Fundraise for HIV/AIDS with “Dining out for Life” today
Today is “Dining out for Life,” an annual fundraiser for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance in which participating restaurants, cafes and food retailers will give up to 30 percent of the …
Month: April 2012
First Annual Poetry Fest starts today
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, Secret Garden Books and the Washington Poets Association are putting on the first annual Ballard Poetry Fest starting today, Thursday April 26 …
Le Gourmand to stay open longer than planned
Le Gourmand broke the hearts of many a Ballardite earlier this year when they announced they would be closing their doors at the beginning of June. Now, with the restaurant …
Ballard blood drive tomorrow
The Puget Sound Blood Center is putting on a blood drive tomorrow, Thursday, April 26, in Ballard. The drive will be in front of Jo-Ann Fabrics on NW 57th St. …
Salmon Bay student interviewed on C-SPAN for winning film contest
Last month, Salmon Bay Student Leo Pfeifer won the C-SPAN StudentCam competition, a national documentary contest for his film, “Who Owns Free Speech?” Pfeifer was the first place winner in …
Top Pot Doughnuts is coming to Ballard
Update: Top Pot co-founder and Ballard resident Mark Klebeck says he hopes to see the space open by June 1, which, coincidentally, is National Doughnut Day. He says the new …
Road striping begins today
All over Seattle today, trucks will be out painting new stripes on the city’s roadways. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) says they will be painting 1,148 miles of roadway …
Seattle Schools moving Whittier Developmental Preschool after all
From our sister site, PhinneyWood.com: Seattle Schools has made a final decision to move Whittier’s Developmental Preschool to Viewlands Elementary starting in the fall. The school had been considering delaying …
Anima Mundi pop-up shop opens just off Ballard Ave.
Pop-up shops are on the rise in Seattle, and Ballard is home to a new one called Anima Mundi, located at 5404 22nd Ave NW. As Anima Mundi describes, pop-up …
Ballard teen’s gluten-free cookbook now available
About a month ago, we told you about Dominick Cura, a 13-year-old who was in the process of writing a gluten-free cookbook. That book, “Eternally Gluten-Free: A Cookbook of Sweets …
Crane arrives at construction site on NW Market St and 15th Ave NW
One of our tipsters, Silver, sent us these photos of the crane moving into place at the site of the former Denny’s on the corner of NW Market St and …
Kangaroo and Kiwi is moving to Ballard
Ballard will soon be home to the beloved Kangaroo and Kiwi Pub. It’s moving to the Carnegie Library, at 2026 NW Market St. Owner Brad Howe, an Australian, says he …