Features

This year's Ballard SeafoodFest, happening this weekend, July 25 (11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and 26 (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.), features a few firsts, as well as old traditions, in the festival's 35th year.

Hotdog Eating Contest

The first-ever…MORE

To celebrate the 59th Annual Greenwood Seafair Parade, crowds lined up along Greenwood Avenue to see more than 90 entrants of bands, drill teams, clowns, floats and more, wow the crowd.

The parade was on Wednesday evening, July 22 and…MORE

Ballard is a strong community because within it are individuals with the will to lend a hand to their neighbors. The Job Bank at the Ballard Senior Center started up two years ago with this concept in mind, to help people find work, which has…MORE

Camp Long will host free Shakespeare in the Park this summer. Performances are on the Parade Ground facing Schurman Rock, but parking is limited. Organizer's ask that people park responsibly in the neighborhood.

"The Life and Death of…MORE

“Hello, Two Green Thumbs, Janit speaking.”

“My name is Martha, I have to send you this picture, but it won’t go through!” was the very first thing I heard from her.

I quickly gave her another email address to use, and eventually…MORE

Beginning on July 26 through Aug. 22, ArtsWest will feature an exhibition of talented and passionate art photography educators from Photographic Center Northwest in Inspired by Light.   

Brian Allen, Jahnavi Lisa Barnes, Janet Neuhauser,…MORE

Take out that magnifying glass, get your notepad ready and hone in on your sleuthing skills for the fourth annual Gumshoe 5k Walk to support the Greenwood Senior Center.

Not your average three mile walk, the Gumshoe 5k requires walkers to…MORE

The colony of Humboldt penguins at the Woodland Park Zoo will be treated to five-gallon “fishsicles,” a block of ice with small fish, such as herring and smelt, on Wednesday, July 22 at 3:30 p.m.

Why would penguins at Woodland Park Zoo be…MORE

After a 15 -minute delay during the complicated task of tallying votes from a variety of categories like talent, speaking, and community achievements, six judges crowned Georgia Mitchell as the new Miss West Seattle Hi-Yu Senior Court Queen 2009-…MORE

Taproot Theatre is bringing Late-Night Improv back to its mainstage this summer for three evenings.

Following the performances of "Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming" on July 24 and 31 and August 7, Taproot’s improvisers will take the stage…MORE