A pancake and mimosas breakfast for the Pride march on Saturday, June 23, will be available to participants at Neighbors Nightclub, near Pike and Broadway, beginning at 9 a.m.Volunteers from Grace Gospel Church at Broadway at East Republican Street will provide breakfast to the gathering crew until the 11 a.m. start of the march down Broadway. Neighbours, at 1509 Broadway, is offering mimosa specials to go with breakfast.What's a mimosa? If you have to ask, maybe you had better just stick with pancakes.
Queen Anne resident Peter Crane was awarded rank of Eagle Scout during a Troop 70 Court of Honor held May 6 at Queen Anne Methodist Church.Continuously active in scouting since joining Pack 70 in 1995, Crane has served as a counselor at Boy Scout Camp Pigott for the past five summers and is an active member of the honorary society Order of the Arrow.
A group of women who started playing together in the Magnolia Tennis Flights formed a 3.5 tennis team under the direction of the late Dana Sigley. In her honor, the team gave it their all this year and secured first place in the 3.5 USTA division.
Queen Anne resident Peter Crane was awarded rank of Eagle Scout during a Troop 70 Court of Honor held May 6 at Queen Anne Methodist Church.Continuously active in scouting since joining Pack 70 in 1995, Crane has served as a counselor at Boy Scout Camp Pigott for the past five summers and is an active member of the honorary society Order of the Arrow.
The French are different from us. When I first saw Paris, I was instantly enamored with this magnificent metropolis - as, I would imagine, any first-time visitor would be. What impressed me most, however, was not the grand architecture, the rich history, the cultural versatility. Rather, it was the ability of the Parisians to maintain a sense of tranquility, even leisureliness, in the midst of all the razzle-dazzle of big-city life.
It sounds like some arcane mechanical device you'd need years of training and a state certificate just to install. But, according to Capitol Hill-based fitness trainer Michele McCauley, the Gyrotonic Expansion System is actually an exercise program that combines the fluidity and integrated movement of ballet with the toning and core support one finds in Pilates.
Words, words, words. I was brought up with a deep appreciation for the beauty of the English language and a love of words. Words can paint pictures and ex-press emotions and tell imaginative stories, especially the wonderful words of Shakespeare. I am actively involved with the English Speaking Union's efforts to keep his words alive through education and local high school Shakespeare competitions. Over the years, I have come to appreciate the work of the Seattle Shakespeare Company, Washington state's only year-round professional theater dedicated to producing the work of William Shakespeare and other classic playwrights.
Our tour of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame's new exhibit begins with a robe. One white robe, wide ribs, pressed flat. Joe Turkel wore it in "Blade Runner" when he played Eldon Tyrell, master manufacturer of android "replicants." He confronted his own creation, played by Rutger Hauer, and died horribly. Pressed and mounted in a case, the robe appears quite benign. It is only by reading its history that significance blooms.
I'VE A DELICIOUS BIT OF GOSSIP for you. Now don't tell anyone, but Stephanie Shine has been prancing around in her underwear in front of scores of people. Quite shameless, don't you think? Well, it might be, were she not playing Lady Sneerwell in Seattle Shakespeare's wonderful production of "The School for Scandal" where rumor is the central element. Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1777, this comedy of manners offers a stinging rebuke to all who wantonly destroy reputations though malicious gossip.
Here are schedules for the 2007 Seattle Pride March and the QueerFest at Volunteer Park June 23. For a better reading experience, pick up a printed copy of the Queen Anne News or the Magnolia News.
Magnolia resident Eva Gianutsos made the most of a recent haircut: she donated 14 inches of ponytail to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from hair loss for any reason. Three years ago she donated a similar amount of hair. Wielding the shears was Alexandria Slider, owner/stylist of Soul the Salon (2508 Fifth Ave.), who donated her time for a good cause. For more information about this program, visit http://www.locksoflove.org/
A rainy morning didn't stop volunteers from Catharine Blaine School, the local office of Windermere Real Estate and the neighborhood from tackling a preliminary landscaping project last Friday, June 15.
Neighbours Nightclub has agreed to partner with the Seattle LGBT Community Center, not just for this year's QueerFest on Saturday, June 23, in Volunteer Park, but also for the coming year."That means that we have almost 90 percent of the festival paid for," said Shannon Thomas, executive director of the LGBT Center, which has organized QueerFest this year.
KEITH CUNNINGHAM "I'm planning on attending both parades. I'm not happy with the schism, but I plan on being supportive of the community. That's the thing."
At the conclusion of the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival on Sunday, the organizers declared it a success. SIFF is projecting a 6 percent increase in overall box-office sales this year.The Golden Space Needle for best film went to local filmmaker John Jeffcoat for "Outsourced." More than 700,000 audience votes were cast for the Golden Space Needles this year.