The Center School's production of The Man Who Came to Dinner will be performed tonight at 7:30, Wednesday, Dec. 15 in the Center House Theater, on the lowest level of the Center House. Admission is free, although donations are strongly recommended. The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic screwball comedy from the 1930s, full of wit, romance, and a galaxy of wacky characters. This sparkling comedy has been a favorite of the American stage for nearly 75 years. Visit www.centerschoolseattle.org for more information.
Derived from the book of the same name co-written under a pseudonym by James Frey, that specialist in converting fiction to “fact,” "I am Number Four" understandably involves a great deal of dissembling and undercover chicanery.
ACT Theater presents the Northwest premiere of Vanities: A New Musical, featuring powerhouse performances from Cayman Ilika, Jennifer Sue Johnson, and Billie Wildrick. Produced by ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre, thisnew musical will take you on a journey through the turbulent ’60s to the me centered ’80s and beyond, as three friends face life’s defining moments
A proposed mixed-use development project will be discussed at the Queen Anne Community Center tonight. The Lower Queen Anne project, which is in the preliminary planning stage, is a six-story building with 25 residential units and 4,600 square feet of ground level commercial space.
The Seattle Department of Transportation has five separate plans for its West Mercer Place project in lower Queen Anne, and so far has more than half of the money needed to pay for expanding the roadway, according to SDOT Project Manager Eric Tweit.
Politicians, family members, loved ones and neighbors all gathered at the newly completed Thomas C. Wales Park on Queen Anne Saturday morning to dedicate the opening of the green space to the memory of the slain assistant U.S. Attorney.
The Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce honored four neighborhood businesses April 14 that have gone above and beyond in their support of both the Chamber and the greater Queen Anne community.
Rick Williams, the older brother of the slain Nitinaht Indian John T. Williams, is helping to preserve his brother’s legacy through the John T. Williams Memorial Totem Pole Project. Williams’ lawyers asked him to create a design for two totem poles in remembrance of his brother. The first totem pole will stay at the Seattle Center, where Williams, his cousin Dennis Underwood, and his students are currently carving it, and the second will be moved to Westlake.
Two project managers from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) unveiled an elaborate plan for the Mercer West Project, and tackled a tough question or two, at a meeting of the Uptown Alliance the evening of Thursday, March 10.
Two Pacific Publishing Co. writers were recognized at the recent 2010 Society of Professional Journalists’ Northwest Excellence in Journalism banquet.
The Katie McKay Circle, a division of Catholic Community Services, will be hosting the 16th annual plant sale benefiting children and their families from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 in the parking lot of Our Lady of Fatima Church, 3218 West Barrett St.
Northwest Kidney Centers is honored to present the 2011 Clyde Shields Distinguished Service Award to Gladys Rubinstein. Rubinstein, a longtime Seattle philanthropist and resident of Queen Anne, is being given the nonprofit organization’s highest honor for helping thousands of needy individuals with kidney disease. Through her generous donations, she has launched the organization’s recent initiatives in patient education, transplantation and kidney research, and supported advancement of the home dialysis program.
Queen Anne’s Swedish Cultural Center will host a special show featuring antique automobiles manufactured in Sweden. The second annual Swedish Car Show will take place June 4 and feature 25 Volvo and Saab brand cars built prior to 1974. The show is part of a daylong event celebrating National Sweden Day and will run from noon to 4 p.m.
This year’s Premier Chefs Dinner for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was a smashing success, setting a record by raising about $518,000 in donations to fund cancer research. The gala event was held at the Sodo Park by Herban Feast and was co-hosted by the Magnolia Guild. Never heard of them? You are probably not alone.
......Seated behind a desk, Jack Nicholson wears an expensive-looking cream-colored suit. The suit goes with the pre-smog daylight in the room; the light is itself like heavy cream; it looks as if it would feel like heavy cream to walk through.