By Shane Harms
When The Viking Tavern on 24th Ave NW closed down earlier this year, many people mourned not just the death of old-styled watering holes, but the death of Ballard as a whole.
But all is not lost. The memory of The…MORE
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Ballard Weekend: 'The Writer Next Door,' Vaudeville Etiquette, Crown Hill Arts Fest
Fri, 11/01/13
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
The Writer Next Door: 4th Annual Ballard Writer’s Collective Big Event
What: Author readings, “Ask the Writer” Panel. $15 three-book sampler (while supplies last). Thirty participating writer, twelve readers and panel…MORE
Halloween without Gene
Fri, 11/01/13
By Peggy Sturdivant
Folks Donna Williams had never met kept popping their heads into the barbershop all day long on Halloween to ask, “Will you be doing it this year?”
What they were asking was, since the death of Gene the Barber…MORE
You Are What You Eat: Asian pears, lumps of gold
Thu, 10/31/13
By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD
Recently, I went into my garden with the light of my flashlight and picked gold. Well, I really picked golden Asian pears, but they are as good as gold. With a great taste of fall, these crunchy apple-like, but pear…MORE
Get your Trick-or-Treating on in Ballard this Thursday, Oct. 31
Tue, 10/29/13
This Thursday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m., Ballard businesses will be opening themselves up to trick-or-treaters, be they Dracula or be they Iron Man. You can spot participating merchants by the orange notice posted outside (see above). It's for "…MORE
Stoup Brewing combines science with beer
Mon, 10/28/13
By Shane Harms
A throng of thirsty patrons arrived Wednesday Oct. 23 ready to taste and celebrate the opening of Ballard’s ninth brewery, Stoup Brewing (1108 NW 52nd St).
Owners, brewer Robyn Schumacher, PR person Lara Zahaba and…MORE
Ballard Weekend: Ballard Boys and Girls fundraiser BBQ, Sustainable Ballard Open House, Halloween Carnival
Fri, 10/25/13
FRIDAY, OCT. 25
Boys and Girls Club 9th Annual BBQ and Auction
What: Proceeds from this years event, Field of Dreams, will go for a new field renovation and scholarships for Boys & Girls Club Kids. The target date for completion…MORE
Magician Tim Flynn performs the impossible
Thu, 10/24/13
Magic isn't dead. It's in Ballard.
For the past year and a half, Tim Flynn has been hosting the monthly magic show "That's Impossible!" at Egan's Ballard Jamhouse (1707 NW Market St). He doesn't don the over-the-top personas of David…MORE
PHOTO: Rainier 'R' partying down in Ballard
Tue, 10/22/13
Update
The Rainier 'R' sidled up next to King's Hardware and became the target of many an iPhone.
You can see our own photo above.
Did you get a picture with the R?
Original
Ballard will be a part of history…MORE
Ballard Weekend: Leif Erikson Bazaar, Barn Dance Social, 10 Days to Happiness
Fri, 10/18/13
Friday, Oct. 18
10 Days to Happiness
What: When do hilarity, torture, and enlightenment go together? When comic actor and award-winning playwright Donna Rae Davidson attends a ten-day silent meditation retreat (Vipassana), that’s…MORE
