Magician Gary McKibben (above) entertains siblings Maya, 6, and Shawn, 9, and Larry King, 9, at the Lake City Summer Festival street fair on Saturday, Aug. 6.
William Leaman has the recipe to one thing everyone wants: success. And now everyone knows it.The head pastry chef at The Essential Baking Co. in Wallingford, along with two teammates, won first place at this year's Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (the World Cup of Baking) in Paris.
The Capitol Hill branch library, 425 Harvard Ave. E., offers free programs all summer long to keep the whole family entertained.A musical event featuring national recording artist Nancy Stewart is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17. Stewart will host a program highlighting Washington state plants and animals titled, "Hooray for Washington." This concert is suitable for all ages.In a program sure to dazzle and amaze, we will feature the juggling comedy troupe Brothers From Different Mothers at 4 p.m. on Aug. 23. This program is designed for children age 2 and older.
None of it's easy. In fact, it's preposterously difficult. Living, that is. Dying, too, we assume. And then there's creating art.Considering that artist's palette comprises life, death and the spectrum of human emotion and experience in between, the trial in making good art lies in deciding not what to use but what to leave out.In "Id: The Reckoning," Johanna Buccola has left out words, at least for the most part.
in an effort to undermine the campaign to build the tunnel - never mind that the Big Dig occurred at the intersection of three major freeways under one of the densest cities in America and included building around the city's major access point to busy Logan airport. Still, there is at least one lesson Boston can teach us as Sound Transit struggles with its decision to delete the First Hill Station: if you exclude an underserved yet needing community from a major public transit project with the assurance of replacement service, then you must deliver.
One of the most attractive qualities about the Emerald City is the size and vibrancy of its gay population. Whether or not the gay pride parade marches down Broadway next year, Capitol Hill still remains the home of the modern gay movement in Seattle. A host of non-profits, from Seattle Counseling Services to Lifelong AIDS Alliance to Lambert House, have nobly served the community, but I'd like to pay tribute to one celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and a program it conceived that enriches my life and countless other gay men in the city.
The idea was to help people, to take over a thrift store that needed more than a little tender loving care, bring the business back to health and be able to generate a little money for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance. But following a robbery at the Sunshine House on 12th Avenue, Kathy Bergquist finds herself in need of help. The new owner of the Sunshine House thrift shop, Bergquist finds herself struggling to stay afloat following a July 31 break-in. The burglary has added to the challenges she faced when she purchased the thrift store from its original owner last February.
Earlier this summer, Captain Landy Black took over the reins as East Precinct commander from Captain Mike Meehan. Black was promoted to captain this June. He was assigned to the East Precinct in July. Black recently spoke with Capitol Hill Times editor Doug Schwartz about his new position and the challenges he faces. This is the first of a two-part interview.
With "Last Days," Portland-based director Gus Van Sant has made a movie only he could, and perhaps should, make. There is a sense of inevitability to the film that registers far beyond its minor-key meditations on fate and fatality. Van Sant's previous work, especially "Drugstore Cowboy" and "My Own Private Idaho," seems to lead directly to this leap of artistic faith. It is Van Sant's affinity for society's outcasts and loners, coupled with his distinctly Northwest ethos of fractured individualism and overcast quietude, that finds perfect expression in this daringly intimate story of a death foretold.A quiet, haunting portrait of a drug-addled rock star hiding out in murky isolation in a decrepit mansion in the woods, "Last Days" moves with a languid yet relentless momentum to its chilling closing shot - a scene that recreates the final act in the life of Kurt Cobain, the Aberdeen-born founder of Nirvana who suicided in 1994 at the age of 27. Van Sant, with a blend of washed-out naturalism and heavy symbolic gesture, captures the miasmic atmosphere of dejection and despair that increasingly trapped Cobain in a cycle of flight and paralysis, as fame and self-destruction chipped away at his all-too-vulnerable psyche.
In the United States childhood obesity is growing at an alarming rate. Some blame it on the video game culture. Others blame kids' addictions to fast food and junk food and along with our speed-driven lives. These days schools are cutting down on recess and gym classes, eager to spend every possible minute on all-important academics. But to do well academically, to develop the entire person, one needs to balance sedentary work with activity. So often we think of exercise as an add-on, something we should do, like going to work with deadlines and drudgery. Such an attitude is hardly motivating for many children. Instead, the key is to get kids, especially sedentary kids, up off the couch and moving without having them think it is exercise. What we really want is for kids to see exercise as play, you know, the good old-fashioned childhood kind.
Seattle really sends you for a spin sometimes. KMIH (X104) FM recently cancelled the early drive time program "Marraire's In the Morning." One source tells us of a plot led by a well-known newspaper and radio station owner who phoned in a complaint to the Bellevue school district superintendent about a comment made about the police on the air. Another source told us that the general manager of the station pulled the plug based upon "numerous complaints," which the station has yet to produce. Seattle now has one less black hip-hop radio show. Sigh. However, there is one newly emerging glimmer of light: the internet radio program "Frequency Latte" on www.oseao.com. A show started by a New York native named Lurn. Different from most talk shows, Lurn takes the time to research what he speaks on. He plays almost all local music and has a local music collection that would make most think he was from Seattle.
When was the last time you received a meaningful, personalized letter in the mail? My guess is that many of you are stretching your memory, perhaps back to a recent holiday or your last birthday when you most likely found a few cards from friends and loved ones in your mailbox among the direct-marketing pap, like gold nuggets shining through silt.Letters, real letters with a return address and receiver address inked out by hand on a stamped envelope containing a page or two of greetings and thoughts by someone you most likely know, seem just as rare as precious metal in a mountain stream in this e-dress-dominant era.
The mass of people swayed about the room, transforming it into a circle of lights, candles and confetti with the sounds of Latin dance music reverberating out onto Rainier Avenue South. Two instructors directed the dancer's moves across the 30-foot square dance floor overlooked by Che' Guevara posters and surrounded by literature on Latin American revolutionary figures such as Fidel Castro and Simon Bolivar. More than just stage props, the posters were there for a reason. New Freeway Hall, headquarters of the Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) and Radical Women was at it again, birthing the seeds of another revolution. Not exactly the sort of place you'd expect to see such a gala of tango dancers, but exactly the kind of place you'd expect to see a springboard fundraiser for two Seattle-area youths bent on seeking the truth about the state of South and Central American politics.
It's close, yet so far from the madding crowd.With 52 miles of picturesque shoreline, breathtaking views of Mount Baker, the Cascade ranges and the Olympics and a thriving arts community, Camano Island is a secret jewel of the Northwest. This is a destination with distinctive appeal, offering a real-life island experience without the hype. There are no trendy tourist traps, no tacky gift shops selling souvenir key chains and mugs. Nor are there the proverbial taffy or fudge shops lining the streets, or vendors hawking their wares along the beach.It's all about the pristine beauty of the environment and the pace of life, and residents will tell you they like it just fine this way.
The kids stay in the picture.After two tournaments in the Seattle area, the boys of the Magnolia Monkeys have qualified to go to the Kick-It Soccer Shootout World Championships in Orlando, Fla., at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.The team is in the U8, or 8-years-old and younger, division and comprises Magnolia residents Ryan Orr, Wyatt Paul, Alex Larsen, Sam Kopf, Johnny Ochsner and Daniel Merz.