Every rescue group has a creation story, but this one is unique.
Three steering committees, several subcommittees, thousands of volunteer hours, many community meetings and plenty of hours working with city representatives later, Magnolia Manor Park is close to realizing the dream it started with: Making Magnolia Manor Park a mixed-use place of beauty, vibrancy and sustainability for all members of the community.
Paving crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation plan to grind and pave West Thorndyke Street in the Magnolia neighborhood between 21st and 23rd avenues West next week.
An ad hoc committee of the Seattle Board of Park Commissioners decided to table a recommendation to designate MacLean Park as a viewpoint destination until the next meeting.
Morose, I stared at the wet pavement. It could have been a beautiful February twilight if the dark clouds cramming the Cascades hadn’t been pushed down the foothills to sag over Magnolia and use my head as a prop. Half the neighborhood had already flown off to sunnier climes, avoiding moldy feet and frolicking infections. I was cocooned in a drizzle of envy.
Queen Anne resident Mike Peringer has Seattle in his blood.
Beauty N Kurves (513 First Ave. W.), a women’s lingerie boutique specializing in shapewear and plus sizes, is holding its Bodacious Vaudeville event for men and women age 21 and older on April 20. Proceeds from the event will benefit Cierra Sisters, an organization that supports women recovering from and living with breast cancer.
Seattle Children’s Theatre’s (SCT) artistic director Linda Hartzell has been named a recipient of the 2013 Orlin Corey Medallion Award, presented by Children’s Theatre Foundation of America (CTFA). Hartzell will receive the award alongside two other honorees at the One Theatre World Festival in Cleveland in May 2013.
With Magnolia Chamber of Commerce executive director Nancy Callaghan stepping down, the chamber is seeking a replacement.
Magnolia United Church of Christ (MUCC) has been awarded the EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) Energy Star rating for 2013. It is only one of 38 houses of worship in the country to receive the energy saving award.
Classical KING-FM 98.1 will join other public-radio stations across the country in marking Public Radio Music Month during April with local concerts, live broadcasts and interviews.
Japan and France came together during the Japonaise craze of Belle Époque Paris. There seemed to be something just right about the pairing.