Today is the day the City Of Seattle recognizes as Massive Monkee Day. Today Seatown’s globetrotting b-boys and b-girls show out in a celebration of the art form, the town, and of course the mighty, mighty Massive.

Here’s something I said about it in my column last year:

From far-flung locales to those accessible by a quick ride on the #36, Seattle’s world-renowned Massive Monkees give it their all. From their free dance-studio practices at Beacon’s Jefferson Community Center to voter-registration drives and high-school education, Massive also give back. “It sounds cliché and corny but it’s true: The children are the future of this art form,” says Massive’s own djblesOne. “The next generation is the base, the bottom line—if we don’t invest in the children, don’t invest in our scene, we literally won’t have one.” Just as dedicated to grooming a new generation of breakers as they are to repping their town, Massive have been sprinkling true and living Seattle flavor on an international level for many moons now, nephew.

“I’m excited about everybody getting together, everybody from out of town coming up,” enthuses djblesOne, “but what I love is that this event gives outsiders a real, concrete, positive perspective on our culture. Like, you can bring your kids to this! You can come learn from experienced heads, see that hiphop isn’t the evil monster it’s always portrayed as.”

If you wanna know the engine that drives this town’s hiphop, it’s all going down @ Club Heaven (172 South Washington St.).