Intiman Theatre will celebrate its outgoing Artistic Director, Bartlett Sher, with a big party, Jan. 30.
Too bad the end of December doesn't come more often. For if it did, maybe there'd be more kindness in the world.
Emmy The Cat (or ETC) is the green-eyed, white bibbed, gray tabby with white feet who pretty much runs our household. She is the supreme mistress who gets to decide what is noteworthy and what's not. Most things aren't and a simple cat yawn dismisses them from her interest.
National forest roads in Washington to get fundingCongress and the Obama administration are responding with on-the-ground results in response to appeals by a coalition of conservation groups and the state departments of Ecology and Fish & Wildlife.
Note to Chris Smith: If you're going to make a near two-hour documentary about the United States economy, the Central Intelligence Agency's involvement in drug dealing and white-collar crooks, be sure to get more than one person's research.
Stone Soup Theatre's 2009-2010 Season is in full swing. A Child's Christmas in Wales, adapted from the poem by Dyland Thomas, through Dec. 24; Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Feb. 19-March 14, 2010; The Vagina Monologues 10th Anniversary Edition, by Eve Ensler, April 2-24, 2010; Original One-Act Play Festival, May 13-23, 2010. For tickets and more information visit www.stonesouptheatre.org
KCTS 9 will be airing "This Emotional Life," a three-part program on the latest science behind happiness: what makes us "tick" and how we can find support for the emotional issues we all face.
George H. and Patricia M. Taft first met at Seattle University in 1946.
A lot has happened since Jan. 1, 2009. Seattle's local government changed hands when Mayor Greg Nickels was ousted from his two-term service by grassroots campaigner, and mayor-elect, Mike McGinn. This year also said goodbye to the eight-year presidency of George W. Bush. President Barack Obama has been in office for nearly a year and McGinn's about to officially embark on his role as mayor.
Jeremy Serka is a little like Paul Bunyan in the sense that he cuts down many trees, but the similarities end there.
Starting in spring, worries over swine flu were on the rise. The first story to report on swine flu, May 6, indicated that Seattle Children's Hospital received nearly 500 visits in one night. The story further notes that many of those visits were unnecessary.
Despite slight dramatization, "Young Victoria" is charming and captivating.
Magnolia's tree guy, Dec. 16Though local businesses and residents often spoke of woes due to the unstable economy, Jeremy Serka was a reminder of the more optimistic side of business. For the past seven years, Serka has set up a tree lot in the Discover Wellness Center, 3655 34th Ave. W., and donated 20 percent of his profits to charity. This year, Serka donated to Children's Hospital.
With a landscape architect hired, concept design plans for Lower Kinnear Park are under way. Bur first, Friends of Lower Kinnear Park want to hear from the community.