The International Ballet Theatre kicks off its fifth season with Dracula, The Nutcracker, and An Evening of Russian Ballet. nder the direction of former Kirov Ballet dancer Vera Altunina, each of the three, full-length productions features elegant sets, vivid costumes and beautiful choreography designed for audiences of all ages. Collectively, these performances reveal the exceptional creative artistry and Russian technique mastered by IBT soloists.
Arts events at the KPC: Wednesday Night Live, Tim Hickey Presents (swing music and dance), Sweet Dreams, a tribute to Patsy Cline, Cool Flix for hot summer nights.
Exhibit runs August 12 - September 1.Kirkland Arts Center presents Reflections & Refractions in watercolor, an exhibition of contemporary watercolor paintings by four Kirkland artists. Reflections & Refractions investigates how an artist's experiences and development influences the interpretation of their environment. Through light, color, definition or abstraction, each artist creates their own dialog that gives insight to their beliefs, their loves and how they express those emotions.
Kirkland History Trivia, Kirkland Heritage Society hosts Peter Kirk family reunion, KAC's Reflections and Refractions, Kirkland No. 1 for Volkswalkers, Summer is Sizzling-all kinds of events, Concours d'Elegance, Kirkland Triathlon, Fallen Leaf 5K Run/Walk.
The Kirkland Boys & Girls Club and Kirkland Rotary recently teamed up to offer a baseball program called Miracle League. Offered to youth with mental and/or physical disabilities, Miracle League provided the opportunity for the participants to experience a baseball program.
Mark your calendars, Kirkland: World class softball returns to Everest Park August 14-20. This year's local host will be the undefeated Redmond team, having won the District 9 tournament on July 10 at Hartman Park in Redmond. The win secures their first-ever World Series appearance. The Girls' Junior Softball World Series is an international tournament for 13- and 14-year-old girls, featuring 10 teams from five countries.
Do you often feel like you don't have enough time to exercise? Are you under the impression that if you don't get an hour a day of strength training and/or cardiovascular exercise you won't reach your fitness goals?You might think that you can't possibly fit in a chunk of solid exercise time every day, not including the time it takes to get to the gym, change, shower afterwards, get dressed and get back to work. If this is you, you are not alone, and there is hope!
All gardeners have this propensity for frenzied activity, for there is always something that needs to be pruned, dead-headed or shaped, and of course there is the weeding, mulching, watering, fertilizing. So this month it is time to take a lesson from the weather. Move slowly in the heat. There should not be any over-reaching chores to attend to, other than making sure that the irrigation systems are properly functioning.
Schools nationwide can better prepare this year's classrooms by instituting an ABCs food allergy school safety plan. According to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), one- in-every-25 school-aged children nationwide has a food allergy and the prevalence rate continues to rise. Simply applying the ABCs (A: advance planning, B: be a pal, C: create a safe environment) before the school year's first bell will allow schools to pass the test of managing food allergies safely, according to FAAN.
The construction of the new Rose Hill Elementary School continues over the summer months. While school is out of session, the new parking lot is being installed, the playground is being improved for use this next year, and progress continues on the new building.It is exciting to note the changes that occur each week. At this time, the entire school campus is closed to the public for safety reasons.Our school office will open on August 17 for fall registration.
Hosanna and Sophie Fuller spent last year in Delhi, India with their parents. Hosanna will be a sixth-grader at Lakeview Elementary School this fall and Sophie will be a fifth-grader.Hosanna:"India has changed me" I wrote to one of my friends back home in Kirkland. This is what I meant. Daily life is very different here, more colorful and spicy, but also sometimes sad. Sophie:>There are many festivals in India, but the two I liked best are Holi and Diwali.Holi is an exhilarating mix of sport, like ball tag, and a water balloon fight. During Holi, people throw bright colored powder on each other and on anyone who dares to go outside. We spent Holi with our Indian friends, Madhu and Sanjay, and their son, Akshay.
Aug. 6 marks a terrible anniversary: the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiro-shima.The annual commemorative rites will take place at Green Lake's northwest shore on Saturday, starting at 7 p.m. with a musical program. The chillingly beautiful lantern-floating ceremony follows at 9 p.m.Woe to us if we ever forget.But shame on us, too, if we don't remember that life is complex.
On Wednesday, July 27, the Greenwood community welcomed the many colorful characters who participated in this year's Greenwood Seafair Parade
A love of literature has bound together two local independent booksellers.Due partly to a rent increase, Marla Vandewater was forced to close Wallingford's Vandewater Books last summer after running the business for about 10 years."I always wanted to have a bookstore," Vandewater said.Carol Santoro, owner of the new Santoro's Books in Greenwood and Second Story Books in Wallingford, recently hired Vandewater to work in the newly added used-books division of her Wallingford store. Some of Vandewater's former customers still approach her, now at Second Story Books."It's always fun to see people that I know," Vandewater said.
This is the second part of Chantelle Lusebrink's continuing series in the North Seattle Herald-Outlook that introduces the North End candidates in this year's elections.Away from the construction-ridden roads and tucked in among the intertwining residential streets of Shoreline is the campaign headquarters and residence of current Metropolitan King County Councilmember Carolyn Edmonds. With the exception of several campaign signs that decorate the front lawn, the split-level home looks similar to numerous others that line the street. Despite its pleasantly ordinary exterior, inside you can find Edmonds dashing from one room to another, relentlessly preparing for her reelection race as the summer campaign season comes to a close.