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View MoreBallard Tool Library wins $10,000 city waste-reduction grant
The Ballard Tool Library, a membership-based lending program run by Sustainable Ballard, is one of five Seattle organizations awarded a $10,000 ReThink Waste Grant from Seattle Public Utilities and WM to expand tool repair and reuse education.
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View MoreEgyptian Theatre plans free Oct. 27 screening amid lease talks
A film collective called WFLM Seattle is negotiating a long-term lease with Seattle Central College to reopen Capitol Hill's Egyptian Theatre as a repertory cinema, with a free "secret movie" screening on Tuesday, Oct. 27 serving as a public test run.
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View MoreDuwamish Alive! marks 20 years restoring Seattle's only river
Hundreds of volunteers turned out Saturday, Oct. 17, for the Duwamish Alive Coalition's 20th-anniversary fall work party along Seattle's only river, where King County Executive Girmay Zahilay launched the county's new Volunteer Corps with an inaugural Regional Day of Service.
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View MoreBenaroya Hall plans free open house with The Head and the Heart
Benaroya Hall hosts a free daylong open house Sunday, Oct. 18, featuring members of The Head and the Heart, a video game composer panel, flash tattoos and more to celebrate the venue's first major renovation since 1998.
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View MoreSeattle Art Museum opens new restaurant in campus overhaul
The Seattle Art Museum launches a multi-phase campus transformation Saturday, Oct. 17, with the opening of Chino Latino restaurant Bar Dojo, the reopening of a 30-year-closed entrance, and a new art-making studio.
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View MoreLoyal Heights church faces demolition after $2 million sale
A 78-year-old former church in Loyal Heights sold for over $2 million and will be demolished so the lot can be subdivided into three residential parcels.
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View MoreSeattle Center opens six-installation Sculpture Walk for 2026
Six art installations are on display across Seattle Center's Lower Queen Anne grounds as part of the 2026 Sculpture Walk, featuring 100 handmade carp kites, yarn woven into wire fencing, and repurposed vinyl banners. The free program is funded by Climate Pledge Arena, the Seattle Kraken, and Seattle Center's 1% for Arts Funds.
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View MoreMoPOP opens hip-hop fashion show honoring Black women
The Museum of Pop Culture's "Styled by the Streets: Black Women in Hip-Hop Fashion" exhibition showcases over 30 artifacts from artists like Lil' Kim, Mary J. Blige and Cardi B, with Seattle nail artist Ukeme Ekpoh contributing original work to the year-long show.
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View MoreSeattle Día de Muertos events fill calendar through Nov. 7
More than a dozen Día de Muertos celebrations across Seattle run from Oct. 15 through Nov. 7, including a Pike Place Market parade with lucha libre, free Seattle Center and library events, and the Catrinas Festival at Town Hall.
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View MoreSustainable Ballard competes for $40,000 BECU grant
Sustainable Ballard is one of 18 finalists for BECU's $40,000 People's Choice Award, with public voting open through Oct. 16; the nonprofit says the grant would help secure a permanent home for its Tool Library.
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View MoreCrew shortage shuts down Seattle-Bainbridge ferry route
A crew shortage shut down the Seattle-Bainbridge ferry route and crippled several others Monday, as an apparent engineer sick-out tied to an expired contract and stalled wage negotiations disrupted service across Puget Sound.
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View MoreCroatiaFest brings free music, dance to Seattle Center
CroatiaFest returns to the Seattle Center Armory on Sunday, Oct. 4, with free Croatian music, dance, food, a citizenship ceremony featuring the Croatian ambassador and a wine and rakija tasting.
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View MoreBallard's Hansen Building seeks mural to fight graffiti
Hansen Building owners on Ballard Ave NW are seeking landmark board approval for a 25-foot fishing-vessel mural by artist Nikki Solemsaas, aiming to deter graffiti on a wall tagged four times in 12 months.
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View MoreNorthwest Film Forum goes 7 days a week after attendance surge
Northwest Film Forum on Capitol Hill expands to a seven-day screening schedule starting Monday, Oct. 5, ending its Monday-Tuesday closures after a 62 percent attendance surge and hiring new projectionists to staff the expanded operation.
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View MoreEarshot Jazz Festival opens Oct. 7 with 30 shows across Seattle
The 38th annual Earshot Jazz Festival runs Oct. 7–25 with more than 30 shows at venues across Seattle, headlined by a Coltrane centennial tribute at Town Hall and a Jackson Street jazz history book-release concert at Black & Tan Hall.
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