Once again, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Sith Lords and Stormtroopers: this Saturday (May 5) is Free Comic Book Day and it's your chance to head down to Comics Dungeon (250 NE 45th St.) to score a free comic book. Get there early (the shop opens at 10:00AM) for the best selection because it's crazy-time in the store. You also won't want to miss out on getting your picture taken with some of your favorite Star Wars characters either, as Comics…
Updated Thursday, May 4, 4:25 PM with a quote from Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! (see below for the quote). The Seattle Times reports that the city's Design Review Board has approved Skanska's current design proposal for Stone34. I haven't seen anything new on the Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! Facebook page, but I did see the following update posted on the Stone34 page: The Design Review Board recommended approval of Stone34 and affirmed that the current design meets…
Back in December, we told you about the cool little store run by the Snow Leopard Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to community-based Snow Leopard conservation. The store is in the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North), in Suite #225 (which is located right where you walk in the front door at the GSC). Anyway, they're having a big sale tomorrow (Thursday, May 3), from 12:00PM - 7:00PM in honor of Mother's Day, and if you mention this post, you'll…
Quick, when you think about synchronized swimming, what's the first thing that pops into your head? Is it Esther Williams in one of her classic water ballet films from the 50s, or do you think of an Olympic Synchronized Swimming event? Either way, they both capture synchronized swimming's beauty and grace, as well as the intensity. Wallingford is home to two teens who are a part of Seattle's Synchronized Swim Team (SST), the most competitive and successful synchronized team in the Pacific Northwest…
Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 2) from midnight to midnight, you'll have a chance to donate to your favorite local nonprofits through The Seattle Foundation's second annual GiveBIG giving event, and we wouldn't be a true neighborhood news blog if we didn't mention two of our favorite Wallingford nonprofits that could use our support. FamilyWorks and the Wallingford Community Senior Center impact many lives each day and a gift on May 2nd to them will help continue important work of serving the community. What's GiveBIG? Glad you…
Reader Kimberly C dropped us a note to let us know that her Morris dance troupe, The Sound and Fury Morris Dancers will be greeting the sunrise on tomorrow morning at Gas Works Park. Interested in watching or joining in the fun? Here's the 4-1-1: May Day and Morris dancing go back centuries to Olde England, which has a similar climate to Seattle. So spring doesn’t really arrive until sometime in May. At some point centuries ago, Morris dancers realized that if they would…
South Lake Union's Center for Wooden Boats will be cutting ribbon on their North Lake Union (Wallingford!) expansion next Friday, May 4th: The Center For Wooden Boats is pleased to announce we will formally open the new CWB North Lake Union Workshop & Warehouse on Friday, May 4, 2012 at 5:30pm. We hope you’ll join us for the opening at the organization’s new second campus on Lake Union. While the facility is land-based for now, over time we hope to build…