Rainier District Little League's Juniors Division All-Star team won its fifth consecutive District 7 championship with a 9-3 win over PacWest Little League at Rainier Playfield on July 3.
We recently adopted our 4-year-old dog, Baby, from an animal rescue shelter event held in Bothell called Designer Mutt Match, and we somehow passed her test.
What are your thoughts on the departure of the Sonics?
What are your thoughts on the departure of the Sonics?
Queen Anne artist Mike Sweeney doesn't have to travel far to see his own work.
Three military buildings and a road in Discovery Park are scheduled to be demolished using money from the Shoreline Park Improvement Fund.
The Queen Anne and Magnolia opera preview group held its annual fundraiser June 28 at an elegant venue on Highland Drive with a fabulous view of the Space Needle, downtown Seattle and Mount Rainier in all its glory looking like a giant ice cream cone. The program opened with maestro George Fiore, a long time Magnolia resident. Fiore has displayed his musical talents as a conductor, pianist, organist, coach and choral director. He is associate conductor for Choral Activities Emeritus for the Seattle Symphony and
Rick Malsed's dog is a darling black and white Shih Tzu. She was named so because her adopting mom, Christi, loved her Magnolia Bluff neighborhood, oh so much. Maggie goes
The Magnolia branch of the Seattle Public Library will reopen to the public at a celebration this coming Saturday, July 12.
Pat Paulsen, the stone-faced comedian who ran for president in 1968 said, "Guns are not the problem. I think we should lock up all the bullets." Another time, Paulsen suggested we pass a law that a bullet cannot travel more than 12 inches before falling to the ground.
A pamphlet came in the mail the other day urging me to donate and "Help send a kid to camp." Suddenly, a rush of crystal clear memories of my first experience away from home at summer camp rushed into my brain.
A pamphlet came in the mail the other day urging me to donate and "Help send a kid to camp." Suddenly, a rush of crystal clear memories of my first experience away from home at summer camp rushed into my brain.
We live in the age of the factoid. The Internet, full of "news" blogs with three-paragraph items. Harper's index, is even reprinted now in of our daily newspapers. Filler has moved front and center. I'd say it's a puzzle, but the truth is, the right type of filler is both food for thought and the bearer of an ironic smile.
The Pontiac Bay Symphony Orchestra will play one last show at North Seattle's Magnuson Park tonight, Friday, July 11, starting at 7:30 p.m. after a four-year tenure at the venue. The orchestra will move its 2008-2009 season to the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) near the University of Washington's Seattle campus. Pontiac Bay will be the first orchestra to perform in Magnuson Park's free Outdoor Summer Concert Series. The group will perform its "Highlights from Hollywood" show, with guest conductor Lauren Anderson, an accomplished musician and educator in the Seattle area. The show will feature music from the films "Pink Panther," "Superman" and "Lord of the Rings," among others.Pontiac Bay will have its first performance at MOHAI this December. While Magnuson Park was a good home for the orchestra, founder Sheila Espinoza saw a possibility for expansion."Our plan was that we would be based out of Magnuson Park, but the auditorium wasn't quite large enough," she said. The second show of last year's season attracted an audience of about 475, according to Espinoza. "Our feeling is that moving to the museum is much more central to our mission. It's much more diverse, and being more centrally located will bring a larger audience," she added.
■ For the fifth consecutive year, North Seattle artist Robert Blehert will auction one of his paintings during the Woodland Park Zoo's Jungle Party fund-raiser, which will take place tonight, July 11, at the zoo (North 59th Street and Phinney Avenue North). Because this year's theme is 'For the Birds,' benefiting the penguin exhibit, Blehert is contributing his painting 'Life of the Party' (at left).