60+ options, for a weekend promising 70-degree temperatures! The big events include the Morgan Junction Community Festival (co-sponsored by WSB) 11 am-7 pm tomorrow, continuing with the West Seattle Junction Health Fair (WSB sponsor) 10 am-2 pm Sunday, and a lot more inbetween, like the Kiwanis Club of West Seattle making Westcrest Park Off-Leash Area [ ... ] ...
McMenamins, a Portland, Ore.-based developer of brewpubs, microbreweries and other entertainment venues, is planning to buy a school in Bothell, Wash., and convert it into a 70-room hotel, restaurant, pub, and movie theater, according to a report in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce ...
Strawberries are first up this year for the Rotary Club of West Seattle’s annual berry sale, and orders are being taken right now – they should be delivered in time for pickup in just two weeks, June 25 and 26, on the south side of Admiral Safeway. You can order online at the Rotary website, [ ... ] ...
(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)The monthly West Seattle Art Walk is more than a night for admiring art. At Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in North Delridge last night, it was also an occasion for borrowing it, as the Art Lending Library opened for the night. It’s been a year since the ALL made its debut – [ ... ] ...
Tonight’s West Seattle Art Walk is only half over – you’ve still got lots of time to go visit at least a few venues (here’s the printable map). At Click! Design That Fits (WSB sponsor) in the Admiral District, for one, new paintings are in from featured artist Rachel Austin, like the one shown above [ ... ] ...
Was asked on the radio the other day by KJR AM 950 host Mitch Levy about Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik and why he keeps getting a "free pass" by the Seattle media and baseball fans in our city. I replied that I thought several media members, including this one, had stopped giving him that pass a while ago. As for fans, they're usually well-intentioned and just want what's best for the team. But I've seen a percentage of them starting to lose patience with Zduriencik as well ... So, for those of
This Seattlest broke the news two weeks ago at the Gastrolust site, but new details have emerged: Din Tai Fung is targeting September or October to open its second restaurant in the States. This beloved dumpling house, based in Taiwan, will dole out dumplings and more on the second floor of Lincoln Square in Bellevue ... Will Seattleites make the trek across the water for the chance to finally eat high quality xiao long bao (soup dumplings)? And will the dumplings be as good as they are in
Seattle Parks and Recreation is closing the popular salmon slide at Carkeek Park’s playground for repairs from June 21-29. The rest of the playground will remain open.The slide is useable but the inside is pitted and bumpy, and the outside is faded in many places. Tom Jay, the sculptor who installed the functional art piece [ ... ] ...
Is there anyone in Seattle who has room in their brain for more films? Heck yeah, there is. Ours is a city that loves our movies, from the slick Hollywood productions to international grit at SIFF to lower budget independent films at STIFF, we just can’t seem to get enough. And thankfully, the community keeps cranking them out for our viewing pleasure ... For those who are interested in amateur filmmaking, (let’s not get all upset about the use of the word amateur, it’s not meant to be a
Coppélia's wedding gown ... Coppélia (running through this Sunday, June 13), a charming 19th century ballet about an inventor, a beautiful life-size doll, love and of course, a little magic, is going back to its Italian roots with di Bagno. Locally-based PNB costume designers like Victoria McFall and Mark Zappone design a good amount of PNB’s costumes, but this version of Coppélia is different— it’s making its debut in Seattle for the first time ever (Balanchine recreated the