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Skate Like a Girl is offering paid and unpaid internships to teens and young adults, ages 12-23, through a new program dubbed Youth Employment Skateboarding (YES). YES is a leadership and employment training program for skateboarders, made possible in part by a grant from the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, as well as residents and businesses in Wallingford, Fremont, and Green Lake. The program calls for 4 interns and 4 coaches in training (CITs) and the program runs from August…

How would you like to become a drummer this summer, or learn how to play the vibes like the legendary Lionel Hampton? You can learn right in your own neighborhood! And here's the Green Lake Moms Daily Deal: pay only $25 for one 30-minute private lesson on drumset, congas, marimba, or vibraphone, plus new drumsticks and a practice pad. From The Drum Exchange: The Drum Exchange, an independently-owned drum store in Wallingford for over 20 years, is offering a 50% off…

Dr. Enfield is currently in an unenviable year long job interview process as she seeks to be the permanent replacement for Maria Goodloe-Johnson. While she must be very busy keeping a cap on the scandals that emanate from the highly political and mathematically challenged district HQ, she took a bit of time to chat with me about her plans for Wallingford and the Seattle School District.  The answers are based on notes taken during a phone interview we had on July…

We received the following email this morning from Jude LaRene of Izilla Toys: Hello there,  Izilla Toys is consolidating its retail efforts into one store. We will be closing our Capitol Hill store at the end of August and moving Izilla Toys World Headquarters to our Wallingford Center store. While this is a little sad for us, we are excited to embark on a new adventure in cooperation with our Wallingford store called the Peace Play Collaborative. Please see the attached…