By Hannah Waters, The Scientist Mad science has always fascinated the public, but that isn’t why Jim Fields, video producer and journalist for Time Magazine, decided to make the documentary, A: Head, B: Body, about White. “I’m intrigued more by him than anything he particularly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
June 13th, 2012 - 9:22 am § in The Ave Scene
Let the candy makers sell pot!
Over at Sound Politics, the right wing is celebrating a report by the British Lung Foundation. The report, SP says, gives new evidence against marijuana. Not so fast.! Both sides of the MJ debate are inane, as TA has discussed in previous posts directed at marijuana fanatics of the left. If anyone c[...]
March 17th, 2012 - 10:23 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Esquire Names Dick’s Drive-In “Most Life-Changing Burger in America”
Not McD, not in and out, not anyone of national swagger or nouveau beefiness .. just Seattle’s own Dick’s.[...]
March 12th, 2012 - 6:24 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Public Library Grows Huge in Beijing
Yet for all that, the CCTV headquarters may be the greatest work of architecture built in this century. Mr. Koolhaas has always been interested in making buildings that expose the conflicting energies at work in society, and the CCTV building is the ultimate expression of that aim, beginning with th[...]
February 28th, 2012 - 12:49 am § in Religion, The Ave Scene
Reconciliation: Faust comes to science.
Scientific Spirit How romantics and technophiles can reconcile our love-hate relationship with scientific progress by Joseph Grosso Published in the March/April 2011 Humanist ShareThis In March 2009 headlines blared across the front pages of New York’s Daily News that were at once stimulating, sca[...]
February 2nd, 2012 - 2:14 am § in The Ave Scene
China: Seattle style
In celebration of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, a variety of restaurants such as Fuji Bakery and Fu-Lin Ramen House will be offering $2 dishes at the Second Annual Lunar New Year Food Walk this Saturday from 11 am. While you are there … try the incredible dumplins at Shanghai Gardens [...]
A Japanese Review of a Jewish Movie
from The Japan Time By KAORI SHOJI If you thought being Japanese is hard work, try the Jewish life for a taste of something gut-wrenching — or so implies “A Serious Man,” created by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. A Serious Man Rating: (4 out of 5) Glutton for punishment: Michael Stuhlba[...]
December 11th, 2011 - 11:32 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Center Proposes Experience Terrorism Center
Crosscut, David Brewster (excerpted) : ……… a neutral-to-sympathetic portrayal of terrorism through the centuries,………….something no other American city has had the vision or moral courage to do, at least yet. There would be hands-on weapon-building instruct[...]
October 1st, 2011 - 12:18 am § in The Ave Scene
New Art Theater Opens in Seattle
Via Moira Macdonald at The Seattle Times: The Uptown Theater, one of Seattle’s oldest movie houses, is about to begin a new chapter. The Seattle International Film Festival announced Saturday night it has taken over the Queen Anne theater’s lease from the AMC chain, which had closed the [...]
Seattle Segregation
Seattle is a city with almost no open bigotry … at least none of the usual stuff about being dark-skinned or gay. We do have our own issues of course … we sure do a good job of hiding any evidence of Chief Seattle or his descendents. What really bothers me is our self segregation. [&[...]