The Cambodian non-profit Tiny Toones is holding a fundraiser in Greenwood Friday night to raise funds to help teach basic education, gang intervention and prevention, and HIV/AIDS awareness to youth off the streets of Phnom Penh. The community fundraiser is from 6-10...
The newly formed North Seattle Boys & Girls Club Boosters Association is looking for people to make small, regular donations to the Greenwood Boys & Girls Club. They’re hoping that monthly donations of $5 or $10 will bring in enough money to help support...
Woodland Park Zoo today announced the lineup for its popular Zoo Tunes concert series. (Photo by WPZ’s Ryan Hawk.) Wed., June 17 – The B-52s ($27) Wed., June 24 – Mavis Staples with special guest Allen Toussaint ($19) Wed. & Thurs., July 1...
Actress Lily Tomlin today said keeping elephants at any zoo “is selfish and very cruel.” After performing in Tacoma last night, she spoke at a press conference at the Phinney Neighborhood Association this morning because she wants Bamboo, Chai and Watoto...
A couple of mallard ducks are apparently looking for a new home on the west side of Phinney/Greenwood near 8th Avenue NW and 73rd. We’ve spotted them a couple times now. It could be the low housing prices that have them flocking to the neighborhood...
We’ve dramatically expanded what was our restaurant guide to include cafes, coffee shops and bars. You’ll find more than 30 new businesses in the list, including Neptune Coffee, Naked City, Sully’s Snowgoose Saloon, Herkimer Coffee and others. See...
If you travel on Greenwood Avenue north of Holman Road, you’ll notice a lot of construction from 105th to 112th through at least October. That’s because Seattle Department of Transportation is widening Greenwood Avenue to a five-lane roadway with a center...
Actress Lily Tomlin is making a special trip to Phinney Ridge on Monday morning to speak out against what she calls the suffering of Woodland Park Zoo’s elephants. Tomlin’s visit is sponsored by Friends of the Woodland Park Zoo Elephants (FOWPZE), a...
We have an update on Todd Boettger, the man who was robbed and left for dead in Greenwood early Tuesday morning. “He has been heavily sedated, basically a drug induced coma since the incident,” writes his younger brother Forrest Boettger in an email. But...
Neptune Coffee’s trivia nights are becoming quite popular. Last week’s “Buffy” trivia was a fundraiser for the non-profit writing program 826 Seattle (right across the street from Neptune inside Greenwood Space Travel): I worked behind the...