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On the border of the Wallingford-University District neutral zone, on the east side of I-5, there is a venerable old retail artist supply store called Artist & Craftsman Supply (4350 8th Avenue NE). It has outlasted everything else that has been housed in the small and now forlorn retail complex across from the Blue Moon Tavern, including the old Mac Store and the giant and now-defunct Petco. Artist & Craftsman Supply remains the go-to location for just about everything related to…

Big news from just across the Ship Canal: the Fremont Troll is getting a sibling. In an announcement that took many by surprise, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture revealed preliminary plans for a new sister Troll sculpture, this one to be installed not in Fremont, but right here in Wallingford, essentially making us the Troll’s official next‑door family. According to the City, the project is part of a broader effort to “expand the regional troll narrative,” ensuring that Fremont’s…

Hear ye, hear ye! Welcome to the Wallingford Art Walk 2026!  Wallingford Art Walk is returning this spring and summer, starting on the evening of April 4th, and continuing on every first Saturday through October. This year, the event’s hours will be extended until 10 pm to appeal to the neighborhood’s nightlife denizens. The plan is to set up tables on the sidewalk in the 2100 block of N 45th Street—that’s a key late-night location near the bars Changes, The Octopus…