As I may have mentioned once or twice in this column, I used to live on Queen Anne but now live on a sailboat in Ballard. Twenty years on Queen Anne, the longest I’ve lived anywhere, created connections that will never be broken.
Keith Seinfeld at KPLU radio recently asked, “Why does Seattle still care about the World’s Fair?” That’s an excellent question.
Animal advocacy and dance come together in a benefit show to raise money for the Doney Memorial Clinic on Saturday, May 26.
You’ve probably heard by now of Marshall Reid, the sixth grader from Sanford, North Carolina, who managed to change his and his family’s poor eating habits and wrote a book about the experience, titled “Portion Size Me,” which was obviously inspired by the well-known documentary film, “Super Size Me,” by Morgan Spurlock about the negative health effects of fast food.
Recently, I dug up a little Heuchera that had seeded itself where it couldn’t be properly appreciated. I knew it was happening but I was still caught by surprise – the soil was very, very dry. Didn’t we just have drenching rains a few days ago?
When it was released in 2008, the documentary, “Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood,” produced by the Media Education Foundation, caused a stir. The movie laid bare the multi-billion dollar marketing machine aimed at children.
The Pongo Teen Writing Project, founded and directed by Richard Gold, is set to return to this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival over Memorial Day weekend. Pongo is wrapping up its 17th years working with teens in juvenile detention and young people institutionalized with mental illness.
“Battleship” is a big, loud and dumb action movie. No seriously, I mean really big and really loud.
Mayor Mike McGinn and an entourage of cheering arena supporters were on hand during a press conference on Wednesday, May 16, to unveil a memorandum of understanding that could allow the city to build a third sports facility in SODO. The Seattle City Council and the Metropolitan King County Council have yet to vet the agreement.
All across the city, May is not so much a month in dance studio terms, but a frame of mind. It’s recital season — the month when students of ballet, modern, jazz and tap prepare to perform on the stage.
Frequently, on weekday mornings, you can find me either sitting in the front corner of Magnolia’s Upper Crust bakery, looking out the window, holding a steaming cup of coffee in my hand. Or, as summer progresses, moved outside to one of the sidewalk tables, watching the foot traffic pass by.