Hillyard calling all hippies
The Hillyard Hippie Happening is this Saturday. Get back in touch with your '60s roots and enjoy that spirit. Lots to do for the whole family. Peace.
Hillyard Blog
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 2011
TUESDAY, AUG. 9, 2011
Hillyard Festival was a blast
Share your comments on the 100th Hillyard Festival this weekend, below. It was a great event - lots of people, live music, hot rods and fun vendors in the park. What did you do? What was your favorite part of the parade? If you have…
THURSDAY, AUG. 4, 2011
Ten things to know about the 100th Hillyard Festival
- it starts tomorrow, Friday. The official proclamation for Hillyard Festival Weekend is at 4:30 p.m. in Sharpley-Harmon Park. - the Hillyard Hi-Jinks Parade is at 10 a.m. Saturday - going north on Market Street from Wellesley and Francis. - there's another parade: Hot Rods…
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
The blog is at Satori camp this morning
The Hillyard Blog is not so active this week, because it's teaching a class at the Satori Camp at Eastern Washington University. We are talking about old style journalism in a new media world, and we are having a good time with it. The Satori…
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
Please stop the vandalism 2
The Hillyard blog received this letter submitted by Alex Bistrevsky, a former 4-H youth gardener, this morning, in response to the vandalism at the Slavic Community Garden earlier this week: "The elderly Slavic gardeners who use the community garden at Andrew Rypien Field were given…
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011
Vandals hit garden again
The community graden at Northeast Community Center has been vandalized. Plants were pulled up and destroyed, and the water was left running in an effort to wash out the garden beds. Jean Farmer, executive director of Northeast Community center, said this in an e-mail: "(vandals)…
Primary candidate forum coming up
The Northeast Community Center (4001 N. Cook) is hosting a primary candidate forum on July 28 at 6:30 p.m. Candidates for city council district 1, position 1, and council president and mayor have been invited. Don't miss this opportunity to meet the people who will…
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
Want to ride a bull on Market Street?
If so, here's your chance: Hillyard is celebrating Wild West Days on July 16 with lots of activities, vendors and a chili cook-off all day. The center of activities is Big Sky's Tavern at 5510 N. Market Street. Tickets are on sale for mechanical bull…
Graffiti update -
The city's graffiti abatement officer Eric Walker called yesterday to say that Miller's Paint, Columbia Paint and Sherwin Williams all are offering some discount to property owners cited for graffiti. Walker said that all property owners have to do to get the good deals is…
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
Getting there
And here's one last shot from this weekend's Chalk Art Walk, submitted by Luke Tolley. This year's Chalk Art Walk theme was 'Getting There' reflecting on the progress Hillyard has made over the past decade. If you've never been, don't miss this event next year.
Chalk Art Walk draws a crowd
Lots and lots of people come to Hillyard for the annual Chalk Art Walk. The weather wasn't too bad this year, when the artists hit the Market Street sidewalks on Saturday June 18.
Chalk Art Walk repeats success
The Hillyard Blog was on vacation during the Chalk Art Walk and missed one of the best family events in Spokane. This year's theme was 'Getting There' and as always kids of all ages lined the sidewalks and colored away. Luke Tolley shared a few…
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2011
The blog is back -
- from vacation, just in time for the sun to come out. Hey, does anyone have some great pictures from the Hillyard Chalk Art Walk this weekend? E-mail them to piah@spokesman.com and I'll share some on the blog. And here's a link to the early…
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011
Chalk art show and sale
In the "happening while the blog is on vacation department" here's the flier for one of the upcoming Hillyard events - the annual Chalk Art Show, and a yard sale. Register on the morning of the Chalk Art show - they will even give you…
Blog vacation
Hello there blog friends - the Hillyard blog is going on vacation starting Thursday, and it will be back in circulation on Monday June 20. You won't see me at the Merchants meeting Wednesday morning, but feel free to e-mail me at piah@spokesman.com I'll put…
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
Clean up deadline extended
From Jonathan Mallahan at the office of Neighborhood Services: If your neighborhood has not yet submitted a clean up application or would like to make changes to your clean-up schedule the application/change deadline is coming up! The deadline that was outlined at our mandatory clean…
Volunteer for Wild West Days
The next planning meeting for Hillyard's Wild West Days is on Friday June 10 at 4 p.m. at the Outlaw Cafe - volunteers are needed to help pull off this annual event, which includes all kinds of western fun. Just show up - your help…
Car Hop wrap up and looking ahead
There were 47 cars entered in the Hillyard Car Hop Saturday and all together the Historic Hillyard Merchants Committee made about $340. It's the first time the HHMC has put on the event and some expenses (banners and such) are one-time expenses. Closing off Market…
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011
Blankets needed
The blog got a call from the Outlaw Cafe (5012 N. Market Street) today saying that there's been an increase in homeless people camping and sleeping around Hillyard. It rained a lot last night, and the nice folks at The Outlaw took in a wet,…
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011
It's Hillyard Hop time on Saturday 1
Hillyard is turning into a 1950's neighborhood on May 28 - complete with a custom car parade and a shown and shine of '50s cars. Register your car at 9 a.m. at the booth on the corner of Bismark and North Market Street - or…
Aunt Bea's Antiques is closing
To most, she's Aunt Bea and she runs the antique store on the corner of Market Street and Olympic, just like she has for the last more than 20 years. Her real name is Beverly Nevin and just today she announced that she's closing her…
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011
Here's the deal on Agnes Kehoe
As promised, here's a link to today's story about the Spokane Housing Authority's restoration of the "Old Hillyard High School" which is now the Agnes Kehoe Place. Rumors that the place will be used for sex offender housing is simply false. Read the story here.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011
Housing Authority at meeting tonight
The Spokane Housing Authority's Art Noll will be at the Hillyard Neighborhood Council meeting tonight, at 6:30 p.m. at the North East Community Center (4001 N. Cook Street). Noll will be answering questions about the restoration of the Old Hillyard High School on Regal and…
A few temporary closures in Hillyard
The Outlaw Cafe is updating its power supply and electrical wiring and will be closed Monday and Tuesday, waiting for the final inspection from Avista. The cafe hopes to be open again Wednesday morning. Aunt Bea's Antiques is going through inventory and reorganizing; the store…
Yard sale was successful
The yard sale sponsored by the Hillyard Merchants Committee this past weekend made $501 - and was deemed a success by everyone. Next yard sale is on June 18. More volunteers are needed to help out with the next sale - especially people who can…
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