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Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Friday. This is Seattle now. This week, money is a

construct, apparently. Popular Seattle Grocery Co-op PCC has a request for its members. Please spend more money at PCC.

If you've got $5 million to spare, you could buy a brand new penthouse condo on 3rd Avenue that comes with the use of a luxury sports car and Bumbershoot is back.

But where are all the Seattle-based headliners?

Author and speaker Jody Ambury and KUOW Director of Community Engagement, Zeki Hamid, are here to break down the week.

But first, let's get you caught up.

It's a big weekend for snow sports in Washington. Yeah, it's the annual ski-to-sea race on Sunday. Despite this year's unusually low snowpack, teams of three to eight racers will relay from Mount Baker to Bellingham Bay with all manner of transportation. If you're traveling up north for Memorial Day, watch out for traffic. And if

you're racing, best of luck. Spray parks across the city open up tomorrow. Just another sign. We're

getting closer to summer. There are 11 different spray parks around the city, and they're open from

11 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily until early September. You might want to hold off for a couple days, though. The National

Weather Service says we're in for some rain tomorrow and Sunday before a sunny Memorial Day.

And the 53rd annual Northwest Folk Life Festival is at Seattle Center this weekend. They've got

dance and music performances, an artist space, and even a community quilt.

Tickets are donation-based so anyone can join in on the fun.

That's it for now.

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