LIGHTINGS Menorah lighting, with Klezmer music, toy dreidels and chocolate gelt, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 6 p.m. University Village. Fremont Lenin lighting, on Friday, Dec. 7, 5:30-6:30 p.m. N. 36th St. and Fremont Place N. SERVICES Christmas program, with reading of the Christmas story, musical performances and traditional carols, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m. 13th Church of Christ Scientist, 3500 N.E. 125th St. 362-7646. Rock of Ages Lutheran Brethren Church: Christmas program and dinner for senior citizens, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, Noon. Free-will offering EVENTS Winter Festival, with 115 crafts booths, quilt raffle and live entertainment, on Saturday, Dec. 1-Sunday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $2/$4, plus canned-food donation. Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. 783-2244. Holiday party, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 5-8 p.m. Santoro's Books, 7216 Greenwood Ave. N. 784-2113. Holiday bazaar and bake sale, on Friday, Dec. 7-Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wallingford Community Senior Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Suite 140. 461-7825.MUSICWallingford Center holiday music: John Stanford School Choir, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2-4 p.m.; Jazz artist Peter Cramer, on Sunday, Dec. 2 and Dec. 15, 1-3 p.m.; Wallingford Ave. N. and N. 45th St.THEATER"The Santaland Diaries," on Friday, Nov. 30-Dec. 24. Mature audiences only. Seattle Public Theater, 7312 W. Green Lake Drive N. 524-1300.
SATURDAY, DEC. 1 (opening night)Gas Works Park8:10-8:30 p.m.Seattle Girls' Choir (Cantamus)Bonfire siteTUESDAY, DEC. 4Matthews Beach7:30-7:50 p.m.Columbia Vocal Ensemble (Redmond)Bonfire site<
Some community members think improvements will make traffic worse Congestion along the Northeast 45th Street corridor through the University District was the focus of a public hearing Nov. 19. The first proposal - designed to reduce congestion along Northeast 45th between the Ave (University Way Northeast) and Interstate 5 - would entail removing the center left-turn lane to make room for a Business Access and Transit-only (BAT) lane to run westbound from the Ave to Seventh Avenue Northeast. Some community members, however, argue that adding a BAT lane would also take away the ability to make left-hand turns and result in increased traffic on cross streets like Northeast 43rd and 47th streets.
The third incarnation of the Broadview Library (at left), 12755 Greenwood Ave. N., is set to open at noon on Dec. 8 after a nearly year-and-a-half-long renovation that doubles the size of the previous branch. The library now boasts a collection of 66,000 books and materials, two entrances, two public meeting rooms, a pneumatic checkout counter and storm-retention planters that funnel rainwater from the metal roof, through pillars and into planters on the ground. Also, about 85 percent of the old building's 'core' has been reused, mostly in the older portion of the library.
AS#1/Pinehurst school promotes equality in classroom Equality is an important aspiration for any school. Families, staff and community members at Alternative School No. 1-Pinehurst (AS#1) took the goal a step further and opened an anti-racist library last spring in hopes of spreading awareness of racism and resistance to racism. "The necessity for an anti-racist resource collection at AS#1 grows from our recognition of the reality that racism permeates every institution, including our school, coupled with AS#1's stated commitment to equality as an overreaching goal," said Leslie Morishita in an e-mail. Morishita has been involved with the planning of the library since its inception two and a half years ago and is a parent of two fourth-graders at the school.
Does the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) value what the public has to say about media diversity in the United States? By mid-December, we should have our answer, and it will be a resounding "yes" if FCC chairperson Kevin Martin drops his proposal to allow big media corporations to grow even larger. But such an affirmation from the five-member, Republican-majority commission won't come without intense public pressure.
Internet-search company continues expansion with second Fremont officeRemember when "google" was just a silly, nonsense word? Today, it's a verb and a proper noun for an incredibly profitable corporation known worldwide. On Nov. 15, Google opened the doors to the 60,000-square-feet of new office space the company has taken for a get-to-know-the-neighbors gathering. It's nearly finished the move into the three-story Waterside Building of the Quadrant Lake Union Center, between Adobe Systems and Sound Mind & Body Gym, across the road from Getty Images and kitty-corner to the previously established Google sales office.
HALE❚ Leadership training: Students Emnet Getahun and Kiah Lesher, of Nathan Hale High School, recently traveled to Washington, D.C., with teacher Cinda Kegley for the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America's (FCCLA) Ultimate State Officer Academy.Getahun, the state FCCLA director of public relations and finance, and Lesher, the Region 4 (King County) vice president, attended a four-part leadership-development and certification program. They also met with U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray and Rep. Dave Reichert to discuss FCCLA issues.
For the third consecutive year, the St. Alphonsus/St. John CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) Cross-Country Team placed second overall in the All-City Cross-Country Championships in mid-October on Metro Hill at Upper Woodland Park. The team also received Team Sportsmanship Award for the second time in three years.
Long Vu (left) and pharmacist Hyacinth Wilson hold fluid bags in the pharmacy at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way N.E. The hospital was host to Vu and 15 other students with developmental disabilities in recognition of National Disability Mentoring Day on Oct. 17.
Landscapes," by the University of Washington Press, is a paean to a remarkable artist. Now 83, Randlett has long been regarded as a Northwest artistic treasure. The black-and-white images within the 118-page book reflect "the eye of an artist and the soul of the poet," as author and art critic Deloris Tarzan Ament once wrote of Randlett. The book's timing is exquisite. As we head toward the winter solstice it's good to be reminded of the Northwest's austere beauty and subtle gradations of light.
In this city dotted with coffeehouses, it may be difficult to find a small one that specializes in the purity and quality of coffee. But there's Seven Roasters, 153 N. 78th St., a cozy, intimate coffee nook just one doorway west of North 78th Street and Greenwood Avenue North. Owner Sean Lee - a handsome and charming 30-ish man, with short, closely cropped, dark hair and a gracious warm personality - opened Seven last January. "We're still struggling as a new business, but we're having fun so far," Lee said.
❚ BENEFIT DINNERS: John Schmidt is donating half of all sales from 5 to 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 from each of his three restaurants to the University District Food Bank.Diners also can bring two canned-food items for a free drink.Schmidt owns the Greenlake Bar & Grill, 7200 E. Green Lake Drive N.; Eastlake Bar & Grill, 2947 Eastlake Ave. E.; and Southlake Grill, 1253 Thomas St.
<>APPEAL HEARINGS: 4418 Phinney Ave. N. (3006856) on a Land Use Application to change the use of a single-family residence to an institution (Nurturing Knowledge Child Care Center). The following decision has been appealed: Administrative Conditional Use to allow an institution not meeting development standards conditionally granted. The appeal hearing will take place Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 9 a.m.
Morgan Roe (top) takes the title role, and Ellie Andrews plays a boy playing a girl, in the alternate-cast production of the Magnolia Theatre's 'Mulan.' The I-guess-we-have-to-call second opening performance will be Thursday, Dec. 6, 4 p.m. at United Church of Christ, 3555 W. McGraw St. There will be two evening shows Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7-8, at 7 p.m. Call 356-1745 for details.