For those struggling to find a lunchtime destination, gourmet food lies just behind the doors of Seattle Central Community College (SCCC). Culinary aficionados need not lower their standards, nor will sandwich-seekers and fast-food fans need to open their wallets any farther. Square One Bistro and One World Dining - the two student-operated restaurants on campus - offer fresh and varied menu items at prices agreeable to the student budget. With a menu both contemporary and chameleon (menus change every two weeks), classically trained students are waiting to serve at the SCCC campus.
Things are going "green" everywhere you look. From weekly fliers and inserts, advertisements and billboards, to entire catalogues dedicated to renewable resources, there's a lot of information and products available that can help you and your family "go green." But with the confusing array of services, products and information, where do you start?
If you are a homeowner who believes Feng Shui is New Age malarkey, it may surprise you to know that the Eastern cultures not only have their own versions of the Chinese environmental science, but that they've practiced the art of placement for centuries. And now that the concept has been westernized, more and more buyers and sellers are using Feng Shui (pronounced fung schway) to buy and sell real estate. What if your home could help attract money, success or even love? I'll bet that you'd want to know the secret to making that happen.
April Fool + 1 April is the first as some do sayIs set aside for All Fool's DayWhy this really should be soNot nor they themselves do know But on this day are people sent On errands of pure merriment Actually, despite the rhyme, I do know "why 'tis so." The origins of All Fool's Day are rather obscure, dating back to the Roman Saturnialia and Greek mythology but more likely to France in 1564, when Charles IX changed the old Georgian calendar making April 1 New Years Day, causing a great deal of confusion.
Lucy DeVito, daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, certainly proved her acting DNA in the title role in Intiman's Theatre's moving production of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Intiman opted to use the original 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, rather than Wendy Kesselman's controversial adaptation for the 1997 Broadway revival starring Natalie Portman.
In a nod to the youth of its singers, the staging of the Seattle Opera's Youth Artists Production is handsomely tilted to things the young can readily recognize. Cast with post-graduate professionals, the Seattle Opera Youth Artists Production offers one of the most accessible and affordable introductions to opera. In the relatively intimate theater at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, one can enjoy highly trained voices of program participants from around the country.
We all want easy answers - clarity on moral behavior, an exact definition of bad behavior. We get none of that in "Doubt." This is a play about ambiguity, a play to ponder and discuss with others. At the core of "Doubt" is the issue of right and wrong, but no resolution is provided. The play has humor and character, but instead of truth, it offers us suspicion and leaves us uncertain. It first opened off-Broadway in 2002 then moved to Broadway and became one of the longest running dramas in recent theater history. The play has been produced throughout the country and around the world - from Sydney to Singapore, from Paris to Poland. It was mounted in Seattle in 2006 at Seattle Rep, and, now, here it is again, this time on Taproot's stage. If you missed it at the Rep, do make an effort to see it now.
Between the mustard gas of World War I and the genocide of World War II, Weimar Berlin was drunk with pleasure, fueled by booze and drugs, eager whores, titillating transvestites and fetish-friendly demimondes. "Willkommen" to the decadent world of "Cabaret" before the Nazis crash the party. Inside the amoral Kit Kat Klub, "life is beautiful." Outside, ordinary people struggle to survive the Nazi menace. Think hedonism versus heartache.
Classical guitarist Andre Feriante does what a lot of musicians only dream about: He makes a full-time living doing what he loves. Born and reared in a small town near Naples, Italy, Feriante took up guitar when he was 13, playing folksongs such as "Alice's Restaurant," he remembered. But Feriante dropped the guitar music a short time later when cycling took over his life for a year or so. His interest in the instrument was rekindled, though, when he was around 14 years old, the Queen Anne resident said.
We all want easy answers - clarity on moral behavior, an exact definition of bad behavior. We get none of that in "Doubt." This is a play about ambiguity, a play to ponder and discuss with others. At the core of "Doubt" is the issue of right and wrong, but no resolution is provided. The play has humor and character, but instead of truth, it offers us suspicion and leaves us uncertain. It first opened off-Broadway in 2002 then moved to Broadway and became one of the longest running dramas in recent theater history. The play has been produced throughout the country and around the world - from Sydney to Singapore, from Paris to Poland. It was mounted in Seattle in 2006 at Seattle Rep, and, now, here it is again, this time on Taproot's stage. If you missed it at the Rep, do make an effort to see it now.
Madison Park Streetscape Committee member Carol Simon notified the Madison Park Times that Liz Ellis with Seattle's Pavement Management and Engineering team (a subgroup of the Seattle Department of Transportation's street maintenance program) had set a date for the removal of the six Madison Park business district's sweet gum trees. The trees are located on the north side of East Madison Street between 41st Avenue East by Tully's and McGilvra Boulevard near the Washington Mutual building. The effort is known as city project 2007-155.
Sometime in early April, the two houses at 106 and 110 30th Ave. E. in the Madison Valley will be destroyed, according to a March 17 bulletin circulated by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). They were purchased by SPU in late 2007. Salvageable materials will be removed from the houses prior to the demolition. SPU contacted Habitat for Humanity to see if they wanted the houses, but the organization declined. The demolition work will tentatively occur Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with crews arriving at 7:30 a.m. SPU officials note that potential, temporary impacts during demolition may include noise, dust and vibration, increased truck and oversized vehicle traffic and a temporary loss of street parking in the area. Signs outlining no-parking areas will be clearly posted, and cars parked on the street during the posted no-parking times could be ticketed or towed.
A late-season snowfall caught these harbingers of spring off guard. On the afternoon of Friday, March 28. The heavy, wet flakes fell fast and hard starting around noon. A warm front moved in quckly, though, melting the snow in about an hour, dashing all hopes for a hastily built Seattle-style snowmen.
He's been a face you've likely seen at public meetings and large community events. While captains at the East Precinct tend to rotate almost annually, Seattle Police Lt. John Hayes has been a visible and energetic sign of continuity at the precinct. But in April, Hayes, who has been the operations lieutenant at the East Precinct for four and a half years (serving under four captains), will move downtown to a newly created position announced in early March by Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske. Hayes will become the Police Department's first director of community relations, which, among other things, will involve overseeing media relations, working on community-outreach efforts and directing the department's community police teams. Hayes will be specifically tasked with working on issues regarding youth violence. He'll report to Kerlikowske.
Feathers were ruffled, fur was rubbed the wrong way and more than a few people were peeved when Lisa Taylor-Molitch showed up in the neighborhood, took over Historic Madison Park (HMP), an existing community council committee that she later formed into a separate organization. These days, almost everybody seems to be making nice. Plus, the HMP group can point to a couple of accomplishments: getting the tennis court fence replaced and teaming up with the Madison Park Community Council and local businesses to fix up a short stretch of sidewalk on Madison Street between Tully's and the Washington Mutual Building. The tree removal stage for this later project began on Sunday, March 30.