A new art show is up at the office of Green Lake dentist Dr. Shokofeh Tabaraie. In May, Dr. Tabaraie opened up Lakeside Dental Center as a space for local artists to show their work. A new artist is featured every month in the dental office, which is located at 7900 E. Green Lake Dr. N., right above Zeeks Pizza and BluWater Bistro. The work of artist Megan Myers is currently on display. Here’s a taste of some of her art: Are you a local artist looking for somewhere to show your work? Get in touch with Dr. Tabaraie. __________________…
July 2010
July 15, 2010 at 9:30AM
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Green Lake residents express concerns over homeless shelter
There was a tense community meeting last night (Wednesday, July 14, 2010) at Green Lake’s Bethany Lutheran Church (7400 Woodlawn Ave NE). Members of the church congregation and residents of the surrounding neighborhood came together to hear from eight men representing SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort). SHARE plans to establish a homeless shelter for twenty homeless men at the church, beginning tonight. The meeting began with an introduction from Pastor Dennis Andersen, who discussed the guiding principles of the Lutheran faith and the church’s mission to help those in need. He explained that the decision to host the shelter…
July 14, 2010 at 3:18PM
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SHARE homeless shelters have a controversial history in Ballard
Yesterday, we reported that there will be a community meeting tonight (Wednesday, July 14, 2010) at 7 p.m. concerning a planned homeless shelter at Green Lake’s Bethany Lutheran Church. The shelter will house twenty homeless men who are participants in SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort). The church and SHARE will be working together for a one-month trial period beginning tomorrow (Thursday). Today, we learned that a similar SHARE shelter was located at a Ballard church last year. The shelter was eventually shut down due to SHARE’s highly controversial screening procedures. Our news partner My Ballard closely followed the story as…
July 13, 2010 at 5:09PM
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Mykonos Greek Grill: Scheduled to open next Tuesday
Green Lake’s newest restaurant, Mykonos Greek Grill, will be opening soon at 310 NE 72nd St. The space was previously occupied by My Friends Cafe. I stopped by the restaurant today and met the (very charming!) co-owner Taki Skepetaris. Taki plans to open the doors to Mykonos next Tuesday (July 20, 2010), assuming all goes according to schedule. You can reach the restaurant at 206-523-8929. Welcome to Green Lake, Taki, Bob Kokkovas, and the rest of the Mykonos team!
July 13, 2010 at 12:29PM
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Coming soon to Green Lake: La Escuelita Bilingual School
Back in February we gave you a heads-up that a daycare center may be coming to the Pacific Color Lab building, located at 7107 Woodlawn Ave NE, between Starbucks and The Big Hole. View Larger Map Yesterday, we confirmed that La Escuelita Bilingual School, a dual-language (English and Spanish) early childcare center, is relocating to the Pacific Color Lab building. The school plans to occupy their new space in January 2011, based on estimated permitting and construction time. School admission information can be found here. Welcome to the neighborhood, La Escuelita!
