For the entire month of March, Wallingford's Hollow Earth Radio is hosting Magma Festival 2010. This city wide festival brings together 54 acts spread across 10 shows at 9 all ages venues. Kicking off on March 5th at The Vera Project in the Seattle Center. This show brings together northwest acts: Alaskas, Grr, Deception Pass, and Thao (of Thao + The Get Down Stay Down). This yearly event serves as a critical fundraiser to help cover HER's operating expenses. With a…
You may have noticed that things got a but quiet around here all of the sudden. What happened was, the Wallyhoods left Wallingford. Don't worry, just temporary like: we're on a short trip to Molokai. We had actually intended to do some blogging from down here, but the Internet is a bit spotty, and so we're reduced to tapping out our posts on an iPhone. On the bright side, we listened to humpback whale song snorkeling outside our flat this morning,…
With the help of federal stimulus dollars, Seattle City Council has approved City Light's new initiative in replacing the standard orange-glow, High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) streetlamps to LEDs. The first phase will replace 5,000 existing HPS lamps, eventually swapping out all 80,000 streetlamps city-wide, over a four year period. Currently, there are pilot programs in Capitol Hill and South Park, in which City Light is testing light quality and brightness. They're also garnering feedback from each neighborhood which they will convey back…
Seattle Crime reports that a 42 year-old man was stabbed at 6:15 p.m. this evening in front of the 7 Eleven on 40th and Stone Way. Two men got into a fight and the suspect stabbed the victim once in the lower back. The victim may have been armed with a crowbar and police are looking for a white Mustang with a smashed window. At this time, there is no word on the victim's condition, though medics arrived shortly after the…
On Wednesday, February 24, Hamilton music students will participate in Musicathon 2010--a 12-hour music marathon in return for pledges that benefit the 12 music ensembles at the school. The last event of the day, "The Young Musicians Concert" will take place at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. Musicathon 2010 is just one of the ways to raise funds for Hamilton music students to participate in music festivals and competitions around the…
(Today's post comes from our newest writer, Kendall Sweeney, who brings us the inside scoop on the changes at, and history of, the Essential Bakery) In response to the inquiry about what is in the future for the Essential Baking Co Building, it is not yet entirely clear. There has been talk of remodeling the space in order to put a bike wheel manufacturing business in where the bakery used to be. The likelihood is that the space will remain empty…
With our new school levies passed, it's official that Wallyhood will have another elementary school. McDonald School will open this fall in its temporary location, at the Lincoln High School site (4400 Interlake Avenue North), while the school's building on 54th and Latona goes under some serious renovation for the next two years. If your children have been assigned to McDonald School, you'll want to head over to Lincoln on Thursday night, February 25 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to meet…