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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…

With the weather we’ve been having recently, you may have thought that summer is already here. But it is not. And that’s because we have not yet had the Fremont Solstice Parade. The traditional harbinger of summer around these parts, the parade is just one of the events comprising the Fremont Fair produced by the Fremont Arts Council. The fair will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23. As in past years, the fair will feature music, craft vendors…

Wallingford small businesses invite the community to SIP and SHOP. Third Thursday every month in June, July, and August from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Stop by to support Wallyhood local businesses, enjoy a beverage or snack, and hang out! Hoping to repeat last year’s success, a growing number of neighborhood shops will go the extra mile while welcoming customers on the third Thursday of each month this summer. It all begins on the Summer Solstice this Thursday. A few of…

                                            This last Saturday I attended the open house for the new Family Resource Center at Cedar Crossing Affordable Housing, one block north of the Roosevelt Light Rail Station. The resource center is run by Wallingford based FamilyWorks and was created to partially to increase services to families in need and to also give FamilyWorks space to expand the Wallingford…

Wallyhood writer, DOUG. called Wallingford Porchfest "Seattle's most DIY music festival". Yesterday this community project came to life for it's fourth iteration. Not even pouring rain could dampen the day. Photos compiled by DOUG. and Megan throughout the day.