The Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, EarthCorps, Green Seattle Partnership (GSP), forest stewards and community volunteers are piloting a citizen science effort that engages Seattle residents in analyzing and monitoring the urban…MORE
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Norwegian architect with Seattle ties strives to be as good as nature
Fri, 09/17/10
When Norwegian architect Einar Jarmund, whose work can often be found isolated over a river or alone in a snow-blanketed forrest , designs a building, he is seeking to paraphrase nature. He said it is his challenge to strive to be as good as it…MORE
Pet of the week: Yoshi is a particular Boxer
Thu, 09/16/10
Bill Evans got his Boxer Yoshi from a breeder in Post Falls, Idaho when he lived there six and a half years ago. Yoshi weighs about 60 .lbs and has a special diet. "Yoshi has a very sensitive stomach," Evans explained, " so he eats some dry…MORE
Reality Mom: The bigger meaning
Tue, 09/14/10
A few weeks ago, friends and contacts were forced to actually pick up the phone rather than email me.
“Your emails are bouncing back,” they said accusingly. As if I was intentionally trying to make their life more difficult.
I wasn…MORE
"Les Miz" may be Hi-Liners best production ever
Tue, 09/14/10
The Fall Season has begun, and all the usual events that go with it are in full swing. School is back in session and the Hi-Liners are once again performing their annual mainstage production.
With a long history of producing top-notch…MORE
Diversions - Week of 9-13-10
Mon, 09/13/10
reasons to be pretty Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty Seattle Premiere! September 8 – October 2Nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play of the Year! Directed by Katjana Vadeboncoeur. Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into…MORE
101 Things To Do In Ballard: Get your plant on
Mon, 09/13/10
Ballard-area residents love their gardens, whether it’s a luscious edible landscape or containers on the condo balcony, and we’re fortunate to have several interesting and unique independent nurseries in and around the neighborhood.
How…MORE
Reader Report: Large cedar tree cut on City furlough day
Mon, 09/13/10
West Seattle Herald reader Mark Schletty shared this story with us regarding a large cedar tree in the 7300 block of California Avenue s.w. that was cut on Sept. 3, a City of Seattle furlough day.
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Madison math teacher, entrepreneur, teaches through temporary tattoos
Sat, 09/11/10
Madison Middle School 6th grade math teacher, and entrepreneur, Kathy Myers, wants students across America to have a piece of the “pi.” The North Admiral District mother of two began a part time “temporary tattoo” business, Academic Tattoos,…MORE
Ballard Big Picture: Small Faces celebrates 35 years, new playground
Sat, 09/11/10
Crown Hill's Small Faces Child Development Center celebrated its 35th year as a nonprofit organization Sept. 11. And, for the first time in 35 years, the older children of Small Faces had a playground of their own to celebrate on.
In…MORE