Ballard - Features

This morning I opened my emails to see three pictures of my son fiercely wielding a badminton racquet over his friend’s head. Who is that? I wondered. And when did he become such a dude?

With the November election day just weeks away and another big election year around the corner, Republicans and Democrats are fighting for your attention.

Fighting even harder are the minor parties you don't hear about.

But Ballard…MORE

Taproot Theatre is closing its 35th anniversary season with Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, a witty satire that examines Victorian England's high society, which the opening dialogue warns is entirely composed of "beautiful idiots and brilliant…MORE

Interviewee: Bob Anderton
Occupation: Attorney
Riding style: Commuting
His ride: One of his six bikes is a Dutch Azor "Opa" bike. "People are a lot nicer to you when you are on one of these bikes."

A photo frame made out of a bicycle…MORE

By Mayor Mike McGinn

Children are part of our shared destiny, and we’ll have a better destiny if we help our children succeed. That means improving education in Seattle has to be a top priority for all of us. The first step is to make sure…MORE

I had been summoned by a friend, but chanced upon the play. How could I not notice sheets strung as stage curtains across a back yard, people arriving with food, four girls sitting in a canoe and someone in a bicycle helmet about to make an…MORE

Besides wanting to extend the olive branch to my parents by braving the fifteen-hour cross country flight and Hurricane Irene (see previous column for gruesome details), the other reason I ventured the journey back east was to reconnect with…MORE

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After a rocking concert at the Puyallup Fair on September 21, The Flaming Lips frontman, Wayne Coyne, stopped by Ballard on Thursday evening to meet friends and sign merchandise at Sonic Boom Records.…MORE

If you are a gardener, you know the problem: You plant these tiny little zucchini seeds in the spring, and by midsummer you are practically swimming in zucchini. They’re everywhere!

Zucchini are low in calories and sodium with good amounts…MORE

By Jeff and Eileen Bidwell

Autumn is harvest time, time to pick fruit from trees and vines, harvest and enjoy late summer and fall vegetables, showy sunflowers and gorgeous dahlias, and prepare your garden for the long, rainy winter ahead…MORE