Farmer’s market parking lot on 50th and the Ave to become a park
The parking lot on the corner of Northeast 50th Street and the Ave is home to one of the city’s oldest and largest neighborhood farmers markets. Right now, the lot is riddled with potholes and plagued by poor drainage, but it won’t be for long.
Cooking crepes
Crepe Cravers owner Steve Milken opens his long-awaited restaurant
Crepe Cravers on the Ave, a creperie that opened four months ago, had been a dream of owner Steve Milken’s for years.
Owners of Little Thai rebuild after fire
A fire has forced one of the U-District’s family-owned Thai restaurants to rebuild — and it’s taking longer than planned.
Snow impacts business in the U-District
When the UW-Seattle campus canceled classes for three days due to the snow, businesses in the U-District were affected as well.
Suspect held after bus crash in U-District
Today the bail was set at $25,000 for the 40-year-old man who is accused of punching the bus driver and causing the accident.
School of Social Work displays art by homeless youth
Homeless children in the U-District will get the opportunity to show their art pieces in an exhibit held at the UW School of Social Work this winter quarter.
'This is my spot'
Getting to know "the Real Change guy," a nonprofit contractor who made his mark in the neighborhood
Outside Safeway in the U-District, students pass by the man sitting by the doors. They've seen the 69-year-old several times and, even more likely, heard him. "Real Change?" he asks, followed automatically with, "Have a great day, sir; have a great day, madam."
Ph.D. Prognostications: my life as a grad student
Fighting to the finish
Grad students don’t usually have “finals.” They grade them.
A script-free comedy
UW alumna gets involved with improv in Wing-It Productions
Before stepping on the Wing-It Productions stage to perform in front of an audience, UW alumna Laura Turner does something that might be seen as a bit unconventional: She takes a nap.
Changing the face of female drug-use
Seattle organizations are giving voice and counsel to female drug-users and HIV-positive women
Ria Tsinas, an organizer and volunteer for Women’s Day, works a shift with three other volunteers in the alley behind the Ave’s post office. The continuous, lulling flow of drug users comes in small drifts to the needle-exchange table. The four women work together like longtime friends, their easy banter and generous laughing interrupted occasionally by a client who needs to exchange syringes or pick up a crack kit.
ROOTS gets ready
Local youth shelter prepares for winter
As wet rain and cold snow approach during the upcoming winter season, many young homeless residents of the U-District are hoping they will be among the lucky ones allowed into the overnight shelter where they will be safe and warm.
Bye-Bye, Barnes
University Village Barnes & Noble closing its doors
UW students may have to look for a new study spot and literary hangout in a few months.
It’s time for ¡Carnaval!
The term “carnaval” comes from the Latin root carnem-levare, meaning to remove meat from oneself before fasting. The Burke Museum celebrated the opening of its new ¡Carnaval! exhibit Saturday to share the vibrant colors of an event that marks the beginning of Lent.
Q Center celebrates the spork
Spork, a utensil that functions as a spoon and a fork, was the symbol of this year’s annual Q Center Luncheon with the slogan of it being the “queerest thing in your kitchen drawer.”
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