For Jessie Summa-Kusiak, opening a live music venue has always been a dream. So after eight years working as a design manager for Amazon, Summa-Kusiak left the corporate world in 2006 to open the Skylark Club and Café in West Seattle’s north…MORE
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Personal Safety Net Corner: Bruce finds support in the Big Apple
Wed, 06/10/09
Bruce, who has been using Personal Safety Nets® tools since we met last year, wrote to us recently from his home in New York City.
"New York is a cold, hard and uncaring city, right? I live in a building with 19 floors and, perhaps, 300…MORE
Crime Scene Improv at ArtsWest
Wed, 06/10/09
KRAM Improv presents CSI: Seattle – Crime Scene Improv, a fast-paced improvised crime comedy about a team of investigators who use both bleeding-edge science and old-fashioned police know-how to solve crimes.
The show is this Thursday and…MORE
'Vrooommm!' rolls into Live Girls! June 19
Wed, 06/10/09
Live Girls! theater, located in downtown Ballard on Northwest Market Street, is excited to present Vrooommm! A NAScomedy, a super charged spoof of America’s fastest sport!
An all female cast portrays the all-male universe of NASCAR…MORE
SLIDESHOW: The Bard is a hit at Schmitz Park School
Wed, 06/10/09
Schmitz Park School tipped its hat to the Bard Tuesday, June 9 with two performances of its production of a "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Teacher Craig Parsley supervised but was quick to credit the students for being creative in…MORE
A Garden For All: Why you should go to Sorticulture this weekend
Tue, 06/09/09
The city of Everett has been quietly building a lovely garden show over the years, and it is now in its 12th year. Sorticulture is truly where art and nature are perfectly paired. It is located in the big beautiful Legion Memorial Park, where the…MORE
Students get behind camera for school's 100th anniversary
Tue, 06/09/09
In preparation for the 100th anniversary of West Woodland Elementary next year, Jan Dalby’s fourth-grade class is creating a commercial that will be broadcast on commercial television asking for memories from past and present students in hopes of…MORE
Common Cents: Cutting losses more painful than you think
Tue, 06/09/09
Why do stock prices fall? Various factors are involved, but in a nutshell, prices drop when more people want to sell stocks than buy them.
Conversely, the more people who buy a particular stock, the faster that stock’s price will rise.…MORE
Ballard Food Police: Waterwheel's new, old menu still down-home
Tue, 06/09/09
Waterwheel Lounge 7034 15th Ave. N.W., 784-5701 Daily 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Tucked away on 15th Avenue Northwest between a pho restaurant and a vacant fencing business, behind a parking lot, the Waterwheel Lounge sits frozen in time.
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Cycling pastors seek to end hunger
Mon, 06/08/09
On Thursday, July 2 Peace Lutheran Church will host a potluck-presentation block party from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring the Tour de Revs, a trio of Lutheran pastors travelling cross country on a bamboo bicycle built for three to promote wellness and…MORE
