Community Spirit

Making friends while making dinner

Submitted by Amy Roe on Tuesday, March 16th, 03:00pm

When Rachel Duboff, a private chef, took over running the Wallingford Community Kitchen about six months ago, it was in semi-active mode.

Duboff turned up the heat. These days about 30 people show up for the monthly dinner, which is always on a Friday night, though there is no set date. The next one is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 19, in room 140 of the Good Shepherd Center.

Cabbage and potatoes will be the theme of the night. Duboff will demonstrate making kimchee and sauerkraut.

Run on the model of community kitchens that became popular in the 1960s, the Wallingford Community Kitchen is a collaborative process but it's not a throwback. There's the requisite Facebook page.

Participants sign up to bring ingredients, and everyone preps and cooks together, each according to their ability.

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Help send Tracey Higdon back to help in Haiti

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Monday, March 8th, 05:28pm

Tracey Higdon, long-time Ballard resident and tradeswoman, is organizing a Haitian team to repair and repaint the Haitian clinic where she volunteered for two weeks last year.

Higdon is flying back to Haiti on March 26th. You can help her get there by attending a fundraiser tomorrow, Tuesday March 9, at The Leary Traveler, 4356 Leary Way Northwest.

Check out her Facebook page, from whence this picture came.

There will be a raffle where you can win a number of prizes, food and entertainment.

For more information, email: Tracey2Haiti@gmail.com or call 206-218-7194

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Free health & wellness worker meetup tonight

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Monday, March 8th, 12:29pm

Are you a massage therapist, acupuncturist, or work in the health and wellness field?

Tonight at 6 p.m. at the Fremont Chamber is hosting the first free monthly meet and greet for folks in the health and wellness field. You don't need to be a chamber member to attend. The goal is to get practitioners staying connected and developing ideas for larger events.

Here's the schedule:

6pm - socializing and check in
6:30 - Shameless Self Promotion Introductions
7:30 - Socializing, partnering and networking opportunities, door prize drawing

Light snacks and beverages provided by the Fremont Chamber

RSVP here.

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Saturday Smackdown: Waterfront vs. the libraries

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Friday, March 5th, 01:04pm

Two big planning meetings are being held tomorrow, at the same exact time!

Do you want to help envision Seattle’s post-viaduct waterfront, or design the library of the future?

From 2- to 4 p.m. at the Ballard Branch Library, SPL is holding one of its open houses designed to promote big-picture thinking in order to plan the next-gen library.

But wait!

From 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Northgate Community Center, 10510 5th Ave NE., there will be an open house to plan what the waterfront will look like once the viaduct is replaced.

There are more waterfront and libraries meetings to come, so you can catch up with the one you missed later.

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Bagshaw to visit Lake Union District Council tonight

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Monday, March 1st, 01:47pm

Tonight at 6 p.m., it's the Lake Union District Council
Board Meeting at the Fremont Neighborhood Service Center, 908 N. 34th St.

Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw will be at the meeting, and there will be updates from the Fremont, Cascade/SLU, Eastlake and Wallingford neighborhood councils.

Bagshaw is chair of the Parks & Seattle Center; and Waterfront Planning Committees. Also, she's vice-chair of the Public Safety Committee, so let her know what you think of the latest move to crack down on panhandling.

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It's First Friday again...on Friday!

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Sunday, February 28th, 07:45pm

This Friday is the first one in March, so that means it is time once again for the First Friday Art Walk.

The 509 Winery and Tasting Room, Johnson Architects, the Fremont Abbey, Fremont Jewelry Design and EVO Timesinfinity Art Gallery all have shows going on Friday night. It will go on, rain or shine, from 6-9 p.m.

Head on over to the Fremont First Friday Art Walk blog for more information on the artists participating this week and who will be playing.

Then, on Friday night, head on down for an evening of arts and fun!

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Are you a friend of the Troll?

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Friday, February 19th, 01:27pm

What about the Troll's Knoll?

The Fremont Troll is one of Seattle's most popular landmarks but the surrounding area doesn't always feel the love. Blackberry bushes, litter -- the troll's knoll could use some help.

A group called Friends of the Troll's Knoll has already organized a clean-up, and tonight they're gearing up to do more to improve the troll's habitat. They're meeting Monday to discuss applying for the Parks Levy Opportunity Fund to help. Anyone is welcome to join them and share ideas.

The meeting is at 6 pm. at Fremont Baptist Church (717 N. 36th St)

Contact: Kimberly Scrivner 253-732-0885

The meeting room is accessed on the east side of the building at the bottom of the ramp.

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Send yourself to Cupcake Camp

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, February 18th, 12:56pm

On April 10, Cupcake Camp Seattle, a free cupcake baking-and-eating confab, will be in session from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. at 415 Westlake.

Bake or buy cupcakes to bring, or just come to buy and eat them. There will be cupcake-eating contests, cupcake-wrapper decorating, bake-offs, and probably a lot of pink.

The event is a fundraiser for the Hope Heart Institute, so it's not just sweet-sweet, it's charity-sweet, too.

See you there!

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City Light: Finally getting it together?

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Wednesday, February 17th, 12:44pm

City Council is changing the way City Light is governed.

The council will consolidate oversight of the utility into one nine-member City Light Review panel comprised of a cross-section of citizens from business and neighborhoods.

The panel will be charged with assessing City Light’s financial policies and reviewing rate changes.

The council is discussing legislation mandating the change this month, and councilmember Bruce Harrell expects it to be passed by the full council in early March. Harrell has pushed for a financial evaluation of the agency.

The group will meet at least four times in a twelve-month period and that those meetings will be open to the public.

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Make valentines tonight at the Powerhouse

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Friday, February 12th, 01:32pm

Tonight and tomorrow night at the Powerhouse you can make a valentine for your sweetheart, your Troll, your rocket astronaut, your Lenin, or whomever you like.

Join the Fremont Arts Council at the Powerhouse, 3940 Fremont Ave. N.

Everyone welcome. More info: board@fremontartscouncil.org

Photo by hello la pomme via Flickr.

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