The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBig event — a one-day, on-line charitable effort on behalf of local nonprofits — is set for May 15.
The Western and Central Washington Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, headquartered at 100 W. Harrison St., is staging a benefit breakfast May 8 at Hyatt at Olive 8 (1635 Eighth Ave.)
Despite the new condos and shiny tech boom, something of old Seattle survives.You can see it from the sidewalk outside Christ Our Hope Catholic Church, housed in the Josephinum at 1902 Second Ave.
Despite the new condos and shiny tech boom, something of old Seattle survives.You can see it from the sidewalk outside Christ Our Hope Catholic Church, housed in the Josephinum at 1902 Second Ave.
Walking into Green Ambrosia, a medical marijuana co-op on 15th Avenue Northwest in Ballard, I’m greeted by a receptionist who hands me a large, white sticker with “press” in all caps.
America’s biggest and longest film festival is coming back to town in mid-May. The 25 days of the 39th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) are packed with films, special guests, forums and educational platforms that will be enough for Seattle movie-goers to feed their cinephilic appetites.
At the April 8 Magnolia/Queen Anne District Council, Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, chairperson of the council’s Parks and Neighborhoods Committee, and Seattle Parks and Recreation acting superintendent Christopher Williams spoke in response to the recent questioning of Parks staff working without transparency with the current Parks and Green Space Levy Oversight Committee.
Adult smokers who want to kick the habit have a chance to enroll in Smart Quit, a free, iPhone-based smoking-cessation study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in collaboration with the University of Washington and 2Morrow Mobile.
As Dexter begins to participate in the South Lake Union makeover, Optical Nerve, a fashion eyewear shop, has opened at 904 Dexter Ave. N
Last week’s Seattle City Council compromise on South Lake Union zoning — which will create more affordable housing and higher fees for towers rising beyond 16 stories — was a welcome move. The tide had been running the other way.
Five years ago, when I was graduating from high school, a guidance counselor told our class that a person with a college degree would make on average $1 million more in their lifetime than those without one.
Award-winning journalist Charles Montgomery will speak Wednesday, May 8, at 7 p.m. at the Queen Anne United Methodist Church (1606 Fifth Ave. W.) on how the shape of a city can affect personal happiness.