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The collaborative effort to bring public art to three utility boxes on N. 45th is moving forward. At the end of June, the leadership team for the Wallingford Beautification Utility Box Project learned that funding from a Department of Neighborhoods Small Sparks Grant has been awarded. With the green light on funding, they can now move to the next step—reaching out to artists to help tell the story of Wallingford. A $750 artist stipend will be offered for each completed box.…

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser Friday, July 19 6:00 to 7:00 pm Come hungry for spaghetti, salad, fresh veggies, and garlic bread. Learn about your local Senior Center and how you can support healthy aging in your community. All dietary restrictions accommodated. $10 a plate- $5 a plate for children under ten. Call 206.4617825 with questions or to RSVP. Or go to our website– A few days earlier, Charles Forsher Presentation Wednesday, July 17 1:00 to 1:45 pm Charles a WCSC member and local…

The folks at Celebrate Wallingford, Celebrate Wallingford, are planning a fun community event on July 13th starting at 11:00 a.m. with the Wallingford Parade that organizes at Meridian Park and ending at the Wallingford Playfield for a Picnic at the Park—a park to park event! Now in its seventh decade in Wallingford, this Seafair parade has morphed from the Wallingford Kiddie Parade into the more inclusive, Wallingford Parade, and promises fun and a new opportunity for a Picnic in the Park…

Pickleball is a very popular game. It is easy to learn, it is social, it doesn’t cost a lot to get started and you don’t have to be a great athlete to enjoy it. You can have a great workout and lots of fun no matter how good you are.  Pickleball is also driving neighbors near Wallingford Park crazy with its annoying noise. A Wallyhood reader sent us a note about noise from pickleball games at the Wallingford Park (park website)…

The 2024 Wallingford Small Business Sip and Shop kicked off on Thursday, June 20th on the Summer Solstice and will continue the Third Thursday in July and August from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm. We encourage everyone to stop by to support Wallingford local businesses, enjoy a beverage or snack, shop and hang out! To foster community awareness, each month we will spotlight participating businesses starting with Cascadia Pharmacy. The store, located in the former Pharmaca/Medly space in the Wallingford Center,…

It has been hard not to notice how re-development has reshuffled the deck of Wallingford business district buildings: the gaping space where the dearly departed Guild 45th theatres stood, and the newer leveled and now excavated portion of the block where the Fainting Goat and The Sock Monster once resided. It’s all in the name of progress, Seattle-style. More housing density: Make it so! And don’t bother with on-site parking, because we like to pretend that cars aren’t necessary! But, I…

Our neighbor, Ann Ishimaru, would like the neighborhood to know of a benefit concert performed by her son’s cello instructors, the King-Leiferman Duo to be held on Saturday, June 29th at 1pm at the Good Shepherd Center Chapel. For this concert they will be joined by Beth Grimmett-Tankersley as they perform Shostakovich Sonata. Prokofiev Sonata and the Menotti Suite for two cellos and piano. This benefit performance is to raise funds for the Lambert House. There is no cost for attending…