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A beautiful disappointment

Despite great scenery Clooney film is dull

Anton Corbijn's "The American" is the kind of thriller where you don't know who to trust. You don't know who's good and who's bad or what side is good and what side is bad. It increases the tension throughout. Unfortunately the tension goes to waste.

Opening night will feature Schwarz's legacy

Retiring conductor to be celebrated at symphony season opening

At 7 p.m., this Saturday, Seattle Symphony officially kicks-off the 2010-2011 season with Opening Night Concert & Gala, featuring highlights from Music Director Gerard Schwarz's musical legacy in honor of his Farewell Season.

Here's to your health: A new smoothie business

Brian Bennett moved to Seattle as a result of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans five years ago. Last month he fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening his own business-Emerald City Smoothie on Queen Anne.The store, located at 1835 Queen Anne Ave. N., held its soft opening on Nov. 11.

Light rail's mixed blessing

Convenience a plus, but communities along route still waiting for expected economic growth

It is a snowy, messy day in Downtown Seattle as Jennifer Huber starts her afternoon commute home.

Diversions 12/8

TheatreSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol comes to the Taproot Theatre through Dec. 26. Written by Seattle's John Longenbaugh, the year is 1894. After being presumed dead for three years, a hardened Sherlock Holmes resurfaces, turning his back on the people who need him most. Three unexpected callers arrive on Christmas Eve uncovering clues from the detective's past, present and future. Visit www.taproottheatre.org for tickets and more information.

Bernard Andrew Megrey

Bernard Andrew Megrey was born in July 1950 in Latrobe, Penn. and passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 1, 2010.

Falcons topple Saint Martin's 74-71

Senior wing Jeff Downs scored 19 points, getting 17 of those during the second half, and junior wing Jake Anderson added a career-high 17 - all during the first half - helping Seattle Pacific fend off Saint Martin's for a 74-71 Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball victory on Saturday afternoon.

She's got kick

Katie Chao Places Second in West Coast Open Karate

Queen Anne second grader Katie Chao won a silver medal at the recent West Coast Open International Martial Arts Championships held Oct. 2 at Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Guess their favorite book?

Each year the Katsoolis family creates one-of-a-kind costumes (all handmade) for Halloween.

Everything has a beat in Stomp

Eclectic show offers something for everyone

The performers of Stomp did just that as well as bumped, thumped, tapped, clapped, drummed, hummed, rapped, tapped, soft-shoed and swept their way through six performances last week at the Paramount on the Seattle stop of their U.S. tour.

Public to help decide fate of community centers

Upcoming public meetings will focus on programming, operations

For several local community centers, January signaled the start of a new year and a new way of operating.

Celebrating her 90th and still working a 60-hour week

Elizabeth Adams doesn't understand why people look amazed to learn she is turning 90 on Dec. 5. But even more amazing is that she still gets up every morning at 6 a.m., Monday through Friday to work an 11-hour day as a licensed assistant in her daughter's home daycare for children under the age of four. She has been doing so for 17 years.

'Faster' is a disaster

"Faster." That has to be one of the lamest movie titles since "The Bounty Hunter."

Cutting it close for cancer

Magnolia teen to shave head for research

When 14-year-old Elizabeth Swanberg heard about Louisa Cryan last summer, she knew she wanted to help. Cryan, 12, is recuperating from a rare form of Leukemia and lost her hair through radiation and chemotherapy. Swanberg, an Eighth-grader at Catherine Blaine K-8, decided she would raise money for childhood cancer research by having friends and family donate to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. In return, Swanberg would shave her own head.

Downtown's parking winners

Lower Queen Anne and Westlake will see cheaper parking rates, increases everywhere else in new plan

Neighbors to the south, particularly the downtown core, Pioneer Square and First Hill, are soon to feel the sting of new peak-hour parking increases. Those who want to park in these neighborhoods will now have to pay $4 an hour, a sizeable jump from the previous rate of $2.50 downtown and in Pioneer Square, and $2 in First Hill.