Join Coe, Hay, and McClure schools from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7, for a huge three-school garage sale at the Coe Elementary School gym. All funds will go to the Red Cross Haiti relief effort.
ARTSPARKS, a collaboration between 4Culture, the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, and Seattle Parks and Recreation, will bring art in all its forms to Occidental Park to create a public space where art and life entwine and art serves as a vehicle for positive and social change.
In response to the devastation caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, Seattle Symphony accepted donations on behalf of The American Red Cross International Response Fund at its free community concerts, Jan. 15 and 19. The orchestra's performances of Samuel Jones' Benediction on Jan. 15 and his Elegy on Jan. 19 were dedicated to the victims of Haiti's earthquake. These community concerts took place at South Seattle Community College and at Mercer Middle School. Performances were free and open to the public.
THEATREStone Soup Theatre' 2009-2010 Season is in full swing. Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Feb. 19-March 14; The Vagina Monologues 10th Anniversary Edition, by Eve Ensler, April 2-24; Original One-Act Play Festival, May 13-23, 2010. For tickets and more information visit www.stonesouptheatre.org
At the 50th Golden Anniversary of Sacajawea Elementary School, Magnolia resident Janet Halton-Ames was honored as one of the two remaining teachers who helped open the school.
THEATREStone Soup Theatre' 2009-2010 Season is in full swing. Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Feb. 19-March 14; The Vagina Monologues 10th Anniversary Edition, by Eve Ensler, April 2-24; Original One-Act Play Festival, May 13-23, 2010. For tickets and more information visit www.stonesouptheatre.org
Though Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson announced Queen Anne Elementary would have a Montessori program a couple weeks ago-a decision that caught many by surprise-that decision is no longer final.
THEATREStone Soup Theatre' 2009-2010 Season is in full swing. Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Feb. 19-March 14; The Vagina Monologues 10th Anniversary Edition, by Eve Ensler, April 2-24; Original One-Act Play Festival, May 13-23, 2010. For tickets and more information visit www.stonesouptheatre.org
Aries (Mar. 20-Apr. 19) A hot, happy and energetic weekend is in store for you! See Sagittarius!
As state legislators work to fix a projected $2.8 billion budget hole before the 2010 legislative session ends in March, the Washington State Library once again is in the crosshairs.
The Metropolitan King County Council named Councilmember Larry Phillips as the Chair of the Council's Environment and Transportation Committee.Two issues in front of the committee this year will be formation of a Regional Transit Task Force to develop a vision for sustaining and growing Metro bus service, and adopting a Shorelines Master Plan to protect important shoreline habitat.
Seattle Public Schools, when it comes to reassigning effective principals, should consider the results of recent research.
I know a lot of self-proclaimed 'nice' people who claim to love animals. We watch the Nature Channel, they say. We go to the zoo every summer, they say.But as I always told my daughters during their teens, when they actually asked me my opinion about things, "Never judge folks by what they say; see what they do."
The rain has been falling constantly, it seems, ever since New Year's Day. The Lady Marjorie has just about reached her acceptable limit of gray, damp days.
These last few weeks I have been craving salads. The kind made with fresh and tender leafy greens, a few handfuls of sliced roasted almonds, dressed with olive oil, ground pepper, and shaved parmigiano-reggiano cheese. Quite curious, don't you think? Especially since the currently available lettuce is expensive, and tough.