Funding available for small businesses from the cityThe City of Seattle is now accepting nominations for their annual "Mayor's Small Business Awards." Ten small businesses around Seattle will be selected to receive an award based on excellence in management, entrepreneurial spirit, customer service and community involvement.
The recent flap over who is/was the greater giver, Bill Gates or Mother Teresa, is a perfect example of what's wrong with the modern world, U.S.A. division.Seems a businessman, Whole Foods' John Mackey, asked the question and then answered it himself. He awarded the charity crown to Bill Gates, claiming Gates helped far more people than Mother T.
Thursday night. Pizza night. Who doesn't like pizza night? Well, maybe the people responsible for making sure the pizza trash is taken away and disposed of without hurting the environment.Normally, when a pizza is finished, the box gets crushed and shoved into the garbage. Eventually, it ends up in a landfill somewhere in Oregon where it should decompose and add some rich nutrients to the soil. That turns out to be true only if oxygen can circulate through the landfill.
King County prosecutor Norm Maleng once remarked that justice did not always mean obtaining a criminal conviction.It was the remark of a just man.When Mr. Maleng died Thursday, May 24, of cardiac arrest, shock waves radiated through the city, the county and the state. Mr. Maleng was one of the most respected figures in this state's criminal justice system.
Arisawkadoria will celebrate the release of their much anticipated debut album, "Chapter One" on Saturday, June 2, at Neumos. The event will feature two live performances by Arisawkadoria as well as sets from the UK's Big Bud, Ritchie Spoonz and Pure Cirkus. Tickets are available for a $15 presale at www.ticketswest.com. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21 and older only. Neumos is located at 925 E. Pike St.
The return of 'Sex in Seattle' The latest installment of "Sex in Seattle" will open on Saturday, June 1, at the Richard Hugo House, with performances on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 and 10:30 p.m. until June 23.Freehold hosts artists auction Freehold Theatre will be holding their sixth annual auction on Saturday, June 2, at 8 p.m. The studio/lab, located at 1525 10th Ave., has been providing training for local artists for the past 16 years.
As the Seattle International Film Festival rolls into its second week, the usual bevy of changes has occurred: theater switches, time shifts, new guests announced, and so on. It's all part of what makes a festival something like a living organism.Opening the festival at McCaw Hall proved a huge success, with a happy, shiny party crowd dancing through the night after the screening of "Son of Rambow."
Mrs. Florence Foster Jenkins ... Never was there a singer so committed to her music who was so bad at making it. And you can see her reincarnated at ACT in its current production, "Souvenir." Though this may not sound like an endorsement, I am here to tell you that this is one of the funniest plays to hit Seattle this year. When Patti Cohenour, playing the tone-deaf Mrs. Foster Jenkins, first opens her mouth in song, the effect is stunning. And each new assault convincingly reinforces the idea that nothing else could sound quite so bad.
The Seattle Central Community College is holding their College Night 2007 aimed at those looking to start or get back in school. All are invited to learn about the college's four-year college degree programs, professional and technical programs and financial aid and scholarship opportunities.
St. James Cathedral is looking for participants on their ESL Program's advisory board. They are looking for individuals from refugee and immigrant families, those with experience in public relations, evaluation or refugee resettlement or anyone looking to make a difference. The advisory board helps with planning, program oversight, fundraising, continuous improvement efforts, promotion and marketing and policy development. Joining the board means a two-year commitment; meetings are held monthly. For more information and to apply, visit www.stjames-cathedral.org/esl.
Since the early days of video rental I have patronized locally owned, neighborhood video stores. At that time, the early 1980s, independent video stores were it. Chain stores did not exist. Times have changed: Independents are no longer the only game in town, and I sometimes wonder if the market still has a place for small, locally owned shops. A recent conversation with the owners of several locally owned video stores allayed my misgivings. "We've been told we were on our way out ever since we began," remarked Craig Wilson, owner of Video Isle in Fremont, "and here we are."
On the evening of April 24, eight teams from local elementary schools battled to be city champion of the 12th-annual Global Reading Challenge. This program is not only a fun way for children to interact but encourages reading and learning in many underprivileged schools, according to a Seattle Public Schools press release.View Ridge's Killer Dolphins team ultimately went on to represent Seattle in an Internet final on May 11 and won the entire Challenge.
■ Bill Mills, 75, visited B.F. Day Elementary School this year with his wife, Sue. Bill, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, still has memories of the school he attended through sixth grade. The Mills still live within walking distance of the Fremont school.
PHINNEY RIDGE - In a letter dated May 11, five Seattle City Council members are urging the Woodland Park Zoo Society to reconsider building its 700-car parking garage. The council had unanimously reaffirmed the city's obligations for constructing the structure.
Fremont: King County Metro Transit is making bus-route changes to its services starting Saturday, June 2, including resuming service across the Fremont Bridge.After a year of construction, the Fremont Bridge recently reopened to traffic, so Metro is able to resume its Routes 26, 28, 28 Shuttle, 31 and 74.