Queen Anne Boy Scout Troop 70 spent every weekend in March completing a community service to give back to the community and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Scouting in America.
The Magnolia Theater School of Drama is putting on Honk, Jr., a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story, "The Ugly Duckling." There are two casts. Cast One performs at 4 p.m., April 22 and 7 p.m., April 23, 24. Cast Two performs at 4 p.m., May 6 and at 7 p.m., May 7, 8. Tickts are $10 and available at the box office April 20 (for Cast One) and May 4 (Cast Two), or at the door 30 minutes before curtain. Cash or check only. The theater is at the United Church of Christ, 3555 W. McGraw St. 206-356-1342. Visit www.themagnoliatheater.com for more information.
The Seattle branch of the English Speaking Union held its 22nd annual high school Shakespeare competition March 8 at the Frye Art Museum. Fifteen schools from Seattle, Bellevue, Bellingham and Everett participated. Each contestant had already won their own school competition and presented a 22-line long monologue from one of the plays and a sonnet of their choice.
Girl Scout Daisies troop 41633 worked hard to collect items for the Queen Anne Helpline.
Parkour practitioners give a whole new meaning to the saying, "It's the journey, not the destination that matters."
For a lasting lesson on how a cow can really jump over the moon without violating the laws of physics, sit in on one of the performances of Goodnight Moon at the Seattle Children's Theatre, running now through June 7.
As a nation embroiled in the debate on healthcare reform, audience members found neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson's words of advice on how to truly create successful health-care reform inspiring, invigorating and spot-on.
Emily Binford, sophomore at Seattle Pacific University."They need to make better use of their money, to not spend so much in certain areas. They need to weigh what's important so that the money is going to the kids."
Pacific Publishing Co. Inc.'s community newspapers garnered five awards at the Society of Professional Journalists' 2009 Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards on Saturday, May 30.
Legos might consider resurrecting their commercial character, Zack, the Lego Maniac from the 1980s with the new name, Brainiac, to connect with the new generation of children worldwide who currently work with Lego Robotics.
THEATRESeniors can get a discount to see Charley's Aunt at the Taproot Theatre on May 26. Debuting in London in 1892, Brandon Thomas' Victorian-era farce has seen numerous stage and film adaptations-including the 1941 film with Jack Benny-and is still delighting audiences over a century later.
Though acupuncture may be a common and cheap treatment for aches and pains in China, insurance companies in the United States often deny coverage for this Eastern medicine, which costs an average of $100 per visit. Between the lack of coverage and high prices, acupuncturist Weihua Wang said it's been difficult to keep patients and bring in new clients but she has a solution: Wang's returning to how she practiced in China, community acupuncture.
When renowned neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson, M.D., visited Seattle Pacific University last week to talk about health care, he garnered a standing room only crowd of students, professors and community members.
Larry Phillips has spent most of his adult life in politics and law, and has made marks defending labor, building support for mass transit, education and public health.
The good news is that Death at a Funeral, the semi-slight 90-minute comedy that opened Friday across the city stars Chris Rock. Although, like his brilliant predecessor at social criticism and wit, Richard Pryor (Eddie Murphy was and is a much more mainstream commodity since talking dirty, by itself, does not a comedian make), Rock's stand up is always better than his films (more freedom, more originality).