by PhinneyWood | Mar 25, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Volunteers recently finished bending the metal frames for an additional 60 monkeys to add to the neighborhood’s new holiday lights display. The monkeys were created last year as a tie-in with Woodland Park Zoo’s WildLights, and because they were completely different...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 25, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The writing and tutoring center The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas (formerly 826 Seattle) is once again rallying the troops in support of dwarf planet Pluto at Saturday’s Dwarf Planet Pride Day. Kids and grown-ups will march along the sidewalk around 85th...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 24, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood-Phinney resident Lorraine Mitchell organizes a semi-annual children’s consignment event called Perfectly Outgrown with clothing, maternity wear, baby gear, books, furniture and toys. This year’s sale is April 10-12 at the Seattle Center Pavilion. The sale is...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 24, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A new musical theater group called Woodland Park Players is looking to hire a director to work with adults at all levels of theater experience. The group’s goals are to “build community, have fun, and benefit the arts in our local schools.” For more information,...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 23, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Voters can get more information about Seattle Public Schools’ upcoming Operations Levy and the Buildings, Technology, Academics/Athletics IV (BTA IV) Capital Levy, both of which will be on the ballot next February, at a community meeting this Wednesday at Ballard High...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 23, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Dr. Jason Hooyman and Dr. Cherity Hooyman recently opened Hooyman Family Chiropractic at 143 NW 85th St., across the street from Fred Meyer. The office specializes in prenatal, pediatric, and family wellness care, as well as nutritional counseling and healthy living...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 20, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here are a few things happening in the neighborhood this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. The FELT-A-THON Live at The Pocket Theater, 8312 Greenwood Ave. N., 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10 online or $14 at the door. The audience will get to...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 19, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Fourth- and fifth-graders from Greenwood and Broadview-Thomson elementary schools comprise two of the nine teams competing in the finals of Seattle’s Global Reading Challenge from 7-8 p.m. next Tuesday, March 24, at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 1, in...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 19, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
All 27 branches of the Seattle Public Library are now part of the Safe Place network, where children ages 12-17 can ask for help when they are in crisis. Safe Place in King County quickly connects youth ages 12-17 in crisis to help, through a network of local...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 19, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Kate tells us someone tried to steal a package from her front porch at North 83rd Street and Dayton Avenue North on Monday just before 5 p.m. After arriving home from work, I heard someone walking up the front steps of our house. Once I opened the front door, a man...