In the run-up to the election, a few cutesy, election-themed promotions. Metropolitan Markets are running a “Commander-in-Cheese” poll alongside an “Ode to Cheese” promotion. At the top of Queen Anne, at the Five Point Cafe, there’s a Red Door-Blue Door poll...
John Chapman’s World War II flight jackets were so authentic, Hollywood wanted them. In fact, they wanted 20 of them, one for every speaking character in the 2012 film “Red Tails.” The only characters in the movie who didn’t wear Chapman’s jackets were the ones in the background who didn’t say anything — those characters wore his competitors’ jackets. Hollywood paid Chapman $700 apiece.
Bursting with the colors, textures and sounds of South and Southeast Asia, ACT’s production of “Ramayana” brings the traditional Hindu epic to vivid onstage life.
Generations upon generations of young dancers have been touched by instructor Roseanne Casper, owner of Roseanne’s School of Dance, now celebrating its 40th anniversary. Over the decades, children who attended the school have, in turn, sent their children to the school, creating a circle-of-life moment that is rare.
Once, in the 1960s, a citizen-driven overhaul of government in this state — the era of Governor Dan Evans — effected changes that still resonate today. Bi-partisanship received more than lip service.
Queen Anne-based author Hadiyah Joan Carlyle will read from her memoir “Torch in the Dark: One Woman’s Journey” at Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave. N. on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Though the statistics are overpowering, the reality is mostly out of sight. Human trafficking, defined as sex slavery and/or forced labor, is the world’s fastest growing illegal business — to the tune of $32 billion annually, according to the United Nations. The UN estimates some 28 million people are forced to work against their will worldwide.
Heresy comes in all forms. In the European Middle Ages, it meant one thing; in the secular 21st century, with its own set of political and social orthodoxies, it means another. A new book by B.J. Mendelson aimed at business owners, is heretical, all right. The title, th
Students at John Hay Elementary School frequently make hearts with their hands. They put the knuckles of both hands together in a double-arch position and hang their thumbs below, tips of thumbs together, to outline a hollow heart.
Age has never been a factor for Frankie Rongo. Not at 12, when he started training his first clients, or now, at 53, as he continues to set records and win competitions. Often training up to 15 clients a day with his 30-minute strengthening sessions for his ever-expanding client list, Rongo does not appear to be slowing down.
As with most doctors, Queen Anne resident David Galas doesn’t have much spare time, especially with his new job as principal scientist at the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI).
Lawton Elementary School fourth- and fifth-grade students are at the keyboards working to polish PowerPoint presentations on the election process for parents and guests who attended their special event on Thursday, Nov. 1.
The Seattle Shakespeare Company opens its 2012-2013 season with “Antony and Cleopatra,” Shakespeare’s sweeping epic that picks up where “Julius Caesar” left off. It depicts the love affair between Roman Gen. Mark Antony (Hans Altwies) and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (Amy Thone), set against the background of war and ever-shifting political allegiances in the Mediterranean world during the approximately 15-year period following the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.
The Moyer Foundation, founded in 2000 by Major League Baseball pitcher Jamie Moyer and his wife, Karen, has announced the addition of five Seattle business leaders to its board of trustees, bringing the total to 13, according to Susan Hansen, board chair and Director of Facilities Operations for Amgen.
Through his art, Queen Anne photographer Davis Freeman has captured some of the world’s most famous faces; recently, he’s also caught some of the most interesting, if lesser-known, faces in our own backyard.