After 17 years, the Rocksport Bar and Grill in the Alaska Junction said goodbye to West Seattle after a raucous farewell bash on July 13 and 14 (in fact, they were supposed the continue the party into Sunday, but ran out of food and drink and had…MORE
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Seahawks Gatorade Training Camp comes to Alki Playfield July 25
Wed, 07/18/12
The Seattle Seahawks are hosting the Gatorade Junior Training Camps at Alki Playfield on July 25. The two hour clinic combines first-rate football instruction and life skills messages that focus on self-improvement and a motivational life-skills…MORE
Cultivate Open Mic night returns to Greenbridge July 27
Wed, 07/18/12
Poetry, politics, music and personal expression are all possible when Open Mic Night returns to Greenbridge Plaza in White Center on July 27. The event is sponsored by Cultivate a volunteer community organization that exists to build community…MORE
Fremont, Wallingford added to city neighborhood marketing campaign
Tue, 07/17/12
According to a press release, Fremont, Wallingford and Pioneer Square were recently added to the Department of Economic Development campaign "Only in Seattle," which seeks to feature and help promote unique neighborhood businesses. The campaign,…MORE
New show to be set in "Ballmont," but first, fundraising
Tue, 07/17/12
A new comedy web-series, Locally Grown TV, is coming to Seattle, and it promises to be something like a cross between Arrested Development, Modern Family and Portlandia. Only, true to Seattleite ways, it will be set in a farmers market.
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Selling jewelry, helping orphans
Tue, 07/17/12
Last Monday, Baraka Gemstones & Jewelry just opened in a new location.
Haven’t heard of it? That’s probably because the original store was tucked away on the 3rd floor of the Ballard Building above Starbucks, where, unless called upon…MORE
Update: Burien CARES shelter opens after passing health inspection
Tue, 07/17/12
Press release:
The City of Burien's animal control provider, CARES (Community Animal Resource & Education Society), invites the public to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new pet shelter on Tuesday, July 24.
CARES…MORE
Gilbert & Sullivan Society, which rehearses in Crown Hill, presents "Iolanthe" through July 28 at Bagley Wright
Tue, 07/17/12
The Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, which utilizes its large rehearsal and workshop space in Crown Hill, presents "Iolanthe", or "The Peer and the Peri", at Seattle Center's Bagley Wright Theatre through July 28.
"Iolanthe" was…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Car launches into Schmitz Park Elementary lot, takes out public art installation
Tue, 07/17/12
According to neighbors living near Schmitz Park Elementary in West Seattle, a male driver heading northbound on 50th Ave S.W. around 2 a.m. this morning (July 17) failed to recognize the road ended at S.W. Spokane St. and launched into the school…MORE
Open House is July 19 for Fauntleroy 'Green Boulevard'
Tue, 07/17/12
SDOT is working on a a conceptual design to transform a section of West Seattle between 35th s.w. and s.w. Alaska Streets, creating a "Fauntleroy Way SW Green Boulevard."
The project seeks to transform this section of the corridor into…MORE