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January 14th, 2011 - 12:01 pm § in Politics

Seattle: What is happening?

A Valuable Resource Jean Buskin, of Biochemistry at UW, runs a blog and calendar of local events at this blog. Worth a look! Some highlights below:[...]

December 31st, 2010 - 12:38 pm § in The Ave Scene

New Mags at Bulldog

The other day my wife and I went to a book store to eat lunch in their cafe.  I hade forgotten what fun paper can be! Take a look at the new magazines at Bulldog.  you can see what is new by following this link.[...]

November 23rd, 2010 - 5:07 pm § in Uncategorized

HAPPY NW POTLATCH! (and Thanksgiving!)

For those of you who have not yet grown webs between your fingers (a sign of living here too long), I thought you might like to now what the term means: A potlatch is a festival practiced by the peoples living on the shores of the Salish Sea (Puget Sound, the Gulf of Georgia, and […][...]

November 6th, 2010 - 10:26 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene

Huge New Whale at Children’s, Work of Marvin Oliver

Marvin Oliver has a new show at Stonington Gallery. Marvin is  one the UW’s world class artists and a leader in the tradition of Northwest Coastal Art originating in the Washington State’s Lopez Island under Bill Holm, now UW Professor Emeritus, and Mungo Martin, perhaps the greatest of[...]

July 7th, 2010 - 8:41 am § in Misc.

Today Starbucks begins providing free Internet in their stores.

Story here.[...]

June 17th, 2010 - 10:47 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW

Seattle Center Needs Help from the Burke!

I speak for Seattle, the Chief that is! This issue began with a proposal by the Wright family to honor Dale Chihuly.  They wanted to replace the fun forest at Seattle Center with a gallery devoted to Chihuly’s glass art and a Wright owned restaurant. Many Seattle folk objected  to the  prop[...]

January 1st, 1942 - 2:43 pm § in The Ave Scene

Am I confused or does the Crosscut Logo Look LIke Big Bertha?

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