ACT's production of Steven Dietz's "Yankee Tavern" places a cast of four terrific actors on a super set with great production values where they deliver some pretty funny, even occasionally insightful lines. Dietz himself directed. Why then did I leave the theater feeling as if I'd sat down to a meal of lovely hors d'oeuvres and starters, only to be asked to leave halfway through the main course?
1. Which of Washington's teams was the last to win the Rose Bowl?2. Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal died this week. For what film did she win that Oscar?
Uptown Alliance meets from 7-9 p.m.,Thursday, Aug. 12 at The Uptown Neighborhood Center at 160 Roy St. The agenda: Ashley deForest from Metro Transit Planning will explain Metro's study of the Seattle Electric Trolley Bus Service. Learn how the decision to retain or drop the electric buses will be made.  
Stolen CarA man called police at 5:42 a.m. on Aug. 2 to report his car had been stolen from his secured private garage located in the 1200 block of Dexter Avenue North. The man told police he had parked his car at 9 p.m. on Aug. 1 and when he returned to the garage at 5:15 a.m. on Aug. 2 the car was gone.The man said that his car keys had been stolen in a burglary that had taken place earlier this year. He said he believes this is the means by which his car was stolen.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that California's gay marriage ban was unconstitutional and was in direct violation of the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment is no Constitutional footnote - by guaranteeing equal protections for all it is a cornerstone of the American way.
Last year, locals wolfed down lutefisk and slurped up oysters at the Fishermen's Fall Festival. And this year, they'll do the same and might just chase it with a scalloporito.
I wouldn't say I consider myself a music aficionado- I wouldn't really say I consider myself an aficionado of anything really (mainly because I don't speak Spanish on a regular basis) but I do thoroughly enjoy immersing myself in a new band.
Queen Anne Boy Scout Troop 72 returned to Bowron Lake Provincial Park last week after a four-year hiatus for an experience of a lifetime.
Both the large and small locks at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks inBallard will be closed to all marine traffic from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Aug. 17.
t's tomato day at the Queen Anne Farmers Market this Thursday from 3-7 p.mBut other tasty treats also feature prominently, including corn, an assortment of melons and peaches.
Police responded to a burglary call made at 10:05 a.m. on Aug. 3 about a gate that had been pried open at a garage located in the 1100 block of Harrison Street.
Queen Anne Artist Scott Ward wants you to feel good about his flights of fancy.
A film crew hears about spooky happenings in a forbidding corner of the American countryside. They decide to investigate in spite of warnings from wary locals. Things don't go very well.
A Queen Anne citizen writes of his attempt last Friday to take care of his banking, visit his hospitalized mother and pick up supplies for his work. He found Nickerson clogged from Fremont to SPU, stopped at Queen Anne Drive's access to Aurora, and backed up at West Mercer Place. More than an hour after leaving home he says "I gave up, did a U-turn at Elliot and West Mercer Place and came home."