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Carrying out the wishes of the deceased is top priority for funeral homes and cemeteries. But what if those wishes are for a natural burial? With environmental and consumption implications looming, more and more people are changing what happens…MORE

By Gwen Davis

Think college is hard? The non-stop studying, demanding professors, student loans and crazy class schedules can make any undergrad question why they ever left home in the first place.

However, try saying that after you…MORE

By Pat Cashman

A few months ago in this space I wrote about the side effects that come with certain medications and other products. This column is sort of a part two of that---although if this one seems even more incoherent than usual…MORE

A new store has brought the Far East to Ballard.

Himalayan Treasures (1708 NW Market Street) opened its doors last week and owner, Sushil Mulepati, invited the Ballard News-Tribune to view the intricate and exotic items inside. The store…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

It would be exciting to obtain a time machine and set it to ages past in order to observe the dating rituals from time immemorial. Then I got to thinking, maybe there was a time when there was no dating. Maybe the…MORE

information from Twelfth Night Productions


This long running Off-Broadway absurdist Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin is a comedy which places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned…MORE

Al arrived to pay his subscription bill in person & was surprised to find great niece Tamara had joined the Westside Weekly staff in 2014.

He started his subscription 62 Years ago, after the birth announcement of daughter Susan. Al…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Their parents didn’t immigrate to America. They are not first, second or third generation Italian-Americans. They work in research laboratories at UW, the Hutch, and Seattle Children’s Research Institute. They work at…MORE

By Marjorie Young

The recent Academy Awards featured a number of memorable moments, but for me there was one that particularly resonated; the acceptance speech of Graham Moore, winner of best adapted screenplay for ‘The Imitation Game.’ He…MORE

By Pat Cashman

A couple of years ago, I was emceeing a big medical conference in Spokane. It’s not necessarily important to mention Spokane, but I can’t resist name-dropping.

During a morning breakfast in a fancy hotel,…MORE