Amalia Cudeiro resigned as Bellevue schools supt. Tuesday. She cited family medical issues when she asked the school board not to renew her contract.
Schools supt. Amalia Cudeiro announced today that she will not seek a renewal of her three-year contract with the district citing family medical issues. After notifying the board, her resignation is effective Jan. 31.
Let me get one thing straight – as a 20-something, I’m not sure I’m qualified to write a review of Village Theatre’s newest play, “The Odd Couple.”
The millennial generation grew up laughing at his improvised antics on the hit TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (1998-2006). Today, many of those “Whose Line” fans will have the opportunity to see Ryan Stiles live. This weekend, he’s coming to his native Seattle for a show called “Whose Live Anyway?”
Teen docents complete training at BAM
Twenty area high school students are now docents at Bellevue Arts Museum for the 2011-12 school year. Training includes learning about BAM’s focus on art, craft and design, in addition to the specific exhibits, “What are the themes? Who are the artists? What materials and processes are used to convey meaning?” BAM’s Teen Docent Program has become an outlet for more than 100 teens ages 14 – 18. Email info@bellevuearts.org for additional information.
Last week, while a snowstorm caused vehicle collisions and spin-outs in Bellevue, the Topolino’s Pizza delivery van could be seen steadily making its way through the icy downtown streets. Having a delivery driver who used to live in Russia was helpful, said co-owner and chef Zack Msaih.
When Normand Latourelle said horses trigger an emotional response in people, he wasn’t kidding.
As one of the side curtains raised on the massive, sand-and-dirt stage at the beginning of the show “Cavalia,” two spotted colts trotted out of the wings. The young, slender animals had no assignment, no trick they were required to do.
Bellevue resident on the Bachelor
Lindzi Cox, 27, is one of the contestants on the ABC show, “The Bachelor,” which premiered earlier this month. Before moving to Bellevue, Lindzi, formerly “Lindsey” is a graduate of the Issaquah School District. An accomplished horse-ride since age 4, Cox won three horse riding blue ribbons aboard Nautical Ridge. For more information, go to http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor.
One might think that the arts and entertainment beat would have gone into hibernation when the snow hit last week. But, while “the girl about town” may have been working from home in pajamas instead of at the office in heels, the snow resulted in days on, not off, for arts reporting.
Chris Ensweiler couldn’t be more prepared for his role of the uptight neat freak in Village Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Odd Couple,” which runs Jan. 18 to March 25.
You’d be hard-pressed to find Kanye West or Jay-Z on this Interlake High School student’s iPod.
Instead, 18-year-old Andrew Nelson listens to obscure classical saxophone music, among other things. The senior in Interlake’s gifted program, is a finalist in this year’s North American Saxophone Alliance Young Artist Competition held at Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, March 15-18.
Bellevue Youth Theatre Foundation gala and auction
BYT presents its annual fundraiser, “Singin’ in the Rain.” The evening will include entertainment, food, Emmy Award-winning Pat Cashman as master of ceremonies and special performances by Mayor Conrad Lee and former Mayor Don Davidson. Proceeds will support BYT programs and new theater. The event is 6-9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Westin Hotel, 601 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue. Tickets are $100. For more information, go to www.bytf.org or call or call 425-440-3777.
Last Saturday, I had a pivotal moment sitting at a table with total strangers at Crossroads Mall.
I had received in email earlier in the week, telling me about an “international gathering” that would be held at the mall on Saturday, Jan. 7. The theme of the event was “How is New Year celebrated in your culture? “Being that I’m the go-to diversity reporter, I figured I would swing by to check it out.
As a girl in rural China, Holly Zhang had to tie cotton with rubber to her feet in the winter because she had no shoes.
She foraged in the mountains to have food to eat, and had to pay $5 a semester for her school tuition – nearly free by U.S. standards, but a month’s worth of earnings for the rural town she grew up in.
Although the confident high-school senior doesn’t show it – Jake Nicholson is nervous. It’s Jan. 7, opening night of “Godspell” at First Stage Theatre in Issaquah, and he plays a leading role – Judas.
Here comes Bake’s Place
In case all you crazy cats and hip chicks haven’t noticed, that jazz music hotspot in Issaquah, Bake’s Place, is moving to our neck of the woods in a few months. Which neck you may ask? The Columbia West building downtown. A new executive chef, Christopher Peterson, formerly of Café Campagne, will help make the new place swing, as well as an expanded music repertoire and seating capacity.
More information is available at 425-391-3335 or www.bakesplace.org/.
Julie Gadomskaya had no idea her life was about to change.
The Auburn resident was expecting a fun date on her birthday, Dec. 18, when her boyfriend, Eugene Polupan, took her to Bellevue’s Snowflake Lane.
In reality, Polupan had far more in store than a birthday surprise.
This holiday weekend, I watched a YouTube video that nearly made my spit out my coffee in astonishment: It was a message of encouragement from the Walt Disney company.
As I wrote this on Tuesday, my mouth was already watering at the thought of latkes on that first night of Hanukkah. That night I lit the candles and said the blessings, “Baruch Atah Adonai…” This weekend, I will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and go to church with my family – the same folks who already ate latkes and spun the dreidel.
Schools supt. Amalia Cudeiro announced last Thursday that she will be taking a leave of absence from the district to care for her mother, a stroke victim and who has been battling cancer and will be entering hospice care.
