Shhh, listen…do you hear that? That’s the sound of birdsong. And for the first time in a year and a half, that lovely sound isn’t being drowned out by heavy machinery for 8 hours at a stretch. To quote one of my most memorable eighth grade reading assignments, it’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” That’s because the majority of the construction crew at Hamilton has moved inside the building to complete the finishing work, while only a few workers remain…
Round up the kiddos and come rock out for two fantastic local organizations - Family Works Food Bank and The Wallingford Boys and Girls Club. You'll be swinging to the vocal stylings of Seattle's own Not Its, featuring Sarah Shannon of the indie pop-band, Velocity Girl. The Not Its combine crunchy guitars with smooth four-part harmonies nestled within fantastic danceable pop gems about getting fancy, birthday parties, bath time and intergalactic play dates. The show is Saturday April 24th, 4 - 5pm at The Wallingford…
Alphabet Soup Children's Books is hosting the local band, Harmonica Pocket, this Sunday April 11th at 11:30am as they celebrate Dr. Seuss with their special show, "Get Loose With Seuss!" Dr. Seuss would have turned 106 years old on March 2nd -- and local band Harmonica Pocket has put together a concert of original music set to Dr. Seuss books: Come down to the Soup and sing along to Dr. Seuss's ABCs, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and other selected books. The band will…
Let's face it, kids like nothing better than mucking around in dirt. And messing with sticks and harassing worms. The Children's Garden at Seattle Tilth, tucked southwest of the Good Shepherd Center, allows them to indulge their primal side to their hearts' content while nurturing knowledge about gardening and a love of nature. I recently chatted with Lisa Taylor, the exuberant, ukulele-playing Children's Program Manager. She said the Children's Garden was conceived in 1988 when the Center's unused swimming pool was…
Parents, are you concerned that your children may be a closet thespians? If so, you may want to send them over to the Public Theater at the Bathhouse on Green Lake for Future Files: This spring, we travel forward in time with two exciting, one-act plays that challenge us to think about the world we are creating.... "The Days of Perky Pat," by the award-winning philosopher-author Philip K. Dick, dreams a world where survivors of a global thermonuclear war live off…
This past week was the beginning of the spring session of Arts and Crafts Classes at Fremont Community School. This is a drop-in program offered Monday through Thursday. Taught by Julia Freeman, a professional artist with training and recognition both home and abroad. Originally from Kansas City, Freeman now lives here in Seattle and recently received her MFA in Fibers from UW. Freeman developed this arts program from the ground up and takes pride in working with each child to bring…
Baby Z seems to have acquired his first obsession, and it's the bike (or, as he refers to it, "by-KAH"). It is his first, murmured mantra in the morning ("by-kah, by-kah, by-kah"...eyes slowly open), the punctuation to his daily walks (yes, you are correct little man, that is a bike) and, no doubt, the stuff of his dreams. It is unfortunate, then, that he may still be too young to deliver an oral book report to a librarian (unless, perhaps, the…