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November 2019
Northwest Folklore Songs & Stories with Tinkham Road
Bob Antone has collected over 500 logging and railroad songs and stories from the Pacific Northwest. Tinkham Road, complete with a musical saw, includes well-known upright bassist Ryan Donnelly and guitarist/singer/songwriter Chase Rabideau. The group will perform lively original music as well songs by local Scandinavian artists Ivar Haglund and Stan Boreson. There will be no shortage of tall tales and paranormal speak coupled with history and even mention of Bigfoot. Ghost tours meets traditional music of old Seattle! Performed…
Find out more »Winter Food Drive
Join us in helping to support our neighbors this holiday season. Peddler will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Ballard Food Bank and we'd love your help! As an added incentive, for every 3 food items donated, receive an entry into a raffle drawing for an EXTRA FLUFFY Peddler hoodie! For information on what items are the most needed, see their website: https://www.ballardfoodbank.org/donate-food
Find out more »“Log” Group Art Show at BallardWorks
BallardWorks Exhibits Group Show “Log” Thursday, November 21st, 2019 6:00pm-9:00pm BallardWorks, 2856 NW Market St., Seattle 98107 We are excited to invite you to the artists' reception at BallardWorks on Thursday, November 21, 6-9PM, 2856 NW Market Street. "Log" noun (1), often attributive (loosely interpreted) : a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree, especially: a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters) long : an apparatus for measuring…
Find out more »Julefest
Celebrate the 42nd annual Julefest at the National Nordic Museum. This annual event turns the Museum into a winter wonderland the weekend before Thanksgiving. Shop the craft and specialties market with more than 40 vendors to help you find the perfect present for everyone on your list. Grab some authentic Nordic treats from Goodies2Go, participate in the kids' crafts and activities inside Santa's workshop...and take photos with Santa. Foodies will want to take time for lunch with both traditional and…
Find out more »Local Comic Shop Day & Our Birthday Bash!
Come celebrate LCSD and the beginning of our 3rd year in business. Featuring exclusive LCSD Comic Books! Sale Items! Refreshments!
Find out more »Keep the Pint Night
Keep the Pint Nights are monthly events featuring a local artist's design on a glass that customers get to take home. $12 =2 full pours + souvenir glass to take home! The event time is 4 pm until we run out! This month's Artist: Charlie is Creating Instagram: @charlieis_creating_ Roll Your Way The original art showcased on the glasses is from a series titled Roll Your Way, featuring animals riding on various bikes. This whimsical series embodies my current mission:…
Find out more »Seattle Turkey Trot
Join us for the 13th annual Seattle Turkey Trot 5K! This beloved holiday tradition takes place on the morning of Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28th. Over 4,500 of your neighbors will be there bright and early to run, walk, or jog in their best turkey costumes and burn off the bird! The scenic route starts at 9am in the Sunset Hill neighborhood of Ballard and ends at Golden Gardens. And all proceeds benefit the Ballard Food Bank!
Find out more »First Annual Beer Hall Beard & Mustache Competition
What better way to spend Black Friday than walking the beer hall runway sporting your best beard and mustache?! We're in Seattle AND we're a Viking beer hall... let's just say we see a lot of beards (and mustaches) in here! Join us as a competitor or gawker for our first annual Beer Hall Beard & Mustache Competition! We'll have two categories - Beard or Mustache. Winners in each category will receive a $100 gift card to the beer hall…
Find out more »December 2019
West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions Interbay-Ballard Neighborhood Forum
The West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions will provide fast, reliable light rail connections to dense residential and job centers throughout the region and add a new downtown Seattle light rail tunnel to add more capacity for the entire regional system. Join us for fall neighborhood forums to learn more about the alternatives we’ll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, what happens next in the environmental review process and how you can stay engaged! There will also be…
Find out more »Woven Christmas Hearts
Weaving Christmas Hearts out of paper is an old Scandinavian tradition. Learn how to make them without ripping the paper and losing your patience or your Christmas spirit. Instructor Ingela Wänerstrand will teach students how to make the basic hearts as well as more complex ones.
Find out more »Gingerbread House Family Program
Come with your family to this always popular program decorate a gingerbread house with candy and other goodies to make your home festive for the holidays. One house per family. Reservations are required.
Find out more »Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is this year’s panto! This classic panto-style fairy tale is about Jack and his mom, the local farming community, an evil ogress and a scary giant. Will Jack have to sell Daisy the cow? Can the neighbor’s goose lay a golden egg? Will there be a beanstalk that grows into the clouds? Can friends conquer evil? Come boo the villains and cheer for the heroes at an all-original production that includes the Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra and…
Find out more »Children’s Christmas in Scandinavia
This afternoon of Nordic fun begins at 1pm with the always popular Santa Lucia Pageant, put on by the children of the Swedish School, followed by Christmas crafts for kids—and adults—to make. Be sure to bring your camera because Santa is going to visit!
Find out more »“Your Holiday Song” with the Market Street Singers
We welcome you to “Your Holiday Song,” on Saturday evening, December 7 at 7:30pm AND Sunday afternoon, December 8 at 3:00pm, both at Ballard First Lutheran Church, 2006 NW 65th Street, in Seattle. These concerts are free to the public, but your contributions are always gratefully accepted. From up-beat tunes wrapped in new, shiny paper to more contemplative melodies brought out again this year to hang on the tree, you can expect new wonders and old classics. And, of course,…
Find out more »Whole Foods Market grocery store tour with a Swedish Registered Dietitian (Grains)
Take a tour at Whole Foods Market (WFM) with Swedish registered dietitian Megann Karch, RDN, CD, and learn how to shop for nutritious ingredients to confidently plan healthy meals. Tours are one hour long and include 30 minutes of walking around the store, followed by a 30-minute Q&A session seated in the café. (Please note that participants will need to be comfortable standing/walking for 30-45 minutes). On the day of the tour, participants will enjoy healthy samples and receive a…
Find out more »Scand30: Viking Y2K—Ragnarök, Doomsday, and the End of the World (as We Know It)
Drop into our last Scan30 lecture of 2019 to learn more about Viking culture and how they saw the end of the world. How did their understanding of the future affect their actions in their present? Was Old Norse religion really just a Doomsday cult? Scandinavian 30 is a series of free, thirty-minute talks by Scandinavian Studies and other UW faculty held on the second Thursday of each month at the National Nordic Museum. The Museum and its Freya café…
Find out more »Nutcracker Sweets at ARC Dance
NUTCRACKER SWEETS PERFORMANCE AT ARC December 13 - December 15 $18 – $28 15th Anniversary of ARC’s Nutcracker Sweets ARC Dance brings the magic of The Nutcracker alive for families and the community in this child-friendly version of this holiday classic ballet that will warm your spirit. A favorite tradition for families across Seattle, all performances held in ARC’s large facility in Ballard have sold out for the past fourteen years. Specifically designed to appeal to young audiences, with roughly…
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