Our neighborhood music festival, now called Tangletown PorchFest, will be presenting its fifth annual show next week. This family-friendly event will be held on Saturday, June 21st, beginning at 12:30 pm, with the last performance starting at 8 pm. The performance porches are located along N 52nd Street on either side of Meridian Avenue N, and on N 54th Street at Keystone Place N up to Kirkwood Place N. Specific locations are listed on this map.

There will be 15 bands of various styles and genres playing in succession, approximately every half hour, so you can drop …

The Fremont Chamber of Commerce is putting on Center of the (Running) Universe,  “a social networking and community event.” Here are the details:

Social networking event promoting active lifestyles Wednesday, May 28th Optional run/walk with Green Lake Running Group at 5:30 pm Festivities from 6-7:30 pm Brooks Trailhead, 3400 Stone Way N Cost is $25 for members of Fremont Chamber or Green Lake Running Group, $30 for non-members Register here

Perks include:

Free Fremont Brewing beer, snacks, and NA beverages Social networking opportunities Keynote speech with Q&A from Brooks’ CEO Dan Sheridan Chance to win a free pair…

Our neighborhood high school, Lincoln High School, has a fantastic performing arts program. With spring semester coming to an end, it’s the season for some great musical performances, right here in the neighborhood! All events will be held in the auditorium at Lincoln, entrance on Woodlawn Avenue near N 44th Street. Theater

First, the theater arts program is putting on the musical Chicago: Teen Edition, this weekend and next. Tickets are $22 and available here. Shows will be Friday, May 9, Saturday, May 10, Thursday, May 15, and Friday, May 16, all at 7 pm; Saturday, May …

The Wallyhood Editorial Board is happy to announce that we have revived the Wallyhood Events Calendar on the Wallyhood website! Here you can get information about upcoming events in the neighborhood all in one place.

 

From the Wallyhood homepage, you can get to the calendar from the link in the top menu bar:

From there, you can see events in a “schedule” format:

Click on any event to see details:

The underlying engine is a Google Calendar. Clicking on “More details” or “View Entire Month” will take you to the Wallyhood Event Calendar on Google, where you can see more …

This announcement was submitted by Daniel Nguyen, Supervising Librarian at the Wallingford branch of Seattle Public Library:

The Seattle Public Library is excited to announce that the Wallingford Library is continuing our partnership with KeyBank to bring a new series of free Financial Resources 101 workshops to the Wallingford community!

We’ve tailored the workshops to better support entrepreneurs, small business owners and seniors in the community. Additionally, we’ve enhanced accessibility by scheduling them on weekends.

Upcoming Programs:

Developing a Business Plan – April 26, 2025, 12-1 p.m.

Learn about the components of a business plan and how to create one …

You may have seen the signs around the neighborhood: Mattress Fundraiser @ Lincoln High School. Performing Arts at Lincoln (PAL), is conducting their third annual mattress sale fundraiser is this Sunday, March 30th, from 10 am to 5 pm in the Lincoln High School gym, entrance on Woodlawn Avenue near N 44th Street. If you are in the market for a new mattress, come check out what they have to offer!

The PAL organization supports all music and dramatic art programs at Lincoln: band, orchestra, choir and drama. Their goal “is to make sure every student has the opportunity …

This Sunday, Wallingford United Methodist Church (WUMC) will sponsor a staged reading of Holocaust stories, entitled Surviving Survival. All are welcome to attend.

Two short stories by Polish-Canadian Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb will be performed by Tales of the Alchemysts Theatre, weaving together music, song, and dance. Evocative and unsettling, the stories explore the intricacies of memory, guilt, and the delicate balancing act of moving through pain to achieve stability.

Chava Rosenfarb was a survivor of the Lodz ghetto, as well as Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Her stories have been translated into English by her daughter, Goldie Morgentaler.…