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West Seattle artists Daniel and Judith Caldwell created "Blue Sky Baskets," which stands at the triangle intersection of Delridge, Roxbury and16th.

The $90,000 project was commissioned by the White Center Community Development Association…MORE

For 25 years, West Seattle native Daniel Lilleness navigated thousands of 16-year-olds through his commercial driving school in Federal Way.

Gabriel Sico, 3, tries out his boots on a roadside puddle near the Farmers Market on Sunday in the Junction. Despite the heavy rain, merchants reported the turnout was surprisingly good. Photo by Patrick Robinson.

Not really. The cut-out artwork is on a west-facing column of the lower Spokane Street Bridge. Photo by Steve Shay.

Exuberant kids use a parking lot to get some skating in. Photo by Steve Shay.

With a high-profile emergency automobile extraction in the local news recently, a recent training session at South Seattle Community College was held. The college invited the Seattle Fire Department to practice extraction techniques on two old…MORE

ARTSWEST 'BAT BOY'

Troy Wageman is Bat Boy in the musical now on stage at ArtsWest Playhouse. Photo by Matthew E. Durham.

Over the past year in this column I've described several childhood adventures I had with a friend named Larry Coleman. Larry was proudly Canadian. To rile him up I would make Canadian jokes, something like, "Hey Larry, how many Canadians does it…MORE

Despite the rain recently, St. Alphonsus Parish School officially opening the new playground on the first day of the school. The Rev. Rogelio Barcelona blessed the shiny, new structures, and eighth-grader Lucy Kelly cut the ribbon that opened the…MORE

The only sun that shined in Ballard Commons Park Saturday at the fourth annual Sustainable Ballard Fest weekend was this fold-out sculpture, constructed by Port Townsend artists headed by Thaddeus Jurczynski, center. Left is Eddie Griffiths of…MORE