Well, here it is. The moment “Harry Potter” fans have been waiting for ever since they first fell in love with J.K. Rowling’s book series.
With gasoline prices increasing weekly, and sometimes almost seemingly daily, many people are thinking of alternative forms of transportation away from the internal combustion engine. Fellow Magnolian John Blaine, 67, is one of those people. Except that he’s moved beyond just switching to a simple bicycle, Blaine pedals a bright yellow, fully-enclosed, streamlined tricycle called a Velomobile.
Pacific Northwest Ballet's season finale Giselle marks a major world premiere staging (by Artistic Director Peter Boal) as well as the first time an American ballet company has revived a classic based on original material. A masterpiece of the Romantic era, Giselle tells the story of a young peasant girl seduced and betrayed by a nobleman. Dying of a broken heart, Giselle joins the ranks of the supernatural Wilis, women scorned before their wedding day and doomed to take their revenge for eternity. Giselle runs from June 3 through 12 at Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. Tickets start at $27 and may be purchased by calling the PNB Box Office at 206.441.2424, in person at the PNB Box Office at 301 Mercer Street, or online at online at www.pnb.org.
An estimated 10,000 people gathered for the 26th annual Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow at Discovery Park this past weekend.
In the main sitting room at the Ballard-based Northwest Senior Center Carlye Teele is making her rounds. The director of the Ballard Senior Center for the past 24 years, Teele can usually be found where most of the seniors go to socialize, visiting with each table, joking with the seniors and making sure that everyone is having a good time. When there are visitors at the center, Teele always makes sure she’s around. “I’m jumping up and running and down everywhere,” she said. “I have a passion for the job and the people here are very friendly.”
One Magnolia boy’s entrepreneurial efforts are really taking him places.
In the vein of Wagner’s Meistersinger and Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, the chorus in George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess is a character in itself.
reehold Theatre is doing Shakespeare’s “King Lear” at Seattle University’s Lee Center July 12 through July 15 — and the performances are free, although donations are accepted. All shows begin at 8 p.m., except for the July 15 show, which starts at 4 p.m.
For me, it was the two young women on the bus. The two women who cranked their headphone tunes ‘til they were well-audible to everyone else; who shot back at the man objecting with laughter and curses; who got to leave the bus without paying because that’s how much the bus driver wanted them gone, and who were last seen standing in front of the local college, smoking and still cursing that complaining passenger who was returning fire as he stomped down the street.
The grand celebration for the opening of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s new $500 million headquarters was a rare moment not just for Queen Anne, but for all of Seattle. Rarely have so many of the region’s power elite gathered in one place. Surrounded by business leaders, dignitaries, lawmakers, flashing cameras and movers and shakers of all stripes, Bill Gates held court on one side of the room. Nearby, another crowd surrounded Melinda Gates as she discussed the new facility. However, how the foundation and the campus will impact the longterm economic future of the Queen Anne area remains to be seen.
Divers working in Lake Union Sunday recovered the body of Phil Irwin, an active member of the Queen Anne community who had been missing since June 1st. Family members have told media outlets that Irwin, 61, apparently took his own life by jumping off the Aurora Bridge. The divers were from the Wooden Boat Center in Lake Union and were working a regular dive for ship wreckage when they found Irwin’s remains. Irwin, who had worked closely with the Queen Anne Community Council and had been a leader in the push to extend the hours of operation at the Queen Anne Community Center, was last seen at 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, June 1st, when he walked away from his upper Queen Anne home. He left his home on foot, without his wallet or cellphone. Irwin was a retired Boeing employee who had lived in the Queen Anne community for 35 years. He had been a respected and very active member of the Queen Anne Community Council and a vocal supporter of many causes involving the Queen Anne community. Irwin had worked with other Queen Anne leaders earlier this year to try and raise the money needed to pay for expanding the community center’s hours after Seattle officials reduced the center’s hours to save money. Queen Anne Community Council President Ellen Monrad said she had known Irwin for about 20 years and had worked with him on many issues involving the Queen Anne neighborhood. She said Irwin had worked with the Queen Anne Community Center Advisory Board and was active in Queen Anne Little League when his two sons played on local teams. She had asked Irwin to run for a seat on the community council, but he preferred to work behind the scenes. “While not an official member of the council, Phil was very active at our meetings and always willing to lend a hand on an issue,” Monrad said. “He always offered excellent advice and was ready to give a positive word to those working on issues in the community. He will be greatly missed.” Irwin’s son, Wes, had placed flyers around Queen Anne in recent weeks seeking information on his father’s whereabouts.
That was the common question among people who heard about Carol Anderson’s retirement from Lawton Elementary School at the close of this school year.
The Georgetown Orbits, a jazz-ska-reggae revue, takes the Summerfest Main Stage on Saturday, Aug. 4 at 7:45 P.M. to close out the music portion of the festival.
Book-It Repertory Theatre once again comes up roses with the world premiere of “Sense and Sensibility”, its fourth original adaptation of a Jane Austen novel. Adapted by Jen Taylor from Austen’s first published novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” it follows the penniless but genteel Dashwood sisters as they circumnavigate the hazards and constraints of the Regency world in pursuit of not only suitable husbands, but love.
For some Queen Anne and Magnolia residents, living along the rail line means making dust, diesel exhaust, noise and a bit of shakiness part of your daily lif