The Sustainable Neighborhoods Coalition, which objects to the pace of plans to build housing for the homeless and market-rate housing on Fort Lawton property, put up signs in Magnolia to garner support.
Under a hot sun on Aug. 23, the 8th Annual Uptown Stroll - A Festival of Art in Action - kicked off in Uptown's brand new venue, Counterbalance Park: An Urban Oasis. More than 30 artists displayed their creations, from hand-thrown pots, jewelry and exotic masks to oil paintings, collages, photography, quilting and more. Art was created on-the-spot in the En Plein Air Division, and others had their work for sale throughout the day as they created in their own genre. The kids enjoyed face painting by Lisa Lancaster and her daughter Lauren Ansingh, the Crafty Ladies knitted and crocheted hats for their special cause (cancer patients) and the teens danced to DJ Commandr Whitehead's music.
Usually, we refer to the last two weeks in August and then moving into the first part of September as the dog days of Summer.
If you've been watching TV for any longer than 15 minutes during the last couple of weeks, you've no doubt been aware that you've been inundated with "back-to-school" commercials. Just open the daily newspapers to the comic pages and there at least five strips all dealing with the oncoming school year.
There's a pretty fair chance that at some point, I'm going to kill myself. And when I do, it's none of the government's business.
A study has come out of the University of Washington which pretty clearly proves that crows recognize individual human faces, and also remember whether the face is friend or foe.
Im-Port-ant facts Regarding Seattle Soundings by Geov Parrish, "Davis: a fox in the henhouse" (Aug. 20): It certainly was entertaining - if we were reading a novel. Mr. Parrish is entitled to his opinion, but my mom's rule applies here: democracy depends on getting the facts straight.
There's a new boss in town at Seattle Children's Theatre. He's Tim Jennings, a Canadian who took the post of new managing director on Aug. 15, having been lured away from Roseneath Theatre in Toronto.
There's a new boss in town at Seattle Children's Theatre. He's Tim Jennings, a Canadian who took the post of new managing director on Aug. 15, having been lured away from Roseneath Theatre in Toronto.
Downtown resident David S. Zarett, 44, was arrested the afternoon of Aug. 15 for allegedly filming up women's skirts in the Metropolitan Market on Mercer Street and for knocking over an elderly man during an escape attempt.
Pete Brown started collecting baseball cards in the early 1950s when he was only 10. What was once a hobby has become a business.
This year's Bumbershoot drew thousands of fans who saw acts of all sizes and, uh, shapes. "Strange Fruit," a.k.a. "theater on sticks," was among the many diversions at Seattle Center on Memorial Day Weekend. Other images by Bradley Enghaus for your Bumbershoot memory album are on page 8.
In the Aug. 22 story "On the Fence: Aurora Bridge Committee Continues Fence-Design Process," it was incorrectly stated that the committee would likely award a project contract to architect David Clinkston, of Clinkston Brunner Architects on Queen Anne. Clinkston - along with architect Marc Pevoto, of Johnston Architects in Wallingford - serves on Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) technical design committee, which reviews and advises WSDOT on the agency's fence design before it is put out to bid to construction firms. The technical design committee has incorporated ideas developed during a city-sponsored community design charrette in February, according to WSDOT spokesperson Greg Phipps. The advisory committee meets next on Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Seattle Pacific University's Otto Miller Hall, 3307 Third Ave. W., in Room 109.
"Why don't you switch gears?" The question for him is not an uncommon one, says Brent Curran, a Green Lake resident and six-year veteran of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Bike MS Ride. "A couple of years ago [during an MS ride in Seattle] I was just grinding up this hill, and a guy next to me was like 'switch gears!' And when I told him I was riding a single-speed, he looked down [and swore]," Curran recalled. "That's when I realized that people with MS don't have the option; they can't just change gears and make it easier. My job is to remind people why we're out here doing this."
For the last several months, Lake City resident Ric Wraspir has been leading a large, pink-clad entourage up and down the streets and hills of Seattle. These walkers, as innocuous as they may appear in their pink attire, are waging a crusade against breast cancer. Next Friday, Sept. 12, Wraspir will join other participants in a three-day, 60-mile journey to promote breast-cancer awareness. Wraspir described the event as a "big walking billboard for breast-cancer advocacy."