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Recently, Dr. Maya Angelou told a story about being suicidal when she was a young woman. She ran to get help at a clinic, but wasn't comfortable with the clinician.

Utilizing her Personal Safety Net, Maya contacted her singing teacher for…MORE

We are now finishing the 16th month of the recession, which began in December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Not only is this a long recession, but it’s also a severe one, marked by painfully high levels of job…MORE

Myrna Hoffman (award-winning West Seattle toy inventor and manufacturer) is scheduling filming at Curious Kidstuff, 4740 California Ave. S.W., for OOZ & OZ’s Morph-O-Scope optical illusion toys.

The photo shoots have two goals: to…MORE

Earth Hour - I first became aware of it last year (and mostly because I couldn’t figure out why the Google search engine was all dark). A little light dawned after the fact when I heard about it on the news and did a bit of research.

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Artists Marty Gordon, Robin Harlow, and Terence Healy provide a rousing poke at seriousness in ArtsWest’s exhibition, The Descent of SockMonkey, from April 5 through May 9.    The exhibit was curated specifically to complement the concurrent…MORE

Lanice Kennedy and her daughter Patience both love charms and charm bracelets. Ever since her husband Glenn gave her a charm bracelet on their honeymoon she has been collecting them.

Her collection now includes tiny shoes, musical…MORE

Recently I was interviewed by Jeannie Yandel on KUOW about my life as an educator and activist. I mentioned that I decried the system of segregating people by age in our society and hoped that I would never end up in my polyester pants sitting in…MORE

This Saturday, March 28, the Leif Erikson Lodge, Sons of Norway in Ballard will host Tastes of Norway/Norwegian Cultural and Heritage Day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be presentations and demonstrations of many traditional Norwegian…MORE

One month after the last note was played at Capitol Hill's now-defunct King Cobra, a part of that bar will live on at Ballard's Bit Saloon.

Up the Punks, a free, weekly punk night, lost its home when King Cobra went out of business Feb. 27…MORE

“And the tide rises, the tide falls.” Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

During the last few years who hasn’t wondered what is going to be the final product of construction and renovation on the dock just south of Ray’s Boathouse? Whether you…MORE