Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days!

🌙 Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight

Okay, this is one you can actually see from Redmond tonight. A partial lunar eclipse will be visible Thursday, August 27, with the moon rising around 7:50 PM and the eclipse reaching its maximum at 9:12 PM. The partial eclipse continues until about 10:51 PM. You'll want a clear view toward the east-southeast because the moon will be pretty low when it first comes up. No telescope required. Just find an open spot, look up, and hope the clouds cooperate. If you've got kids, this is a pretty easy excuse to stay up a little later.

🌱 Meet and Green at the Redmond Library

If you've been wanting to get more involved with Redmond's sustainability efforts, there's a free community gathering Thursday, August 27, from 3 to 4:30 PM at the Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St. Drop in anytime for refreshments, climate conversations and information about local sustainability programs. This month's gathering also has City staff available to help teens and young adults ages 15 to 24 with Youth Climate Action Fund applications. So you can just stop by and talk, or bring your questions if you've got an idea for a project.

👶 Parent & Me Play Time

Got a little one who needs to get out of the house? Parent & Me Play Time is happening Thursday, August 27, from 10 to 11 AM in Redmond. It's designed for young kids and their grown-ups, with time to play and interact together. This isn't drop-off care, so plan to stay and play with your kid. It's a pretty simple way to break up the morning, especially if you've got a toddler who thinks sitting still is a personal attack. Check the City registration page for the session details and resident pricing before you go.

🏳️‍🌈 Beyond Binary Connections

Beyond Binary Connections meets Thursday, August 27, from 3:30 to 5:30 PM at the Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St. It's a casual, no-pressure social gathering for transgender and non-binary community members, with food, board and card games, conversation and space to just hang out. You can bring a game, a book or an art project, or just show up and meet people. All ages are welcome. If you're looking for something community-focused that doesn't feel like a formal meeting, this is exactly what they're going for.

🎶 SoulFood CoffeeHouse Fundraiser & Community Gathering

SoulFood CoffeeHouse is throwing a big community fundraiser Saturday, August 29, at 15748 Redmond Way. Featured bands play from noon to 6 PM, followed by an intermission from 6 to 7, then Drag Night and prize baskets at 7 PM. The goal is to raise money for SoulFood's maintenance and repairs, so you're getting an afternoon of live music while helping keep a local Redmond spot going. There are also Venmo and GalaBid options if you want to contribute. Check it out, hang around for the music, and maybe stick around for Drag Night.

🍷 National Red Wine Day at Pint & Pie

Pint & Pie is giving you another reason to stop in Friday, August 28. It's National Red Wine Day, and they're featuring their red wine selection from 11 AM to 10 PM at the Redmond location. Yes, it's a made-up food holiday, but sometimes those are the ones worth leaning into. If you're already headed out for dinner, you can turn it into an excuse to try a different glass. Or don't. Nobody's checking. Either way, it's at 7325 166th Ave NE, so you know where to find it.

🕰️ Redmond History Minute

Okay, it's time for the Redmond History Minute, where we share an interesting piece of history, trivia, or tidbit about life in and around Redmond.

Back in the 1970s, Redmond had an unusual way of raising money for the town's Peewee Football League. What did the Redmond Sexkillers do?

A) They played one football game a year against women's teams from nearby cities

B) They organized an annual football tournament for local kids

C) They coached the Peewee Football League

D) They ran a football-themed carnival every summer

Answer revealed at the bottom of this newsletter.

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🎯 History Minute Answer

The answer is A – They played one football game a year against women's teams from nearby cities

The Redmond Sexkillers were an all-women's football team, made up mostly of local moms. They played about one game a year against teams from neighboring cities and used the games to raise money for Redmond's Peewee Football League. The City of Redmond's centennial trivia says they raised thousands of dollars over the years. And yes, one of the team's original players was Kay Thomas, who was identified as a member of the Redmond Sexkillers in 1972.

Welcome to The Best of Redmond.

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I'm Jennifer Davis

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Dan Schulz: And I'm Dan Schultz,

and this is Redmond's twice weekly

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newsletter and podcast about all of

the amazing things happening in and

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around Redmond for the next seven days

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Jennifer Davis: Okay, this is one you

can actually see from Redmond tonight.

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A partial lunar eclipse will

be visible with the moon rising

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around seven fifty, and the eclipse

reaching its maximum at nine twelve.

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The partial eclipse continues

until about ten fifty-one.

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You'll want a clear view toward the

east-southeast because the moon will

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be pretty low when it first comes up.

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No telescope is required.

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Just find an open spot, look up,

and hope the clouds cooperate.

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If you've got kids, this is a pretty

easy excuse to stay up a little later

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Dan Schulz: If you've been wanting

to get more involved with Redmond

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sustainability efforts, there's a free

community gathering today from 3:00

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to 4:30 PM at the Redmond Library.

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Drop in anytime for refreshments,

climate conversations, and information

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about local sustainability programs.

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This month's gathering also has city

staff available to help teens and

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young adults age 15 to 24 with Youth

Climate Action Fund applications.

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So you can just stop by and

talk, bring your questions if

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you've got an idea for a project.

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Jennifer Davis: Got a little one

who needs to get out of the house?

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Parent and Me Playtime is

happening today from ten to eleven.

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It's designed for young kids

and their grown-ups with time

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to play and interact together.

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This isn't drop-off daycare, so

plan to stay and play with your kid.

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It's a pretty simple way to break

up the morning, especially if

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you've got a toddler who thinks

sitting still is a personal attack.

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Check the city registration

page for the session details and

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resident pricing before you go

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Dan Schulz: Beyond Binary Connections

meets Thursday, today, at 3:30

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to 5:30 at the Redmond Library.

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It's a casual, no-pressure social

gathering for transgender and

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non-binary community members With food,

board and card games, conservation,

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and space to just hang out.

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You can bring a game, a book, or an art

project, or just show up and meet people.

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All ages are welcome.

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If you're looking for something

community-focused that doesn't

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feel like a formal meeting, this

is exactly what they're going for.

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Dan Schulz: Soul Food Coffee

House is throwing a big

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community fundraiser Saturday.

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It's gonna have featured bands from noon

to six PM, followed by an intermission

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from six to seven, and then drag

night and prize baskets at seven PM.

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The goal is to raise money for Soul

Food's maintenance and repairs, so you're

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getting an afternoon of live music while

helping keep a local Redmond spot strong.

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There are also Venmo and Gala bid

options if you wanna contribute.

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Check it out, hang around for the music,

and maybe stick around for drag night

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Jennifer Davis: Pint and Pie

is giving you another reason to

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stop in on Friday, August 28th.

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It's National Red Wine Day, and

they're featuring their red wine

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selection from 11:00 AM to 10 at night

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Yes, it's a made-up food

holiday, but sometimes those

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are the ones worth leaning into.

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If you're already headed over for

dinner, you can turn it into an excuse

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to try a different glass of wine.

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Dan Schulz: I keep forgetting

they have real food there.

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'Cause you're saying, "Come on over

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for dinner," and I'm thinking,

"Who in their right mind is gonna

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want wine and pie for dinner?"

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But then I realized I, me, this

guy, pointing to me, I would not

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mind wine and pie for dinner.

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Breakfast, lunch, anytime's a

great time for wine and pie.

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All right, it is time for the Redmond

History Minute where we share an

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interesting piece of history, trivia, or

a tidbit about life in and around Redmond.

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Today's question: back in the

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way of raising money for the

town's Pee Wee Football League.

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What did the Redmond

Sex Killers Sex Killers?

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Pee-wee football, they

were named Sex Killers?

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Is this real?

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Jennifer Davis: Yeah

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Dan Schulz: What did the

Redmond Sex Killers do?

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The Pee Wee Football League had a

team called the Redmond Sex Killers?

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What did they do?

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And your choices are A, they played one

football game a year against women's

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teams from nearby cities; B, they

organized an annual football tournament

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for local kids; C, they coached the

Pee Wee Football League; D, they ran a

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football-themed carnival every summer.

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Again, we are speaking of

the Redmond Sex Killers.

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Jennifer, your time starts now

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Jennifer Davis: Oh my gosh.

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Oh, this, it could be any of these.

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Uh I mean, I've never heard of it before.

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Um, maybe they ran a

football-themed carnival every year.

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That's what…

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I'm gonna go with that

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Dan Schulz: I would

have to agree with you.

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That sounds like, it sounds more

roller derby than peewee football.

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That's your final answer?

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Jennifer Davis: Yes

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Dan Schulz: Sorry.

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That is wrong.

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The answer is A, they played

one football game a year against

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women's team from nearby cities.

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The Redmond Sex Killers were

an all women's football team

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made up mostly of local moms.

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They played about one game a year

against teams from neighboring cities

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and used the games to raise money

for Redmond's Peewee Football League.

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The City of Redmond Centennial

Trivia says that they raised

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thousands of dollars over the years.

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And yes, one of the team's original

players was Kay Thomas, who was

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identified as a member of the

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Jennifer Davis: If you've enjoyed

this podcast, you're gonna

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love our companion newsletter.

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Find it at bestofredmond.com

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and we'll see you in the next one

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Dan Schulz: Or maybe before then,

walking in and around Redmond