Wallingford, Seattle

B.F. Day Principal McCloskey leaving

After 14 years, B.F. Day Elementary Principal Susan McCloskey will retire from her post at the end of the school year, though she hints that she may come back as a substitute for Special Ed. from time to time. The principal position was posted to the public and the District is currently reviewing resumes. At the end of March, the B.F. Day PTSA will assist Seattle Schools' NW Region Director Marni Campbell with narrowing down candidates. We'll keep you posted once the…

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Update From Monday’s ‘Stone34’ Design Review

A Design Review for the "Stone34" project was held on Monday night at the University Heights Center. We couldn't attend, but reader Mike pointed me to a Facebook page called "Hey Skanska & Brooks: Down In Front" which provided the following recap from that group's point of view: The neighbors showed up in force at last night’s Design Review meeting. Two-thirds of the comments were on our side. They were thoughtful, clear, and substantive. The prevailing message to the Design Review…

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Last call to register for Edible Book Festival

Do you love books so much you devour them? Are you good with puns? Can you create an edible masterpiece? Then you'll want to register your entry for the 7th Annual Seattle Edible Book Festival which takes place on Saturday, March 31 at the Good Shepherd Center from 12:00PM-3:00PM. Entries are due in email by midnight, March 28 (mail to: [email protected]). Every year, families, foodies, bibliophiles, punsters, and chefs come together to display their masterpieces in front of the festival judges. Here…

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Hip-Hop artist has Wallingford roots

Wallingford native"Scribes" a.k.a. Henry Kleaveland is a hip-hop and R&B artist whose self-released title, "What Was Lost" has been in the top ten on CMJ's Hip-hop chart and has had a fair amount of airplay on KEXP. He's played at Bumbershoot and headlined all over the city, including the Showbox at SoDo, Chop Suey, Nectar, and the High Dive; and this Memorial Day weekend, he'll be performing at the 2012 Sasquatch Music Festival. Though he no longer lives in Wallingford (his…

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Dance XpOsed

Yes, Wallingford, you've got music, you've got film, you've got theater, but do you have dance? Yes, yes you do. And no, we don't care if it's called "Fremont" Danceworks. Stone Way is Wallingford, or Wallymont at least. Fremont Danceworks, a troupe of accomplished teen dancers will perform works by leading Seattle-area choreographers in its March show, “XpOsed.” All the performers attend Dance Fremont!, a ballet and modern-dance school, located in the Fremont neighborhood for more than 15 years. A play off of…

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Francophonie

The New York Times had an interesting story yesterday on the benefits of bilingualism. We'd heard that children who grow up in bilingual households tend to hit language milestones a bit more slowly than their monolingual peers, but eventually catch up. Once caught up, there are some obvious advantages to being bilingual, not only for traveling, ordering in restaurants and working, but also for interacting in a meaningful way with people outside your daily strata. The Times article, The Benefits of…

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Breakfast in Tangletown

Wander into the northern corners of Wallingford on a weekend morning and you'll find some mighty fine smells in the Tangletown air. We know how to do breakfast over here. From good ol' Eggs Benedict to vegan donuts, from fine teas and scones that would have Princess Kate skipping down N. 56th Street, to Pacific Northwest twists on current trends in haute breakfast cuisine, we got it. And we're not afraid to share. The Publican, ahem, The Burgundian is a classy, laid-back public house…

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