Wallingford, Seattle

Read more about the article When the Grandkids Come Out (of the Closet)

When the Grandkids Come Out (of the Closet)

Wallingford Community Senior Center is excited to feature members of the Seattle/Bellevue PFLAG Speaker’s Bureau on Weds. Feb. 25th at 2 PM, to give a presentation designed to help grandparents understand issues facing their Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender grandkids. “What to Do When the Grandkids Come Out” will feature stories from members of the LGBT community as well as their families and friends. Questions are encouraged at this educational event. Would you like to better understand LGBT issues? Learn to…

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Short Term Wallingford Rental

Remodeling your home and need a place to stay while its under construction? Have out of town guests coming to stay? Are you a visiting researcher at the UW? Rent our beautiful, 3 bedroom home in Wallingford. Walk to the UW, Fremont, easy access to I-5, downtown and South Lake Union. Includes hot tub and outdoor shower! Great for kids: play structure in the back yard and right across the street from a school playground. Optional chickens for fresh eggs (we'll move…

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Weedin Call for Artists

Get your art on, and improve the (neighboring) neighborhood! The Roosevelt Neighborhood Association has issued a call for artists to create a public art work to serve as a "gateway to the Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood". Budget: $100,00. That's enough for a serious gateway, I'd think: The Weedin Place Steering Committee of the Roosevelt Business Group (within the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association) seeks an artist or artist team to create public artwork that will serve as a gateway to Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood. The…

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Crime and Squats

Bits from the blotter: Kristina writes: Wanted to share that there was a theft attempt on our CRV in our driveway last night.  We're at Latona and 43rd.  Destroyed the driver side door lock and the ignition.  Want to give a thumbs up to Officer Oakland for his help and to Elements Locksmith that came to our home and replaced our ignition in about 60 minutes at a really reasonable price. Last week, Brady wrote: Last night there was a reported…

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More School Tours: HCC (was APP)

If your child qualifies for the HCC ("Highly Capable Cohort", previously known as APP) program at the Lincoln School in Wallingford, you have just a few weeks to sign up for a tour to see if it's a good fit: there are tours next Wednesday 2/25 and Monday 3/2. You can sign-up here. According to the Seattle Public Schools Advanced Learning page, the HCC program: Serves students identified through district testing as Highly Capable, which typically includes cognitive scores at or…

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Licton Springs in Wallingford

Licton Springs Elementary School's temporary stay in Wallingford's Lincoln School building (4400 Interlake Avenue N.) has another couple of years to it: they'll be there through the end of the 2016 - 2017 school year. Licton was Seattle's first alternative public school, with a curriculum oriented around Native American culture. (The name comes from the area they will be relocating to in late 2017, but also has Native American roots, taking its name from "Liq'tid (LEEK-teed) or Licton for the Lushootseed…

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Meaningful Movies

Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies is celebrating their 12th anniversary this Friday, Feb 20th at 7:00 pm, and they're celebrating with a bit of a mixed media affair: play reading interspersed with video, followed by facilitated discussion: Project Unspeakable A Dramatic Reading of Selected Sections of the Play, with Video Vignettes (A Play by Court Dorsey, based on a book by Jim Douglass) Portions of the play will be a read by Friends of Meaningful Movies, a collection of 12…

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