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Magnolia Soccer players see Stars

Seattle Sounder star David Estrada signs the jersey of Magnolia's Paolo Almario recently when Estrada and fellow Sounder star Jamel Wallace came to a Magnolia Soccer League practice to greet the U-6 kids. The Sounder players even demonstrated a few professional moves for the young soccer fans.

SPU women continue tear

Senior class leads SPU from indoor championship to strong outdoor performances

After clinching first place in the GNAC Indoor Championships, Seattle Pacific University's women's track team hasn't slowed its performance, proving they can qualify strongly in both realms.

Locals transform garden at Gilman

Dumping ground now a neighborhood garden

The new FRIENDS of Gilman Urban Gardens got dirty again this weekend, installing the remaining basic infrastructure for a new community garden that was started two weeks ago by the determination of one resident, and the help of many others.

Trivia 4/7

What did the "S" stand for in Harry S. Truman, our 33rd president?Who is the first African American to win an Oscar?

After a century, poplar trees along Fremont Cut meet demise

Army Corps of Engineers set to plant 40 more, shrubs, too

Over three days in late March, a colonnade of 29 Lombardy poplar trees along the Fremont cut that for the last century lined the northern border of Queen Anne, were cut down because they posed a hazard to the community.

Tattoo You

Tattoo Expo celebrates 10 years this weekend at Seattle Center

Damon Conklin, co-founder of the Seattle Tattoo Expo, gets right to the point, so to speak, when describing the event. “It’s an exhibition, but it’s also a big party!” he said. Conklin’s big party is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year by bringing in tattoo artists from all over the world as well as an assortment of wild and whimsical artwork. “My vision … is to show the tattoo world how great Seattle is and how much talent we have here. I also want to show the tattooers in Seattle what the world has to offer.”   The Seattle Tattoo Expo: Seattle Center 301 Harrison St. 2–10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 12–10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 13 12–8 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 14

Join the annual Uptown Stroll

The 11th Annual Uptown Stroll, a festival of art in action, takes place on Saturday, August 27 at Counterbalance Park and should prove to be fun for the entire family. Artists will be setting up at 9 a.m. and creating their art live all day in and around the park. The juried portion of the stroll will take place around 4 p.m. with prizes and awards given out for the day’s best art project.

'Conan' fails to connect

Fantasy remake is nothing but an empty 3D action film

As it usually goes with remakes, there’s always one big question looming: Why do one?

Great characters build up excellent 'City Island'

I realize it's early in the year, but so far this year it seems that most of the new movies coming out of Hollywood have been mediocre and forgettable. The good news is that Raymond De Ferlitta's new film, "City Island," isn't one of them. It is an excellent movie, with the perfect blend of comedy and drama, and a complex, character-driven story.

Seattle's Joshi tackles Lovecraft

The celebrated horror writer H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) conceived of a hideous cosmic menace he called Cthulhu, replete with octopus-like tentacles descending from its lower face. Seattle's own S.T. Joshi, one of the premiere living Lovecraft scholars, has almost as many projects going as his longtime subject's creation had tentacles.

'The Eclipse' shines

Irish tale is a soft-spoken, ghostly tale of letting go and letting love in

Michael Farr (Ciaran Hinds) is a good man, a widower, a father of his teen-age daughter and pre-teen son and a woodshop teacher at the local high school in the small town of Cobh, in the County Cork in southern Ireland.To break the monotony, each year he volunteers at the Cobh's renowned literary festival that has drawn some of the best writers in the world.

New SAAM exhibit is an inspiration

A major exhibition, "Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints," opened April 1 at the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Capitol Hill's Volunteer Park. These 60 works are from Mary and Allan Kollar's collection, and many are promised gifts to the museum in honor of the Seattle Art Museum, 75th anniversary.

'The Whistle Blower' is powerful filmmaking

Rachel Weisz offers a fine performance in account of true Bosnian sex trafficking scam

Larysa Kondracki’s powerful new film “The Whistle Blower,” takes a harsh and disturbing look at sex trafficking, a major global problem that doesn’t seem to be getting any better.

Ballard High School Golf Classic a major success

The 2011 Ballard Golf Classic event at the Golf Club at Newcastle was a huge success this year, raising more than $130,000