Imagine 8 Different Music Channels Over 2 Days At B/ IAS. Stop Imagining Things – It’ll Be Live Aug. 15th & 16th!

Just when you thought the hot part of summer was over comes news that the Burien Interim Art Space is hosting “Pieces of 8,” a FREE “urban concert presented in 8 channels over 2 days... [Read more]

Lora Lake Apartments Coming Down; What Will Replace Them? Take Our Poll…

by Ralph Nichols As demolition crews prepared this week to tear down the Lora Lake Apartments – long the center of heated controversy over affordable housing in Burien – near Sea-Tac International... [Read more]

“School Tools For Kids In Need” Continues Through Aug. 30th; Here’s How You Can Help

Bartell Drugs and World Vision are launching their 6th annual “School Tools for Kids in Need” program, which is aimed at helping to fill the school supply needs for children in the Puget Sound... [Read more]

Hold On To Yer Hardhat Cowboy, A Forklift Rodeo’s A’Comin’

It almost sounds like a joke, as if it’s some kind of weird competition for unemployed warehouse workers wearing leather chaps, but it’s not – it’s a state-sanctioned “Forklift... [Read more]

Des Moines Killer Heading To Trial For 1st Degree Murder

After more than eight years, Leemah Carneh appears headed for trial on four counts of aggravated first-degree murder in one of the most brutal crimes ever in Des Moines. Carneh, who was 19 at the time,... [Read more]

VIDEO: Burien’s “Yodeling Dominatrix” Gets The Boot On “America’s Got Talent”

Yes, we too hate those TV “reality” competition shows (er, which is why we used to work on them…), but when one of Burien’s talented, 6’2″ female neighbors gets on by... [Read more]

Memorial For Area Native Tom Pfaeffle Will Be Aug. 13th

Area native Tom Pfaeffle, who was tragically shot and killed in July, will be memorialized on the evening of Thursday, August 13th at The Moore Theater in Seattle. Doors will open at 5pm, and everyone... [Read more]

Auditions For Burien Little Theatre’s “The Undescended” Are Aug. 13th

Our friends at Burien Little Theatre are inviting actors to audition for a reading of a new full-length play, “The Undescended,” by Christopher Bailey on Thursday, Aug. 13th from 7pm to 10pm. Actors... [Read more]

FREE “E-Cycle” Electronics Recycling In Tukwila This Weekend

Tukwila company American Electronics Recycling Corporation is holding a FREE “E-Cycling” event this weekend (Aug. 7th, 8th, and 9th from 9am – 3:30pm) as part of the state’s “E-Cycle”... [Read more]

Thanks Readers For Another Record Month! July Traffic UP +26%!

Last month we thanked all our beloved B-Town Blog Readers for a record month of traffic for June, and now we’re here again to THANK YOU ALL again for a new record for July: 25,069 Unique Visitors... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Scenes From A “National Night Out” In Burien

Tuesday night, Aug. 4th, was “National Night Out,” an annual event where neighborhoods get together with local police and other officials for neighborhood gatherings with the goal of giving... [Read more]

I Rode Link Light Rail & Lived To Write About It. Have You?

Story by Ralph Nichols Photos & Video by Oran Viriyincy With Sound Transit’s Link light rail trains running at last between Tukwila and downtown Seattle, it was time to experience this new commuter... [Read more]

A Visit With Ross Hunter, Candidate For King County Executive

by Mark Neuman We spoke recently with Ross Hunter, candidate for King County Executive. Ross, a Medina Democrat, managed a political miracle, if you will, seven years ago. The 48th District (Bellevue,... [Read more]

Highline Gardens’ Annual Ice Cream Social Is Sunday, Aug. 16th; Special Guest Will Be Ciscoe Morris

Highline/SeaTac Botanical Gardens will be hosting their FREE annual “Ice Cream Social” on Sunday, Aug. 16th, with special guest Ciscoe Morris and FREE ice cream to the first 300 guests. Here... [Read more]

Navos To Celebrate Completed “Burien Heights” Low-Income Housing With Open House On Thursday, Aug. 6th

Navos, an organization devoted to “helping people navigate through troubled waters of great challenges and landing in a state of Recovery and Wellness” will be hosting an open house, program... [Read more]

Jam To The Soul Of Seattle’s Staxx Brothers For Free Aug. 6th (2009)

This Thursday night (Aug. 6th) will be the final FREE music concert of Burien Parks’ Music and Movies in the Park, this week featuring The Staxx Brothers Here are the details: WHAT: Music and Movies... [Read more]

The Yap Of Zorro & A Tall, Yodeling Dominatrix Singer On “America’s Got Talent”? Just Another Day In Burien…

by Shawn Underwood So, Leslie and I were walking on the beach in front of our house yesterday and a little black and white Jack Russell Terrier playfully ran between Mr. Big and Mr. Small. “Look... [Read more]

Prepare For The “Wurst”: First-Ever “Brat Trot” 5K Run Is Coming Sunday, Oct. 4th; Pub Crawl Sat., Oct. 3rd

Prepare for the Wurst folks, because a very unique fundraiser is coming to Burien on Sunday, Oct. 4th: the first-annual “Brat Trot” 5K run! It’s being “braut” to you by The... [Read more]