Summer did arrive a few weeks ago - and then went into serious hiding. With the un-ending chill, this season's eager young tomato plants are looking quite miserable.
The new immigration bill that was signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in April is a small degradation of our civil rights.
Seattle Public Theater (SPT) travels to romantic Paris for the last play of the season in the West Coast premiere of Mat Smart's The 13th of Paris playing through June 13 at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake. Vincent is struggling to answer the age-old question: What is love?
Aries (Mar. 20-Apr. 19) The planet of genius and change will be going into your sign May 28th, rock on!
"Prince of Tears" (Yonfan, Hong Kong/Taiwan, 2009; 122 mins.)Who knew that about the same time (the early 1950s) McCarthyism was peaking in the United States, a parallel reign of terror was sweeping the supposedly free island of Formosa. The official bugaboo in both cases was Communism. McCarthy wrecked careers, but on Formosa suspicion of collaboration with the Red Chinese across the Taiwan Strait could get you imprisoned or executed - sometimes right on the spot.
Far from being restricted to non-perishable staples, today's online food services include freshly prepared meals, individually customized menus, expensive gourmet items, exotic ingredients and also health foods and meal plans specifically designed for weight loss. Particularly the latter caught my attention.
Staff at Seattle Parks and Recreation have made its recommendations on what park-related projects should get funded next year with some of the $15 million available in the city's Opportunity Fund - and it doesn't look good for Queen Anne's Kinnear Park.
A 93-year resident of Seattle died in her home on April 22. Molly Esther Brita Aasten was born March 8, 1917, the birthday of her father, John G. Aasten.
You Got ServedAfter being hit by a car in the 600 block of West Mercer Place, a man called police at 6:47 p.m. on May 11. He said he had been trying to contact a male subject who lives at the location. The victim was attempting to serve the subject papers. When he saw a car he suspected belonged to the subject, he approached the vehicle.
The play area at West Queen Anne Playfield will be closed from June 1 - June 4 while the rubber safety surface is repaired.
United Indians of All Tribes Foundationis hosting The Pathways to Prosperity Program's four-part career class beginning 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fridays, June 4, 11, 18, 25, at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park. Learn resume and cover letter techniques, networking, interview skills and more. This program is FREE, and childcare is available. RSVP at mlouis@unitedindians.org, or 206-829-2209.
What are film festivals and film critics good for? Well, for one thing, discovering and boosting new or under-appreciated talent.
Some authentic rarities this week in this week's SIFF archival programs. Saturday, May 29, 1 p.m. at Harvard Exit brings "Senso," a 1954 film by Luchino Visconti that's come to the screen in several versions - including one with English dialogue by Tennessee Williams and Paul Bowles! Alida Valli stars as an Italian countess who, in the midst of widespread war and nationalist protest in 1866, enters upon a doomed love affair with Austrian officer Farley Granger.
Many people are familiar with the abundance of wineries in Woodinville, but - surprise, surprise - there exist a few urban wineries right under our very noses.
Betty Jane Bangert passed away on May 6, after a long illness. She was born on Jan. 27, 1921 to Bart J. and Ester Boswell, long time residents of Queen Anne. Ms. Bangert attended grade school and high school on Queen Anne and the University of Washington where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. In 1943, she married Richard E. Bangert, a second lieutenant in the Air Force. They lived in Great Falls, Mont. and Nashville, Tenn. Before he was transferred to China, Burma and India. She was a Magnolia resident for 60 years.