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By Georgie Bright Kunkel

No matter how often women have complained about being objectified, the fact of the matter is that the female body sells. Just recently, after sorting my memorabilia, I found a 1987 calendar displaying Marilyn…MORE

Art for Animals Sake an animal advocacy organization recently sponsored a project featuring photographs by street youth of their animals. One of the dozen people who participated was Trenten Fillmore a 13-year-old boy who is living at the…MORE

The West Seattle High School Girls Cheer Team and Son-in-Law Tree Farm are holding a fundraising event Saturday and Sunday, December 8th and 9th.

The WSHS Cheerleaders will be selling hot chocolate Saturday and Sunday Dec 8th & 9th…MORE

It's holiday season and sometimes people don't have the time to do their gift shopping during the day.

Luckily, a growing number of Ballard merchants are staying open late, at least, on thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays during December. See…MORE

This image, which is from Ballard Historical Sociey's Peterson Collection. It appeared in their 2009 calendar, which is where the below caption is from.

The hectic late 19th century railroad construction period which ended with Seattle as…MORE

By Christy Wolyniak

For the last 40 years, the Literacy Council of Seattle has provided education for refugees, immigrants, and native-born adults. Finally, after so many years, they are starting to get recognized for their work.

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By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

When you follow a low-sodium diet for good health, often you’re told to stay away from salty sauces. But protecting your kidneys and heart doesn’t mean you have to give up the creamy goodness of a white sauce on…MORE

Rhoda Fry, who lives near the West Seattle Junction got her dog Stimpy, who got his name from the cartoon "Ren and Stimpy" but in the cartoon Stimpy was a cat and Ren was the dog. "My Stimpy is too skinny to be Ren and the cat was skinny wo we…MORE

By Christy Wolyniak

Last weekend, local Ballard artists came together, handiwork in tow, and demonstrated that sometimes art is just transforming ordinary, everyday materials into a masterpiece.

Take stained glass, for example.…MORE

Judy Thielen has been doing window art as a side hobby for about fourteen years. Her holiday artwork has adorned local businesses such as Marv’s Broiler and the Barrel Tavern. For this Christmas season she decorated the front windows of the…MORE