Can an ornery ogre from the swamp dance and sing his way into a Broadway blockbuster?Maybe. But first "Shrek" has to be polished and perfected here during its tryout run at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.Based on the classic William Steig book and the Oscar-winning 2001 DreamWorks' film, "Shrek" is making the leap from swamp to stage, complete with ogre, donkey, princess, nasty nobleman and a chorus of beloved fairytale characters. With music by Tony-nominated composer
Local Puerto Ricans drove Wanda Benvenutti down a dry road in El Paso, Texas where the Rio Grande draws a line between freedom and desolation.From where she stood on American soil she could see across the river where Mexican families hole up in shanties. She saw mothers taking their children down to the river to bathe them. Pet goats drank from the river.Benvenutti's camera, for perhaps the first time on her 10-year photojournalism project documenting Puerto Rican life in America, was not firing.
The first Sound Transit light rail test car glided without much fanfare into the Othello Station at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday August 14. There weren't many people out for the event, which had not been scheduled for any certain time. The main welcoming committee was a contingent of neighborhood banners hung on street lamp poles in the Station area along Martin Luther King Way between Othello and Holly Streets.
Columbia City will be the site of the second car-free day in Seattle, on Sunday, Aug. 31.From 3-6 p.m. that day, streets will be closed from Genesee Park along South Conover Street, 38th Avenue South and Alaska Street South, down Rainier Avenue South through Columbia City and ending at Orcas Street.
By now, you have seen and maybe even used the neti pot, the nasal irrigation system made ubiquitous by the Oprah Winfrey show and her frequent guest, Dr. Mehmet Oz. Using a neti pot can help patients with allergies, sinus problems, postnasal drip and the common cold. And it's been known to prevent early infection and the worsening of nose symptoms.
The delivery counts...
I do actually read obituaries - not because I'm getting to the age where I feel I should make some notes on my own behalf, but because I like to see how people sum up their lives when they reach the end.
Hundreds of people flocked to Mount Baker on Sunday, Aug. 17, for a free concert in Mount Baker Park organized by a local family with support from area businesses.
Do you feel safe riding your bike in Seattle?
It was a perfect time for a television-induced adrenaline rush last week when Seattle's little heat wave finally dissipated with the night air and swimming legend Michael Phelps prepared to dive into the Olympic pool at the Beijing Aquatics Center.
Late last week, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that a recall effort against Port of Seattle Commissioner Pat Davis could proceed as planned. The unanimous ruling, which found that there was evidence of official malfeasance in Davis' secret 2006 guarantee of a lucrative golden parachute to retiring Port CEO Mic Dinsmore, was pretty unequivocal:
Guest columnist Fred Quarnstrom takes a night ride with our local police.
Sometimes trees just gotta go, there's no question about that, especially where human safety and property damage are concerned. If a tree is growing too close to somebody's home and pressure from the trunk is starting to crack the foundation, as trees do all the time with sidewalks throughout every neighborhood in the city, then you either cut it down or pay thousands in home repair. With those options, the average homeowner is going to drop that tree.
This may end up being one of those moments that changes the direction of the 2008 presidential campaign forever. Those were my thoughts as I watched the Paris Hilton adfomercial (my description of an ad and commercial combined) running over and over on every major network.
Sometimes trees just gotta go, there's no question about that, especially where human safety and property damage are concerned. If a tree is growing too close to somebody's home and pressure from the trunk is starting to crack the foundation, as trees do all the time with sidewalks throughout every neighborhood in the city, then you either cut it down or pay thousands in home repair. With those options, the average homeowner is going to drop that tree.