PERMIT APPLICATION. 2215 32nd Ave. W. (3007560) for a Land Use Action to subdivide one parcel into 15 unit lots (Full Unit Lot Subdivision). Unit lots will vary in size from 4,098 sq. ft. to 5,596 sq. ft. The Environmental Review has been approved under Project No. 3004100. The construction of single-family residences has been approved under Project No. 6124081. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots.
The ongoing controversy over whether certain nightclubs should be licensed and regulated by the city received last week what some might consider a typically Seattle solution: by a vote of 5-4, the city council decided not to decide licensing nightclubs, putting off the issue until next September and a year of observation, study and, some might argue, challenge to clubs to shape up. The idea of licensing particular nightclubs - in short, those places seeming to attract a more violent clientele, some given to gunplay - was pitched by Mayor Greg Nickels in response to citizen outrage sparked by several shootings in the vicinity of late-night hotspots like the former Mr. Lucky in Queen Anne and Tommy's Lounge & Grill in the University District.
Scratch the surface of a Seattleite, the saying goes, and you'll find a buttoned-down Scandinavian. Maybe so. But show up at the Seattle Center Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30, along with some 40,000 others, and you'll do a double take: That's when Seattle goes Italian. Italian Festival, now in its 20th year, celebrates Seattle's Italian roots, which lead back to the Garlic Gulch of old in the Rainier Valley. 20TH ITALIAN FESTIVAL Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 29-30, at the Seattle Center. Free admission. Details: www.festaseattle.com or 282-0627.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a killer. Every year, 400,000 people die from SCA (7,000 of them are children); more people die from SCA than from breast cancer, prostate cancer, AIDS, house fires, handguns and traffic accidents combined.Early recognition that a cardiac arrest has occurred is key to survival; with every minute lost, the SCA victim's chances of living drop roughly 10 percent. Lack of a pulse, along with unconsciousness, are the first clues that SCA has occurred.
Countless hours of work, a multiplicity of voices and the guiding hand of project leader Monica Wooton have conspired to create the second volume in the Magnolia history series, entitled "Making More Memories."The book, which brings together a wide variety of Magnolia writers delving into an array of topics, covers a span of time from the 1930s through the 1950s and includes such subjects as the immigrant experience, World War II recollections, personal memories and the historic West Point archaeological dig.According to longtime Magnolia resident Wooton, the idea was to present a history book that broke down genre categories. "We didn't want it to be a normal history," she said, adding that "we wanted it to go along in time."
The Seattle Department of Transportation has drawn up a list of potential projects the "Bridging the Gap Neighborhood Street Fund" could finance this year. The levy amount for this and the following two years is $1.5 million each, but there is simply not enough money to do everything, even though Mayor Greg Nickels' proposed budget this year adds another $500,000 to the pot.So the city has set up six public open-house meetings in an effort to have neighborhood residents in Seattle prioritize which projects should be tackled first, according to a handout at a Queen Anne meeting on Sept. 18.
If you've been following entertainment news of late, you probably know that the Walt Disney company and, supposedly, the whole of the world has reacted in shock - shock - that 18-year-old Vanessa Hudgens, co-star of Disney Channel's Emmy-winning and popular original feature "High School Musical," is (gasp) a sexually active young woman who sent photos of a private nature to a boyfriend.,br> Thank goodness Seattle Children's Theatre is helping keep the "HSM" phenomenon alive and pure as the driven snow. "HSM" may be as lively as "Grease" and as simple a love story as "Dirty Dancing." But it is not, as those stories are, about coming of age sexually.
Dean Tonkin uses uncommon words, like polymath. The dictionary defines it as "a person of great or varied learning," and that defines Dean Tonkin.He was born in Portland, Ore., in 1942 to Cora Otellia Espeseth Morgan, nicknamed Cody. An English teacher, she did not marry until she was older because she wanted to continue teaching; the law still forbade married women to teach. She was 40 when Dean was born.Dean's father, John Morgan, was a Canadian who served in the Canadian aviation forces during World War II. He was killed in the war before Dean was born.
Early in Book-It's current production of "Snow Falling on Cedars," one of the characters is reproached, "You didn't do anything illegal. 'Wrong' is another matter." Those two sentences speak to the entire play. When the U.S. government interned its West Coast Japanese citizens during World War II, it was legal, legal as verified by the Supreme Court, though not by the Constitution. But it was wrong. For the most part, it was one of those dirty little truths we just didn't talk about. The Miyamoto family in "Snow Falling on Cedars" was transported from their unnamed Puget Sound island home to an inhospitable camp, Manzanar, in Southern California. Like so many other Japanese, they lost their freedom, their property, their friendships and their trust in the government and their white neighbors.
After inspiring the Broadway-hopeful musical "Lone Star Love," Shakespeare may be aiming his six-shooter at this corny clone. The Bard's 16th-century comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor" has been set to music and relocated to post-Civil War Texas, where cows and girlfriends are talked about in the same breath. LSL" straddles the folksy sincerity of "Oklahoma!" and the freewheeling antics of "Blazing Saddles." Directed and choreographed by Randy Skinner, this semi-rowdy romp comes off as a mediocre muddle, straying very close to "Hee Haw" territory. Scattered within, moments of frisky fun and hoedown happiness are laced with Shakespeare's familiar folderol
Beauty meets buffoonery in Seattle Repertory's season opener, Shakespeare's "Twelfe Night: Or What You Will." The production is not quite as glorious as its visual elements - stunning combinations of dazzling costumes and breathtaking lighting. It's oh-so-chic, but occasionally superficial and off-putting. From the time Duke Orsino utters his infamous opening line, "If music be the food of love, play on," "Twelfe Night" (the spelling in the First Folio) should be a frolic of disguise, deception and desire, whirling toward a delirious conclusion.
Lucien Postlewaite dances the title role in "Prodigal Son," the solo in "Square Dance," and partners the ladies in "Ballet Imperial."You just won't see him in all three Balanchine ballets in same night. Even for the extremely fit 23-year-old Postlewaite, that would be a bit much."I think I'd be up in Peter Boal's office, saying this is all really great but I can't walk," he joked.
I'm being stalked. I'm not sure the police can help me with my situation. To tell you the truth, I probably brought this on myself. I was too nice, too giving, too available and encouraged the attention from this person when deep down inside I sometimes felt like screaming "Leave me alone!!" and running far, far away. But I didn't. I stayed in this relationship probably longer than was healthy, and I fear I caused this dependence.
Every now and then in the humdrum that can become one's life (although it's incumbent on each of us to avoid that), we have a moment that stands out for some reason. It may be because it's funny, poignant or, in this case, what I might call historic.My wife took me to dinner at Il Terrazzo in Pioneer Square for my birthday. As we were shown to our table, I saw three people seated at the table next to ours. A gentlemen in his 40s, I'd guess; a woman whose age I won't try to guess because that act of stupidity can be fraught with danger; and an elderly gentlemen dressed nicely in shirt, tie and fire-engine-red sports jacket. I only had time to cast a quick glance before we sat down at our own table, my back to our dinner companions.
Much fun last Tuesday night - Uptown Stroll's Meet the Artists Night - at Bank of America. Cranberry juice flowed and cookies were devoured. We ooohed and aaahed over the fine artwork, and we met the artists.