Longtime Space Needle executive Mary Bacarella has been named SIFF managing director, effective Feb. 1. Bacarella succeeds Deborah Person, who has served as SIFF’s managing director since 2005.
McClure Middle School, 1915 First Ave. W., will have a middle-school forum on Tuesday, Jan. 29, in its Commons, for all fourth- and fifth-grade students and their parents.
On Oct. 2, 2006, a gunman entered a quiet, rural one-room Amish schoolhouse in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Penn. Five young girls were killed, and five others were grievously wounded. The rest of the story — the part of the story that commands a stunned silence — is what the Amish community did within hours: Amish family members went to the home of the gunman’s parents and offered comfort to the family.
Tickets are now on sale for EMP Museum’s 12th-annual Sound Off!, the Pacific Northwest’s largest battle of the bands for musicians 21 and younger. Hailing from Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, and other parts of the region, this year’s semifinalists are between the ages of 14 and 21 and represent genres from hip hop and alternative, to electro-pop and garage rock.
Local resident Robert Griffin has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Griffin is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in business economics.
The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners recently sent a letter to the Gateway Pacific Terminal stating its opposition to the passage of coal trains through the Seattle area. The letter is to be included as part of the official public comments in the Environmental Impact Statement.
It’s called “Astroturfing” — that is, create the appearance of a grassroots movement where none exists. Some public relations firms are expert at this because they believe fooling enough people enough of the time is good enough.
A retired professor I know, after viewing the recent exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, “Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou,” told me that some of his former, young, female students didn’t understand the in-your-face anger found in the work from the 1970s.
Early in February, three or four of my best friends and one or two of my daughters will call and wish me a happy birthday. They will at least act like it's a semi-big deal. I wish I could say I heartily agree with my well-wishers, but birthdays are losing their shine for me — although I prefer them piling up to the alternative.
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) will replace a two-block-long section of old water main under First Avenue North, from Denny Way to Thomas Street, starting Monday, Feb 11. The work will take place between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and take about two months to complete.