Tonight at The People’s Pub, a local group will help to put on a rummage sale fundraiser, complete with a festival celebrating facial hair. It’s called the “Beard and Stache […]
Author: Meghan Walker
Moisture Festival to start this Thursday
From our sister site, Fremont Universe. The Moisture Festival, the world’s largest Comedy/Varietè festival, begins its ninth-annual, four-week run on Thursday, March 15th and goes until April 8th. The Moisture […]
Two injured after explosion near Ballard Locks
By Steve Smalley and Sara Willy, MagnoliaVoice Two welders were severely burned in a fuel tank explosion Sunday morning in Magnolia, just across from the Ballard Locks. Fire crews rushed […]
Reminder to “spring ahead” this weekend
This weekend is the beginning of Daylight Saving Time, so don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night (the official changeover is at 2 a.m. Sunday, […]
Ballard composer to debut original work at Benaroya Hall
Local musician and artist Eric Nielsen will soon be premiering an original symphonic work at Benaroya Hall. On March 18 at 2 p.m., Nielsen will debut the world premiere of […]
Have a say about arts education in Seattle Public Schools
On Tuesday, March 13, Ballard High School will host one of five community meetings around Seattle to discuss the future of art education in Seattle Public Schools (SPS). The meeting […]
Cat found on 15th Ave NW
Update: Lola contacted My Ballard saying that “Trixie” has been reunited with her owner. Earlier: One of our readers sent us a note about a cat “too friendly to be […]
Po Dog hot dogs to open soon
As we teased nearly five months ago, Po Dog hot dogs will indeed be making their grand entrance into Ballard very soon. While they’d planned to be open much sooner […]
Ballard Senior Center’s upcoming “Spring for Seniors” Auction
The Ballard Senior Center is gearing up for its annual spring auction, called “Spring for Seniors.” The auction is still a couple weeks away (March 25), but the center is […]
Nordic Heritage Museum to open new exhibitions this week
This week, Ballard’s Nordic Heritage Museum is opening two new exhibitions. On Friday, March 9, “Celebrating 75 years of the Seattle Weavers’ Guild” and “Here and There: Contemporary Nordic-American Ceramics” […]
Japan memorial event at Golden Gardens on Saturday
This weekend marks one year since Japan was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami, leveling entire cities and creating a large-scale nuclear crisis. On Saturday a relief group called […]
Ballard’s newest viking in Shilshole
One of our readers sent us this shot from Shilshole. “Caught this little gem in Shilshole sunshine the other day…brick Viking in front of the Shilshole marina Leif Erikson statue!” […]
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