Boating in Seattle is a breezy way to enjoy the water, get some sun and spend time with friends. But it can be more than just recreational. The United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF), the Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) and Antioch University Seattle launched a project on Oct. 30 to carve Native canoes at Seattle’s Lake Union Park.
Our dreary, rainy weather doesn’t lend itself to thoughts of winter, snow and the holidays much around here, but there are activities throughout the Seattle area that will get one into the holiday spirit — especially if you’re of or with the younger set who wants or needs to get outdoors. Here are some free or low-cost holiday events that will keep some of that spending money in your pocket for gift shopping.
Few places in Seattle test a person’s commitment to emotional risk in the name of serving others than the volunteer program at Seattle Children’s Hospital, which houses 254 patient beds.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently awarded Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) one of 832 NEA Art Works grants. PNB is recommended for a $40,000 grant to support the presentation of “Director’s Choice,” the closing program of PNB’s 40th-anniversary season. It will feature a world premiere by Christopher Wheeldon and two works by George Balanchine
Opening in Lower Queen Anne, at 144 Western Ave., is a tiny, new specialty-food store, Marx Foods. For the last four years, Marx has been an on-line retailer overseen by Justin Marx, fifth generation in the specialty grocery biz.
I remember, as a kid, my mother used to make a huge batch of mulled wine and have it simmering on the stove during our many holiday parties. The house was filled with the amazing aromas of spice, citrus and red wine.
There’s nothing more conservative than a successful revolution, as the saying goes.Take The Village Voice — and, by extension, the Seattle Weekly.
Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess has announced he’ll run against incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn in the fall 2013 election. And state Sen. Ed Murray just launched an “exploratory committee,” all but guaranteeing he’ll join the race for Seattle’s mayor after the next legislation session.
I struggle with December. As the month approaches, my spirit turns bittersweet. I’ve always thought it was the sentimentality of the season or the rain. And then I remember my friend Bonnie.
The next four years will be the most important years in the history of African Americans and maybe of America. There is no doubt in my mind that a large section of America will declare black America a post-racial failure if we don’t take advantage of the next four years.
If the plan to build the Gateway Pacific Terminal deep-water port facility at Cherry Point near Bellingham is approved this will be the new reality. Passing through Seattle each day will be up to 18 trains, 1 1/2 miles long, with four locomotives pulling open cars full of coal, on their way to Cherry Point.
Cold and flu season is upon us, and as the germs start to circulate, it seems inevitable that your kids or you will catch something this winter.
Seattle-area ballet students are invited to audition for the School of American Ballet’s (SAB) 2013 Summer Course on Jan. 6.
Throughout December, residents are invited to participate in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center’s Giving Tree, a collection of 250 wishes from local families in need.