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March into Spring at the Wallingford Community Senior Center

All events are at, or meet up at, the Wallingford Community Senior Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N, Suite 140 (lower level of the Good Shepherd Center). Cinema Termite presents: Sanjuro (original 1962) Wednesday, March 4 1:30 to 3:30 pm A crafty Samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.         Books to Prisoners Thursday, March 5 1:00 to 2:00 pm Seattle-based non-profit…

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February is Fab at WCSC

All events are at, or meet up at, the Wallingford Community Senior Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N, Suite 140 (lower level of the Good Shepherd Center). Creative Time Together 1st and 3rd Mondays Starting Monday, February 2 1:00 to 3:00 pm Creative Mending is now Creative Time Together! Join a group to share ideas, techniques, and work on your artistic endeavors in a warm and inviting environment. Come in with your mending or fabric-based project, or bring in your paints, collage,…

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Not Just Another January at WCSC

All events are at, or meet up at, the Wallingford Community Senior Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N, Suite 140 (lower level of the Good Shepherd Center). Cinema Termite Presents: Tron Wednesday, January 7 1:30 to 3:30 pm This 1982 movie is about a computer hacker who is abducted into a digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games, where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.   Trivia with Raisbeck High School Friday,…

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Programs for a variety of tastes at WCSC!

Have you checked out what’s happening at WCSC lately? Wallingford COMMUNITY Senior Center will feature a variety of great programming in May. Here are a few highlights: Interested in Arts & Culture? WCSC features two programs on May Day (May 1st) which might be right up your alley! Outing to Northwest African American Museum - Thursday, May 1st, 12:30-3:30 PM. View the exhibit “Pitch Black” and learn about Washington’s black baseball history. Who played baseball where? How did segregation and integration…

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Put On Your Dancing Shoes!

OK, Steve Winwood won’t be there but YOU should be. Come and learn some new steps and kick up your heels in community with others to support two local non-profit organizations strengthening individuals, families and seniors in the north end. It’s Dance 4 Wallingford, a multicultural and intergenerational community dance party on Saturday May 11th, 2013, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC). The idea for the event came from the “World Dance Parties” that…

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A heart-y pancake breakfast

Valentine's Day may be over, but it's still  heart month; and to celebrate, the Wallingford Community Senior Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N #140) is hosting a Pancake Breakfast this Sunday, featuring free-formed heart-shaped pancakes and lots of other goodies for the whole family. Pancake Breakfast With Heart – For Everyone   Sunday, February 24       9am - 12 noon Adults - $5; Kids -  $2.50 Choice of Pancakes or French Toast; Ham or Veggie Sausage Beverages – Orange Juice, Coffee, Tea, Milk  

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Slide to Nowhere

The lunchroom was all a-twitter at Lincoln High this week (Lincoln being the semi-permanent home of APP@Lincoln Elementary School). Rumor had it that someone at a nearby home had installed a slide in their front yard - a slide which slid straight into a fence. The slide was quickly dubbed the "sui-slide" and the kids eagerly discussed whether there was any safe way to go down it - perhaps dressed in one of those sumo wrestler costumes or if you propped…

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