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Watching the World Cup in Seattle: A local’s guide
Every four years, most of the world really does revolve around soccer. Even in these chaotic times of the nonstop 24-hour news cycle that somehow still manages to shock us all, people will gladly set everything aside for those 90-minute matches. I’ll definitely be leaning into that this year. One of my favorite parts of the World Cup is sharing…
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Warehouse fire closes Leary, draws 100-plus firefighters
A massive warehouse fire broke out Thursday evening at Consolidated Supply Co., a plumbing supply business on NW 42nd Street on the border of Fremont and Ballard, sending a plume of dark smoke over the Ship Canal visible from across the city. Seattle Fire Department upgraded the blaze to a three-alarm fire. According to the Seattle Times, more than 100…
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Foxtails are here and they’re all over Fremont
Foxtail season is here and dog-owning Fremontsters and veterinarians are ringing the alarm bells. Seattle Veterinary Associates put out a warning this week: every year between June and August, veterinarians see dogs come in with barbed grass seeds – commonly called “foxtails” – embedded in their feet, ears, and even under their eyelids. Some require surgery to remove them. Fremont…
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Fremont Creative District seeking artists to transform empty Chase Bank storefront
The former Chase Bank building at 3400 Fremont Ave N has been sitting empty for four years. This month, that’s about to change, at least for the windows. The Fremont Creative District, with support from an Adobe grant, is looking for seven artists to paint window murals on the vacant storefront by June 18, just in time for the Fremont…
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Meet Black Jar Follies, Fremont’s most mysterious artist
If you’ve walked past the Lenin statue in October and seen a giant glowing jack-o’-lantern where the revolutionary’s head should be, you’ve encountered the work of Black Jar Follies. Black Jar Follies is the creative moniker of a Fremont artist whose public installations, parade puppets, and handmade masks have become part of the neighborhood’s fabric. His “Jack-o’-Lenin,” a handmade jack-o’-lantern…
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