Bake's Place: jazz and snazz
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Dee Daniels will headline the opening weekend at Bake's Place.
May 11, 2012
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Broadway-caliber talent hits Issaquah stage
Mel Brooks' Tony award-winning musical opens at the Village Theatre to lots of laughs
May 11, 2012
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The Classics Conundrum
Summer vacation is quickly approaching and it’s a great time to encourage your teen to read. If you are hoping to give your teen a classic I’m here to talk you out of it. Yes, you read that correctly. Forcing a reluctant reader to slog through Jane Austen does nobody any favors. My biggest fear as a librarian...
Village Theatre bringing laugh-filled musical to stage
Some of Broadway’s favorite characters will be taking the Village Theatre stage this month in Mel Brooks’ Tony award winning musical, “The Producers.”
May 4, 2012
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Chimpanzee swings you off your feet | Aran Kirschenmann | Movie Review
Chimpanzee, Disney Nature’s newest nature documentary, follows the life of a baby chimpanzee, named Oscar, as it grows up in the Tai Forest on the Ivory Coast of Africa. It's a lighthearted and sweet film, with a touching true story about the orphaned baby finding affection in the most unlikely place.
May 3, 2012
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This red-light district isn’t picture perfect | Heija Nunn
Parents have a lot of rules to follow when they haul kids around town; no swearing, no singing, and for goodness sake DO NOT attempt to participate in juicy backseat discussions … those are private! Plus we have to model good behavior for future drivers by following the rules of the road and maintaining a...
Out and About in May
Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert to headline major Country music festival
According to reports by the Seattle Times, Country superstars (and real life couple) Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are set to headline the Watershed Music festival, taking place August 3-5, 2012, at the Gorge in George, Wash.
April 30, 2012
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Editor’s note: Superheroes among us
Dear reader,
Every kid probably grows up wanting to be superhero. Whether it’s trying to be Superman or Supergirl, we all want to be better at something than anyone else.
Of course, we finally realize that this can’t come true. Or can it?
Our cover story this month features Eastsider Staten Medsker. No, he didn’t grow up...
The man who built the Batmobile
By Sarah Gerdes
Off Newport Way, a short distance from Cougar Mountain Zoo, is a nondescript dirt road with a metal gate ajar. Hidden from the main road is the home, itself surrounded by cars of all types, makes and models and in various stages of disrepair.
It is not the residence one would imagine for clients...
Cooking with fire and finesse
BY CELESTE GRACEY
It took Tokyo Steakhouse owner Bryan Joo seven years to break into the Bellevue market, but he did it with the patience he learned as a Korean immigrant working on a produce farm to support his family.
He now owns Bellevue’s only teppanyaki restaurant, where guests sit around iron griddles to watch chefs prepare...
