# Discovery Log — 2026-06-16

## Summary

Searched for new Seattle event sources across neighborhood business associations, EDM/nightlife, arts, outdoors, and community verticals. Found one new viable source (Visit Ballard); documented several not-viable or already-tracked candidates.

## New source implemented

### ✅ Visit Ballard — `sources/external/visit-ballard.yaml`

- **URL**: https://www.visitballard.com/events/
- **Platform**: WordPress with The Events Calendar (Tribe Events) plugin
- **ICS feed**: `https://www.visitballard.com/?post_type=tribe_events&ical=1&eventDisplay=list`
- **Events**: 26 upcoming events verified (June–August 2026)
- **Event mix**: trivia nights, wine/cocktail walks, karaoke, drag shows, gaming nights, book clubs, craft workshops, cultural celebrations
- **Organization**: Visit Ballard is a program of Ballard Alliance, 2208 NW Market St Suite 230, Seattle, WA
- **Tags**: Community, Ballard
- **geo**: null (multi-venue; events scattered across Ballard)
- **Proxy**: Not needed — accessible without restrictions

## Source discovery: implementing Seattle Children's Museum (browserbase)

- ✅ Added: Seattle Children's Museum — Tribe Events ICS with `proxy: "browserbase"` — `sources/external/seattle-childrens-museum.yaml`
  - ICS feed confirmed (Tribe Events, SiteGround sgcaptcha JS challenge bypassed via browserbase)
  - Tags: Kids, Museums, Uptown
  - Geo: 305 Harrison St, Seattle Center (lat 47.6213, lng -122.3518)

## Candidates re-checked

- **CoCA Seattle** (`coca-seattle`): 0 upcoming Squarespace events again — still in programming gap
- **Cornish College of the Arts** (`cornish-college-of-the-arts`): Localist group_id=50276813607690 still shows 0 events; summer lull continues
- **Seattle Children's Museum** (`seattle-childrens-museum`): ICS feed returns SiteGround sgcaptcha JS challenge — implemented with `proxy: "browserbase"` (same pattern as earshot-jazz, hugo-house)
- **Beacon Food Forest** (`beacon-food-forest`): Squarespace still shows 0 upcoming events

## Not viable

- **EmeraldCityEDM** (`emeraldcityedm`): Uses a private Google Calendar — ICS returns empty (HTTP 200, content-length: 0)
- **Flight Club Seattle** (`flight-club-seattle`): No machine-readable calendar found
