Halloween Hoopla
The Wallingford Boys & Girls Club (1310 N. 45th St) presents its annual Halloween Hoopla event next Saturday, October 25th from 6 - 9 pm:
The Wallingford Boys & Girls Club (1310 N. 45th St) presents its annual Halloween Hoopla event next Saturday, October 25th from 6 - 9 pm:
St. Andrews Church is holding a Celtic Festival tomorrow, Saturday 10/18 from 9 - 5 pm: Please join us for a celebration of the art, music and culture of the British Isles! Enjoy the Celtic Music festival (read more below) featuring these great local bands: Noon – Seirm 1 pm – Dinas o Frain 2 pm – Crònan Bring your kids. Have high tea at 1 or 3 p.m., $18 (contact Ruby, 206-523-7476 for tickets) Have lunch at the Scotty Dog…
Don Ford, Lincoln High Class Representative '49, writes: LINCOLN LYNX ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING will be held on Saturday, October 18 at 1pm in the Little Theater at Lincoln High School. ALL LINCOLN LYNX ARE WELCOME! The meeting will start at 1pm with light refreshments to follow, Entrance to the Little Theater is on N. 43rd (south side of bldg). A tour of the building will be available if you so desire. Remember, Lincoln High is schedule to RE-OPEN, with an…
Scarecrow Video (once a Wallyhood sponsor) has completed its transition from a privately owned company to The Scarecrow Project, a non-profit (see earlier article on their Kickstarter campaign to help fund the switch), and are holding a Grand Re-Opening event to celebrate the move: In August of this year, The Scarecrow Project, a new non-profit, launched a Kickstarter campaign in order raise the funds necessary to take-over the stewardship of the world-renown Scarecrow Video. With over 1800 donors pledging their support…
The Wallingford Moms mailing list carried a story recently of a suspicious character wandering into yards around our neighborhood: Just wanted to let everyone know that there was a younger man (twenties) who was just prowling around our property. He is wearing white tank top and white shorts and has multiple tattoos. He rode his bike past our house and then turned around and came up our driveway which has a car in it and was headed back to our garage yes…
Ruth and Justin, the coordinators of the Freeway Estates Community Orchard (FECO), wrote to invite the neighborhood to their 4th annual cider press, which is also a celebration of FECO's receipt of a Large Grant from the Department of Neighborhoods. The little orchard that could is ready to move into the next phase of its development with this grant, and has a vision for turning the orchard into a welcoming space for the community. Already, they've been engaging the next generation of…
Wallingford's Paul Dorpat recently ran a fun article in his Seattle Now and Then series in the Seattle Times: How Wallingford Got Its Name. Not just from the developer, former city councilman and Green Lake resident John Wallingford, but primarily from the Wallingford Car Line trolley that ran through this section. For more historical photos and background, Paul has a great article on his web site, Section Lines on Wallingford Hill. Photo at right, from that article, is now the Tully's building,…