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Two nights of comedy will kick off September at Kirkland Performance Center.
Japan comes to Bellevue Community College for a weekend in September as the 11th Annual Japanese Cultural Arts Festival (Aki Matsuri) presents a two-day program of Japanese cultural and educational events for all ages.
“Jeeves, bring me some Milk Duds!”
Sizzleworks Cooking School in Bellevue will host a special “appreciation night” from 5-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, for local chefs, wineries, and the business community.
Hello Kitty was swarmed by adoring fans at CF Kids grand opening of its newly remodeled children’s store and hair salon at Crossroads Bellevue shopping center in Bellevue last Saturday. Hello Kitty gave out hugs, signed autographs, and posed for pictures with the large crowd of kids who had turned out to meet the Sanrio character in her signature bright pink dress.
It was a battle of the sexes throw down at The Parlor Billiards & Spirits on Wednesday. Men and women competed in the ultimate pool tournament for the chance to win the coveted Gauntlet.
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Ah, the summer of the “stay-cation,” where rather than hopping on a plane, people are keeping closer to home. Instead of Maui or Miami, maybe a destination in Washington fits the travel budget better.
The first time Starbucks’ chairman Howard Schultz bought a dozen Top Pot Doughnuts, co-founder Mark Klebeck was flattered. The Seattle-based doughnut and coffee shop only had been open for one year.
At age 8, Ed Jiang assembled a computer to meet his own needs. At 12, he placed ads on his own Web site, making it profitable to the tune of $90 the first year and as much as $4,000 in one month at its height.
Evergreen State Fair: Aug. 21-Sept. 1. Features concerts, monster trucks, classic cars, fireworks and more. See Web site for cost, details. Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. S.E., Monroe. 360-805-6700 or www.evergreenfair.org.
Bellevue Chamber Chorus will hold auditions for tenors and bases.
When people in Spokane say “I’ll meet you at the fireplace,” they mean the one at the Davenport Hotel in the heart of the city. Lit by hotelier Louis Davenport in 1914 when the hotel first opened, the fireplace had been constantly kept burning until the hotel closed in 1985.
Speed is the name; croquet is the game and 20 teams turned out for the Rotary Club of Bellevue Sunrise’s 13th annual croquet tournament at the Redhook Ale Brewery in Woodinville on Wednesday.
At the base of Mount Hood in the small town of Welches, Ore., 245 people from 71 families came together to celebrate the Yangchun Family Reunion. The families, representing 25 different states throughout the country, all shared one thing in common. They all have adopted children from the Yangchun Orphanage in the Guangdong province of China.
Art at Marymoor Park: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 16-17. Show features the works of more than 100 artists in glass, jewelry, fine art, clothing, soap, dolls, mixed media and more. Admission: Free. Parking: $1. Marymoor Park, 6046 West Lake Sammamish Parkway N.E., Redmond. 206-525-5926 or www.nwartalliance.com.
The Hi-Liners, a South King County non-profit youth theater company, will take flight with its biggest fall show ever, the high-flying Broadway Musical “Peter Pan.” Several Bellevue residents are part of the ensemble.
