Bellingham. Reservations needed: nekocatcafe.com/reservations
But Neko is not the only cat in the area. Here are a couple of other fantastic alternatives for a sip, an animal, and a purr.”
Seattle Metropolitan is open Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from twelve noon to 6 p.m. with the last cat check out at 5 p.m.; Thursday from twelve noon to 5 p.m. with the last cat check out at 4 p.m.; and Friday through Sunday from twelve noon to 9 p.m. with the last cat check out at 8 p.m. It’s situated at 1225 N 45th St. in Seattle.
The Whole Cat and Kaboodle is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for cat check outs. It’s situated in Redmond at 8103 161st Ave NE.
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