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For the past two months, artist Anthony Huss has shared wall space with nine other artists for the inaugural exhibit of Kerf International at the Blue Star Cafe. This month, he has the space all to himself! His fabulous abstract paintings are now on display in the back room of the restaurant through Saturday, March 3. But you can meet the artist at the opening reception this Saturday, January 27, between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. Anthony started out as a photographer…

[Editor's note: As we wrote back in May of last year, improvements are coming to 40th Street courtesy of SDOT’s Neighborhood Street Fund. Now, interested reader Kit Lewis writes to tell us that we can expect some additional changes to the signage relating to the school zone.] Have you ever driven westbound on NE 40th St, between the University Bridge and Wallingford Ave N, during School Zone hours?  Have you ever wondered why there’s no “End of School Zone” sign on…

The average visitor to the Triple R Brewery taproom at 916 NE 64th St. in the Roosevelt neighborhood may not give much of a thought as to where the beer is actually brewed. But the frequent-flyers to our local breweries may well look around and ask themselves, “Where are all those stainless steel fermenters and such that every brewery has?” You won’t find those at the taproom though, because the beer isn’t brewed there; the beer is, in fact, brewed here…

We're all on tenterhooks, what with North Korea, Donald Trump, and the Hawaiian Alert, so that BOOM that rattled windows rattled hearts across Wallingford, as well. If I'm reading the LightningMaps.org website correctly, though, it was just a very, very close lightning strike, centered close to the QFC (but sounding like it was in my backyard over by the John Stanford School). The rain intensified noticeably a minute or so after, which I've noticed is common with big lightning strikes. Maybe it's…

The Wallingford Community Senior Center is hosting a free screening of the film "Speaking of Dying" this Tuesday, January 23rd from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. They're inviting local seniors and their adult children to attend: Fear of dying is most often fear of the unknown. Because of this fear, far too many of us die in ways we would not wish to— often in ICUs, tethered to feeding tubes, in intolerable pain, or unconscious and unable to say a meaningful goodbye…

This is the second of a completely ad hoc string of stories about the special aspects of Wallyhood that hide in plain sight.  The first was about the late night/early morning hours in Wallyhood. Paul Brown, "Brownie", has quietly run Wally Pets (4411 Wallingford Ave N) for close to seven years.  He has been showcased in Wallyhood multiple times ( 2011, 2013, 2017).  Many of you shop at Wally Pets as do I.  I started shopping at Wally Pets because my…

Historic Wallingford held it’s official launch on Saturday, January 6 at The Good Shepherd Center. It was attended by more than 140 people who came to learn of the new organization’s mission and of it’s planned activities. Most of the attendees haled from Wallingford but I personally talked with folks who came from Queen Anne, Ravenna and Ballard showing the interest that Seattleites have in learning and perpetuating the history of our great city. The crowd was welcomed by Rhonda Bush,…