by Chris Maykut | May 31, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Amy Yee Tennis Center Advisory Council are sponsoring the annual Seattle City Open at Lower Woodland Tennis Courts June 6-10. The courts are at the south end of Green Lake. Matches will be played after 5 p.m. Wednesday through...
by Chris Maykut | May 30, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Every summer, the Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures host Book Bingo for adults, to help expand their reading selections, with categories such as “finish a book you started and put down,” “recommended by a librarian,” “takes place in the area where...
by Chris Maykut | May 30, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Washington State Transportation Commission is gathering public feedback on the proposed toll rate options for the State Route 99 tunnel under downtown Seattle, scheduled to open this fall. Tunnel tolls are expected to raise $200 million to help fund construction...
by Chris Maykut | May 29, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Saturday is the 6th annual PhinneyWood Pride Rainbow Hop, three hours of family-friendly activities at about 20 businesses and organizations throughout the neighborhood, as a kickoff to other Pride events in Seattle. It is sponsored by the Phinney Neighborhood...
by Chris Maykut | May 25, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s what’s happening in and around the neighborhood this weekend. Check our Events calendar for more. Taproot Theatre continues its run of “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” at 204 N. 85th St. Earshot Jazz and Couth Buzzard Books present the third annual...
by Chris Maykut | May 24, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Humanities Washington presents the next “Think & Drink” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, at Naked City Brewery, 8564 Greenwood Ave. N., and it’s a weighty subject: “The Long March – Measuring Black American Progress since 1968.” “Our nation is moving toward two...
by Chris Maykut | May 24, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The University of Washington is recruiting people age 60 and over who are experiencing symptoms of depression. We have developed a program for seniors who are depressed. This program is based on research showing that increasing participation in pleasurable and...
by Chris Maykut | May 23, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Phinney Neighborhood Community Chorus will hold its annual benefit concert for a Haiti school at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave. N. Special guests include Izumi Fairbanks on drums, Eric Likkel on clarinet, and Claude...
by Chris Maykut | May 22, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Our neighborhood now has an extra month to submit ideas for naming the new park next to the Greenwood Library. Construction on the park, which spans the entire east side of Greenwood Avenue between 81st and 82nd avenues, will happen this summer and should be finished...
by Chris Maykut | May 22, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
From the Seattle Police Department Blotter: Seattle police arrested three men and seized thousands of items from a North Seattle coin shop, which investigators believe was fueling Seattle’s drug trade. Police spent 10 months investigating Seattle Rare Coins in the...