Local Leschi Author Wins National Awards
I Know How to Draw an Owl Many people have heard of the annual Caldecott Medal for the best illustrated American children’s book. But did...
Nikola Davidson
Apr 27, 2025


Traffic Circles in Bloom
Do you ever wonder how some of the traffic circles around the city are planted and maintained? It isn’t SDOT who construct the traffic...
Mary-Carter Creech
Apr 27, 2025
Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei
Ai, Rebel runs until September 7 at Seattle Art Museum; Water Lilies Lego opens March 19 at Asian Art Museum; Circle of Animals: Zodiac...
Susan Platt, PhD
Mar 27, 2025


City Council Member Joy Hollingsworth Attends March Meeting
Seattle District 3 City Council Member Joy Hollingsworth spoke to a capacity crowd of 55 community members at the Leschi Community...
Nikola Davidson
Mar 27, 2025


Town and Country Crier, Buster Simpson
Slip Gallery, 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121; Hours: Thurs 12-6pm, Fri 12-7pm, Sat 12-6pm, Sun 12-7pm; First Thursday 3/6 until 8pm....
Susan Platt, PhD
Feb 27, 2025


Life and Times in Leschi
Early in the 20th century, the Massachusetts-based Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm, designer of New York City’s Central Park and...
Roger Lippman
Feb 27, 2025
The Happy-Sad Story of Horace Cayton
February was Black History Month. Instead of tackling the interesting and rich history of our Black neighbors, here is an overview of one...

Leschi Council
Feb 27, 2025


February Meeting
Come learn about the new Jackson Street Jazz Trail. Join Paul de Barros, nationally renowned jazz critic, book author, and a living...

Leschi Council
Dec 28, 2024
Life and Times in Leschi
Shiro Kashino (1922-1997) I first learned of Shiro “Kash” Kashino while researching the life of the Filipino immigrant and labor activist...

Leschi Council
Oct 30, 2024


Captain John Anderson and the Mosquito Fleet
How did folks get around before I-5, Rapid Ride buses and traffic choked streets? Come to hear Junius Rochester’s talk about the Mosquito...

Leschi Council
Oct 30, 2024
Life and Times in Leschi
Frink Park 9: William Cumming, Part 2 I became interested in the artist William Cumming last year, when I attended a “town hall” put on...

Leschi Council
Sep 24, 2024


Life and Times in Leschi
Frink Park 8: William Cumming, Part 1 “Sometime in an autumn in the late fifties … I was living in a disintegrating house on Thirtieth...

Leschi Council
Aug 27, 2024

