A conversation with Seattle
The majority voiced support for Mayor Mike McGinn’s proposal to rezone parts of South Lake Union to allow for towers up to 400 feet tall or about 40 stories. At that height, buildings could obstruct some views of Puget Sound, the Space Needle, and Lake Union from Capitol Hill. Continue reading City Council Gets an Earful of Support for SLU Rezone to 400′
Suggesting the need to remedy the apparent societal crisis by reconciling atheists with believers with the formation of a church, holding erudite sermons, or creating other quasi-spiritual public rituals as a way to access some type of “wisdom,” is an appeal to submission and the surrender of rational thought. Continue reading Op-Ed: A Rebuttal to Alain de Botton’s Second-Wave Atheism
It certainly was exciting to watch “David” Mike take on “Goliath” Apple from the stage of my local regional theatre; and certainly my local regional theatre enjoys, along with regional theatres across the country, the imprimatur of international relevance when such a story as Agony/Ecstasy gets told. However, we lose a huge opportunity when our big houses keep mounting the very same one-man show, instead of staging local news that actually has as much, if not more, to do with the lives of local audiences as does Applegate. Continue reading Lessons From the Daisey Debacle, From Seattle Playwright Paul Mullin
This festival devoted to Howard Phillips Lovecraft–misfit, misanthrope, master of cosmic horror fiction, dead in 1937 at the age of 46–attracted a healthy percentage of females, as well as not one but two Betamax video collectors.
Continue reading Thirteen Revelations From Lovecraft’s Visions at SAM
Will there be nudity? Probably. Booze poured over the audience? Again, probably. Is the fact that this is happening at Flammable as the Decibel finale going to take this to absolutely ridiculous levels of fun? Definitely. Continue reading What to Hear at Decibel Fest 2011
Moving Planet wants to reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million (it’s now almost 400). To raise awareness of this target, they sometimes talk people into standing in long lines.
This year, Moving Planet’s Seattle event was held at Lake Union Park. In addition to hundreds of well-meaning green Seattleites, lots of non-profits, including the serious (Cascade Bicycle Club) and the smiling (Undrivers’ License) turned up. Continue reading Moving Planet Seattle Joined Over 2,000 Events in 175 Countries
Run by the same people who bring you the Sunday Ice Cream Cruise ($11 adults) out of Lake Union Park, the new ferry is a great addition to our city’s transit options.
Currently Seattle Mini-Ferry runs passengers back and forth from their UW dock at the foot of Brooklyn St. (near the Agua Verde kayak launch), on the hour, and the pier at South Lake Union Park, on the half hour. Continue reading Discover Seattle’s UW-to-SLU Mosquito Ferry