Welcome to the B-Town (Burien) Blog. Please subscribe to our RSS feed, sign up for our weekly Event Newsletter, or Register to Comment on stories. Thanks!Some pretty cool takedowns and Bruce Lee-ish moves in this video of a karate demonstration of Kyokushin Karate by the Seattle branch of the Northwest Kyokushinkai at the recent Shinnyo-en […]

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by Cynthia Reid
“For the first time ever we have confronted in reality
the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.”
- Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev
19 days after the April 26, 1986 disaster

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Everyone seems to think that summers just fly by, but for those of us who host Children from the Chernobyl area it seems to go by […]

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Autistic Artist Chris StilesThere’s a very talented, prolific yet autistic longtime B-Town resident named Chris Stiles who’s done over 60 original paintings and drawings.
His artwork will be on display in the Lower Gallery of the Burien Arts Gallery starting Friday night Aug. 8th and continuing through Sept. 28th.
An opening reception will be held Friday […]

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Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > south king > rants & raves:
We have worked both on a “supernatural” TV show (Fox’ “Sightings”) as well as a “kids science” show (”Bill Nye the Science Guy”) so we’ve been on both sides of the fence, which means that we […]

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Courtesy Janet Grella, Sales & Promotion Diva for this here B-Town Blog, comes these photos snapped today down at Three Tree Point, where two kitesurfers took advantage of a gorgeous yet blustery sunny day:

According to Wikipedia:
Kitesurfing, also known as kiteboarding, involves using a power kite to pull a rider through the water on a small […]

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