by Chris Maykut | Nov 14, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Reminder: Seattle7Writers’ 7th annual Holiday Bookfest is this Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Twenty-five local authors will sign their books, provide home-made treats and give readings to raise money for the PNA and...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 11, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s what’s on tap this weekend. Check our Events calendar for more. The following are closed today (Friday) in honor of Veterans Day, a federal holiday: Schools Banks Libraries Post Office Most Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities, including all...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 10, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
In the Red Wine Bar, at 6510 Phinney Ave. N., is changing name and concept at the end of this month. Starting after Thanksgiving weekend, it will be called The Whit’s End and will be a neighborhood bar with pool table, darts, pinball and possibly shuffleboard, plus...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 10, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The process for designing our neighborhood’s newest park is moving rapidly. The park at Greenwood Avenue North and North 81st Street, next to the Greenwood Library, will have another public design meeting at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Greenwood Senior...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 10, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A la Mode Pies in Phinney Ridge turns five years old this week with special “throwback pricing” today (Thursday) with $5 slices of pie and $25 whole pies (prices on opening day in 2011). Current pie prices are $6 per slice and $29 for a whole pie. A La Mode recently...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 10, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood Walgreens at 87th and Greenwood will close on Nov. 30 Dec. 1. All prescriptions will be transferred to the Walgreens on NW 85th Street and 15th Avenue NW in Crown Hill. An employee told me this afternoon that employees were notified about a week ago and...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 9, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Local magician Evan Reynolds and friends are hosting a Family Variety Show to benefit Syrian refugees. The show will be from 3-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27, at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. All proceeds will go to the International Rescue Committee. Tickets are...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 9, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
We’re getting used to cute Craftsman homes being knocked down at an alarming rate in our neighborhood and replaced by giant boxes, but we were shocked by the price tag for yet another one coming to 111 N. 76th St., just west of Greenwood Avenue. This house sold for...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 9, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Humanities Washington’s next Think & Drink at Naked City Brewery is “We Gon’ Be Alright? The State of Race in America” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21. In 2008, a country still haunted by the ghosts of slavery chose a Black man as its leader. It was a moment...
by Chris Maykut | Nov 8, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood comedian Evelyn Jensen was one of just a handful of female comedians who made it to the quarter-finals in this month’s annual Seattle International Comedy Competition at venues all over Puget Sound. Jensen was one of 32 competitors. Jensen was born and...
