A teenage boy was rushed to Harborview Medical Center after an apparent homemade explosive blew up in his hands at a Queen Anne park on July 4. According to the Seattle Fire Department, the youth was in a park located at 3rd Avenue West and West Blaine Street at about 11:30 p.m. The park is believed to the West Queen Anne Playfield. The boy was in the park with other teens when he said he found the explosive on the ground. The boy told firefighters he picked the up device and it exploded, causing the severe injuries to the teenager. The force of the explosion knocked the teen out, and caused him to lose one of his fingers. The teen also had his hair singed and his leg burned.
With less than a week to go, Ballard High School’s biggest fundraising event is still seeking participants and sponsors for this year’s golf classic and auction.
Glenn Ficara and John Requa’s (“I Love You Phillip Morris”) latest film “Crazy, Stupid, Love” has a lot going for it.
SIFF has announced the acquisition of Lower Queen Anne's beloved Uptown Theater, which has been closed since last winter. The moviehouse will re-open Oct. 20 in conjunction with the Grand Opening of the new SIFF Film Center a couple of blocks east. SIFF will begin programming at the new SIFF Cinema—the former Uptown—which effectively replaces the screening facility in McCaw Hall's Nesholm Lecture Hall. The Uptown location has three screens, which should afford increased programming opportunities along with more seating. A SIFF press release quotes Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce vice president Ann Pearce expressing the Chamber's especial pleasure in "endors[ing] the acquisition of the Uptown Theater by the Seattle International Film Festival. We applaud their actions in preserving a valuable part of Seattle's Uptown neighborhood and creating more opportunities for Queen Anne community businesses. Another wonderful forum for unique entertainment will now be available for residents and tourists alike to enjoy for years to come." Adds Carl Spence, Artistic Director at SIFF, “We couldn’t have scripted a better opportunity for our organization than to have SIFF Cinema at the Uptown and the new SIFF Film Center in such close proximity and located in such a vibrant part of the city. Seattle Center and Queen Anne are the perfect locations for us to expand in and we’re excited to be opening our doors in time for Seattle Center’s ‘Next 50’ celebration next year.” For more info, visit www.siff.net. A eulogy for the old Uptown is stored in our "Insights" subsection, http://queenannenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=83&SubSectionID=406&ArticleID=31011&TM=48151.29
Last month, a day before a meeting between city officials and the federal Department of Justice (DOJ), Mayor Mike McGinn — with much fanfare — tried to preempt federal intervention by releasing a series of reforms ostensibly intended to fix all that is very wrong with the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
As we age, many of us will experience diminished capacities. As much as we don’t like it, it happens. My hope is to provide direction and insight for advocates and caretakers. Caring for aging adults can be difficult and the answers are not always easy.
I'm officially retired - confirmed by Social Security and AARP newsletters. I belong to the demographic category of "seniors," and I qualify for all sorts of discounts I never knew about.
The best advice Mike Lawson ever received was in a rejection letter from an agent who, after reading his spit-and shined manuscript told him that while the writing was just fine, it "didn't advance the plot."
Brandon Lopez won this year's Karen Maleng Memorial Flag design contest, held earlier this month at the Magnolia Community Center.
For my money, Pacific Northwest Ballet's Choreographers' Showcase is one of the best dance deals in town. With ticket prices topping out at a trifling $20, this year's showcase June 13 at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall was a rare chance to see mostly high-voltage brand-new works by seven choreographers in divergent stages of development plus performances by up-and-coming dancers in the company's school.
Someone, maybe Oscar Wilde, said the self-absorbed make for the most interesting people.
Though construction workers were still pounding away at Sweetbrier last week, the fences and the machines will be gone just in time for West Crockett Street to be transformed into an eclectic and colorful farmers market.
One tournament, one at bat, one pitch, one out at a time has been the Venom mantra this year. Last week, the team was the No. 1 seed going into the Metro Championships.
When he first deployed to Iraq, Chief Warrant Officer Michael Harden had his doubts.He also had expectations.
Today, Swedish Physicians Magnolia welcomes Stanley Whittemore Jr., M.D., to the primary care clinic as its new medical director.