Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets members Kevin Reilly (foreground) and Luis Mendez pick up trash along East Pike Street on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 27. Roughly 50 people, including members of the Northwest School soccer team and neighborhood residents, picked up a huge amount of trash along the Pike-Pine corridor.
It's possible you wouldn't even notice the nondescript building along 14th Avenue. The bland façade does little to attract attention. In fact, the building is slated for demolition to make way for a seven-story residential project with more than 100 apartments. But efforts going on inside may soon, as they say, make their way to a theater near you.The building is home to the Cascadia Film Collective, a group established in June who's first feature film "Cthulhu" will begin shooting in September. For the next year, at least, the warehouse studio at 1410 14th Avenue provides a needed studio location in which to film "Cthulhu," as well as upstairs offices in which to put the project together."This place is a godsend for us," said Grant Cogswell, founding member and the author of the "Cthulhu" screenplay.
Just returned from my fifth consecutive Tour de France. It was the most boring Armstrong victory ever, yet the U.S. television audience was up 30 percent over last year's high.Americans are often slow to catch on.Last Tuesday, thunder and lightning emanated from the tour's headquarters in Paris.The tour's director, Jean-Marie Leblanc, claimed in L'Equipe newspaper that testing of Lance Armstrong's blood samples in 1999 revealed the drug EPO.Most Americans do not believe Armstrong used drugs.And most Europeans I've talked to think Americans cannot face the truth about certain subjects - Iraq, cycling and drugs, etc.
Southwest Airlines may provide low-cost travel to its passengers, but its proposal to relocate its terminal to Boeing Field will cost the airfield's surrounding communities and those in its flight paths immeasurably.The Dallas-based airline says it considers its impact on its airports' residential neighbors, yet it proposes to pay only $130 million, and that's for its own terminal, parking garage and accommodations for its own airport traffic.Even if the neighborhoods were to receive the same amount of money, it still wouldn't compensate for the resulting decrease in property values and the displacement of thousands of homes, businesses and jobs - no matter what the misguided Ron Sims says.
Most people look at Bumbershoot, the music festival gone mad at the Seattle Center, as the end of the summer party season.But for the local theater groupie, it really marks the start of another fall season of overflowing fringe opportunities.Stop at Bumbershoot's Theatre Puget Sound Stage this weekend to check out some old favorites and some new talents on the local scene. This year, solo artist and playwright Lauren Weedman performs on Saturday and Sunday in "Wreckage." Fans of Seattle Mime Theatre can see them solve the case in "Sidney Snoop-Ace Detective" on Saturday and Monday. Seattle goga, an all-female improve troupe, performs Saturday only at 5 p.m., but then they move up the hill to open for Jill Bernard's "Drum Machine" at the Odd Duck Studio on Sept. 10.
The emotional end of summer is upon us, for the first Monday in September will soon be here: Labor Day. The United States Department of Labor calls it a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country. True, but for the past 35 years the three-day weekend also has treated Seattlites to one of the finest arts festivals in the world: Bumbershoot.It's the perfect time to get a good, healthy dose of culture, but it's also the perfect time to suffer a nasty bout of traffic malaise. The festival is held on the campus of the Seattle Center, a 74-acre park in the lower Queen Anne neighborhood.A host of public and private parking lots and spaces surround the center, but with tens of thousands of people swarming the area, a little traffic planning is warranted before stepping out the door and heading for the Space Needle.Yes, parking spaces can sometimes be difficult to find, especially in the afternoon. Here are a few tips to help you get in and out of the festival easier.
Musicians who are generous with their skills, and tolerant of our lack of chops, are a rare but wonderful breed. Rob Carroll, originally from Queens, N.Y., but more recently a Southeast Seattle lad, has impressive credentials. He majored in music and psychology at Rutgers University graduating with honors before heading west to continue his studies at the University of Washington's famed School of Music. While finishing his dissertation on the obscure Venezuelan 'Gaita', he coordinates programming between UW's School of Music and the Experience Music Project while playing regularly for the local band Wildlife. br>Carroll's desire for world music came from being a founding member of a 15-piece New York-based world music ensemble called All God's Children. The group incorporated jazz, dixie, African, Klezmer and folk styles.
Dat Nguyen, Senior"I am. I'm looking forward to graduating this year and meeting new friends."Gregory Moore, Junior "No. I don't want to wake up early in the morning. (But) it will be nice to see my friends and teachers. The teachers at my school are really good and supportive."Callie Shine, Seventh Grade"Only for one reason, my friends. Oh, and my school soccer team."Click the headline for more answers.
After a month of investigation, the Seattle Police Department is asking for help from the public concerning a late July assault in the Central District. ccording to On July 31, around 2:36 a.m., a dispute occurred just outside of Larry's Nightclub in the 200 block of 1st Avenue South. A physical fight ensued with three individuals who had been accompanying the women receiving serious injuries requiring hospitalization. Injuries included broken jaws, split lips and possibly a broken arm. A witness videotaped the fight. Copies of the footage are available to potential witnesses upon request.
A young Seattle pastor is leaving his life in America to lead a church in the impoverished capital of the Philippines.Steve Ruetschle, a 35-year-old minister at the University Presbyterian Church (UPC), was recently appointed senior pastor at the Union Church of Manila. He will move to the Philippines with his wife, Michelle, and their two sons, Aidan and Jude, in mid-September.Ruetschle said he's "excited for what's possible" at the church in Manila.
Seattle Department of Transportation contractor Gary Merlino Construction plans to complete work in the westbound lanes of Northeast 75th Street between 25th and 35th avenues Northeast by Labor Day.On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the contractor will use the shortened work week to repair pavement in the eastbound lanes of Northeast 75th between 20th and 25th avenues Northeast. Work in the westbound lanes will begin the following week. Both will involve detours to Northeast 65th Street between 20th and 25th.Mowat Construction will start staging and securing the Fremont Bridge approaches for the 25-month rebuild project after Labor Day. The work also will involve changing the traffic signals and street curbs at several intersections nearby.
Ron Hood is a surfing convert. The 38-year-old personal trainer paddled out to the waves on the Oregon coast on a rented board for the first time a few weekends ago, and now he's got his own board picked out. It was an absolute blast," said Hood, a Seattle resident. "I loved it."Hood has Wave Hounds, Seattle's newest surf shop, to thank for his newfound passion. Not only did co-owner Todd Welter rent Hood his board and wetsuit, he went with Hood down to Oregon's Short Sands beach to give him his first lesson. When it comes to the good spots surfers can be territorial, but like any sensible business owner, Welter wants to encourage people to try his product.
There's a question no one in Washington state can answer: What is the total of taxpayer dollars allocated for education being used for athletic programs in public schools?There are people in high-dollar public positions who will say they have the answer, but they don't. The amount of tax dollars spent on football, basketball, baseball, track, soccer, cheerleading and other sports programs at public schools is so high - so out of proportion to the educational needs - that no one wants it to be made public.
About 80 low-income youths, age 6 to 11, attended the North Seattle Alliance Church's first week-long soccer camp at Northgate Elementary School in early August. "Seeing kids have a lot of fun - that counts for a lot," said youth-group leader and soccer-camp volunteer Jim Hall.
With school starting soon, it's time to make sure your child are up-to-date with their immunizations.State law requires that children have specific immunizations before they attend school. Some school grades have new vaccine requirements this fall since new vaccines are being phased in.For a complete list of vaccines and clinics, visit Public Health-Seattle & King County's Back to School Immunizations webpages: www.metrokc.gov/health/immunization/school.htm.