This Friday night, the Conor Byrne in Ballard will be filled to the brim with people wishing to celebrate the Romantics, the down-on-their-luck losers, the hookers with a heart of gold, the hardened cynics that are pining for the girl that got away, the dangerous maniacs and drunken pianos -- with luck, they might spot the Eyeball Kid and a Gun Street Girl is bound to be lurking around somewhere. It must be Tom Waits Tribute Night. more ›

Don't you just hate it when some douche's iPhone is all "ring ring ring!" in a movie theatre? It's probably one of the rudest things that a stranger can passively inflict on an audience full of other strangers, and it's basically unforgivable. But is it a reason to choke a dude? Especially when the movie is "Tower Heist"? more ›

If you want something done next year, instead of 30 years from now, you've got to do it yourself. more ›

From Friday's fire in the Cherry Hill neighborhood to the Fremont Abbey's Sixth birthday party, all the news and events of the week as covered by the neighborhood blogs. more ›

A look at the week's newsworthy events and people as reported by Seattle's neighborhood blogs. more ›

A high school stabbing and a downtown stabbing as Gregoire goes head-to-head with the unions, the City Council considers a program to help car campers, and a bike that looks like sperm delivers... sperm. more ›

We're very excited to announce that The War on Drugs will be playing at the Tractor Tavern tonight. We mentioned it earlier today in our calendar section, but it bears repeating. We love them for the grimy and wandering sound they create that has landed them comparisons to a mixture of Dylan and My Bloody Valentine, and also because, from the bottom of our hearts, they make the best road trip music in the entire world. more ›

After the sun set and people started to drink at the festival shows, things got a little weird. From other musicians jumping on stage to trapeze artists, we just didn't know what to expect as the night went on. Whatever it was, we had a great time despite the craziness (or maybe because of it). more ›

Maybe you're a parent who's just moved to the Seattle area and wondering what the natives do when The Grim strikes again for the winter. Or maybe you've got young visitors coming into town, and you're not sure how to entertain them. Here are some of our favorite ways to celebrate autumn with the kiddos in Seattle. more ›

Tomorrow the Reverb Festival descends upon Ballard once again. If last year was any indication, rain puts a real damper on running back and forth between venues but we've got the list of shows sure to get you out of your fall funk and into the bars. more ›

This weekend, rock out to the songs of Stevie Wonder, wander throughout Ballard while enjoying an amazing schedule of local bands, and make your voice heard as part of a movement, a moment. more ›

The Lumineers hail from Denver, but they've made quite an impression on Seattle fans. On their very first venture to the Emerald City they donned the stage at Neumos for Capitol Hill Block Party and blew us all away. Come out to the Tractor Tavern tonight to see what we're all talking about. more ›

A temporary stand that sells top-notch pies? Of course. Why not? This is Seattle, after all. more ›

If I were to tell you, "Hey, grab my growler and go get me a $5 fill of Stone's Levitation from the 7-11 down the street", you'd think I was joking. And I would be, but I wouldn't be too far off. No hoax: convenience stores are popping up all around town, and they're not just selling Slim Jims and Slurpees anymore. They're selling beer. more ›

Do you live in Seattle? Are you a Neeeerrrrdd? Would you love to watch lots of Seattle nerds act stupid on stage and make obscure Star Trek and Mass Effect 3 references completely off the cuff? How about sit around and talk about what's coming up at (the first Annual!) Geek Girl Con in October? more ›

Our weekly check in with Seattle region neighborhood blogs. more ›

A snapshot of the week's news items as reported by Seattle neighborhood blogs. more ›

Residents of the area know: the last few wet winters (and summers) have taken their toll on one of North Seattle's most heavily traveled arterials, and it's starting to show. more ›

Sunday, the Nordic Heritage Museum will host a special memorial concert to honor the victims of last month's terrorist attacks in Norway. more ›

Another edition of This is Where We Live takes us across the ship canal and into Ballard, to take a peek at contributor Tyson Lynn's enviable live/work loft. more ›

A glimpse at what's been happening around Seattle from its neighborhoods' perspective. more ›

News, tidbits and other items as written by the blogs of the neighborhoods they take place in. more ›

This weekend, you can be a wizard, a sailor, a seafoodie, and a French person. That's a pretty good weekend in our book. more ›

As we well know, Norway is way awesome, and Ballard is way Norwegian, at least in terms of its heritage. Celebrate both of these facts today at a parade and other festivities to celebrate Grunnlovsdag, or Norwegian Constitution Day. more ›

Today, we bring you the "Spotlight" series, in which our team of Theater writers highlight theater organizations in the Pacific Northwest region, talk with their leaders, dig into their historical archives and bring our findings to you, the reader. The focus of the first series is on Live Girls Theater company, recently responsible for the critically acclaimed run of Hardball. more ›

Piling it on in Ballard, as Red Mill lands near the locks. more ›

The city budget? Bike lanes? Some other problem that you need to get off your chest? Now's your chance to ask the Mayor all about it. more ›

Karaoke is everywhere--you can go out any night of the week and do karaoke in a creperie, a gas station or soundproof pod. However, if you want to experience Seattle karaoke in its purest form, go to the place of origin—dive bars. In dives, a unique, inhibition, destroying suspension of reality occurs. In turn, karaoke flourishes. Only in a real dive will you hear a lady with a walker’s X-rated rendition of the Ghostbusters theme. You insist you can’t sing and then wind up shrieking most of a Queen album. When you regain consciousness at four in the morning naked except for a moth-eaten mink stole, you remember but it doesn’t matter. This is the magic of dives. Ballard sports s one of the highest concentrations of these sort of dives in the city. For you, we did lots of research, it was brutal, but we survived and think you will too. more ›

Full Tilt Ice Cream joins the flurry of busineses moving to downtown Ballard off Leary Ave & Market Street. My Ballard reports the plan includes pinball, ice cream and beer. Geared towards the neighborhood demographic, the establishment will be part ice cream parlor and bar at night. Anticipated opening is May 1. more ›

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