Untraditional artists from the Northwest region went unrecognized for many years until 1953 when Life magazine published a feature article about the Northwest School of artists, according to Tim Detweiler, executive director at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Wash...
Lady Willie Forbus was a trailblazer. She was one of Seattle’s first woman lawyers, a feminist before her time who believed in equal rights, Magnolia’s first female State Senator and probably one of the only Magnolia politicians ever to be branded a Communist...
Some of the schools receiving the checks include Catharine Blaine K-8, The Center School, Coe Elementary, John Hay Elementary, Lawton Elementary and McClure Middle School. The name of the seventh school was not available at press time...
At the turn of the 20th century, thousands of horse carcasses littered public thoroughfares...
Tomas Alfredson’s “Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy,” from the well-known John LeCarre novel of the same name...
“People who like animals are special people,” said Patti Howell, president of PJ’s Paws and Claws. “Their pets make them special.”
For Unexpected Productions, planned renovations to the Market Theater has given the troupe a chance to relocate at...
It was a close race, but Queen Anne came out on top in Umpqua Bank’s battle of the “We heart neighborhood” contest, barely beating second-place Magnolia. Queen Anne received 14,710 votes and Magnolia received 13,222 votes. The two neighborhoods topped the other Puget Sound-area competitors that have an Umpqua Bank branch, such as third-place finisher Bellevue, which garnered 12,159 votes, and fourth-place finisher Phinney Ridge, with 9,340 votes.
The Magnolia Chamber of Commerce has chosen Dan Penhollow as their Business Person of 2011. Penhollow, owner and operator of The Mail Box located in the Magnolia Village on West McGraw Street, has long served the community in many ways.
Last year when I wrote a review for Stephen Spielberg’s latest “War Horse,” I remarked that the movie “reeks of Spielberg.” I think the same can be said for Tim Burton’s (“Ed Wood,” “Edward Scissorhands”) new movie “Dark Shadows” (based on a 1960’s soap opera). A few indicators: Johnny Depp is in the starring role, Helena Bonham Carter has a role, and Danny Elfman provides the score.
Michael Ferguson’s show, “Small Adventures,” opens Thursday, May 31 at the Fountainhead Gallery on upper Queen Anne.
A year after Starbucks poured its first cup of coffee, John Jacobi founded Windermere Real Estate in North Seattle’s Windermere neighborhood. The year was 1972.