Swedish Medical Center in Ballard has 470 employees, 162 of whom are registered nurses. They are some of the first people we see when we visit the hospital and the ones we spend the most time with. From changing bed pans to helping mothers birth…MORE
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Cinco de Mayo in Ballard
Fri, 05/04/12
Saturday is Cinco de Mayo and here are some ideas on where in Ballard to celebrate this day:
Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill – 5100 Ballard Ave NW From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Bad Albert’s will host live music and much dancing. Ed Taylor Band and…MORE
Weekend Intersection Closures at Greenwood Ave N and N 85th St
Fri, 05/04/12
Seattle Department of Transportation reports that over the next two weekends, the intersection of Greenwood Avenue N and N 85th Street will be closed to repay the road.
This work will close the intersection to traffic in all directions…MORE
TONIGHT: Tractor Tavern offers sneak peek of upcoming Northwest Folklife Festival
Thu, 05/03/12
By Ana Sofia Knauf, UW News Lab
Northwest Folklife will hold its fifth annual preview party tonight at the Tractor Tavern. Country and folk acts Big Sur, Denver, and the Annie Ford Band will kick off the evening starting at 8 p.m. to give…MORE
Annual Scandinavian hill walk coming up on May 19
Thu, 05/03/12
Lace up your walking shoes and brush up on your Norwegian. Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Sound Steps Program and the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association are co-sponsoring the 9th Annual Seven Hills Walk on Saturday, May 19.
This free…MORE
Spanish masterpiece returns to the Seattle stage
Thu, 05/03/12
After an absence of many years, Federico García Lorca's master piece, The House of Bernarda Alba, returns to the Seattle stage in an adaption by Emily Mann. The first in Arouet's 2012 season, the play will be performed at the Ballard Underground…MORE
Seattle School Board formally offers José Banda the position of Superintendent
Wed, 05/02/12
UPDATE: On Wednesday night, The Seattle School Board Wednesday officially offered Anaheim City Schools Superintendent José Banda the position of Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.
With a 6-0 vote in favor of Banda, the Board…MORE
Sixteen Washington state legislators endorse Initiative 502 to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana for Adults
Wed, 05/02/12
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36th District), Representative Mary Lou Dickerson (D-36th District) and 14 other Washington state legislators announced their endorsement of Initiative 502 today.
I-502 would legalize, tax, and regulate…MORE
Ballard Clothing Bank in need of men's jeans and blankets
Tue, 05/01/12
The Bridge Care Center, on 1516 NW 51st St., was successfully able to clothe people through the wet and cold winter months, but as the chilly nights linger, they're running out of jeans and blankets.
"The numbers that The Bridge are…MORE
New animal residents make their debut at the Woodland Park Zoo this weekend
Tue, 05/01/12
New Woodland Park Zoo residents will make their public debut this weekend during the "Pigs, Warts and All" program. The new animal residents are a wild pig species called African warthogs and Visayan warty pigs.
Visayan warty pigs are…MORE
