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Easter Fun at Wallingford Center

Bubbles, face painting, treat-filled plastic eggs, and of course that lovable long-eared galoot, the Easter Bunny. Once again, it's time for the annual Easter Celebration and Food Drive at Wallingford Center (1815 N. 45th St.), happening this Saturday, April 7. The festivities kick-off at 9:00am on the West Plaza: The Bubbleman performs 9:00AM on the West Plaza. Egg hunt 10:00 am - 10:10 am (Bring your own baskets. Don't be late. The hunt goes quickly). Meet the Easter Bunny, enjoy face painting and entertainment…

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Wallingford Art Walk

This Wednesday will once again test the wisdom of Wallingford's every-other-month Art Walk schedule. According the Wallingford Art Walk web site, there are 23 businesses participating from 6 - 9 pm, including Fuel Coffee, which will be featuring an artist reception for Kathy Liao (at right), Smash Wine Bar, which will be featuring the work of octogenarian Lorraine Fryett (below) and the Blue Star Cafe and Pub, which will be featuring the work of David Weiner as well as offering a food special…

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Local, organic produce delivered to Wallingford

Here's an update to finding great CSAs and local produce in the Wallingford and U-District area (98105 and 98103). The You may note the careful parsing of terms above "CSA and organic produce delivery organizations". Why?  Community Supported Agriculture, refers specifically to a system in which individuals buy "shares" in a local farm's harvest for a year. In doing so, they pledge support for the local producer and by agreeing to share in some of the risk. Since consumers aren't buying…

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Edible Books Festival Saturday

Don't forget, this Saturday is the 7th Annual Seattle Edible Book Festival at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N). Yes, we all love to devour a good book on a weekend, but this is more literal, if you'll pardon the pun. Each year, contestants create edible interpretations of their favorite writing, poetic license encouraged. The web site offers  The Brothers Karamatzah, S'more and Peace, and The Bun Also Rises as examples. The lovely at the right is "Don Quichote".…

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Mosaic’s 5th Anniversary Celebration

In honor of turning five, Mosaic Coffeehouse (4401 2nd Avenue NE) is throwing a big shindig on Saturday evening, March 31, beginning at 7PM. Everyone is invited to the anniversary celebration, with musical performances by Manubi, Darren Guyaz, and more. Suggested donation is $20 and you can buy your tickets here.

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Library Levy Meeting

We Wallingfordians sure do love our library branch, no? If not for its size, then certainly for its convenience. Of course, since the last five rounds of library budget cuts, that convenience has waned a bit, and we often hear a collective groan during the annual week-long closure; but now, The City Council is holding a public hearing on a proposed Library levy that would provide funding for more library hours, an increase in staff, better collections, and improved technology. The levy is proposed for…

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PEPS Lecture: Choosing the Right Preschool

With all of the excellent preschool choices offered in the area, it can be downright maddening to decide which one will be the right fit for your child; but here's a lecture offered by PEPS that may help to take away some of the guesswork: Choosing the Right Preschool co-sponsored by PEPS and Grow Parenting with Anoo Padte Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.) This workshop covers information on early childhood learning and preschools. Some of the topics…

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