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Finally getting your kid a haircut and donating to a charity at the same time, what can be better?

At Sharkey's Cuts for Kids (4609 14th Ave NW #104), that can happen. They started a new charity program on July 1 where a child will be…MORE

On the back cover of her memoir, “Hippie Boy,” Ballard author Ingrid Ricks poses the question, “What would you do if your Mormon stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you?”

The answer, at least for thirteen-year-old…MORE

Jonah Spangenthal-Lee with the Seattle Police Department shares their yearly how-to on safely enjoying the holiday:

Once again, it’s that time of the year when we remind you that the possession, manufacture, storage, sale and use of…MORE

By Elizabeth Wang

Whether it’s capturing the last sun rays reflecting off the Sunmøre Mountains or the flickering city lights of Godøy, Norway’s Ørnulf Opdahl, contemporary landscape artist, embodies the essence of his hometown in his…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

The Northwest is blessed with the right amount of sun and rain to grow the world’s most wonderful berries! I walked around my garden today and found strawberries peeking out from under big three-part leaves.…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Not everyone is attuned to the feelings and sensibilities of others. It takes a person who has learned to read cues and signals from other humans to be able to feel empathy. Since I was the youngest in a large…MORE

ArtsWest Theater's Apprenticeship Program's production of CHESS, presented July 17-27 is featuring a unique contest offering. To win two season tickets you must figure out where their "Queen" is, which they say is a person, location or thing,…MORE

The Copper Gate, "The place your mother warned you about" and "Scandalnavian since 1946" according to signs placed outside, had its last call yesterday, Sunday, June 30.

Recently, the Copper Gate was sold to locals who were fans of The…MORE

Denmark, specifically Copenhagen, was a stopover for me and my new bride Elsbeth on our trip around Europe in the winter of 1968. I had lost my first wife to cancer. It was tough but getting remarried made sense, since I still had two young boys…MORE

The somewhat oddly named "SpudNeuter" event at Ola Salon on June 30 was a blend of food, music and fun and included a very famous presence who kindly lent his name to the effort to raise funds for feline rescue organization Kitty Harbor.

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