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A New Theater and New Energy Come to the Bathhouse

Seattle Public Theater, which was founded in 1988, "is a social change theater that produces issue-oriented plays," according to Artistic Director Lauren Marshall.

Opening Day Races and Parade Will be a Great Show

Crew races will begin the day, followed by the Opening Day boat parade of more than 200 boats through the Montlake Cut into Lake Union.

Kirby's Fremont

Kirby's Fremont, part I

What's A Neighborhood Without A School?

The land for B.F. Day Elementary was given to the School District on two conditions--the school would create a legacy for Mr. Day by carrying his name and the land would revert back to the state if it were not used for a school.

Roger's Home Journal

Roger's Home Journal

The Meaning of Life on a Boat

Please excuse me for straying from the usually landlocked realm of home improvement topics. I'm compelled to put my oar in the water on the live-aboard boat issue.

Kirby's Fremont

Kirby's Fremont, part II

B.F. Day Now, or The State Of The School

When she arrived in Fremont, B.F. Day Principal Susan McCloskey was amazed to find "such parental support at B.F. Day." Also, "I've never experienced this amount of help from the businesses. They think up ways to help," she pointed out.

Middle-Schoolers Learn to Take Charge on the Water

Ron Snyder, principal of Alternative School #1, spent his spring vacation on the water at the south end of Lake Union teaching an enthusiastic group of 8th graders to sail.

Small Ideas for Seattle

Who Needs on World Class Fish Tanks When a Good Old Bowl of Chowder Will Do?

We used to have "Seattle class" and the world copied us. "World class" looks at what others have done, and copies that.

Save Our Valley Files Discrimination Complaint Against Sound Transit

Save Our Valley, a community organization in Rainier Valley, has filed a complaint in United States District Court charging Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) with violation of several civil rights laws and the National Environment

The Fishwrapper

Neighbor's Clothes an Odd Fit for the City

There are 13 acres in Northgate Mall called the south parking lot. Its disposition will tell you much about where this city stands in respect to its citizens, sustainability and livability. The city can choose to take the south parking lot for a library,

Boating

So You Want to Buy a Boat

An overview of important considerations to make once you find your dream boat.

Greenwood ArtWalk is May 12

Dozens of businesses will showcase work by Seattle visual artists. Street performances, Tarot card readings, chalk art activities and music will enliven the walk.

Good Food

Cooking with Viggo

The Truth about Pasta

Viggo introduces us to homemade pasta and a delicious recipe to use it in.

Board Spares Housing in Selecting Sites for New Greenwood Library

An update on the new short list of potential library sites.

Letters to the Editor

A bumper crop of letters including several that did not make the print edition, including comments on the proposed aquarium, oysters, Dick Falkenbury, both sides of the liveaboard issue.

Opposition to Gypsy Moth Spray Heats Up in Ballard

Seattle City Councilmembers Nick Licata and Heidi Wills, State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, and State Representatives Mary Lou Dickerson and Helen Sommers have joined citizen coalition group No Spray Zone in opposing the spray.

Fremont

What On Earth!?! A Case for the Neighborhood Investigator

"What on earth is going on at the Fremont Library. The whole front lawn has been torn up for six months and they don't seem to be getting anywhere. Did the contractor botch the job?"

Gypsy Moth Facts at a Glance

Relevant facts everyone should know about Asian gypsy moths, their European cousins, and the spraying that may come soon to Ballard and Magnolia.

Hash

A Ravenna resident is the victim of robbery between 5 and 9 p.m. on a Sunday evening when an unknown person walks into his open garage and steals his bicycle. The bike is worth about $1,400...

Martha's Moms, Mean Age 60

Fremont Rowers Prepare to Win the Windemere Cup

What makes boats go fast? Is it equipment, experience or brute strength? What possessed Martha's Moms coach Denni Nessler to choose five women over sixty for the racing eight?