Chip-off-the-old-block KYLE EASTWOOD, who made his acting debut in Dad's overlooked 1982 gem "Honkytonk Man" and has been contributing to the soundtracks of his director-father's more recent efforts, brings his bass with him to the Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 9-10; $21.50. Violinist KYOKO TAKEZAWA returns to Seattle Symphony for performances, Oct. 4-6: Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m.
Team Spicoli (of the movie 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High', at far left) prepares its soapbox for the Red Bull Soapbox Race down Fremont Avenue North on Sept. 29.
Colored ivy points the way for a pink-clad bike rider heading east through the pedestrian tunnel under the Mount Baker neighborhood on Oct. 1.
Jordan writes: It's nice to learn I'm part of an arts community. I was at the season opener for the Broadway Center in Tacoma. You gave an introductory speech about the economic impact of the arts in Puget Sound. I hadn't realized how every time I go to a show or listen to yours, I'm helping to grow my local economy. Is this a trend?You are part of something big, Jordan. The arts in Puget Sound generate - with the exception of Manhattan - more economic growth than any American metropolitan area! The conservative estimate for Seattle alone was $330 million this year. Add that to Seattle's standing as the most literate city in America, and you have a self-sustaining culture kitchen.
Jordan writes: It's nice to learn I'm part of an arts community. I was at the season opener for the Broadway Center in Tacoma. You gave an introductory speech about the economic impact of the arts in Puget Sound. I hadn't realized how every time I go to a show or listen to yours, I'm helping to grow my local economy. Is this a trend?You are part of something big, Jordan. The arts in Puget Sound generate - with the exception of Manhattan - more economic growth than any American metropolitan area! The conservative estimate for Seattle alone was $330 million this year. Add that to Seattle's standing as the most literate city in America, and you have a self-sustaining culture kitchen.
Mayor Greg Nickels is inviting Seattle teenagers to get involved in government by joining the 2007-2008 Mayor's Youth Council. Young people age 14 to 18 can apply now to become a member. "I want teenagers to help us work on issues that are important to them and to Seattle," Nickels said.
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 gun play-was pitched by Mayor Greg Nickels in response to citizen outrage sparked by several shootings in the vicinity of late-night hot spots like the former Mr Lucky in Queen Anne and Tommy's Lounge & Grill in the University District.
GEORGETOWN - Sound Transit contractors hoisted the last of 2,457 concrete segments into place ylight rail trackway between South Seattle and Tukwila on Sept. 28.PCL Construction Services is building the stretch of light rail trackway from Boeing Access Road to the Tukwila light rail station at International Boulevard and S. 154th Street in Tukwila. With the concrete elevated structure now complete, PCL will continue installing rails and working on the nearly complete light rail station in Tukwila.
OTHELLO - The corner of South Othello Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way South lay desolate amidst light rail construction dust as neighbors and developers gathered at the New Holly Campus Gathering Hall west of the intersection to discuss the metamorphosis of the barren and relatively vacant site around Othello Station into a model transit oriented community of the future. Billed by its neighborhood organizers as "an historic event," the Sept. 27 meeting provided a unique opportunity for developers to show case their plans and for neighbors to give input.
Magnolia resident accused of sleeping with female patients It started with one complaint that the director of the Discovery Wellness Centers in Magnolia had allegedly engaged in sexual activity with one of his female patients. But now Dr. Mark Svetcos stands accused of sexual dalliances with at least eight other women who were patients and in some cases married, according to charges leveled Sept. 19 by the state Department of Health Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission. The commission subsequently suspended Svetcos' medical license on Sept. 24.
Frequent News contributor TERU LUNDSTEN takes her readers along on a new nautical adventureI leaned over the rail of the Gravina, watching its gentle, sibilant wake. I looked up. Ribbons of waterfalls cascaded down steep green slopes on both sides of the narrows.Going inside the pilothouse, I observed Rob and Peggy working on their wedding vows. They were considering Elizabethan verse, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today" and "All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks.The Gravina was making its maiden voyage up the Inside Passage - as the Gravina, anyway. My husband Mark and I started a boat charter business this summer, Queen Anne Charters, and Rob and Peggy were our first customers.
They're at it again. Trying to fix the Mercer Mess. It's the latest in a long list of proposed improvements for the transportation corridor, and as is usually the case, funding remains a big issue.With an estimated cost somewhere between $120 million and $140 million, the road fixes are concentrated in the emerging South Lake Union neighborhood. However, the streets in Lower Queen Anne won't see that much improvement, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation's own estimates.
Perhaps you have noticed that the building on the southeast corner of Broadway and East Pine Street and its new coat of paint? That's the Booth Building, now known as Seattle Central Community College's South Annex. The paint work and repairs are just in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the building. The Booth Building, permitted in 1906 and likely constructed in 1907, was an early mixed-use brick and concrete building constructed on Broadway. Designed by the architecture firm of Thompson & Thompson (C.L. and C.B. Thompson) and constructed by Layton & White Contractors, the building was the creation of the doctors John R. and William G. Booth.
Thirty percent of the design has been completed for the Broadway light-rail station, and Sound Transit deputy project director Ron Endlich was eager to show it off at a public meeting and open house last week at Seattle Central Community College.The underground station, which will have three entrances near the school, is part of a $1.6 billion Sound Transit expansion called University Link that will connect Westlake Center with the University District.
In some ways it may be hard to imagine someone other than Chuck Weinstock at the helm of Capitol Hill Housing. After 19 years as CHHIP's executive director, it is only natural to consider him the face of the organization. But he doesn't think there will be any problem with the transition to a new director. Weinstock also laughed at the notion of any sinister reasons behind his departure. It was, he said, simply time to move on.