Ballard - Features

Sweet Mickey's Candy Shoppe Annual Easter Egg Hunt

What: What better combo? Sweet Mickey's, the delicious old-fashioned candy shoppe, is holding their first annual Easter egg hunt at the Ballard Commons right next door to them. A raffle…MORE

Each year, vehicles release 7 million quarts of motor oil are released into the Puget Sound basin.

If you don't measure things in quarts, that would be 1.75 million gallons.

Or, if you measure in money, that's about $53 million…MORE

As they say, “All ships rise with the tide,” or maybe rather, “Rising suds lift all breweries.”

Such is the case in Ballard, where the list of breweries is fast becoming a lengthy one: Hale’s Ales (4301 Leary Way NW), Maritime Pacific…MORE

Ballard Natural Gas Service (4758 Ballard Ave NW) will be having a Food Drive the entire month of April to benefit the Ballard Food Bank. They will have two large donation cans in the lobby for anyone who would like to make a donation.

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Let's face it, we've been spoiled the past few days. With stunning sunny blue skies and temperatures in the 50s, Ballardites have been going crazy with happiness this spring. And who's to blame? With our great parks, wonderful architecture,…MORE

In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America (HFAA) will hold a gala concert on Friday evening, April 12, 2013, 7:30 PM, at the Nordic Heritage Museum (http://www.nordicmuseum.org/), 3014 Northwest 67th St.,…MORE

By Katy Wilkens

Snacks are one of the Top 10 salty foods in the American diet. Quick and easy to eat on the run, they are killing us. All that salt intake is problematic because it often leads to high blood pressure and other serious…MORE

By Christopher Duclos

There were high notes and spirits Friday night, March 22 as Ballard took center stage at the Paramount on their feature in the Hot Java Cool Jazz showcase. With a sellout crowd watching, the students played their…MORE

By Patrick Robinson

If happiness is all a matter of a shift of perspective and a deeper understanding of what genuine unconditional love means, then a new book, partially written in Ballard will likely sell very well. The Ballard News-…MORE

Friday, March 22

Starbucks’ 18th Annual Hot Java Cool Jazz

What: Ballard Jazz Band I joins with the other hottest Seattle-area high school bands to display their chops for one amazing, jazz-filled evening.

Where: The…MORE