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Get gardening in West Seattle with one of these engaging classes taught by garden educators from Seattle Tilth in conjunction with Community Harvest of SW Seattle.

Vertical Gardening (St. James Annex) May 16, 10-noon. Learn to build cool…MORE

The City of Seattle, like any large municipality keeps and updates a wide range of databases. The compiled data gives them a sense of how to apply resources and provides the public with access to facts, figures and awareness of what the city has…MORE

Ballard-born Ron Ness has been a hotel director for Carnival Cruise Lines for 15 years. He was recently in town on the 960-foot Carnival Spirit cruise ship, ready to sail to Alaska May 11 for a seven-day cruise to the Tracy Arm Fjord, Skagway,…MORE

As the 97-year-old, 133-foot schooner Adventuress waited to pass through the Ballard Locks May 12, its crew bellowed a collection of sea shanties to entertain those watching.

Adventuress' crew were making a last-ditch effort for a $100,000…MORE

Nicholas Stevens has a Shiba Inu named Sawyer who is one year old. Shiba Inus are Japanese hunting dogs that were originally bred to go through dense undergrowth in search of smaller wild game like rabbits. As pets they are reserved toward…MORE

May 21 - June 6, 2010 Evenings: Friday and Saturday 8:00 PM Matinees: Saturday and Sunday 2:00 PM

The comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in this rollicking, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's…MORE

Ballard resident Quinn Rudee has worked on films including "Zoolander" and "Beverly Hills Cop" as part of Paramount’s special features division. Rudee's most recent gig is as producer of the short film "Shuffle," which will premiere later this…MORE

The musical comedy play Once Upon a Mattress is in rehearsals now at West Seattle High School and will debut May 20th. It is a popular choice for High School drama programs. West Seattle High School Drama Club advisor and director Andrew Finley…MORE

I recently had the misguided notion to read “no sex for me” stories to a room full of strangers at the Hugo House.

Fortunately for me, they were a receptive audience. Not only did they laugh and commiserate at the appropriate times, and…MORE

(Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles on 96-year-old Morey Skaret, who emigrated from the family homestead in Endiang, Canada to West Seattle in 1923. Having survived the hardships of the prairie-and the sorrow of leaving a…MORE