The slight warming and the brief sun breaks draw us out to our gardens. The early crocus, the Iris unguicularis blooms, the drooping, gorgeous, white cascades on our Ribes, the Iris reticulata and then all the bulging buds fattening by the hour make our hopes quicken. This will be the year for perfection.
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36th District) was named Legislator of the Week by the Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund for the week that ended March 1.
A fresh, Washington-grown item making the digital rounds reminds us why we’re in the mess we’re in. We speak of political gridlock and breakdown of rational discourse.
Children, teens and adults are invited to enter The Seattle Public Library’s haiku poetry contest in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. Write a haiku that celebrates the library in your life and submit the poem on-line beginning Monday, March 4. The contest ends at 5 p.m. March 15.
The 24th-annual Best of the Northwest’s spring art and fine-craft show moves to its new home at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal on Pier 91, next to the Magnolia Bridge, on March 23 and 24.
Kelly Taft and Nolan Wolf served as pages in the Washington State Senate, sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36th District).
Street Scramble, an urban adventure running series managed by Seattle event company MerGeo, will host an event in Queen Anne on March 30 at 9:30 a.m., starting from Queen Anne Baptist Church (2011 First Ave. N.)
Magnolia interior design Teresa Francis, of Westport Shipyards (2280 W. Commodore Way) won second plane in the “Exotic Retreat” category of the Northwest Design Awards competition.
Help! I am suffering from an acute case of claustrophobia. After two months in Panama, staying in a small but comfortable one-bedroom casita, I kind of got used to spreading out, easily finding a place for our stuff, taking advantage of our patio view of the Bay of Panama and having plenty of options for alone time. We had room! And…rooms!
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center is hosting an event to bring together the soccer-centric culture of Western Washington with the globally shared passion for futból. On Saturday, March 23, the Visitor Center will host its second, free family event: Family Day: Kick it Forward.
One doesn’t need to be among the Archdiocese of Seattle’s nearly 1 million congregants to be heartened by the selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
On March 30, the Queen Anne and Magnolia community centers will host spring egg hunts. Children age 2 to 10 can hunt for eggs and candy at the Magnolia Community Center (2550 34th Ave. W.), starting at 10 a.m. Afterward, they can take part in the playtime and crafts and enjoy a snack.