Melody

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A native of Texas, Melody has explored life in exotic places such as New York, Japan, Germany and Poland, but is now firmly planted in that perfect little corner of the world known as Wallingford. Currently an academic research analyst at a local university, Melody spends her time writing and building a small urban homestead with her partner, Justin, and their four chickens: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Dominica – Charting a Future for Paradise

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As an aspiring writer, I spend a good portion of my daily brain power plotting and scheming my way out of the 9 to 5 and into lucrative authorhood. Don’t get me wrong, I like my job (Hi Boss!) but who doesn’t dream of turning a passion into a profession? One Wallingford woman has done just this: by the power of her artistic skill, powerful intelligence and outgoing personality (and a whole lot of work), Wyatt Bardouille’s documentary film “Dominica – Charting a Future for Paradise,” has earned a well-deserved place at the Africa World Documentary Film Festival.

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Double XX Fest 2.0 at Stone Soup Theater

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In 2011, Stone Soup Theater debuted the Double XX Fest, a festival of plays written and directed exclusively by women. And they’re back, baby. Join Stone Soup for the Double XX Fest 2.0, running from April 19th through May 6th.

This isn’t your run-of-the-mill, sit down and watch the play and then go home kind of festival. Double XX Fest 2.0 blankets Seattle with 3 weeks of plays, cabaret, spoken word, a 24 hour All Female Play Fest, workshops, solo performance and full-length plays. Need to exorcise some dramatic characters that have been swimming around in your head for a …

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Breakfast in Tangletown

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Wander into the northern corners of Wallingford on a weekend morning and you’ll find some mighty fine smells in the Tangletown air. We know how to do breakfast over here. From good ol’ Eggs Benedict to vegan donuts, from fine teas and scones that would have Princess Kate skipping down N. 56th Street, to Pacific Northwest twists on current trends in haute breakfast cuisine, we got it. And we’re not afraid to share.

The Publican, ahem, The Burgundian is a classy, laid-back public house owned and operated by the folks who brought Brouwer’s Cafe to Fremont. Housed in the spot …

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Stone Soup Theater’s ‘The Young Man from Atlanta’

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There’s a bit of the voyeur in all of us, isn’t there? A draw to those certain pieces of literature that offer a glimpse into someone else’s private tragedy or sorrow. Horton Foote’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play gives the audience more than a glimpse–its characters break down the human condition blatantly, emphatically and simply. I could touch their pain and feel the tension. I wanted to move the few feet from my seat onto the set of the Kidder family living room and tell them that it was going to be okay, but I didn’t think that would work with the…

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Recycled Cycles New Fremont/Wallingford Location

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Bust out those bikes and gear up for spring, people. Recycled Cycles has opened up a new shop in lower Fremont/Wallingford (Frollingmont?). The ever-reliable Seattle Bike Blog alerted us to the happy news that one of Seattle’s most talked-about bike shops is now in the ‘hood.

Since 1994, Recycled Cycles has provided bike-happy locals with reliable repair services, solid used and new cycles and super cool duds and accessories.  This new, smaller shop is located next to their warehouse on North 35th Street–close to the Burke Gilman, which is a great thing to remember when you have a flat tire …

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City Grown CSA Opportunities

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Sick of paying $5 for a bunch of organic kale? Tired of anxiously peering into your CSA box every week only to find 14 pounds of your least favorite root vegetable? Maybe it’s time to switch it up a little bit, and trade trips to the grocery store produce section for the promise of a delectable supply of super-duper local produce via a CSA from City Grown. Wallingford’s own urban farmers are expanding their operations and looking for new Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) shareholders with appetites for fresh yummy garden goods.

City Grown’s CSA memberships are a handy way to …

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Neighborhood Matching Funds 2012 Deadlines

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Seattle is a really cool place to live. We have an incredibly vibrant collection of community-driven projects, where residents act on their passions for sustainability, public art and usable public space to create everything from public orchards to street murals to ballfields.  Sometimes, these projects require more resources than the participants can offer up, and this is where Neighborhood Matching Funds grants provide a huge leg up.

There are 3 levels of grants within the NMF program, each designed for different sizes of community projects and requiring varying amounts of planning and effort. The Large Projects Fund awards up to …

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