What's white and green and warm all over? Here's a hint: Wander a block south of the Alaska Junction and you're getting warmer, literally. Still don't know? It looks like a word that rhymes with flow. Yes, some people call it "foe," but this…MORE
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'King Kong' is movie treat
Wed, 03/08/06
Good news from the silver screen: the big monkey is back and better than ever.
Thanks to Peter Jackson, who seems bent on plying the dangerous waters of adapting beloved classics to his own cinematic vision (and getting away with it), "…MORE
Gong Li is worth the ticket
Thu, 03/02/06
Two things stick in your mind while watching "Memoirs of a Geisha"; the first, just how visually exquisite it is, and the second, how the story sputters under this spectacular veneer.
From the opening scene of a peasant farm house where…MORE
70 years together
Wed, 03/01/06
Seventy years of marriage have put a few wrinkles on Helen and Walter Carlson's faces, but their hearts remain true.
Helen is now 88 years old. Walter is 90 years old.
They are both originally from North Dakota, although they did…MORE
Songs across the water
Wed, 03/01/06
Choir singers will perform a free concert on Saturday, March 11, that manages to celebrate cultural diversity while being at the heart of Ballard heritage. The Market Street Singers will perform their concert "Shilshole on the Pacific Rim" at the…MORE
Mastering the art of puppets
Wed, 03/01/06
Dressed in black to blend into the dark background, Caroline Socha brings a puppet to life as a performer for Thistle Theatre, a group producing shows to entertain the entire family.
Socha, a Ballard resident, enjoys what she does. "There…MORE
Carrying the torch
Thu, 02/23/06
When Suzanne Hall first walked through the doors of the Ballard Boys and Girls Club, she had an uphill battle to climb. Ten years ago, after Hall's parents divorced, her mother used to drop her off at the club while she worked. Back then the…MORE
Building community
Thu, 02/23/06
The continued growth of the Internet and busy schedules brings a certain, unavoidable amount of social isolation. Some of us meet in local bars or coffee shops, or form alliances through work or other daily commitments, but too often we don't get…MORE
'An Inspector Calls' classic mystery
Thu, 02/23/06
Things are not always as they appear on the surface, in Taproot Theatre's latest production of British playwright J.B. Priestley's classic mystery, "An Inspector Calls," which follows the suicide of a young woman in the spring of 1912.
The…MORE
$15K says she's no fair weather fan
Wed, 02/15/06
Ballard resident Stephanie Lagervall received an all-expenses paid trip to the Super Bowl in Detroit, MI after winning a radio station contest.
Lagervall had made numerous calls to KISS 106.9 FM and finally got through as the 12th caller…MORE