PermaCulture Now – OmCulture Tomorrow

Sounds like there's some sorta eco-permaculture-organic boogaloo going on down at OmCulture (2210 N. Pacific St.) this Saturday, Feb 20th from 3 pm - 11 pm: Permaculture Now! Party and Dance You're invited to a Permaculture, SCALLOPS, EcoBuilder's Guild, Transition Towns extravaganza! This is your chance to: Showcase your project Learn about current projects in and around Seattle Connect with potential collaborators Have lots of fun networking Swap seeds Eat a delicious (local, organic) potluck dinner DANCE the night away on…

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Ecstatic Dancing for Kids

Karen writes: I'm a Wallingford resident (I live in the house with all the ducks and chickens by the Ladybug mural) and I'm starting a new Family Dance Jam in Wallingford this coming Sunday, 11/8. It will be every 2nd Sunday of the month. Below is the information on this dance. And this dance is for families AND kids of ALL ages. Everyone is welcome. I'm inspired to create this dance for several reasons. One reason is through my own interviewing…

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Pequena No More

A few weeks back we reported on the travails of Seamonster and its resident restaurant, Pequena Havana. Kristi just wrote in with an update: Hubby and I have been wanting to try the Cuban restaurant at SeaMonster, so we decided to go there for dinner tonight. When we got there (about 6:30), the door was wide open and the TV was on, but it was very dark, not a single person was around and we saw nothing even remotely resembling a restaurant --…

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Shalom Pole Dancing

Readers may remember that the Shalom House, the Jewish home for the cognitively disabled in Wallingford, closed its doors this past January and the house was put up for sale. Unfortunately, the building had been modified over the years in a somewhat institutional fashion, with odd additions and the upstairs cut up into many tiny rooms, some with linoleum floors. It didn't sell. Instead, it's become a rental house, and the neighborhood gossip is that the residents are feisty bunch of…

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