The Grand Rapids Ballet’s presence is a nod to a classical art form in a dance festival devoted to the modern style. The creation of that style is “the greatest story ever told,” Stone said, and acts as a jumping-on point for novice dance patrons.
King County’s numbers were up 14 percent in 2014, at 3,117 persons counted compared to last year’s 2,736. The Eastside saw a slight decrease from 197 to 178. Hopelink Housing Director Meghan Altimore cautioned volunteers to remember Winter Shelter use is up, counterbalancing the unsheltered numbers.
A typhoon threatens the coast. Civilians, animals and valuable equipment are all threatened by the waves. Conditions are bad enough to prevent any rescuers other than remote-controlled recovery automatons — robots. And the only operators competent enough to deploy them are a team of Puesta del Sol fourth-and fifth-graders.
The Puget Sound Blood Center needs to collect approximately 900 standard donations per day to maintain essential inventory, president and CEO James AuBuchon said.
Local funding has allowed school district to be “way ahead of the game,” said board member Chris Marks.
Moazzam Ahmed, a software program manager and father of a Bellevue Montessori student, thought private schools’ manual process of obtaining guardian signatures was inefficient. Now his company’s flagship product, QManager, handles the process by smartphone.
The next step for the capital project is an as-yet unscheduled public hearing, the testimony of which will go before the city council for consideration of a conditional use permit.
Nora Atkinson, who has been with the Bellevue Arts Museum since 2006, will begin her new position in D.C. this March.
On Monday afternoon in the Bel-Red Starbucks, political cartoonist Frank Shiers Jr. was worried. In any given week, he produces five editorial comics for his client base of local newspapers: some statewide and applicable to every client, and some specific to certain publications.
Baby, it’s still cold outside. Consider a few new styles to dress up your scarf during the rest of the winter season.
As of Sunday, when she completed her most recent first draft manuscript, she’s written three entries of “Love and Football,” her series of pigskin-centric romance novels set in Seattle and the Eastside.
How do you adapt the world’s most notorious talk show to the live stage?
Brooks Wheelan, 27, is an up-and-comer in the comedy world. Originally from Iowa, he spent the past half-decade playing stand-up shows in Los Angeles, when he wasn’t at his day job as an engineer. In September, he was the last featured player named to the 39th season of Saturday Night Live, becoming part of one of the most significant cast shake-ups in show history.
For a long time, Roy Wood Jr.’s standup took a backseat to his career in morning radio. But after breaks on Last Comic Standing and the sitcom Sullivan & Son, the notorious prank caller has made a name for himself on the stage. Wood performs at Parlor Live this weekend.
The exhibition will take place at the Vision 5 complex, featuring music from DJ MadMaxx, showings of 10 films and other installations.
An appliance fire that burst into a kitchen fire Saturday caused around $50,000 in damage, according to a city of Bellevue press release.
A health scare years ago made Executive Chef Chris Linaman conscious of the factors that can make infections antibiotic resistant. Now he’s working to reduce antibiotic-fed meat in Overlake Hospital’s kitchen.
The King County Library System’s Bellevue location is offering free passes to the Bellevue Arts Museum, KidsQuest Children’s Museum and Washington State History Museum through the end of January.
Americans almost unanimously agree speeding is a problem, yet seem to have difficulty kicking the habit, according to a report released in early December by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The city of Bellevue’s communications department is warning residents and commuters to expect light snow and 35 mph winds Friday.
