By Alice C. The Redmond community may have been the first in its region to create a center for teens to explore and converse with others. Club Red, Redmond’s first youth teen center, was initially created in response to the growing teen need for a space for hanging out. Many teenagers in Redmond were struggling to find a place where they could truly express themselves—most public places were either only open to adults, or didn’t feel right for teenagers. The solution, Club Red, was held at...

By Richard Hao, Youth Director At Large Edited by Laura Lee Bennett, Executive Vice President Brian Casserly, PhD, Professor of History, Department chair, Bellevue College On February 14th, the Redmond Historical Society kicks off its 2026 Saturday Speaker Series with Brian Casserly, PhD, History Professor and Department Chair at Bellevue College, who will give a talk on “Leaving Home, Building a Future: The Immigration Story of the Pacific Northwest.” An Irish immigrant himself, Brian will...

By Richard Hao, Youth Director At Large Edited by Laura Lee Bennett, Executive Vice President On November 8th, the Redmond Historical Society welcomed Dr. Ed Sobey for his presentation, “Northwest Passage–The Challenge, the Suffering, the Discovery,” at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse. He outlined the long search for a shorter route to Asia, begun after Magellan’s impractical passage. Thousands tried to force a northern route through Arctic ice, and Dr. Sobey traced both their struggles and the...