Mayor Greg Nickels announced this year’s Ten Mayor’s Small Business Award winners, who were celebrated at an awards ceremony at Town Hall on Oct. 13. This year’s winners of the 2009 Small Business Awards include: Shen Consulting and Schemata Workshop. For twenty-five years, ten small businesses in Seattle have received special recognition for their accomplishments. [...]
One hundred years ago, in late 1909, Seattle city officials celebrated the completion of the regrade of Jackson Street. After two years of excavation, some 85 feet was chopped off the steep street, setting the stage for new development and settlement of the southern portion of what we now call the Chinatown/International District and, arguably [...]
On the weekend of September 26th, Typhoon Ondoy hit the Philippines, dumping more rainfall in a single day than typically falls in a month. The typhoon caused massive flooding, swollen rivers and backed-up the sewer and waste water system which filled the crowded streets of Metro Manila. Homes at the edge of the Pasig and [...]
It is still being said that the greatest issue facing the Filipino American community is its identity. This could be attributed to the fact that most Americans have slight or no knowledge about Filipinos, and, not surprisingly, it is arguable that Filipinos do not know themselves. This invisibility in U.S. history books is one of [...]
I remember the first time I brought Jason home to meet my parents. My mom told me she was excited and told my father they were about to meet their new “son-in-law.” I found it very interesting she knew before I did that he was my “match.” You see my mother believed everybody had their [...]
Since 1966, when the U.S. Surgeon General first printed a caveat on cigarette packages, the numbers of smokers have steadily declined. The message—“Caution: Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health”—was ambivalent compared to later versions. In 1970, the label was updated to: “Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to [...]
When I was a kid and you didn’t pay attention in class, you were given a detention. Maybe your parents were called and then you couldn’t watch television or go outside. Usually, this solved the problem. Nowadays if we find a 2nd grader who can’t sit still in class, we medicate them. What can result [...]
“I was diagnosed with depression when I was 10 after my first suicide attempt, and that wasn’t changed to bipolar [my actual diagnosis] until I was 15. Bipolar disorder is notoriously hard to diagnose … Luckily I was in a long term residential treatment center surrounded by psychiatrists who had to make daily reports all [...]
They met at the Village Theatre in Issaquah when he was the Music Director for “Evita” and she performed the leading role. Last summer he played piano at her wedding and now he’s got her “beat boxing” (voice percussion) at the 5th Avenue Theatre. Over late lunch a fortnight before “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor [...]
Aptly named, the charismatic pianist Lang Lang—whose first name is derived from the Chinese character meaning ”brightness and sunshine” and surname, “educated gentleman”— joins the Seattle Symphony on November 1 to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Major, Op. 19. But before his rise to stardom lays a sweeping tale of drama [...]
Halloween is a time for fairy-tale characters, and Degenerate Art Ensemble will be weaving several together in their new piece “Sonic Tales” at the Moore Theatre. Based upon an album of original songs, DAE artists Haruko Nishimura, Joshua Kohl, and Jeffrey Huston have spent a year developing this collection of short performance pieces and refining [...]
Currently in her 30’s, pianist, bandleader, and composer Helen Sung has entertained audiences all over the world, from the White House in Washington, D.C. to Poland to the Kirkland Performance Center on Oct. 24. A native of Houston, Texas and an Asian-American musician of Chinese heritage, Sung’s tenacity and creativity break down stereotypes, as well [...]
Last year the Washington State Legislature approved the domestic partnership law (Senate Bill 5688) and in May 2009 Governor Gregoire signed the bill. The domestic partnership law would ensure that all Washington families, including same sex couples and opposite sex older couples, have the same protections, the same rights, and the same obligations as their [...]
With all the Seattle fanfare of the mayoral horse race, three landmark ballot initiatives and a nail-biting King County Executive race this general election, who has time to even think about Seattle’s schools, much less the Seattle School Board race? While vital to general civic engagement, the theater of Seattle politics has totally eclipsed the [...]
This year’s upcoming election may not have the glitz and glamour of last year’s presidential and gubernatorial elections but it certainly has some very intriguing candidates for the two top executive positions in the most populous county in the state. Three of the four candidates that are vying for the County Executive and Mayoral positions [...]
The year 2009 is an unusually busy campaign season for an “off-election” year. And in the midst of some very important local races, voters may overlook a critical Seattle ballot measure, Proposition 1 to renew the housing levy. If Seattle’s Housing Levy is not renewed this November, low- and moderate-income families as well as the [...]
October 21st 2009 Highlights Concerts of ethnic music abound this month. Ragamala presents “Utsav 2009”, Seattle’s Annual South Asian Performing Arts Festival Oct. 30 at East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue, Oct. 31 at Kirkland Performance Center in Kirkland and Nov. 1 at East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue. The festival features exciting performances by [...]
