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West Seattle's ArtsWest Theater begins its 2012-13 season with 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' a rock musical about our controversial seventh president opening September 19.

The theater describes the show as a, "comedic, audacious mix of…MORE

UPDATE: The exhibition has been extended through Sept. 23. It can be viewed Mon-Fri, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment.

There’s something strangely poetic in viewing a contemporary art exhibit featuring artists with completely…MORE

By Joshua McNichols, author of the Urban Farm Handbook

We have our priests, too, we foodies. The Greg Atkinsons, the Tamara Murphys. They inspire our pallets with their sermons on a plate. They give the local food movement a moral backbone…MORE

Like the haunted Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, "The Shining", the historic Everett Theater plays a starring role in a movie in production, "Ghostlight". But, unlike the mythical Inn, the 1901 theater, formerly the Everett Opera…MORE

Leah Mendel, got her dog Chesai, (that she and her husband call "Cheese"), adopted her from a family in West Seattle that was looking for a better home for her. "She was kind of a neighborhood dog that seemed to fit in better in our household…MORE

By Jerry Robinson, Publisher

I was sitting on my enclosed patio last week, the warm sun teasing my aging body when it occurred to me that I’ve been very lucky. Lucky to be alive at 92 with no pain.

I use a walker to negotiate my way…MORE

Hotwire On-line Coffeehouse at 4410 California Ave. s.w. operates in a space many might find too small for a closet and yet, through drive, determination, intelligence and innovation, Lora Swift has made it an unqualified success. This week the…MORE

I was somewhere near Montesano, when the ticking of my engine started. Feeling liberated with my recently purchased Subaru, I took my weekend to explore the Olympic Peninsula in search of summer Gold Chanterelle.

I had learned from Foraged…MORE

The Young Evils based in West Seattle appeared Sunday Sept. 2 at Bumbershoot and performed songs from their new EP Foreign Spells and their first album Enchanted Chapel.

The band members are Troy Nelson - Vocals & Guitar, Mackenzie…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Most women don’t realize the power plays that go on in the political arena. Women have always been at the bottom of the economic ladder and the bottom in attaining leadership positions. But a few women are…MORE