Ballard - Features

By Dusty Henry

As the crowd settled in at The Tractor and waited for The Proclaimers on April 23, a fellow attendee turned to me and asked what I assumed is a litmus test at all Proclaimers shows.

“Are you actually a fan or do you…MORE

On Saturday, April 27, more than 215 local Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered to give the Labetayah Youth Home in Crown Hill a makeover as part of Comcast’s 12th Comcast Cares Day, which is the nation's largest single-…MORE

While the anarchists are downtown protesting corporate America, you can treat yourself in Ballard to a free scoop of ice cream.

Cupcake Royale will be offering free scoops of icecream 2-8 p.m. today at all of their locations, including the…MORE

Adam Evans is the Ballard then-freshman who ran/walked continuously for 24 hours during last year’s Relay for Life. Asked what he plans for an encore, team captain Adam Evans answers, “Not that.”

Although this will only be his second year…MORE

Editor's note: this is an update to our preliminary April 29 article, "Nellie's Coffee and Toast closed, to be replaced."

There are differing accounts to the events leading up to the closure of Nellie's Coffee and Toast, which had occupied…MORE

The Viking Tavern will have closed its doors to business when they lock the door at 2 a.m. on May 1. The closure will really hit the regulars when the door doesn’t yield in their hand at 11:30 a.m. The Viking Tavern’s run since 1950 on Ballard’s…MORE

Friday, April 26

Women in Jazz Festival

What: The Seattle Women in Jazz Festival, the first festival of its kind locally, will highlight some of Seattle’s best jazz bands, led and/or comprised of women. It will be coming to Egan's…MORE

What better way to save lives than to eat food? For the 20th annual event, "Dining out for life," you can do just that.

At a number of select restaurants, a percentage of your bill will be donated to Lifelong AIDS Alliance and the fight…MORE

If you told Neighborhood District Coordinator Rob Mattson he was your hero, he would disregard you. Even as a whole circle of people at the Ballard District Council one by one said that Mattson was their hero, as happened at April’s meeting, his…MORE

Over 50 volunteers from the cruise industry showed up at Golden Gardens today, armed to the teeth with all manner of gardening tools to show invasive species some whatfor.

The event, put together by Cruise Lines International Association…MORE