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By Pat Cashman

I’ve often wondered if Lincoln were alive today, what TV shows would he watch? After all, he’d probably prefer the relative safety of watching the tube at home---to attending the theater.

The Cartoon Channel…MORE

by Georgie Bright Kunkel If everyone whose family came to this country from somewhere else left, there would be nobody here. Even the so-called native Americans came to this country from another place on earth. Who does the earth…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Surveys indicate that nearly two-thirds of all adults have experienced at least one instance of deja vu in their lives. It's most common in teens but can occur as young as eight and tapers off once someone reaches 25. But…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

What plant has leaves as big as elephant ears and ruby red stems that are sour beyond belief? Rhubarb! Despite its poisonous leaves, rhubarb has the nickname…MORE

For some people Puget Sound is not a good choice for a swim. At 46 degrees it's very cold and frankly hypothermia will take over if you are in the water too long. But for Wayne Kinslow, it's all part of the fun.

Kinslow somehow has willed…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Last week the Mayor and Seattle Police Department announced a strategy to deal with a 9.5 block area of downtown Seattle that has been described as a gantlet of disorder and illegal activity. Meanwhile two City Council…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I was in the 7th grade at catholic school---and very worried.

Teachers didn’t normally tell a kid to stay after class unless there was trouble brewing. So when Sister Mildred Marie told me to stick around…MORE

By Amanda Knox

ArtsWest is signing off their 2014-2015 season with a show that artistic director Mathew Wright admits is “ridiculous.” It’s thigh-jiggling, cornflake-tossing, spiky-haired fun.

It’s also much more than that. What…MORE

information from Southwest Seattle Historical Society

Jan Koutsky won the prestigious Teacher's Choice Award from the International Reading Association for her book, My Grandma, My Pen Pal (Boyds Mills Press - April 2002) for its…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Tonight at 7:30pm ArtsWest Theatre will open its production of Angry Housewives. Written and originally produced by Seattleites A.M. Collins (book) and Chad Henry (music and lyrics) in 1983, the punk-rock musical was a cult…MORE