West Seattle - Features

By Amanda Knox

With just over a week left until opening night, Literature and Drama teacher Andrew Finley and his cast and crew are busy sawing, stacking, and securing old wooden pallets into what looks like a horseshoe formation. Is it a…MORE

By Amanda Knox

“Farewell to corner stores, apple pies, waffle cones, and chili fries,” chant the Marines on the eve of their deployment to Vietnam. Little do these soldiers realize that they are not only about to lose access to these…MORE

by Ken Robinson

If you have ever fancied yourself as an author--"You should write a book!-"-then this story might make you a little jealous.

Lee and Bob Casazza are a West Seattle couple who have just published Big Mamma's Italian-…MORE

During the October 2014-June 2015 closure of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on the downtown waterfront due to city seawall reconstruction, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society is hosting a focus-area exhibit on the long time Seattle waterfront…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel People ask me how I find something to write about for the weekly paper. I reply that every morning I wake up with my mind whirring like an electric mixer. As I often say, “I get no sympathy because I have no life…MORE

by Amanda Knox

Mathew Wright meets me at Arts West Theater in the Alaska Junction, in the small lounge overlooking the stage. It is under construction for the upcoming production, Dogfight, Mathew’s debut as director since earning his…MORE

by Holly Brown

When you see colorful table grapes on display in the market, you know that wine makers and vineyard owners are gearing up for their busiest time of year, Fall Harvest, aka Crush. In Seattle there are nearly 25 urban wineries…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

When one is very young and wishing one was older, time seems to drag by. But later in life time flies faster than we can contemplate. You have heard the advice, “Live for the moment.” But what does that really…MORE

When you think about church organs you might think about the kind that is found in many churches… a small instrument that is used to accompany the choir. But the organ at the Admiral Congregational United Church of Christ is not that. It’s WAY…MORE

by Pat Cashman

“Marriage is like a dull meal with the dessert at the beginning.” Henri, Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (1864-1901)

Someone once asked a famous WW2 general, “What’s the best advice you’ve ever been…MORE