The Uptown Cinemas in Lower Queen Anne lie dark. The site's 84-year history as a movie showcase came to an end Sunday evening, Nov. 28.
Guy Goldsworthy left the living room for a few minutes and when he returned he brought with him a weatherworn photo album and set it on the wooden coffee table. Immediately, the room smelled of a campfire.
His name is Billie Valentine, he's a chihuahua and a survivor of Hurricane Katrina.
Cleaning out? Got stuff? Need a Rummage Sale? One is coming to Uptown in February!Two Uptown neighborhood groups announce a big, three day Rummage Sale in Uptown on the last weekend of February. That’s Friday, Feb. 25; Saturday, Feb. 26; and Sunday, Feb. 27.
After nearly three years as editor of The Queen Anne and Magnolia News, Myke Folger is leaving to become a school teacher. His replacement is longtime magazine editor, Jeff Bond.
With amazing views of Elliott Bay, the city of Seattle and the Olympic Mountains, the historic 1915 Rivelo/El-Kawa home was the ideal setting for an enchanting taste of holiday touches - and one of six stops on the bi-annual Magnolia Holiday Tour of Homes held last Saturday.
Amid the clamor of kids and parents filling Queen Anne’s Frantz H. Coe Elementary School’s atrium Thursday night, fourth-grader Mirabelle Scholten stood in front of her three-paneled display, wearing a yellow mask with white, blue and red polka dots. The 10-year-old’s unique headgear was part of the school’s weeklong multicultural events celebrating countries and cultures from around the world.
It was a circuitous route that in the end deposited Eric Kestner at the revered 34th Street Garage in Magnolia. But now Kestner will be taking over the day-to-day operations at the auto repair shop and street rod building company. Owner Gene Mayer is stepping back so he can concentrate on restoring street rods from his new shop on Whidbey Island.
When 14-year-old Elizabeth Swanberg heard about Louisa Cryan last summer, she knew she wanted to help. Cryan, 12, is recuperating from a rare form of Leukemia and lost her hair through radiation and chemotherapy. Swanberg, an Eighth-grader at Catherine Blaine K-8, decided she would raise money for childhood cancer research by having friends and family donate to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. In return, Swanberg would shave her own head.
Neighbors to the south, particularly the downtown core, Pioneer Square and First Hill, are soon to feel the sting of new peak-hour parking increases. Those who want to park in these neighborhoods will now have to pay $4 an hour, a sizeable jump from the previous rate of $2.50 downtown and in Pioneer Square, and $2 in First Hill.
Lights went on trees, local businesses stayed open late and Santa himself made an appearance for the annual Holiday Magic celebration Friday evening atop Queen Anne hill.
Three Queen Anne actresses are preparing to don siren costumes and seduce audiences to Taproot Theatre’s opening performance of “The Odyssey” later this week. Nikki Visel, Jesse Notehelfer and Sarah Roquemore are joining 11 other actors to play more than 85 parts to begin Taproot’s 35th anniversary season.
After a nine-year absence from Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kent Stowell’s “Cinderella” is making its debut at McCaw Hall Feb. 2-14. “The audience wanted ‘Cinderella’ back,” said Stowell, the founding artistic director and choreographer at PNB, of why the well-known story was returning to the stage after so much time.
Built in 1926, the Uptown Theater has long been an historical landmark around Queen Anne. Originally, the single screen movie house brought local patrons epic dramas and high stake adventures displayed across its silver screen.
Nominations for the 83rd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards were announced Jan. 25 and it appears the race for best picture may already over. Last weekend, the Directors Guild of America bestowed its award for best direction of a feature film on Tom Hooper, helmer of "The King's Speech." A couple days earlier, the Producers Guild had named that film best picture of 2010.