❚ EXHIBIT: North Seattle artist Mary Lempe is among the 61 finalists in the annual Northwest Watercolor Society's Waterworks members' show.❚ GRANTS: Three local arts groups received Youth Arts grants from the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs:CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK: Santoro's Books, 7216 Greenwood Ave. N., will mark Children's Book Week by donating 20 percent of the sale of every children's book purchased Monday, Nov. 12, through Nov. 18, to Page Ahead and Greenwood-based 826 Seattle.
Allison Moore (front) leads other volunteers through Frink Park in Leschi on Saturday, Nov. 3, which was designated Green Seattle Day. Work parties removed non-native, invasive plants in forested park land throughout Seattle for the all-day event.
The race is on. Eagerly we have stocked up on bulbs from our local garden emporiums, and for those rare treasures seldom found in retail outlets, our fingers have pushed (far too many times) the add to shopping cart button on the wide, wonderful, world of the Internet. Now, this week, many packages have arrived on our doorsteps, and we have decided, for these magical springtime bulbs, we simply will not calculate a carbon footprint. The time has come to slip all these treasures into our "dreams" about the spring landscape.
If you are anything like me, the last time you went home to visit your parents you were more than a little worried. Suddenly they were more like old people playing dress-up in your parents' clothing. Their faces were too thin, their bodies too frail. And you wanted to be good com- pany, positive and encouraging, but certain selfish thoughts kept intervening: How will they take care of themselves? How will I turn my full and busy life around in order to be a caregiver instead of totally independent daughter?
We were headed toward Magnolia Village when we paused for a stop sign and saw the notice. There, amongst all the other signs advertising garage sales, was one that sparkled with appeal. It read: "NOW APPEARING! 'The Curse of the Garage Sale' - Once you start buying, you'll never stop!"Now, I'm not a habitué of garage sales, but this come-on ignited my curiosity. We had driven another block when we saw another sign: "SEE IT NOW! 'Indiana Jones and the Tower of Junque.'"
I've been working at a mid-sized assisted living/memory care facility in the North End for four months now. Our residents never get better; all of them are suffering from some form of Alzheimer's or dementia. My best friends and my daughters are now verbalizing their feelings."You're doing good work, I couldn't do it," one 20-year compadre said the other day.
The "Commission," in this case, is the Federal Communications Commission, and if this sounds familiar, it's because it is. Twice before - on March 7, 2003, and just last year, on Nov. 30, 2006 - hundreds of area residents jammed auditoriums to testify overwhelmingly in opposition to a Republican-dominated FCC's attempts to further weaken ownership limits on broadcast television and radio properties. In each case, the crowds testified only before the two Democratic commissioners; the three-person Republican majority was MIA in Seattle.This time, FCC chair Kevin Martin, architect of the latest (big) industry-deregulation scheme, is bringing the whole commission to town to "prove" to them that Seattle really doesn't care all that much about this arcane stuff. Which is why, despite the entreaties of local Congresspeople (who wanted four weeks), he has given exactly five business days' notice for this unprecedented local hearing. The hearing was announced late in the day Friday, Nov. 2, coinciding precisely with the least-read and -viewed news time of the week. The hearing itself will also be on a Friday night, from 4 to 11 p.m. Nov. 9 at Town Hall, Eighth & Seneca.
The "Commission," in this case, is the Federal Communications Commission, and if this sounds familiar, it's because it is. Twice before - on March 7, 2003, and just last year, on Nov. 30, 2006 - hundreds of area residents jammed auditoriums to testify overwhelmingly in opposition to a Republican-dominated FCC's attempts to further weaken ownership limits on broadcast television and radio properties. In each case, the crowds testified only before the two Democratic commissioners; the three-person Republican majority was MIA in Seattle.This time, FCC chair Kevin Martin, architect of the latest (big) industry-deregulation scheme, is bringing the whole commission to town to "prove" to them that Seattle really doesn't care all that much about this arcane stuff. Which is why, despite the entreaties of local Congresspeople (who wanted four weeks), he has given exactly five business days' notice for this unprecedented local hearing. The hearing was announced late in the day Friday, Nov. 2, coinciding precisely with the least-read and -viewed news time of the week. The hearing itself will also be on a Friday night, from 4 to 11 p.m. Nov. 9 at Town Hall, Eighth & Seneca.
The commission, in this case, is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). And if this sounds familiar, it's because it is. Twice before - on March 7, 2003, and just last year, on Nov. 30, 2006 - hundreds of area residents jammed auditoriums to testify overwhelmingly in opposition to a Republican-dominated FCC's attempts to further weaken ownership limits on broadcast television and radio properties. In each case, the crowds testified only before the two Democratic commissioners; the three-person Republican majority was MIA in Seattle. This time, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, architect of the latest (big) industry deregulation scheme, is bringing the whole commission to town to "prove" to them that Seattle really doesn't care all that much about this arcane stuff. Which is why, despite the entreaties of local congresspeople (who wanted four weeks), he has given exactly five business days' notice for this important local hearing. The hearing was announced late in the day Friday, Nov. 2, timed for the least-read and -viewed news time of the week. The hearing itself will also be on a Friday night, from 4 to 11 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Town Hall, Eighth Ave. and Seneca St. at the western edge of First Hill near downtown Seattle.
MATT ROBINSONOh God, I don't know. I just can't wait until this eight years of hell is over. Satan would be better than our current regime. Talk to me in 10 months.
This may be an exaggerated memory. But I swear there used to be blocks in Montlake where every single car parked on the curb was a Volvo. Without exception. Of course, that was back when University of Washington professors could afford to buy houses there-even professors from the liberal-arts college, that prime Volvo-buying constituency. Those days have passed much like the days of MS-DOS computers.
What's with all these public servants getting themselves busted for DUI and spousal attack and all those things our leaders, one would think, ought to be able to handle better than us followers? Is it expecting too much to believe they might have the maturity and wits to, you know, think ahead about something other than re-election fundraisers (which are perhaps the most likely places they get plastered)? Or am I just being picky? Picky, picky, picky...
I am grateful. I am very grateful, and if you aren't grateful, talk to me. I believe I can help you see that you, too, have reason to be grateful, really. And yet I have a complaint. I am tired of being told, "It could be worse." I know that. Really. It was Shakespeare who said, "The worst is not/So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'" I agree. However, I believe so often some bad, unpleasant, deadly things should never have happened.
I have a relative who spent his entire adult life, after the Army (during Vietnam), as a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio. My hometown from birth until age 35. Cincinnati is a racially tense place that makes Seattle look like a successful melting pot on even its worst day. There might be a few more ethnicities represented back there now; on my annual visit last year I noticed a Mexican specialty store and grocery in my old neighborhood. But mostly Cincinnati is black folks and white folks, living in mostly segregated neighborhoods.
BELLEVUE/BEACON HILL - Following sold-out performances of Carmen in 2005 and Madama Butterfly in 2006, the Puget Sound area's newest opera company is producing Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece, La Traviata in a dual venue schedule. Beacon Hill area singer Andrew Mayzak, tenor, is a newcomer to opera and sings the role of Joseph. He comes to Lyric Opera Northwest from a primarily choral background. Past works include performances of Vivaldi's Gloria, Handel's Messiah, Vaughn Williams' Five Mystical Songs, and a production of Orff's Carmina Burana with the Tacoma Symphony.