The local region of International Student Exchange, a foreign exchange student program, is trying to find host homes for high school students who were originally scheduled to spend the school year on the East Coast. Host families are needed for the following students:...
Taproot Theatre in Greenwood ends its regular 2011 season with “An Ideal Husband,” opening Friday, Sept. 23. Candace Vance, Anne Kennedy, Ryan Childers, and Aaron Lamb in “An Ideal Husband.” Photo by Erik Stuhaug, Taproot Theatre. Dandies and...
Gardeners have been anxiously awaiting the time when they can send in their postcards for a chance to buy the much coveted “Zoo Doo” or “Bedspread” composts from the Woodland Park Zoo. A steaming pile of Zoo Doo. Photo courtesy Woodland Park...
Ann Woodward, organizer of the Greenwood Seafair Parade, just told us she sent us the wrong name of the winning entry in this year’s Very Important Kids Parade Comic/Novelty division. The real winner in the Comic/Novelty division of the July 27th parade was Monkey...
Waste Management, one of two companies that contract with the City of Seattle to haul away garbage, recycling, and yard waste, is challenging neighborhoods to reduce trash and increase recycling during a six-month period. And the winner gets a chunk of cash. Starting...
The next round of Small and Simple Projects Fund grants from the city’s Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Fund will focus on emergency preparedness. Applications will be accepted starting Thursday, Sept. 1. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on...
Assemble Gallery & Studio in Phinney Ridge was featured on Q13’s morning news today. Co-owners Emily Grosse and Andie Wurster taught reporter Kaci Aitchison how to stamp and sew, and talked about their many crafting classes. Wurster tells us that Assemble...
The space housing Emma Jean’s Consignments & Antiques, at 8554-1/2 Greenwood Ave. N., is for lease. Most everything has already been cleaned out of the display window. A phone message left at Emma Jean’s this morning requesting more information was not immediately...
Seattle Public Theater, located at the Bathhouse at Green Lake, is selling its old plush red seats that originally came from the Ridgemont Theater on the corner of Greenwood Avenue North and North 78th Street in Phinney Ridge. The old seats for sale on display in...
Woodland Park Zoo hosts International Vulture Awareness Day on from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3. It’s included in zoo admission. Photo by Dennis Dow, Woodland Park Zoo. Vultures are scavenging birds that help recycle and prevent the spread of disease....