Cal Anderson Park

11/06/2025

05/30/2025

Our statement on last Saturday's MayDay USA event: https://mailchi.mp/c58bbb11734d/capastatement

05/07/2025

Maybe you’ve attended Capitol Hill Garage Sale Day, where the 100+ vendors and 5,000+ customers are your neighbors. Or maybe you’ve noticed the rebuilt playground, the open restrooms, or the running fountain. CAPA works hard to push city agencies for improvements while putting your experience front and center.

Join us in building community resilience through care and activation. GiveBIG today. https://shorturl.at/tvyKm

05/06/2025

A gift to CAPA keeps you connected. We work hard to keep the historic Shelterhouse, Cathy Hillenbrand Community Room, and Capitol Hill Station Plaza available for reservation year-round. Help us ensure that they stay accessible to you and your neighbors.

Be a changemaker. GiveBIG today. https://shorturl.at/tvyKm

05/16/2024

We are hiring! CAPA is looking for a Activation Manager to help manage activations in spaces in and around the park. An exciting opportunity to be a part of elevating the park and its central role in the neighborhood!

The Cal Anderson Park Alliance (CAPA) is thrilled to announce a pilot activation program for Cal Anderson Park and nearby amenities. For years, the Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse and the Cathy Hillenbrand Community Room have been unavailable to the public. With this pilot project, CAPA is hiring an

11/09/2023

TODAY IN HISTORY...
Cal Anderson in 1987 becomes the state’s first openly gay legislator when the King County Council appoints him to a vacant seat. Anderson goes on to win election to the House from Seattle’s 43rd District, and in 1994, he wins election to the state Senate. He is a decorated combat veteran of the Army in Vietnam and calls himself "a Democrat who happens to be gay." Anderson dies in 1995 of an illness related to AIDS. (Compiled from HistoryLink.org, featured in the Seattle Times newsletter)

Photo: Cal Anderson being sworn in as state legislator, Seattle, November 9, 1987

07/19/2023

The registration for the Capitol Hill Garage is NOW OPEN! The event is 8/20. Registration is free (and we promote garage sales outside of the Park, as well). Register today!

The Capitol Hill Garage Sale returns Sunday, August 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Cal Anderson Park! This annual event is Seattle’s longest running community-wide garage sale and regularly features over 100 people selling their treasures in Cal Anderson Park in addition to many independent garage s...

04/13/2023

This Sunday! Capitol Hill Plant Sale & Seed Exchange in Cal Anderson Park (upper meadow). Click the link for more info!

Join the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict and Seattle Audubon on April 16th from 11AM - 3PM for a plant sale and seed exchange at Cal Anderson Park.

12/07/2022

News from The AIDS Memorial Pathway.

Whatever time of day you visit The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway, be sure to check out the new wayfinding experience. The newly installed kiosks will help you navigate through five incredible public works of art, each contributing to the story of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington State.

Download the app to enhance your in-person visit with augmented reality (AR) or remotely view the art pieces and hear stories from the AMP. Available for iOS and Android.

www.gaycity.org/AMPiOS
www.gaycity.org/AMPAndroid

(Photo credit: A.K.)

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“Check out the new informational kiosks at the AMP!”.Text appears next to a kiosk at night with humans looking in its direction. The AMP logo appears in the lower left corner.

12/01/2022

Listen to stories of how The AMP (which extends into Cal Anderson Park) was created. Also, join the AMP for World AIDS Day in the AIDS Memorial Pathway plaza at 4pm tomorrow.

World AIDS Day is December 1, a perfect time to recall the local history of HIV/AIDS and fight for a better future. The AIDS Memorial Pathway, right in the heart of Capitol Hill, is a perfect place to do that. Take a tour of The AMP with host Egan Orion and several key players in the development of

09/12/2022

New temporary art up in Cal Anderson Park. Check it out while you can!

A new temporary art installation has added colorful portraits to Cal Anderson Park. Meanwhile, a prolific new(?) street artist has drawn attention with stylized faces popping up around Capitol Hill…