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'Tokyo' is subtle, amazing work

Triptych captures front, side and rear views of life in Japan's big city

Like books, movies too can take on the short story format. But nobody's going to pay $10 for just one. What's a producer to do? Get a theme, get three notable directors and tell them to go to it, which is just what directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bon Joon-Ho did with the triptych "Tokyo!"

Ballard outdone by Roughriders offense

A northerly wind blew on Ballard High School soccer fans wrapped in jackets and scarves and there would be no reprieve in the air or on the field where the Roosevelt Roughriders outplayed the Beavers 2-0 in their season debut Friday night at Interbay.

Coach enters 29th season with league

Assistant notches 15 years with Queen Anne

The ancient, rusted whistle hung around his neck. His maroon Queen Anne Little League cap was bent and adorned with league participation and all-star pins, the kind that, for adults and parents now working in factories and offices, bring into sudden focus broad-bladed grass, chalk-lined dirt and game-day butterflies.

Cooking at Seattle Schools kitchens may be phased out

Continued financial losses and lack of planning cited in report

A 15-year veteran of Seattle Schools' Nutrition Services said the district's desire to consolidate food preparation at its headquarters instead of at its individual middle schools and high schools, is a direction that will lead to job losses and poorer food quality.

Lawton School draws alums for 100th anniversary

Life was much different and a lot more simple in the days when brothers Jim and Gary Jacobson were students at Lawton School. "You could walk all the way to school when you were 5 years old," remembers Gary (Class of 1947).

A Work in Progress

The Northwest legacy of John Franklin Koenig

Talk about a Wallingford boy who made good.When John Franklin Koenig died in Seattle in January 2008 at age 83, he left behind an artistic legacy better known in France than in the Pacific Northwest.

Parks want frontage development to stop

Seattle City Councilor Tom Rasmussen toured upper Queen Anne late last week to check Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation's progress in preventing residents on the hill from landscaping over Parks property.

St. Anne's volleyballers spike CK/St. Benedict

The Celtics of St. Anne's School atop Queen Anne Hill took it to CK/St. Benedict over the weekend, sweeping their opponent 25-13 and 25-19 and securing their place in CYO post-season play beginning today

Council likely to make budget cuts in two weeks

City projects $42 million deficit in 2010

Though the City of Seattle would not release specifics, this week its department of finance announced it would be forecasting a nearly $42 million budget deficit for 2010.

Fire station No. 20 settles in at 13th Ave.

Response times were key in site selection

The Seattle Fire Department and Fleets and Facilities have gone back to the original plan to replace the aging, cramped Fire Station # 20 with an expanded facility at the old one's current location in the 3200 block of 13th Avenue West.

Northwest Art Alliance hopes to bring more oomph to shows

It's been a trying few years for the Northwest Art Alliance's Best of the Northwest art and craft show, which has moved a handful of times over the last 20 years.

QA kid takes state geography bee

Odds are he'll never go there, but Benjamin Salman is likely never to forget Novosibirsk, Siberia's biggest city.

Alvina Brixner: True Seattleite

Alvina Krininger Brixner was a lifelong Seattleite, being born in Seattle on Jan. 26, 1912, and dying just five days short of her 97th birthday.

Queen Anne High School condos sell in minutes

Penthouse goes for just 5% more than opening bid; many steal away with deals

As expected by auctioneers, the sale of 12 units at the Queen Anne High School Condominiums, units that had been unsold for more than a year, sold within an hour last month and several buyers got unheard of deals.