Jen Astion from St Andrew’s Church (111 NE 80^th St) writes:

St. Andrew’s Church near Green Lake will be the first Episcopal church in Seattle to produce its own clean energy when it installs solar panels startingFebruary 2, 2015. St. Andrew’s church has worked since 2008 to increase its energy efficiency and wants to decrease its carbon footprint even more by producing its own solar energy. This project is funded by the congregation and benefits from production incentives from Seattle City Light and a grant from the bishop.

The initiative taken by St. Andrew’s Church to install solar panels …

Sal Celis sent in these shots, with the accompanying story:

Last week I did a quick run to Stoneway Hardware in Wallingford. I took my camera with me since I’m always looking to find something of interest to document in our area.

As I was leaving the store notice the Seahawks wheelbarrows at at the front of the store and thought to myself how great these guys supporting the Seattle Seahawks. Then I turned the corner and ran into Joel, who was in the middle of doing a little cleanup for their amazingly cool Seahawks Wall. He put it together …

Billy Dee Williams, best known for his role as the dashing Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars series, will be gracing the Cloudy City with his presence this Saturday, including a stop at Scarecrow Video from noon to 2 pm:

Scarecrow Video is honored to welcome the legendary BILLY DEE WILLIAMS to our store on Saturday, January 31st course one of the stars of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, as well as films like Lady Sings the Blues and Nighthawks. He is also currently revisiting his iconic role as Lando Calrissian in the hit ABC Family …

David writes:

For two years, our band hosted a monthly community square dance at the Gypsy Cafe. Now that it has become the newly updated Stone Way Cafe (3510 Stone Way Ave N), we are starting up the event again, last Saturday of the month (starting this Saturday, January 31) from 7 – 9:30 pm. It’s $5 / person (under 18 always free) and all ages are welcome. It’s a really fun time. It would be great to include more neighbors.…

Henry Weinhard’s is owned by SBMiller (who also produce Miller Beer, along with a number of other brands). Red Hook is owned is by the Craft Brew Alliance, which in turn is 32% owned by Anheuser Busch. But the PNW brew pub tradition lives on, right?

Less so. On Friday, the Elysian Brewing Company, owner of four brew pubs, including the Elysian Tangletown, confirmed it was being acquired by Anheuser Busch. The announcement quotes CEO and co-founder Joe Bisacca, saying “after a lot of hard work, we’ve grown from one Seattle brewpub to four pub locations and a production brewery. …