THEATREThe 2010 Mainstage season at ACT concludes with The Lieutenant of Inishmore by one of Ireland's most acclaimed contemporary writers, Martin McDonagh. Opening night is at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 21 and it plays through Nov. 14. For times and prices visit www.acttheatre.org.
Aries (Mar. 20-Apr. 19) Your ruler Mars still makes the great aspect to Jupiter planet of benevolence, good luck! See Leo, Sagittarius.
In the world of "The Lieutenant of Inishmore," violence has become the end as well as the means, and ideology is lost somewhere under the piles of corpses. Martin McDonagh's Grand Guignol of a farce, directed by ACT Artistic Director Kurt Beattie, takes violence up to and over the height of the absurd, but its characters are solidly grounded in the economic and political realities of a rural Ireland where joining the IRA may be one of the few job opportunities available for young people.
Rude HouseguestA man called police at 1:35 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18 to report his houseguest had beaten him up. The man said that on the 15th his friend had been staying at his apartment, located in the 500 block of Wall Street. They were drinking wine when the guest began drawing on the walls of the apartment. The man says he asked his friend to stop drawing on the walls, but she refused. He tried again to stop her, and she went off. She began breaking his belongings and damaged his cell phone and his laptop. She then started punching him.
Sen. Kohl-Welles will hold a post-election analysisfundraiser event from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4 at the Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub at 4301 Leary N.W. in Ballard. Speaking on the election results will be Sen. Majority Leader Lisa Brown, PubliCola Editor Josh Feit, Progressive Majority Executive Director Noel Frame, The Stranger News Editor Dominic Holden, National Women's Political Caucus WA State President Linda Mitchell and Washington State Democrats Party Chair Dwight Pelz. The moderator will be Nate Miles, with opening remarks by King County Councilmember Larry Phillips, Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson and Rep. Reuven Carlyle. Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub is located at 4301 Leary NW in Ballard, along bus routes 28 and 46. Parking is available on the streets. The event is open to the public. Donations will be gratefully accepted. For additional information, email JeanneKohlWelles2010@gmail.com or call McKenna Hartman at (206) 971-6730.
The Seattle Public Library will implement new fines and fees starting Nov. 1.The daily fine for an overdue book, CD or DVD will increase from 15 cents a day to 25 cents a day. The maximum per item late fee will be $8.
For many, Monday night was about coming home and trying to shed the worries of a new work week. For 16 Queen Anne residents it was a night about achieving sustainability at the neighborhood level.
I am dating myself right here, right now, with my next sentence but I don't care -- here goes!
When people hear that I live on a 42-foot sailboat in Ballard, the most common reaction I get is, "You live on a sailboat? Wow. That is SO cool!" I suppose it is. But during the decision and then the transition process I felt anything but cool. I didn't just say, "Yeah, let's do it! Let's sell our house and all our stuff and live simply and shrink our footprint." I cried and argued and worried and stressed and resisted - qualities and behavior not often associated with cool people. So while it may be "cool" to live on a boat, I feel like an imposter accepting this particular designation.
What could be better than watching two bluejays hopping and inching their way up into the open branches at the top of a redwood tree, and perhaps playing hide and go seek with each other. There was obviously an important dynamic going on between them. You could sense the bond.
Avery again on the markThis is the first letter to an editor I've ever written. The Right Side compelled me. You are appreciated. Thank you. I'm quite positive he can really run a nonprofit well.
Queen Anne and Magnolia residents can go to sleep tonight feeling safe thanks to one woman's dedication to local neighborhoods, or at least until March 31, 2011.
1. Which Oscar-winning actor was featured in "Ten Things I Hate About You" which was filmed in Seattle and Tacoma?2. Which Boy Scout troop was the first to plant cherry trees along Condon Way West?
As reported by KOMO 4 NEws: In the greater Seattle area including King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties, one out of every 129 homes has received a foreclosure notice. Nationally that number is one out of every 339 meaning that Seattle is facing more than double the average foreclosure rate as the rest of the nation.Dear Councilmember,Today's shocking headline confirms earlier forecasts by experts; the Seattle real estate market is hardest hit in the U.S. in 2010 and unlikely to recover in 2011.
City Council may grant the Queen Anne Community Center a reprieve from budget cuts that would have considerably reduced its services.