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Local artist Jennifer Carrasco will be hosting a painting and drawing session in Lincoln Park Aug. 18.

There will be no instruction, but participants will be able to draw and paint in the company of other artists as well as join in a group…MORE

Residents of Providence Elizabeth House, the senior living facility at 3201 S.W. Graham St. in the High Point neighborhood, keep busy with activities inside and out, including tending to their garden patches in the back courtyard area.

Newlyweds Lauren Kisser and Barry Fuchs reached the summit of Mt. Baker on Aug. 1 after a year of training for the Climb to Fight Breast Cancer and have almost reached their fundraising goal.

Both are members of the Mountaineers and…MORE

In 2002, Ballard resident Judy Sanderman travelled to Ethiopia as a tourist. Seven years later, she, along with her husband Dennis Wilkins, are working to bring change and optimism to some of that country's most desperate villages.

While…MORE

In conjunction with the national celebration of August Night Out, the Fifth Annual Greenwoodstock neighborhood event took place Aug. 4 at the Sixth Avenue Pocket Park on Sixth Avenue Northwest and Northwest 76th Street.

With bands lined up…MORE

Cal Wiseman turned 80 on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

The popular West Seattle icon started Wiseman's Appliance near the Admiral Junction in 1960. He moved to 4525 California Avenue in the Alaska Junction, then back to its current location at 2619…MORE

(Editor's note: Dave Kannas writes a regular column for the Ballard News-Tribune's sister publication, the West Seattle Herald.)

The jungles of the Amazon can be threatening to those of us who live in Seattle. Some of us carry around the…MORE

The jungles of the Amazon can be threatening to those of us who live in Seattle. Some of us carry around the thoughts of an anaconda wrapped around our bodies as we sleep; flesh devouring ants on the march, leaving nothing but the skeletons of…MORE

The Dream: Taking my kids downtown to peruse Pike Place Market, window shop along Fifth Avenue, and then having an elegant dinner.

The Reality: My kids act like bats out of hell downtown and it’s 95 degrees outside. I don’t even think…MORE

This month, one of Ballard’s most venerable music venues hits the 15-year mark.

The Tractor Tavern on Ballard Avenue is the kind of venue that seems timeless. It may as well have been around for 30 years.

Its country-western decor…MORE