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UPDATE| Flowers, flavors and more at Kirkland Wednesday Market

Under umbrellas and in raincoats, shoppers browsed flowers, fresh produce and more as the Kirkland Wednesday Market kicked…

Artist Christine Sharp

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A splash of color for Mother’s Day

Shuffling around CNN’s Northwest News Desk, director Christine Sharp thrived off the adrenaline rush from covering all the…

Seven-year-old Phoebe Mangouras (right) and sister

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Downtown Kirkland gets a Clean Sweep

Family, neighbors and city leaders dispersed onto the streets of downtown Kirkland with rakes and brooms and gave…

Peter M. Wilson

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EMP welcomes Google’s Wilson to board

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) announced today that Kirkland resident and Google's Engineering…

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Join conversation for art in Kirkland April 30

Last fall, Kirkland community members shared their thoughts with the Kirkland Cultural Council on how art, culture and…

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Golden Dragon acrobats at KPC May 8-10

The Golden Dragon Acrobats, performing at Kirkland Performance Center May 8-10, represent the very best of a time-honored,…

Proud Juanita residents hold up their new banner

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Juanita banner waves neighborhood pride

For centuries, people have rallied around flags as a symbol of unity, expression and pride. Now Juanita can…

Kirkland's Oliver Hu composing music at his home in the Bridle Trails neighborhood.

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Teen composer, 13, set for May 4 Benaroya Hall debut

Kamiakin Junior High student Oliver Hu will be one of several youthful musical talents set to showcase their…

Standing atop a platform

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Rotarians put ‘Service Above Self’ in Kirkland community

Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown and Bellevue Sunrise Rotary volunteers were off to an early start this morning…

The Lake Washington High School Drama Department will present the musical comedy 'Guys and Dolls' for five performances

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LWHS presents Guys and Dolls

The Lake Washington High School Drama Department presents the timeless musical comedy "Guys and Dolls" for five performances:…

Kirkland's Downtown Wednesday Market has relocated to Marina Park for 2009.

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Kirkland Wednesday Market opens May 6

The Kirkland Wednesday Market is hoping to “See you at the market!” as they kick-off the 2009 season…

(From right to left) Kendall Rice

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It’s Free Cone Day!

The unseasonably warm weather and bright sunshine drew hundreds down to Ben and Jerry's Scoop Shop on South…

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Glad You Asked

The “Glad You Asked” section by Timi Gustafson R.D. has been added in response to questions by our…

The Pacific Sound Chorus captured first place at the regional/state Sweet Adelines International competition April 4.

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Pacific Sound Chorus takes first at state

The Pacific Sound Chorus captured first place at the regional/state Sweet Adelines International chorus competition held Saturday, April…

Bill Rosenthal stands next to a five-foot Rubik's Cube  cemented in the front yard of his Highlands home. He made the creation out of steel and plywood to symbolize the US government.

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Man puzzles over ‘Our Government’

Watching the news on television recently, Bill Rosenthal made the connection.

Author Karen Burns

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Jack of 59 trades turns experience into first book

Ditch digging was just one of them.

One-year-old Muriel Khoo reaches for an Easter egg hidden under a bush outside of Lake Washington United Methodist Church in Kirkland on Saturday

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Easter Egg-citement in Kirkland

More than 50 youngsters and their families gathered at Lake Washington United Methodist Church in Kirkland Saturday for…

Discovery Community School student Ashley Pederson keeps the beat during the poetry cafe March 25.

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DCS poetry café features poet Kenn Nesbitt

The Discovery Community School’s (DCS) Middles students (grades three and four) hosted a very European poetry café on…

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Open jazz jam session April 10

The Small Jazz Orchestra will host an open jazz jam session from 7-10 p.m. Friday, April 10 at…

Carl Sandburg Elementary and Discovery Community School Principal Mark Blomquist holds up a question while a student reads it into a phone equipped with a mic so astronauts at the International Space Station can hear him on April 2.

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Sandburg students contact outer space

Two hundred miles above Earth, the astronaut described to students what the planet looks like from outer space.