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Bill the Butcher signs SoDo commissary lease


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.

As part of its recently announced plans to expand to 20 locations in the Seattle area, meat-market chain Bill the Butcher Inc. said it's signed a lease in Seattle's SoDo area for a commissary.Officials at the public company (OTC bulletin board: BILB) said the SoDo commissary will be the first "in a series" the company plans to ...

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@ Alki Community Council: Alki Art Fair plan; skyscraper signs


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 5:59 a.m.

Story and photos by Karen Berge Reporting for West Seattle Blog Though the city budget cuts to Alki Community Center threatened the Alki Art Fair‘s future, as previously reported here, it’s expected now to continue – with volunteer power (and that means you!). That’s one of the biggest items discussed this past Thursday night at [ ... ] ...

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Couple held hostage by Somali pirates were on dream trip


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 2:02 a.m.

Phyllis Macay and Robert Riggle met as members of the Seattle Singles Yacht Club. A few years ago they sold much of their belongings and set sail on a trip to see the world ...

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Belltown businesses plan to ‘fight back’


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.

Businesses in Seattle’s Belltown area say they’re “fed up” with “negative images” being disseminated about their neighborhood.So they’re going to publicize the good things that are happening in Belltown, starting with holding a “Take Back Belltown” event on Feb. 22 at Local 360 Restaurant, 2234 First Ave., at 4:30 p.m.Mars Hill Church Pastor Tim Gaydos, president of the Belltown Business Association (BBA), said the neighborhood’s been given a bad rap in the press.“(BBA)

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Don Quichotte-a Seattle first


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.
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Making the mythical character Don Quixote come alive from the pages of Miguel de Cervantes’ famed novel from the early 1600s was and is the quest of the authors and producers of a plethora of books, movies, theater productions and even Jules Massenet’s classic opera, Don Quichotte.Now Massenet’s French opera, called “a neglected masterpiece,” by stage director Linda Brovsky, is in full rehearsal at McCaw Hall. It is a local first, never having been done by Seattle Opera.“When

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West Seattle Sunday: CD release @ Skylark, auction @ Feedback…


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Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.

Clicking “play” will get you to a sampling of music for West Seattle native Trevor Ras, who plays Skylark Café and Club (WSB sponsor) tonight for his CD release party. 8 pm, $7 cover. (The new album – his second – is “Blue Sky,” and is on sale at West Seattle’s own Easy Street Records, [ ... ] ...

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CoolMom, Sierra Club team at Alki to ‘Paint Past Coal’


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Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 2:29 a.m.

(Photos by Ellen Cedergreen for WSB) Sunny Saturday at Alki wasn’t just about kite-flying and wave-watching (more photos of that later, by the way). It was also about mural-painting and awareness-raising. West Seattle-founded environmental/family-focused activism group CoolMom organized “Paint Past Coal” outside the Alki Bathhouse, with the Sierra Club and others, as part of a [ ... ] ...

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West Seattle Farmers’ Market tomorrow: Music; new farmer; sewing


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Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 1:51 a.m.

Every time we stop by the West Seattle Farmers’ Market on Sunday and see live music, we’ve wished it had been announced ahead of time so we could have mentioned it here. Tonight – there’s advance notice! Great news for an expected-to-be-sunny Sunday market – market manager Catherine Burke sends word that tomorrow they’ll have [ ... ] ...

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Seattle Music Community Supports Its Own: Drew Grow Benefit Tonight


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Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 10:30 p.m.

Having had the opportunity to be a part of the Seattle music community for about a year now, it's hard to not fall in love with the sense of family that's created. You spend a lot of time with musicians and people who care about those musicians and the beauty they create. It's hard not to feel a sense of responsibility for each other. Performers' lifeblood is their art and they barely pay the bills with it, yet they still go at it with every fiber of their being. They spend late nights at open

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Spend Presidents' Weekend with Seattle's Presidents


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Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 8:30 p.m.

Seattle’s very own Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) continues the tradition of playing three shows over Presidents’ Day weekend at the Showbox at the Market with Saturday & Sunday’s shows open to all ages. They’ve played the holiday weekend for at least 3 years to sold out crowds; obviously they really know how to entertain their home town ... We expect them to bring the same level of energy to the stage as they did for 107.7’s Deck the Hall Ball when they briefly

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