Free trees! Deadline’s coming up for West Seattle applications
(Lincoln Park photo courtesy of Shannon) Our tree-laden parks are great, but neighborhoods need trees too, which is why 4 short-on-trees West Seattle neighborhoods are among 6 citywide that are eligible for free trees from EarthCorps and the city. While we’ve... read the full story
West Seattle filmmaker’s “Double Down Live” to premiere here
West Seattle filmmaker Jamie Burton Chamberlin sends word that “ZZ Top: Double Down Live” is now out on DVD - “the first historic concert performance ever to be approved for release by the band,” he says. It packs “28 years of hard rock,... read the full story
350 Day of Action: West Seattle garden-building, and more
The new community edible garden behind C & P Coffee - built today by CoolMom- and Sustainable West Seattle-organized volunteers as part of the worldwide 350 Day of Action - was taking shape in a big way when we stopped by around noon - four raised beds behind... read the full story
Despite blustery weather, Lafayette’s Walk-a-Thon rolls on
Hundreds of students, staffers and parent/community volunteers teamed up in Friday’s soggy, blustery weather for another successful Lafayette Elementary Walk-a-Thon. This is a big year for the school in Admiral, as it’s added two classes and is now the... read the full story
Brown-Bagging It at the Beer Authority
Seattle is flush with--among other things--neighborhood grocery stores, bars, and, of course, breweries. If one suffers inspiration to refill the fridge, you only have to walk a few blocks to stock up on a local brew. In the Lake City neighborhood however, one... read the full story
WiMax To Finally Hit Chicago Next Month
Image via Sprint has been teasing Chicagoans for over two years with its proposed WiMax, a 4G wireless network that would blanket the city with high-speed internet access. Although the network was originally supposed to be available in 2008, PC World reported that... read the full story
BookFest Success Makes Us FeelGood
Image via the BookFest website Uh, so why did it take so long for Seattle to re-establish a local book festival after the Northwest Book Festival fizzled out in 2003? Regardless, there seems to have been some sort of suppressed need for such a thing, as the good... read the full story
Made In Seattle: Neighborhood Tees
Pioneer Square and Ballard tees, $15 each Neighborhood shout-outs are fun! Because then everyone knows you live there, in that neighborhood! Seattleite hoofinitdesigns takes ‘hood designs and hand-screens them onto cotton t-shirts. Simple as that. For the time... read the full story
Return of the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
It broke my heart to learn that Northwest Flower and Garden Show found Duane Kelly was getting out of the expo game; there are many great expositions, conventions and shows in Seattle each year but the best of them for me has always been the Northwest Flower and... read the full story
"Paramount Theater" courtesy of pink_fish13 SIGN LIGHTING PARTY : The original sign, in place since 1930, is damaged beyond repair. The new sign is made from environmentally responsible materials and is 90% more energy efficient. The new sign will be lit for the... read the full story
An Interview with Comedian Mike Birbiglia
While our beloved city is known for many things ( music , tech , caffeine , seafood , more tech , and on and on ), comedy doesn’t usually factor high on any such list. As a result, we’ve learned to get the laughs where we can . Though the comedy line-ups... read the full story
Mark your calendar: Midnight Symposium at the Sorrento
If it seems like First Hill’s Sorrento Hotel has been around forever, that’s because it has. Well, relatively speaking, in Seattle time. This year the Sorrento is celebrating 100 years. Part of the festivities is a Midnight Symposium series which has its... read the full story
I Wanna be a Professional Eulogist
The 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival is gaining momentum with tonight's premier of Sarah Jane Lapp's Animated Jazz Experiments film Chronicles of a Professional Eulogist . The film is a hand-drawn (India ink, gouache and wax) animation, which follows a prospective... read the full story
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