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When Ballard artist and Sev Shoon director Dionne Haroutunian was preparing for her 2009 trip to Nigeria as a U.S. State Department cultural envoy, she received warnings about abductions, carjackings, armed crime, dangerous roads, unsafe airlines…MORE

Local artists Pam Gray and Anne Baumgartner snuck in the installation of more panels for their "On the Fence" project at the Avalon Ballard site June 10 before the rains set in.

"On the Fence" is a series of collage panels, each inspired…MORE

Over the last year or two, our economy has been going through a little slump. I know, I know, many of you are thinking, “Whatever do you mean, Lindsey? I had not heard.”

Well for those of you that haven’t been living with a remote tribe…MORE

The monthly West Seattle Art Walk is on tonight from 6 to 9pm. This edition of the Art Walk will include the grand opening of "Baked in Seattle" with tasty baked good samples at Blue Willow Luncheonette on Oregon Street, a birthday celebration…MORE

The West Seattle Garden Tour celebrates the art of gardening for its 16th year on Sunday, July 18. 9 am to 5 pm

This year's tour features an eclectic mix of seven residential gardens including a bird sanctuary, a tree-filled garden, a “…MORE

The Admiral Theater has World-Cup fever and on Friday, June 25 at 9PM and Saturday, June 26 at 7PM, they will screen the documentary, Argentina Futbol Club.

Singing. Shouting. Hysteria. Argentina lives for futbol. The battle between…MORE

Ballard's West Woodland Elementary capped its centennial year with an all-school assembly and reception for past faculty and alumni.

While current students finished their classes, former West Woodland students snacked in the cafeteria and…MORE

Ballard artists Lina Raymond lost a beloved business once and painted to get through her pain. Now, she does the same for Ballard's lost businesses and landmarks.

From her 100-year-old apartment building, Raymond has a view of empty…MORE

There are a number of Greyhound rescue groups in Seattle. and Pat and Kim Whitted found their dog Twister at one of them. When they first got him he was in bad shape. "He'd broken his ankle on the track, which is why he stopped racing," said Pat…MORE

As proves to be the case frequently, my children have made me out to be a liar.

Mere hours after claiming I had figured out how to deal with my children’s sexual education (which pretty much resulted in doing nothing), I read them bedtime…MORE