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By Georgie Bright Kunkel

To be special is to be at the right place at the right time. Every famous person had the intelligence and ingenuity to stand out from the crowd in some special way. It was the person who found themselves in the…MORE

by Rob Ketcherside

In 1888 Thomas Ewing had the good fortune to invest in West Seattle. His industry was mining: big, million-dollar mines. He had a corporate stake in mines in Nevada, Colorado, California, Utah and Arizona, and lived in…MORE

by Pat Cashman

A few years ago, I stopped at a little convenience store. My then-teenage daughter wondered why. “Because I like stores that are little and convenient,” I said.

She shot back. “Well then you must also like…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Callan Barth, ensemble member in this year’s 5th Avenue production of A Christmas Story, is wasting no time in assimilating as much as he can toward his professional life as an artist. Acting, singing, dancing, writing—Barth…MORE

Bon Ton Cleaners, in North Ballard at 801 NW 85th St. is cleaning more than your office-wear; they are cleaning up the environment and their workplace by replacing their old dry cleaning machine with a new “green” cleaner.

Bon Ton has…MORE

By Scott Anthony

After Dad passed this last spring, the task fell to us, his kids, to go through his belongings and sort out the items we wished to keep and those that might benefit charities like Goodwill.  In the garage this winter I…MORE

By Amanda Knox

After seeing the ArtsWest production of Judy’s Scary Little Christmas, it’s tempting to limit myself to echoing director Troy Wageman’s prediction of what anyone would think after seeing it: “What did I just watch? Whatever…MORE

by Pat Cashman

We bit the holiday bullet last year and bought an artificial Christmas tree. It looks genuine, but it’s entirely fake---sort of like a top-of-the-line toupee.

My wife had been pushing for the imitation evergreen…MORE

by Scott Anthony

After Dad passed this last spring, the task fell to us, his kids, to go through his belongings and sort out the items we wished to keep and those that might benefit charities like Goodwill.  In the garage this winter I…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Remember those kids in high school who took part in all the choir and theatre productions and sang show tunes and choral harmonies from classroom to classroom between periods? Ever wonder what happened to them? What they…MORE