Corridor-wide: ·Both directions of SR 99 (Aurora Bridge) will close overnight Thursday, July 12. Southbound SR 99 will close between North 39th Street and Raye Street from 10 p.m. Thursday, through 5 a.m., Friday, July 13. Northbound SR 99 will close between Western Avenue and North 39th Street from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
This is a week of extraordinary synchronicity on Queen Anne. On Saturday, Pat Sobeck, longtime executive director of the Queen Anne Helpline, will preside over her last Crown of Queen Anne Fun Run & Walk before retiring July 31. And, this evening, July 11, Metropolitan Market, will shutter its upper Queen Anne location.
Regular Ramblings readers will no doubt recognize Emmy T. Khat, or simply Emmy the cat, as she’s commonly known. Emmy is the white-bibbed, green-eyed, gray tabby feline who consents to let us live with her.
City Councilman Mike O'Brien, as part of the 1 percent, I thank you and your colleagues for banning plastic grocery bags. Once again, the government has made us richer. I am both grateful and tickled, and promise to follow up with a little something extra for whatever political campaign you'd like to run.
Rumors and unconfirmed reports have swirled for weeks, but Metropolitan Market has confirmed their plans to purchase Magnolia Thriftway. The purchase is set to be made final in September.
Benh Zeitlan’s directorial debut “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is the most unique and profound movie I’ve seen so far this year.
Besides the fact that it’s the fourth installment in a tired franchise, “Ice Age: Continental Drift” —directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmier—is a terrible, pathetic and utterly desperate attempt by studios to attract the kiddies to a mid-summer animated treat.
On July 23, the first ballots of the election season will show up in mailboxes all around the state. One of the most competitive races in Seattle is the state representative seat in the 36th District, which covers the neighborhoods of Queen Anne, Ballard and Fremont.
The following information was provided by the city’s Department of Planning and Development. Written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.
Hot dogs, wine, and lemonade, plus a book drive are on the bill at Queen Anne Books, Thursday, July 19, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring a book, or books, to donate to the Seattle7Writers Pocket Libraries.
Native American artist Andrew Morrison has some two dozen new works on display at the Sacred Circle Art Gallery inside Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park.