Ballard - Features

By Peggy Sturdivant

Last spring a local writer asked if there was a space in Ballard similar to Hugo House; a writer’s center on Capitol Hill that provides classes, workshops and overall support for writers. She also said, “If nothing…MORE

“ ‘Piano Man’ is probably one of the most difficult songs in our library, but you’re doing a pretty good job,” said Kevin McCarthy, of McCarthy Music and inventor of the Illuminating Piano.

With very minimal experience on the keys, this…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“I’m a milliner.”

I overheard those words at Sunset Hill Green Market and immediately looked around. I’m not sure I’d heard anyone speak those words before.

Sure enough, the speaker was wearing a hat,…MORE

At the end of 2014 Seattle Police department announced they will be conducting a yearlong pilot study to test body cameras worn by officers. A dozen East Precinct officers wear the cameras, and what the study finds could set the standard for…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

There is nothing quite so pleasant as a mug of soup on a cold winter’s day. Homemade is much better than most canned soups, or those in boxes, or soup from a…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“Those folks are all gone,” a friend still working with the Nordic Heritage Museum’s Oral History project told me recently. Evidently “Voices of Ballard: Immigrant Stories from the Vanishing Generation” was aptly titled…MORE

Seattle has a brand new “green” fire station that is ranked the best in the Washington State in environmental efficiency measures.

Fire Station 20 meets the 2015 energy reduction guidelines of the Architecture 2030 challenge, and its…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

In the last few days I have traveled far from Ballard. I have been to the Dominican Republic under the tyranny of Trujillo, to Selma, Alabama in 1964, and to Pittsburgh during the Depression. It was only for Pittsburgh…MORE

A new boat race is being compared to the Iditarod and is bringing boat designers and competitors out from the woodwork for a chance to show off their skills and endurance.

The Race to Alaska is a 750-mile motorless boat race from Port…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“Why didn’t you have a column last week?” a friend asked.

“Because I was in a funk,” I answered. She nodded, seemingly satisfied with my answer.

Here’s a problem though. My column deadline is always…MORE