In the early 1990s, Chris Curtis wanted to simplify her life. So she and her husband got a smaller house, unloaded the extra car and she left her career as a franchisee of two Haagen-Dazs ice cream parlors to, as she put it, "start a community project."That project would turn out to be the University District Farmers Market, which since its launch in 1993, has grown into one of the most successful markets in the city, attracting more than 96,000 shoppers and grossing more than $2.2 million a year.
We hear about new crises somewhere in the world with a frightening regularity. China. Myanmar. Even Iowa. Each is terrible and affects people deserving of our help.
The city of Seattle will hold public forums around the city to provide information and hear feedback about possible sites for a new Seattle Municipal Jail.
The Columbia City Farmers Market turns 10 years old this season and will be hosting a 10th Anniversary Celebration on Wed., June 25, from 3-7 p.m. The special birthday party will feature the market's usual array of local farmers and foods along with special fun and surprises provided all day long.
Post-season playoffs in Rainier District Little League came to a close this past week with Rosso Nursery ending Stewart Lumber's Cinderella run at the Minors Division championship and Coast Crane capturing the Rookies Division title.
For the first time in its decades-long history, a shooting incident erupted at Seattle's Folklife festival last month. Mind you, this sort of thing goes on most any Saturday night in the city's South End. But those apparently don't count, because, well, you know, Those People are just like that.
How many times in the last year has this city lost a child at the hands of another child? How many times have our hearts stopped in the middle of the night with the sound of a gunshot or a siren?
Seattle children ages 1 through 18 might be eligible for free breakfasts, lunches and snacks this summer through the Seattle Human Services Department's Summer Food Service Program.
Seattle firefighter Sam Gauge paused and looked dramatically around the room. So, he said to his delighted audience after reading from the book "No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons)," maybe it's a problem when you invite a dragon home - they can start fires!
Early the next morning the father noticed that someone had smashed the car's front passenger window.
I was invited to give a talk to the local garden club on Queen Anne. Not being a horticultural expert, and not having particularly green thumbs, I decided to leave the care and feeding, pest controls, etc. to the experts. With all the wonderful profusion of roses in the gardens of Queen Anne and Magnolia, I decided "Roses of England" would be a particularly fitting subject for Linda of London. And after all this research, I was unable to give the talk because I had a conflict: I had to judge the
Titles don't get more basic than "The Happening," and happenings don't get more bottom-line than the end of the world, which may be under way in M. Night Shyamalan's new movie - his best since 1999's "The Sixth Sense." There's another reason "The Happening" is an apt Shyamalan title. It evokes the primitive beginnings of cinema itself, when the most mundane event - workers leaving a factory, a train pulling into the station - was occasion enough for setting up a camera and making a picture.
Titles don't get more basic than "The Happening," and happenings don't get more bottom-line than the end of the world, which may be under way in M. Night Shyamalan's new movie - his best since 1999's "The Sixth Sense." There's another reason "The Happening" is an apt Shyamalan title. It evokes the primitive beginnings of cinema itself, when the most mundane event - workers leaving a factory, a train pulling into the station - was occasion enough for setting up a camera and making a picture.
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame brings us only one arguably Northwest personality for its upcoming induction ceremony: William Gibson, who makes his home in Vancouver, B.C., when not traveling the world on feet, fleet upload and imagination. He is, however, the only inductee expected to receive his honors in person at the ceremony this coming Saturday, June 21, at the famous Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum building at Seattle Center. An appointee in the literature category, he'll receive his award-for popularizing "cyberpunk" and essentially revitalizing written science fiction for new commercial and
Three hopefuls have signed on to run for a 36th District legislative seat that became vacant with the retirement of former Rep. Helen Sommers (D-Magnolia). Covering Queen Anne, Magnolia, Belltown, Ballard, Phinney Ridge, Greenwood and Fremont, the district is heavily Democratic by tradition, and two of the candidates are Democrats. Still, Republican Leslie Bloss has thrown her hat in the ring, as well. Here's a brief look at the three and why they're running for public office for the first time.