The yearly pumpkin offering to zoo animals in honor of Halloween is coming up soon. Woodland Park Zoo’s Pumpkin Bash is happening next week, on Saturday and Sunday Oct. 26th and 27th. The Halloween festivities will include pumpkins for the animals, and trick-or-treating for kids. “This year, we challenge you to bring your most animal-inspired […]
Beast and Cleaver plans mid-November opening
Loyal Heights’ new neighborhood butcher, Beast and Cleaver, is planning to be open before Thanksgiving. Englishman-turned-Seattleite/owner Kevin Smith has been working for several months to renovate the former hair salon at 2362 NW 80th St, just next to Larsen’s Bakery and the Fresh Fish Co. He sent out an update this week saying they’ve been […]
Ballard High’s award-winning filmmaking program director retires
Matt Lawrence, the man who built Ballard High’s esteemed digital filmmaking program, has retired. Lawrence started the film program in 2001, and during his 18-year tenure, his students won over 700 awards from regional, national, and international film festivals. “It takes broad shoulders to helm a program, so after 18 years I need to step […]
Ballard Lock’s large chamber drained for repair work
The large chamber of the Ballard Locks has just been drained for the scheduled 53-day closure. Every year, the large chamber of the Ballard Locks is drained for annual maintenance. This year, crews will also be replacing the large chamber’s filling culvert valves, part of a multi-year project to upgrade the century-old Locks. “Pump out […]
Ballard Health Club launches free yoga for cancer classes
There’s a new free yoga class this month at Ballard Health Club, designed specifically for those with cancer and survivors of cancer. The class, held Saturdays at 4pm through the rest of October, is taught by yoga instructor and cancer survivor Katherine Boury. Boury spent a week in Santa Cruz to be a certified yoga4cancer […]
Free recycling event at Our Redeemer’s this weekend
This weekend, Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church will be hosting a big recycling event in Ballard. “It’s time to Marie Kondo your home again and pass on of all those unwanted electronic items, styrofoam and clothing,” the church writes in their event info. They’ll be able to accept a variety of items: clean, dry styrofoam (with […]
Seattle Parks to continue daily presence at Ballard Commons into 2020
The recently launched park concierge program at Ballard Commons Park will continue through 2020. The concierge program, run by Seattle Parks and Recreation, places a small canopy and staff person at several city parks. Rachel Schulkin from Seattle Parks told My Ballard that the program started four years ago in downtown parks in order to […]
Ballard Bridge Planning Study upcoming drop-in sessions
Plans are underfoot to rehabilitate the Ballard Bridge, and there are two upcoming drop-in sessions for the public to talk to the project team. While the Seattle Department of Transportation regularly performs maintenance and inspections of the bridge, it will likely need significant rehabilitation to sustain its current level of operation. The planning study is […]
Warehouse on 8th Ave NW sells for $3.5m
The warehouse that caught fire earlier this year has just sold for almost $3.5 million. The building at 4515 8th Ave NW, used as LimeBike’s warehouse, caught fire in August after an e-bike battery pack ignited and spread to other bikes. The seller, according to the Seattle DJC, was 4515 8th Ave NW LLC, which […]
Ballard’s wizard pub and wand shop opening soon
Ballard’s whimsical wand shop and wizard pub is getting closer to opening. The Splintered Wand is the creation of Geoffrey Thaddeus Constantine Balch and Andrea Ravnholm (AKA, Widow Balch). It will be a place of magic and wizardry for all ages — a wand shop upstairs, and the pub downstairs. The wand shop is on […]
Ballard Locks large chamber to close for almost two months
Starting tomorrow (Oct 12.), the large chamber at the Ballard Locks will close for an extended project to replace the chamber’s filling culvert valves. The closure is expected to last 53 days — one month longer than the typical November annual maintenance closure. The small chamber will remain open during the work, and will be […]
Rupee Bar now open on 24th
The Sri Lankan-inspired bar has opened its doors at 6307 24th Ave NW. Rupee Bar is the creation of Manolin owners Joe Sundberg, Rachel Johnson and Patrick Thalasinos. Patrick and Joe built out the bar themselves, which is a stunning array of hardwood surfaces, sea-blue walls, and warm, low lights. View this post on Instagram […]
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