The Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N) still has openings in its Youth Program Mid-winter Break Camps. The camps will run Feb. 22 through Feb. 25, 2011. Financial aid is available. Photo courtesy of Daniela Dombrowski of The Murphy & Dombrowski Real Estate Group From the Seattle Public Theater: Artistic and Education Director Shana Bestock creates exciting opportunity for grades K-9. My Wonderful Day – What would be the funniest, most wonderful day you could imagine? Would you be a Pirate? Princess? Dragon? Dinosaur? Eat ice cream and pizza for every meal? Using bodies, voices and imaginations the…
January 2011
January 19, 2011 at 6:11AM
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Mid-winter break camps for kindergarteners through 9th graders at the Seattle Public Theater
January 18, 2011 at 2:38PM
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Dog seen wandering alone in south Green Lake
A reader wrote to us this morning (Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011) about a dog she has seen for the past two days wandering alone in south Green Lake. She spotted the dog yesterday at East Green Lake Way N and Ashworth Ave N, and again early this morning at N 50th St & Green Lake Way N, across the street from Northwest Veterinary Hospital. The dog is a large adult German Shepard. He or she is dragging a leash and looks, according to the reader who contacted us, “very frightened.” Another dog, a black and white male American Bulldog or Pitbull, has…
January 18, 2011 at 6:30AM
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New community orchard being developed adjacent to I-5
A team of 16 Green Lake households is developing a community orchard on a strip of public land. The 12,000 square foot property, newly named the Freeway Estates Community Orchard, is managed by SDOT. It is located on the west side of I-5, near NE 60th St. In the fall of 2010, SDOT granted permission to the Green Lake group to use the land to grow food. They group has cleared the sidewalk and has reduced the English Ivy and Himalayan blackberries at the site. Two chestnut trees have been planted, and plans are in the works to add six…
January 17, 2011 at 12:13PM
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North Seattle boy scout troop will pick up and recycle your old electronics
Boy Scout Troop 186, a North Seattle-based Boy Scout troop, is conducting a fundraising e-cycling drive next Sunday (Jan. 23, 2011). ”We’re shooting to raise $5,000 for scholarships for scouts and to help fund next month’s trip to Ecuador to visit our ‘brother’ troop there and perform community service,” Christopher Mascis of Troop 186 told us. During the e-cycling drive, the boy scouts will pick up and responsibly recycle obsolete electronics. Troop 186 will be charging $25.00 for each 2′X2′X2′ box of electronics and $25 for each monitor or TV. There will be a $20 surcharge for each printer. The following electronic equipment will…
January 17, 2011 at 6:04AM
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Is Green Lake’s Duck Island open to the public?
A reader wrote to us recently with a question: Is Green Lake’s Duck Island open to the public, or is it a wildlife sanctuary? We put this question to the Parks Department and learned that no, Duck Island is not open to the public, but, contrary to popular belief, the island is not a wildlife sanctuary or a game reserve. First, a little history, via Louis Fiset, writing for HistoryLink.org: The island was constructed in 1936 as part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project to clean up Green Lake and make improvements to it. The lake was partially dredged, and the…
