As our city continues to grow and evolve, Wallingford hosts many historic gems. This week, the artifact comes in the form of some energetic and educated teenagers. We join with the community of St. Benedict School in celebrating the graduation of its 110th class of 8th-grade students.

1908

A look back…

St. Benedict School opened in September 1908 by two Sisters of the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds, Sister Mary Vincentia Murphy and Sister M. Josephine Ratte, who lived at Holy Angels Academy in Ballard and walked to and from school.

St. Benedict had an inaugural enrollment of 66 students that …

If you enjoy watching the Fremont Solstice Parade (June 22), let me tell you something: the only thing better than watching a parade is being in a parade. Seriously, the best seat in the house is IN THE HOUSE!

But, assuming you’re not ready to strip down to your birthday suit, glam yourself up in paint and start pedaling, you may be wondering how to get involved.

Wallingford’s Leah Papernick and Michael Royalty have an answer for you:

I’m really excited to be hosting my first Fremont Solstice Parade ensemble this year and would love it if you could help …

Hello again! So, I’m sorry to tell you that you missed Open Books’ Reading with Doyali Islam, Shankar Narayan, and Seattle’s 2018-19 Youth Poet Laureate Azura Tyabji this past Saturday (but here’s the link in case you want to look them up and go buy their poetry, which I strongly recommend). It was extremely hard to go inside on such a beautiful evening, but worth it to hear these three incredible poets read works about love, longing for home, fathers, justice, and cephalopods. It wasn’t even dark when we stepped back outside.

That’s all a set-up, of course, to let …

Just past its two-year anniversary, Wallyburger, the country-western themed burger joint on 45th, has closed its doors for good. No reason was given (and no response was offered to our email inquiries), just a note on the front door saying “Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have decided to take the summer off. Thank you for your patronage. See you in the fall”, and a note on their Instagram feed saying Happy Trails.

The restaurant business is a tough one, and Wallyburger may have felt the squeeze between Dick’s Drive-In to the east and the new Portland-based Little Big Burger to …

It’s been over two years since the last update on Dunn Lumber’s planned expansion project, but progress is being made. This past Wednesday, Dunn invited neighbors down to a Site Walk to talk about the latest plans.

As a reminder, the plan is to take down the existing structure and lumber yard that occupy the block across from Dunn’s retail store and offices on Latona and NE Northlake Way and put up a modern building that will house a warehouse and covered yard as well as retail space and offices.

One change to the project since the last update is …

If you’re having trouble figuring out which of the ten candidates you want to support in the city council elections this fall, you have two opportunities this week to meet the candidates, ask questions, and hear them speak about the issues that affect all of us.

Your first option is to head over to the Cascade Bicycle Club auditorium, 7787 62nd Ave NE, on Thursday, May 30th from 5:30-7:30 p.m..

MASS (Move All Seattle Sustainably) Coalition is hosting a forum in which candidates for City Council District 4 will speak about transportation, housing, and sustainability.

Your second opportunity to meet …

Hi there! In case you didn’t realize it, we live next door to one of the best sources of low-cost entertainment and education in the Pacific Northwest (shout out to my $5 Ronan Farrow tickets). Below is just a sampling of what’s going on at the UW over the week.

I’m particularly excited about Emily Pothast’s lecture You Are Not Invited: A Critical Survey of Seattle Art History and Crisis Management and Informatics (or any panel) with Kate Starbird. Pothast has been performing, writing, and lecturing on media and culture around Seattle for years, and I’m excited to see where …