Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film “The Master” begins on a calm but ominous note. In the opening scenes, we meet Naval officer Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix). He’s currently at sea in the Pacific, during World War II.
Bumbershoot doesn’t draw the kinds of crowds it used to, but 100,000 plus people headed for the Seattle Center grounds over the Labor Day weekend still create a major impact on lower Queen Anne surface streets and parking lots.
Lee Toland Krieger’s “Celeste and Jesse Forever” presents a fresh premise for a romantic movie with two perfectly likable characters at the center. And had the movie been solely a romantic drama it could have been really good.
Queen Anne photographer Paula Cipolla is displaying colorful landscape shots of her world travels through Oct. 13 at Caffè Senso Unico, 622 Olive Way, in Downtown Seattle.
Music again graces Queen Anne when the Orchestra Seattle and Seattle Chamber Singers (OSSCS) kick off the 2012-2013 season with seven concerts.
A blank wall is an inviting “canvas,” especially when it’s right across the street from a new apartment building set to open in November.
Nancy's Sewing Basket, 2221 Queen Anne Ave. N. is celebrating their 34th year.
The art of Seattle’s Christopher Martin Hoff, who died last spring, along with work by Sandra Power, painter of still-lifes, and Jennifer Frohwerk, who captures transitional places — windows, doors and stairways — are on exhibit at Fountainhead gallery, 625 W. McGraw St. Sept. 6 through Sept. 30.
The centerpiece of the Seattle Center’s “The Next Fifty,” a series of events marking the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair, is expected to draw more than 30,000 on Saturday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities are geared for people of all ages.
While Seattle is statistically more secular than the rest of the country, churches in Queen Anne and Magnolia run strong, largely from congregants’ reported sense of feeling nurtured and fulfilled.
Nearly 1 million Washingtonians are uninsured. By 2014, roughly 800,000 of those residents will be insured via the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (WSOIC).
About 800 people are expected to attend this year’s annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Our Lady of Fatima Parish School’s gym and parking lot, 3307 W. Dravus St.
Why do the Chinese and the Jews have a rock-solid connection? Because neither celebrates Christmas as a religious holiday.
“The Race to Nowhere,” is a documentary depicting the stories of stressed young people across the country; educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t developing the skills they need and parents who are trying to do what’s best for their kids. Magnolia United Church of Christ will feature a free showing of the film on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.
To the disappointment of many young people, summer has ended, school has begun and homework, tests and getting up early are once again the way of the world.