This Art Was Made for Walking

Seattlest has been known to enjoy many great First Thursdays, but we've always secretly asked ourselves why Pioneer Square should have all the fun. It looks like we weren't the only ones, given the recent explosion of new walks all over the city.

Kick off the neighborly art exploration boom by putting on your (fashion-forward) walking shoes and heading to tonight's Belltown Night Out. This monthly "art-fashion-design-and-shopping event" sounds promising--let's just hope no one will be trying to sell us a loft-style condo.

If parking downtown on a Friday night isn't your thing, rest up for tomorrow night's second saturday ballard ARTwalk (.PDF). This walk includes almost 50 locations in and around Ballard. We just happened to stumble upon last month's walk and were pleasantly surprised by all the art-y activity.

Once you've recovered from all that art-walking, check out a unique spin on the walk craze. Columbia City's BeatWalk offers some audible art that's more than worthy of the trip down Rainier Avenue.

And if you can't make it this time around, don't worry. We're happy to report that all of these walks happen every month.