With the FIFA World Cup just over a month away, Seattle’s Waterfront Park — dubbed by officials as the city’s “front porch” — has announced a summer season of community events to welcome an influx of both out-of-town visitors and locals. This summer season, running May-September, the park will serve as the backdrop to hundreds of free events, cultural festivals and programming for the World Cup, Friends of Waterfront Park announced Monday. Over 3.4 million people flocked to the waterfront in 2025 for its grand opening season after the city completed its multimillion-dollar renovation of the park, according to the Monday news release.  “This season is about going deeper — grounding our work in Indigenous knowledge and continuing to build the waterfront through community-led place-making,” said Yoon Kang O’Higgins, senior director of community impact and programs at Friends of Waterfront Park.…