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January 2010

January 29, 2010 at 4:16PM

Tangletown's Meridian Market is struggling and needs your support

(This post originally appeared on Wallingford’s neighborhood blog Wallyhood.  It was written by Erin Leach-Kemon. Thanks Wallyhood and Erin!) Neighborhood Market Struggling, Needs Community Backing By Erin Leach-Kemon Fri, January 29, 2010 at 11:00 am In the coming weeks, Meridian Market—located in Tangletown, across from Zoka and Mighty-O’s—will distribute a notice with customer purchases: Customer headcount has plummeted 40 percent since last year, and the market’s looking for all the help they can get. Store owner, Wallace “Wally” Wright [Ed note: no relation to the blog] says he’s had no choice but to shorten store hours, cut staff and hold…

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January 29, 2010 at 12:04PM

'The Violet Hour' opens at Green Lake's Bathhouse Theater tonight

Tony-award winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s The Violet Hour opens tonight at the Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse (7312 W Green Lake Dr N) and runs through February 21st. Don’t forget your coupon for 15% off. And while you’re at it, show your support for the Bathhouse here. Buy tickets over the phone Wednesday through Saturday 12-5 p.m., (206) 524-1300 or online. It’s New York, 1919–a bubble in time after a horrible war and before a financial crash. Young publisher John Pace Seavering, eager to make his mark upon the world, has to choose between publishing the work of a…

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January 28, 2010 at 9:20PM

Show your support for the Green Lake Bathhouse

Your support is needed!  (And it will be easy – read on!) A small group of Green Lakers is rallying for a worthwhile cause: the Green Lake Bathhouse, a neighborhood treasure, is in dire need of upgrading. The bathhouse, located on the west side of the lake at 7312 West Green Lake Dr N, was constructed in 1928 as a place for modest folks to change from street clothes to beachwear. As modesty became less of concern, use of the bathhouse decreased.  In 1970, the Parks Department converted the building into a 130-seat theater.  The bathhouse continues to this day…

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January 28, 2010 at 9:07AM

Roosevelt High School student arrested for breaking into Latin classroom

Our friends over at SeattleCrime.com are reporting on a break-in last week at Roosevelt High School (1410 NE 65th St).  The burglar was apparently a student who broke into his Latin classroom at 3:30 a.m.   Read more details at SeattleCrime.com…

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January 27, 2010 at 10:36PM

Learn how research family history with DNA results, this Saturday at the Green Lake Library

This Saturday (January 30, 2010), 1-3 p.m., the Seattle Genealogical Society is presenting a program on Genetic Genealogy at the Green Lake Library (7364 E. Green Lake Dr N).  The program is free. “Genetic Genealogy – How to Use DNA to Solve Genealogical Puzzles and Uncover New Questions You Never Faced Before” with speaker Larry Jones. Paternal, maternal and autosomal genetic markers yield different results and are of differing values to your ancestral research. Learn how to overcome some kinds of dead-ends in your research and see what kinds of roadblocks are unlikely to be overcome with DNA results. Our…

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