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Benjamin Schroeter claims the City of Seattle made a huge mistake - a mistake big enough that none of us should be able to enjoy Gasworks Fireworks. His claim - the city must preform an environmental impact study before allowing fireworks at a park. Yes, he pulled the environment card. The...
Head over to the Beer Authority for their Blowout Sale July 2nd and 3rd. This from Barry:...
Starting this Thursday Northgate Community Center will be hosting free concerts.
Here's the lineup
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Local business owners, the Colacurcios, face up to 20 years in prison if they are found guilty on all 15 accounts. ...
We had a grand time last night! Folk and fiddle music, poetry for the soul and hilarious poetry by local comedienne Ann Kaiser. The venue was perfect for sound, being the former Lake City (Movie) Theater. Next event is July 23 and there will be an open mic slot at Pioneer Days this year at 1:00 PM on August 1. In the vein of making community music, we'll also have a folk music jam at Pioneer Days, 4:00 PM. For details contact Diane at chamber@lakecitychamber.org or join our meet-up group at http://www.meetup.com/Lake-City-Open-Mic.
Short notice, but today from 3:30 - 5 the Lake City Task Force on Homelessness is meeting at the Seattle Mennonite Church.
The Lake City Taskforce on Homelessness collaborates to support neighborhood solutions to end homelessness in Lake City. Our group represents residents of Lake City (people living inside and outside), different community organizations such as Meadowbrook Community Council, North Helpline, Seattle University school of nursing practicum program and City Neighborhood liaison as well as faith-based...
Twelve One Brick volunteers attended the Thursday night volunteer opportunity at Food Lifeline in Shoreline.
In only two hours, they packed more than 9,000 pounds...
Tired of making the trek the grocery store? Want to shop for groceries in the comfort of your own home? Now you can.
AmazonFresh recently added 98125 to the list. Orders...
The bad and the ugly this week in Lake City....
If you're new to reading blogs, prepare to be overwhelmed. If you're already an addict, brace yourself for a high.
Hyperlocal (neighborhood) blogs, such as lakecitylive.net, target a neighborhood and project news specif to that community. A friend of mine, MLTnews.com blogger DustinDK, put together this amazing map pinpointing Seattle neighborhood blogs. If you live in Lake City but work in Bellevue, you may want to check out Eastside Life. Have a friend who lives in Phinney Ridge or Greenwood, tell them to check out Phinneywood....
This Thursday, June 18 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm at Shoreline's Food Lifeline, One Brick Seattle volunteers will be spending some time at Food Lifeline to repack the bulk donations the organization receives and help provide food to more than 300 food banks and shelters in the Seattle area....
Lake City Father’s Day Celebration
Sunday, June 21 - 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Albert Davis Park (right behind the Lake City Library) 125th and 27th NE, Seattle
Activities Inlcude:
Grilling demonstration with free healthy tropical chicken, fruit and veggie kabobs; Spanish speaking dietician on hand to answer your questions
Join “Feet First” and map your neighborhood with dad
Kids learn some basic drumming techniques with the Seattle Drum School
Free plant starts for your garden or deck
There will be a meeting on June 17 and June 23 to present the three design alternatives proposed for 33rd Ave NE. Attached are the three design alternatives.
June 17 meeting...
Lake City Library is offering a special series of 3 computer classes for Spanish speakers.
Computer Basics (June 10th) Computación Básica
Introduction to the Internet (June 17th) Introducción al Internet en la Biblioteca de Lake City
Introduction to Email (June 24th) El correo...
Two Dog Yoga is offering free, yes free, yoga classes all week. Don't miss this! Two Dog yoga comes highly recommended from yours truly. Here are the details.
Want your kid to learn Chess or Arabic this summer. Check out these two summer camps for kids.
Arabic, Urdu and Persian Summer Language Camp, 2009 for Children ages 11-14...
Here's another sketch that the Seattle Sketcher did at the Lake City Market. Mmmmm....pizza!
From Angela and Aram in Lake City
"Brad Kays was found yesterday morning in Portland, Oregon with a medical emergency. He is currently in good health and back in Seattle. Thank you so much for your thoughts, well wishes and prayers."
If you didn't have a chance to stop by the Farmers Market yesterday, you missed out. Unfortunately, I didn't have a whole lot of time to spend at the Market - just enough time to eat a tamale and get my groceries. You maybe thinking, "Groceries, how can she afford to by her groceries at the...