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West Seattle historian and author, Clay Eals, wrote the definitive biography of musician Steve Goodman, called "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music" in 2007 about the Chicago folk legend. Goodman may be best remembered for his Grammy Award wining…MORE

The Fifth Element

On the Fourth some drink a fifth And on the fifth cannot go forth On the Fourth some stay herewith While others travel south and north

On the Fourth some wave their flags And shoot off fireworks with zeal On the…MORE

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation is forming a non profit West Seattle based community choir they are calling The Earthrise Chamber Choir. It is so named after an historic event in 1968 when for the first time astronauts saw, beyond…MORE

If you love fireworks you have a large number of displays in King County to choose from for the 4th of July. You can of course watch neighbors and friends, or catch the biggest one the Family 4th being staged over Lake Union in person or on…MORE

I am astounded by the  news that  the the new President at   Boeing  is  from  Renton and  started from the  bottom as a mechanic like  I  did many years  ago.

I might have been President if I had been more patient and worn a hardhat.…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

With school out and summer officially here at last the already crowded highways are teeming with cars, trucks and travel trailers heading out in all directions. On the way over to Yakima where a family reunion…MORE

Have you ever seen a chain of small kites, flying in a way that suggests a dragon tail in the sky?

Erik Olivar was down on the Alki Beach promenade Sunday evening July 1 for the maiden Seattle flight of something called a Kite-Train that…MORE

Competitive runner and West Seattle resident Sarah MacKay draws her inspiration from a non-traditional source. It’s not a cheetah, a puma or a gazelle, but a starfish … a species not exactly known for its running prowess.

“I just think…MORE

Nikita is a Shiba Inu whose, "origin is Japan", explained Al Mizrahi, "where they were bred as small hunters for royalty," and has a very calm demeanor. Mizrahi is not Nikita's actual owner however. His son Anthony is but Mizrahi and his wife…MORE

by Georgie Bright Kunkel

The Seattle World’s Fair, focusing on the future, really stimulated change. The whole period of the nineteen sixties resulted in a new look at fairness and equality. For example, 80 percent of women of…MORE