You're Invited!
Friday May 20, 2011 5:30pm
House of Hong
409 8th Ave South, Seattle
in the International District
Please join us & enjoy a sit-down dinner, entertainment, and a special honor for community member Tsering Chamatsang Yuthok.
To register for this event, go to
http://www.ethnicheritagecouncil.org/
or call (206) 443-1410
or
email
Amazon will be launching its fourth imprint, Montlake Romance. Novelist Connie Brockway will start the imprint with her fall 2011 title, The Other Guy’s Bride.
Named after the Montlake neighborhood in Seattle, the imprint will publish romance titles from a range of sub-genres including suspense, contemporary, and historical.
eBookNewser linked to a statement from Amazon Publishing vice president Jeff Belle: “Romance is one of our biggest and fastest growing categories, particularly among Kindle customers, so we can’t wait to make The Other Guy’s Bride and other compelling titles available to romance fans around the world. We also know our customers enjoy genre fiction of all kinds, so we are busy building publishing businesses that will focus on additional genres as well.”
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I'm super thrilled to share with you that I'm a newly elected member of the Board of Directors of Seattle's
Ethnic Heritage Council.
If you've spent any amount of time in Seattle, you've likely seen the Ethnic Heritage Council at work through one of their
many events that they produce or sponsor throughout the year.
With offices based in the
Seattle Center, Seattle's cultural hub and home to the Space Needle, EMP, Science Center, Children's Theatre, and many more, the Ethnic Heritage Council is behind many of the festive events that liven up the Center House throughout the year. Check out the beautiful event
photo galleries.
EHC is probably best known for their
Annual Naturalization Ceremony which, for the past 26 years has taken place on the Fourth of July, and during which thousands of new American citizens have been sworn in.
The
Ethnic Heritage Council (EHC) of Seattle, Washington was established in 1980 and has grown in membership from a few individuals, to hundreds of ethnic and cultural organizations and individuals.
EHC's mission is to preserve and promote ethnic and cultural traditions, foster mutual understanding, enrich lives and celebrate our heritage.
I'm honored to have been invited to join the Board of Directors of the Ethnic Heritage Council, and I look forward to using my skills in Communications, PR, Marketing and Social Media to support this stellar and vital organization of our community.
Please visit the Ethnic Heritage Council website at
http://www.ethnicheritagecouncil.org and get to know this fabulous organization dedicated to celebrating the ethnic diversity of our region.
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Even grown-ups need to be reminded it can be tough to be a kid. This table is just outside the IMAX at Pacific Science Center. It was made this giant size for a reason - so adults can experience what it is like for a child to be seated at a grown-up table. It was pretty hilarious. I thought it looked like Luke, Travis and Amber all shrunk!
So here I am, putting these songs out into the universe for everyone to hear, and I hope that you feel them and enjoy them as much as I do.
Rock Wilk's
Broke Wide Open "Unplugged"
Seattle Premiere
March 12, 2011
8pm
Sandbox Studio*15 McGraw St*Seattle*98109
(Queen Anne Hill)
tix $10 at the door or pre-purchase at: http://www.brokewideopen.com/home.html
About Broke Wide Open
Broke Wide Open was born from one man's quest to search for answers to his identity. Luckily for us, this man is
Rock Wilk; a beautiful soul, a skilled poet and musician. Initially produced as a musical journey in form of an album, the one-man play was created while riding on the NYC subway system and explored issues of identity stemming from his personal history as an adopted child. A man who grew up with great admiration of, and love for, his adoptive mother, and a mystery for his biological mother.
I tried to reveal myself, to strip down naked and open my personal window, to let you see who I am, in hopes that you might allow me into your world, briefly, one song at a time.
About Rock Wilk
An actor, a playwright and a poet, New York City's own Rock WILK is also a socially and politically charged vocalist and an accomplished multi-instrumentalist. He creates all of this art while riding the subways of NYC. Along with being a Nuyorican Poet's semifinalist and 2010 runoffs qualifier for The Nuyorican's national team, Rock also was recently a featured performer for Amnesty International at an event for human rights.
My father and my grandmother were both great storytellers. Just sitting around after a meal with them was a gift. You would hear the most amazing stories. They both had this ability to make you hang on every word, to make you laugh until you cried.
He has worked as a studio and touring background vocalist for many years, most recently singing with the legendary Patti LaBelle and contributing vocal and horn arrangements to the Grammy Award winning Les Paul compilation album, LES PAUL AND FRIENDS.
Rock's music can also be heard on such TV shows as MTV's "The Real World" and "Making The Band", among others.
Condor Book Tours presents:
Award-Winning Performance Poet & Social Activist
Sonya Renee Taylor
to Visit Seattle in Honor of Women's History Month
Seattle Poetry SLAM * Seattle Central Community College Women in Society * Elliot Bay Book Company
March 1 & 2
Sonya Renee Taylor, easily one of the most distinguished, accomplished, and recognizable women in the world of Performance Poetry, will be performing in several events in the Seattle area on Tuesday, March 1st and Wednesday, March 2nd.
Sonya Renee Taylor will kick off her Seattle tour as featured poet at Seattle Poetry SLAM Tuesday, March 1, 2011 from 8:30pm-10pm at the Rebar.
On Wednesday March 2nd, Sonya Renee will be the guest lecturer at Seattle Central Community College’s Women in Society Lecture Series. This is a free event and open to the public, and is scheduled in conjunction with the 3rd annual Free Women’s Health Fair at SCCC. Sonya Renee’s presentation will take place in BE-1110 from 12:00-1:50pm. The health fair runs from 9am to 2pm.
On Wednesday evening, Sonya Renee will give a reading of her poetry book, A Little Truth on Your Shirt (Girlchild Press, 2010) at Elliot Bay Book Company. The reading will take place from 5pm-6pm followed by a book-signing event.
Saturday February 26 and Saturday March 5th
eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage
present Gustavo Ott's "Passport"
One Play, Two Languages, Four Actors. No Theater Ensemble Has Ever Attempted a Bilingual Presentation Like This.
eSe Teatro and The Central Heating Lab: on the Cutting Edge.
eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage, and The Central Heating Lab at ACT present a staged reading of Venezuelan Playwright Gustavo Ott’s dramatic piece entitled, Passport.
Translated by Heather L McKay, directed by Arlene Martinez-Vickers, Passport will be performed bilingually (Spanish/English).
In this staged reading performed in Spanish/English, Eugene finds himself falsely imprisoned in a foreign country, surrounded by a language he can’t understand. His search for answers becomes a desperate journey to comprehend beyond language and cultural barriers.
En un país extraño con un idioma que él no entiende, un simple malentendido lleva a la detención de Eugenio. Una búsqueda por respuestas se convierte en un intento desesperado de comprender, a pesar de las barreras de idioma y cultural.
The cast includes: Erwin Galan, Michael Blum, Gerald Alejandro Ford and Meg Savlov.
Gustavo Ott, playwright, screenwriter, novelist and director has received many international awards.
Passport responds to eSe Teatro’s mission to present contemporary pieces that represent the Latino experience to Seattle audiences, in English and/or Spanish.
Admission $5.00
7th Ave & Union St in Downtown Seattle.
In conjunction with The Central Heating Lab at ACT
Admission $5.00
437 Southwest 144th Street Burien, WA
hosted by Latinos for Community Transformation.
eSe Teatro’s mission is to empower local
What a joy it is to gather with other SCBWI RAs around the world, and this time we have hit Seattle. We chatted and gossiped and feasted for ages.
Thanks to
Laurie Thompson for getting together the Western Washington RA type folks for a dinner at Etta's. And how wonderful is
Joni Sensel for coming into town to dine with us. She lives 90 minutes away. Kim, we missed you. I hope you are feeling better now! See you in LA! And
Holly (Cupala) ... it was great having you there too ... even if you didn't/wouldn't/couldn't reveal your secret!
Today's tide in Seattle was the lowest of the year at -3.4 We ventured out with some friends to Lincoln Park beach in West Seattle. There is a pretty ferry dock right there and it was very pretty.
We had lots of fun exploring, finding all kinds of things from crabs and pretty sea stars to beached jellyfish. Oh, and a rusty piece of metal determined to be from a pirate ship...hmm, a little imagination never hurts :)
If you're in the area - tomorrow's tide is also really low -3.0 at 12:38 PM, head out and let me know what you see! You can also look at this
tide table for other areas (even Olympia and Tacoma are different)
You never know who you might meet on a walk on the pier. There are also a lot of beautiful jellyfish and sea stars in the water when you peer over the dock. This is Pier 66. You can walk around the boats moored there. Right before you walk down there is a port office that loans life jackets for little ones that might be too tipsy looking into the water.
"My soul is full of longing for the secrets of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me..." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
For all my Seattle area readers I thought I'd post some links to various museums that honour Free First Thursdays. A lot of galleries and museums in other cities have special free events and times so check out their websites, or call to find out.
So far we've visited:
Seattle Art Museum. open late 1st Thursday 10am - 9pm Our visit
MOHAI Museum of History and Industry 10am - 8pm Our visit
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 10am - 8pm Our visit
Still to come...
Experience Music Project 5pm - 8pm
Henry Art Gallery 11am - 8pm
Museum of Flight 5pm - 9pm
Northwest African American Museum 11am - 7pm
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame 5pm - 8pm
Seattle Asian Art Museum 10am - 9pm Near Volunteer Park
Wing Luke 10am - 8pm
Other free days and places nearby -
Free Everyday
Olympic Sculpture Park
Yukon Gold Rush National Park
Free Other Days
Bellevue
The Bellevue Arts Museum is free the first Friday of each month from 10am - 9pm
Tacoma
The Museum of Glass has free admission on the third Thursday of each month from 5pm - 8pm
Tacoma Art Museum also does the free third Thursday as well from 10am - 8pm
Other local Art resources
Art Guide NW
First Thursday Info
Seattle Art Blog
There might be more, so if you know...let me know! I'll keep this list updated....
For some fun craft ideas for Chinese New Year - check out
what we did last year...
Seattle's International District held
festivities today for Chinese Lunar New Year - celebrating the Year of the Tiger. Despite rain there was a large crowd out. We caught some kung-foo, Dragon Dancing, calligraphy and a really fun scavenger hunt through the district to some local businesses. At each stop we got a red envelop with a question. (Like at an Art Gallery - "Find the picture of the white parrots, how many parrots do you see?") When the answer was reported correctly we got a stamp. Pretty fun. We stopped for a yummy lunch too, orange chicken, sticky pork buns and a few fortune cookies. Thanks to everyone who shared their celebration with us!
I didn't know what to expect at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry. I was a bit worried it would be full of precious, untouchable bits of history and on the dull side for 6 year olds. It was
Free First Thursday so we went anyway and I'm so glad! I was wrong about all my assumptions.
Here is what we found:
Beautiful murals
Hands on almost everything, everything breakable was protected from children.
It was very interactive and interesting.
A lot of things about Salmon.
First a great fishing boat, complete with fishing dress-up gear, jackets and boots, plush salmon, captains wheel, radio, etc. They spent a long time being fishermen.
While the boys were reeling in their catch and weathering hurricanes at sea, I read-up on the adjacent exhibit (housed in the same room)-
The Great Seattle Fire. I had heard of a big fire, but I didn't know that Seattle burned to the ground. It was interesting to read through letters and check it all out, all while keeping an eye on the boys. They also got a chance to check things out. One of their favourite things (safely behind glass I might add) was the windows of things recovered from the fire and trying to guess what they were (answers at the bottom of this post, if you'd like to play along). Also, what little boys doesn't like to check out some authentic firemen gear, even if it is from over 100 years ago.
The boys thought the boat was pretty great until we rounded the corner to the next set of exhibits and I don't even have pictures of half of it, the Cannery Bunkhouse, accounting office (with an old safe) an interactive game of the entire salmon canning process where you have to keep the ball rolling by pressing buttons at the different cannery stations. There is actually an interesting article in the NYTimes archives from 1896 about the process.
SALMON CANNERIES.; How the Delicious Fish Is Prepared for the Market.One thing I didn't expect was my six year-olds to be able to play with knives safely and practise butchering salmon. ("Only in Seattle," my friend Jenny said). The knives were anchored and encased in Plexiglas that went through the table. The object of the game was to butcher in time with the factory workers who would do this for 12 hours a day. There were different speeds for apprentise, skilled and expert butchers, you were to slice/push the knives in time with the three flashing lights on the wall in front of you. I thought it was exhausting to keep up, the boys had a great time trying over and over again. (Is this a little gruesome? I'm not sure). Next up in the cannery was a gang knife (the big one below with 10+ blades, then a game where you had to fit pieces of wooden salmon into cans, pretty cool. We had a really great time and spent a few hours there, I would definitely recommend this.
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Seattle is not known for sunny, sandy beaches, but a beach can be a particularly amazing place for treasure hunting. This beach has a lighthouse (although it was all covered up with construction repairs). There is often some unique people watching to do here to, like the gentleman in the sailboat/canoe who came ashore. I found some of my favourite beach treasure - sea glass. There is something about the brisk wind off the ocean and the smell of salt water that is refreshing.
3801 W Government Way
Seattle, WA 98199
They have a great visitors center there and if you have really little ones or other special needs you can get a driving pass to drive out to the beach.
I'm thinking about a new feature for my blog. introducing...Field Trip Fridays! If you go on an outing with your kids during the week and blog about it, send me the link to post. It would be fun to share what kinds of things we are doing with our kids. Every Friday I'll post the links and a field trip suggestion we have done. Maybe eventually I'll even get a button for our group...now to the Field Trip...
We live in a city with amazing art everywhere. When it's even a sort of sunny day in Seattle (in the winter) you need to get outside quick and get some Vitamin D. A great place to wander in art is the
Olympic Sculpture Park - 2901 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121. It is open all day every day of the year and it's free. (the pavilion is not always open so check the website for details) The park is a branch of the
Seattle Art Museum.
I think in my last post I stated that 2009 was "a crapper of a year," but on second thought I went back through and found some things that were worth re-appreciating:
1. Favorite book read in 2009: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Wow, somehow I think I forgot to blog about this. Hands down my favorite read this year was Orangette's fantabulous book, A Homemade Life. Part recipe book, part memoir--just like her wonderful blog, which unfortunately has been on hiatus of late as they've worked on their new and yummy restaurant--the book is full of laughs, tears, tummy growlings, and leg warmers. Funny story: during the holidays I get together with some high school/college friends and we do a book exchange. Before exchanging books, I was asked what my favorite book was this year, and I gushed about Molly's book. Cut to 10 minutes later and I'm unwrapping a book and it's none other than A Homemade Life. Friend L was silently chuckling about it the entire time, knowing the book was in the pile. (Also L's favorite book of the year.) Goes to show how great this book is. Do please go out and buy it and love it as much as I did.
2. Favorite music discovered in 2009: Blind Pilot
These Portland-area, bicycle-riding, acoustic-toting musicians create music that's quietly addicting. I managed to get my brother hooked on these guys too. I like pretty much every song on their album, and it's perfect for a laid back summer day with a glass of iced tea. Mmmmm, can't you feel the sunlight filtering through the leaves right now?
3. Favorite movie watched in 2009: Star Trek
There were a ton of big movies this summer, including Harry Potter (good) and Transformers (horrid), but none hit the sweet spot like Star Trek did for me. It was a tiny bit unexpected, to have such a classic series get such a well-made update. It's funny and exciting, and very well cast. A second viewing on New Year's Day confirmed it--this one's going to make it's way into my personal movie collection.
4. Favorite new experience of 2009: Kayaking
I haven't done it since, and well I haven't tried a whole lot of new things this year, but one of my favorite new things I tried this year was kayaking. Paddling with AB and Seeeeeester during our July trip to Salt Spring Island was a delightful and beautiful way to explore the terrain. It's something I'll probably actually try again.
5. Favorite travel destination of 2009: San Francisco, close second Port Angeles
I didn't think I'd ever really enjoy anything about California, seeing as my only exposure to it previously had been visiting my cousins in Los Angeles when I was 11. But I quite like the Bay Area, and San Francisco is a foodie kind of town and had great eats galore. My second favorite place to visit this year was Dr. C and Miguel's house in Port Angeles, but mostly because there was great company to be had there.
6. Favorite crafting project of 2009: Princess Leia doll
Made for Book Fiend's birthday last February, it was my first attempt at Alicia Paulson's Nutcracker Doll, and she came out fantastic. My only regret is that I didn't make a small blaster to tuck into her sash.
7. Favorite food of 2009: Honoré and Delancey in Ballard
Neighbor
The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is one of those things that is great about living in the city, but as a mom of active boys I've shied away.
Today, I guess I was feeling brave, the formula seemed right. Free Admission (every first Thursday) + Alexander Calder Exhibit + half-day Kindergarten + needing a little something different.
I thought the hammering man missing his arm was a sign we would fit in well today, then we found street parking within a block! It was a New Year's miracle.
The trip was a big success. After an initial meltdown reaction to the "Please do not touch" signs everywhere, C settled in to a sulk temporarily until he couldn't help but appreciate some things around him. 
Floating shapes and colours balancing, the Calder exhibit also has a kids activity guide with assignments for each gallery room like, "How many footsteps does it take to walk around this sculpture?"
Somehow balance becomes beautiful.
E thought everything he saw was "amazing" and "beautiful." From spiky armour to the Calder circus film.
This is a "Living Room" It had a great view for me to day-dream, where the boys could "create" with blocks behind me.
This was E's favourite installation with real cars, right at the ticket entrance.
In the end C agreed he liked it, with reluctance, and the cavet, "It wasn't fun, but it was interesting."
Man, I wish I could be in Seattle for this one! But my artwork will be there, along with lots of lovely Seattle comics people such as ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
dlasky, inkboy and mr_sadhead.
We've all picked a different playing card and illustrated it, so you'll be able to buy packs of illustrated cards as well as look at our artwork! (You just can't beat that, now.)
Here's mine, I designed it right after I saw this amazing Chinese film Woodrow recommended, In the Mood for Love, so you might be able to spot the influence.
SUCH A CARD
Runs February 11th through March 7th
Opening: Feb 11 6-10 PM
Vermillion: 1508 11th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122
(I'm keeping on ongoing list and archive of my events here.)
Hey, Ian Gouldstone, one of our fab upstairs animators The Alaskan Military School, has an interview here. He's in Australia right now and we are all missing him, boo hoo.
"Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes!
...
how curious you are to me!
On the ferry-boats, the hundreds and hundreds that cross,
returning home,are more curious to me than you suppose..."
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman (lines 3-4)
A ferry ride is always great entertainment, rain or shine.
Just checking in to say that Seattle broke all kinds of records this week with our heat wave. Can I just say, long freaking week. Triple digits and buildings closing and buses stop running because of the excess heat. We're not equipped for all this extreme weather we've been having. Week long snow in the winter, triple digits in the summer. It's like we're suddenly east coast.
I think I got a total of maybe 10 hours the entire week. What with sweating all over, frozen peas on my toes to keep me from going feverish, my windows wide open to all the neighborhood noise, including screeching cats and raccoons, it's been highly uncomfortable. This evening finally got down to a reasonable temp with a slight breeze going through the apartment, which was enough to finally turn on the oven.
What? Yeah I know, I baked, literally. But I had all these blueberries that just didn't want to go in the freezer, or do plain old smoothies, they wanted to be exotic, they wanted to do something fun, like be French and go into a clafoutis. So that's where they went, and they are deeeeeeeeeeelish! Way to end a scorching week.
See, I don't even sound like myself anymore, it's the heat talking. Looking forward to cooler weather in the 80s (yeeeesh, I know, it sucks, what happened to our mild summers?) this weekend and into next week. I hate to say it, but can it be fall yet already? I'm done with summer. (side note: saw the movie (500) Days of Summer the other day to escape the heat...cute movie!)
I requested this weekend off a couple of months ago with the idea that I would get all those things done I've been wanting to do for months and months. Namely, purging my closets, rearranging my furniture, getting my car cleaned inside and out, and finishing some sewing projects.
Today I did none of those things.
Today, I:
1. got out of bed at 11am
2. met a friend for lunch
3. went shopping and bought a new dress
4. got coffee and pastries from the neighborhood French bakery, Honoré (perfect macarons above)
5. read old magazines
6. am going to a baseball game with my family tonight (Father's day gift for my dad and uncle)
It's 80 degrees in Seattle with a light breeze blowing off the Sound. Even though I got nothing done today, it's totally fine with me. Staycation Day 1, perfect day. Thanks Seattle!
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Too cool!
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