Phinney Ridge resident Kaye Gill has been playing bass guitar professionally for two years, starting at the tender age of 11. As she turns 13 this week, she was featured on last night’s KING 5’s “Evening Magazine,” recounting how she came to...
The Defenders of Greenwood moved into their new Fire Station 21 a few weeks ago, but their grand opening celebration is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The station will be “out of service” during the open house so fire fighters can concentrate on showing community...
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will begin this week to replace about a dozen broken concrete panels on NW 80th Street between 6th Avenue NW and 12th Avenue NW. From SDOT: Work will begin between 6th Ave NW and 8th Ave NW, and then will move west...
Ruby Smith, the 17-year-old daughter of Couth Buzzard Books co-owner Theo Dzielak, is battling Burkitt’s lymphoma, and the community has rallied to support her family while she undergoes chemotherapy. To help pay her treatment expenses, friends held a musical...
By Mwiza Kalisa, Next Door Media Intern Three years ago Briana Barrett moved into an apartment in the South end of Phinney Ridge, an area neighbors have called “SoZoo” (South of Zoo) for a decade. Pregnant and far away from home, she was eager to collaborate with...
Microhouse architecture and design firm and two partners are offering workshops for seniors on how to “age in place,” as the popular catchphrase goes. The first workshop is from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., in the...
Emerald City Orchids, at 716 NW 65th St., is adding a café that will offer espresso and lunch. The café will open in mid-December, but there’s an open house from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Emerald City Orchids opened in 2008, and moved into its current location in...
(Editor’s Note: Sorry for not posting this sooner; I’ve been sick all week.) Last Sunday, Greenwood’s nonprofit writing and tutoring center 826 Seattle was packed with authors both well-known and maybe soon-to-be-known, and well wishers, as it...
Seems like it will be a fairly quiet weekend in the neighborhood, besides all those people out shopping for Christmas presents. Here’s what we know about this weekend’s events. Check our Events calendar any time. Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Café at 8310...
Here’s wishing you a Happy and fulfilling Thanksgiving that’s big on what matters most to you, whether it’s family and friends, or food and fellowship. If you’re planning on making a last-minute dinner ingredient dash, or simply plan to pop out...