There’s a house on lower Wallingford Avenue that I’ve often admired. It was beautifully restored by JAS Design Build, whose office is across the street. JAS does excellent work restoring and rethinking old houses and I think we are fortunate to have them in the neighborhood.

I just found out that last December JAS quietly opened an adjacent corner store which is a charming extension of their impeccable aesthetic. It’s a little off the beaten path, about one block south of Union Saloon and across the street. I didn’t even realize it was there, and I’m guessing I’m not the …

The Latona Gallery, a relatively new art gallery located near Frelard Tamales, is holding an Opening Reception for its new art show entitled Littoral Artefacts. The details:

Date: Saturday, November 18 Time: 4:00 – 9:00 pm Place: Latona Gallery, 6410 Latona Ave Food and refreshments will be served

Proprietor Russ Hanbey writes:

My name is Russ Hanbey and I am a local artist in the Wallingford/Greenlake area and run the Latona Gallery located at 6410 Latona Ave. NE. I am having an Opening Reception of my art show: “Littoral Artefacts.” In addition to the opening night where we will be …

Clue: High School Edition

This November, Theatre Arts at Lincoln High School will be presenting Clue: High School Edition, written by Sandy Rustin and based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn. Broadwaylicensing.com describes it this way:

Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss …

This post comes to us from neighbor Tracy Timmons-Gray. 

About thirty minutes after my 67- year old mother left my apartment after we had dinner together on the evening of Friday, October 20, she called me, crying.

I asked her what was wrong, and she told me about how she was almost hit by two cars while walking the cross-walk at 40^th and Stone Way to get to the bus stop in front of Emerald City Athletics.

As she crossed the street when the walk light was on, she faced a line of cars on 40^th that were …

Where I-5 cuts low through Wallingford Hill between NE 45th and NE 50th is the easiest place in town to cover with a lid. A lid will reduce freeway noise and pollution and provide 14 acres of new open space. With the enormous increase in housing in the University District, this can be the open space that fills a growing need.

Lids over freeways are not new. One of the first was Freeway Park in downtown Seattle. Several others cover parts of I-90 and WA 520. Across the country some magnificent parks have been built that reconnect neighborhoods. The picture …

Wallingford Community Senior Center would like to welcome the greater community to a couple special November events.

Writing Poetry Without Rhyme: Poetry for All Occasions

This four week workshop meets:

Mondays: 2:00 to 3:30 pm

11/06/23, 11/13/23. 11/20/23 and 11/27/23

This class will offer ideas and techniques for writing free verse poetry, poems without rhyme at the ends of the lines. Absolutely no previous experience writing poetry is needed. Experienced writers are very welcomed, too. Each class will offer new poetry writing ideas.
The facilitator, Shelley Tucker has a Ph.D. in Writing Education and four books in print on writing …

The Wallingford Community Council monthly meeting is this Wednesday evening.  Come and learn about what is happening in Wallingford and see where you might be interested in participating and volunteering. Monthly Meeting Wednesday November 1, 2023, 7 PM

Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Agenda: Welcome and Call to Order Guests: Scott Lien /Kamiak and Weinstein AU will present an update on their 6-story, 105-unit apartment building at 4318 Stone Way North.  The project will include space for restaurant & retail and also include parking for about 60 vehicles. Councilmember Alex Pedersen or Toby…