The following was received from Kimberly Christensen of the Sound and Fury Morris Dancers: The Sound and Fury Morris Dancers would like to invite the neighborhood to join us for our traditional May Day sunrise greeting at dawn this Friday, May 1, at Gas Works Park. This celebration has been going on at least 40 years and is a gathering of all of the local Morris dancing teams in Seattle. We dance, sing, and ensure that the sun rises to usher…
Pathway of Lights returns to Green Lake Park this weekend. At this holiday event, the path and docks around Green Lake will be lit with thousands of candlelit luminaries. People walk around the lake, many clad in their own lit-up clothing and accessories. The event includes live music performed by local schools and community groups, complimentary refreshments, and, for the fifth year, glowing hot air balloons by Seattle Ballooning (weather permitting). Event Details Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025 Time: 4:30–7:30 pm.…
Whether you are seeking an espresso, a wonton, or toilet paper, the following stores are operating on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25th, and have got you covered! Diva Espresso - (8am-12pm) Eltana (7am-12pm) Durn Good Grocery (8am-12pm) QFC (7am-4pm) CVS (7am-4pm) Walgreen's (8am-10pm) Bamboo Village (10am-10pm) Chutney's Bistro (11am-6pm) Rocking Wok (open until 9:30) The Guild 45th Theatre is showing Jackie and Manchester by the Sea until 9:45pm. Did we miss something? Let us know in the comments. From all of us at Wallyhood, we…
I’ve probably walked or driven by The Assistance League of Seattle a hundred times, but never bothered to see what went on inside. This charity is run out of two houses on North 45th Street, opposite the Chevron gas station. The AL Seattle runs three philanthropic programs; the Enrichment Scholarship Program, the Financial Aid for Education Program, and Operation School Bell, which provides free clothing for children in need in grades K-5. The Assistance League of Seattle is a chapter of the National Assistance League and it has operated here locally since 1962. The recently declared, State…
Santa Sharon has a deal for you. For more than 40 years, Sharon Ehrig decorated her home on Woodlawn Avenue North with thousands of Christmas lights and other decorations. Her home was so brightly decorated that it was on the old-time Metro bus tour of Christmas lights for 10 years. And for 18 years, Ehrig dressed in a Santa suit and sat on her front porch, rocking for hours as visitors passed by. But all that ended in 2011 after Ehrig…
Unlike Brexit, things moved swiftly following the vote for Independence on July 2, 1776, formalized by the adoption of the Declaration of Independence just two days later. The Founding Fathers were so pleased with themselves that John Adams foretold of celebrations for generations to come that would include “Pomp and Parade…Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other". But because Adams believed the holiday should be occur on July 2, he was known to turn down invitations…
This Saturday, January 9th, the Sound and Fury Morris Dancers will host their Fifteenth Annual Wassail (what's Wassailing? See here). They would like you to be a part of it! Friends and neighbors of all ages are invited to join in this Olde English celebration by bundling up warmly and meeting them in the apple orchard located in the field at Meridian Park. The festivities will begin at 1 pm and last about an hour. During the course of the Wassail,…