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| Weeks of March 19 to April 2, 2007 |
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| Classes: Cisterns and Water Catchments: Getting Started , March 21st, free. As sure as rain, you might as well capture it and use it for something productive. Learn about rain barrels, cisterns, potable and non-potable water, and how to go self-reliant and flip your local water municipality the bird. * Also, China, The Mother of All Gardens , March 22nd, $20. Explore the overwhelming bio-diversity of China and plant ties to the Pacific Northwest. * Also, Forensic Genealogy, March 19th, $5, a discussion on how to extract clues from 19th-century photographs to identify people and information about the times. Libations: A new wine store, Cellar 46, opens on Mercer Island, March 24th, free, with wine tasting (this one is a gimme), hors d'oeuvres, and live entertainment. Might as well pop in for a bit and check it out. * Also, Taste of Washington Wines , March 20th, $60. A dozen winemakers open the corks and pour in the swank dungeon of the Pampas Room. Explore a few great wines and some up-and-comers. * Also, Hop Scotch Spring Beer and Scotch Festival , March 23rd, $30, a blast of an event if drinking and the bar culture is your thing. They'll have beer, scotch, pub food, and bar bands out to the horizon. This will be one event where the men's room line is longer than the women's. * Also, Three Rivers Winery dinner at Salty's, March 20th, $95, a five-course dinner with selected wines looking out on to that sumptuous view. Theater: Camelot, starting March 20th, $20+, the story we all grew up with, of knights, magic spells, and sword fights. This has got to be the best recipe for kids. * Also, Afternoon of the Elves ends this week at the Seattle Children's Theater, $20+, the story of three girls and mischievous village of elves. * Also, Once Upon a Time in New Jersey, until May 13th, $22+, a 1950's story of a love triangle with the mob thrown in for good measure. Opera: Falstaff , March 30th - April 7th, $35. Seattle Opera's young bucks do their own yearly production. You get closer to the stage at a discount from the regular Seattle Opera ticket price, at 99% of the regular Seattle Opera quality. This is the favorite story about an endearing but inept ladies man ("Fall Staff" - get it?). Party: March of the Brides, March 24th. Dirty Bunnies usual parade of misfits gets together for another bash. It's a party for brides to wear their wedding dress once again, yet-to-be brides to break in that new wedding dress, or an excuse for guys to go in drag. Dance: Discover Dance , March 24th, $10. Pacific Northwest Ballet has a big outreach effort to area schools, and this event is the big pay-out. Once a year, they gather the elementary and junior high school students together for a grand performance. Usually only the parents go to these, which is a shame, because it is a great performance for the community. Galas: Les Dames Dazzling Dessert Dash , March 27th, $125. The dessert princesses of Seattle present their A dishes. When going to these, go ahead and skip lunch, arriving starving, and then make an entire meal out of chocolates and pastries. * Also, Seattle Opera Gala , March 31st, $350. You can bet the black ties will be thick at this event. Think of this as spending $35 for the ticket to go see Falstaff, and $315 for the gala portion. This event probably deserves your best black dress of the year (guys included!) * Also, Gage Academy Beaux-Arts Auction , March 25th, $125. Think of this one as a scaled down Poncho Arts Gala Auction. There's entertainment and fine food with the artwork of regional and national artists on the auction block. Training: Naturescaping Workshop, March 26th & 28th, and Native Plant Salvage , March 31st, free. Learn how to create native, low maintenance landscaping. If you screw it up, then learn how to salvage the plant. * Also, E-Discovery Workshop, March 22nd, free, on how to manage electronic information and the risks of electronic storage. Saying, "Oops, I accidentally deleted it." doesn't cut it anymore. * Also, Seattle Wedding Seminar, March 23rd, $79, your needed wedding info in a class format. Health: Fun to be Fit , March 24th, free. Not since Richard Simmons was sweating to the oldies was breaking a sweat this much fun. The City of Redmond tries to gets its residents off the couch by marketing fitness as fun. They're showcasing martial arts programs, jazzercise, tennis, dance, and other ways to get the body moving. They also have food samples and one of those kids' bouncy-houses. Organization: Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington, to celebrate and promote all things Turkish. According to world travel trends, Turkey is one of the global hot spots right now, so here's a local way to find out what the fuss is about. |
Seattle's Most Irritating Journalists Who irritates most of all?
Ken Schram: This one is an easy pick. He delivers a shrill, verbal head-clubbing with whatever he doesn't like at the moment, which is a lot. His power comes from being able to irritate people and getting a rise out of them. Actually, journalism probably needs a Ken Schram, but not two. John Curley of Evening Magazine : The plastic Ken to Barbie, this guy is kinda like your irritating brother-in-law - you'd be tempted to kick his ass, except that he's nominally related to you. This guy is past his expiration date, and it's time to move on. Come to think of it, this show is a lot funnier and better when Pat Cashman is guest-hosting, and it'd be surprising if Seattle Spin is the only group to make this observation. Nicole Brodeur of the Seattle Times: "Good writer; boring topics" just about sums it up. She calls her column a conversation with readers, but it's more of a snoozefest, especially when compared to her counterpart at the PI, Robert Jamieson, who's actually interesting. As long as we're on a Seattle Times rant, we'll also throw out a raspberry to the new Girl About Town column. She writes like a kid who's been given an expense account for the first time in her life. Big Fat Hairy Note: There will be no issue next week. Cool YouTube Video: Blue Angels at SeaFair. (If you can't see the video, your security settings prevent embedded video.)
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