It's ladies night at the BottleNeck Lounge

Submitted by Rose Egge on Monday, February 8th, 03:26pm

BottleNeck Lounge set us this note today:

Get a jump on Valentine’s Day! Head over to the BottleNeck this Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 7 p.m. to midnight where Bender will be serving up Pink Passions ‘til 9 and then Mindi takes over behind the bar, slinging beer and mixing cocktails with love in her heart. 

Gay, straight, boy, girl, queer, bi, trans, pan – bring it.  70s funk music, bad behavior, good times, no cover.  Hope to see you Tuesday!

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CD Forum presenting "Ruptured Calypso" at Erickson Theatre

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Sunday, February 7th, 01:41pm

The Central District Forum is presenting the West Coast premiere of Cynthia Oliver's Rigidigidim De Bamba De: Ruptured Calypso on February 19-20 at the Erickson Theatre Off Broadway, located at 1524 Harvard Avenue.

The dance event, co-commissioned by the CD Forum, is a full night of calypso dancing as the dancers cross cultural, geographical and imaginary boundaries.  The performance also features the performers havigating their regional styles with the voices, stories and dances.

There will also be Q&A sessions with Oliver and her dancers after each performance.  Oliver will also conduct a technique class, incluenced by Afro-Caribbean and Africanist aesthetics, on February 20 from 10-12. 

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Crews quickly put out fire in building on James

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Saturday, February 6th, 12:51pm

Seattle fire crews quickly put out a fire on the 2100 block of E. James Street, but are expected to be at the scene for a while.

Firefighters were called to the apartment building at 2123 E James Street at 12:47 p.m.  There were flames visible on the back porch, and the residents were scrambling to get out of the building.

The fire was put out within 10 minutes, but there is plenty of smoke and water damage.  Crews will be at the scene for a while as they clean up and try to see what caused the fire.

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Help develop the Youth and Families Initiative

Submitted by Rose Egge on Friday, February 5th, 03:37pm

Mayor Mike McGinn has invited the community to participate in the Youth and Families Initiative, a major initiative announced during his inaugural address.

The initiative is aimed to address the many difficult challenges children and families of Seattle are facing.  At community meetings, neighbors are invited to talk about how best to create a healthy, positive and equitable environment for all families in our city. 

A workshop will be held at Garfield Community Center on Mar. 22 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Trained facilitators will lead participants through a group discussion.  If you are interested in volunteering with the Initiative, please contact Sol Villarreal in the Mayor’s Office at sol.villarreal@seattle.gov or 206-233-2656.

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Lunar New Year celebration and more coming to Wing Luke

Submitted by Rose Egge on Thursday, February 4th, 11:44am

The Wing Luke Asian Museum is hosting several events this month including a Lunar New Year Celebration!

On Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. members and kids will get free admission to the museum while the surrounding neighborhood celebrates the Lunar New Year. Fun activities include a lion dance by Lieu Quan Lion Dance team at 11:30 a.m. in front of the Museum, plus games and crafts for the whole family. On display is the special exhibit New Years All Year Round, exploring the New Year celebrations in the Japanese, Hmong and Vietnamese communities.

The Museum Marketplace also offers special Year of the Tiger items and Lunar New Year gifts.

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Hollywood Video closing more than 800 stores

Submitted by Rose Egge on Wednesday, February 3rd, 01:10pm

Movie Gallery Inc., owner of the Hollywood Video movie rental chain, has filed for Chapter 11 protection and plans to close 805 stores - about a third of its total. This includes the store at 306 23rd Ave. S., which is now having a major clearance sale.

This is the second trip through bankruptcy court since 2007 for Movie Gallery. The company is struggling with competition from Netflix Inc.'s mail delivery service and Redbox's $1-per-night kiosk rentals.

Movie Gallery has closed more than 2,400 of its stores in the past three years. Court filings Tuesday indicated it has about 2,600 outlets now.

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New library hours start today

Submitted by Rose Egge on Wednesday, February 3rd, 12:20pm

Starting today, hours at the Douglass-Truth branch have been expanded to:

  • Monday through Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Meanwhile, hours at the Madrona-Sally Goldmark Branch have been reduced to:

  • Monday and Tuesday: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Wednesday and Thursday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
  • Closed Friday
  • Saturday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Closed Sunday

These changes are the result of budget cuts by the Seattle Public Libraries.

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Police car and bicyclist collide

Submitted by Rose Egge on Tuesday, February 2nd, 12:48pm

A woman has been take to Harborview with non-life threatening injuries after she collided with a cop car while riding her bike this morning.

According to police, at approximately 8:43 a.m., a Police patrol car and a bicycle collided in the 1200 block of South Jackson Street. The cyclist, a 59-year-old woman, was transported to Harborview Medical with neck and back injuries. The male officer was not injured.

Detectives from the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad responded to the scene and will be responsible for the investigation.

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McGinn's budget message to neighborhoods: Things could get ugly

Submitted by Ray Lane on Sunday, January 31st, 05:29pm

Residents from neighborhoods across Seattle heard a harsh message at a special conference Sunday about a new round of budget troubles for the city.

A shortfall of tens of millions of dollars means big cuts and even job losses in the next several months, officials said, as they began laying out the city's budget for the next two years.

Although the budget-writing process is in the early stages, the city is making it very clear - things could get ugly.

Seattle residents from all sorts of backgrounds, living in all kinds of neighborhoods, were eager to hear how city dollars might be budgeted for programs and services they care about.

"There's always that little bit of money here, little bit of money there," said Susan George of Broadview, hopefully. "You just move it around a little bit."

But the city's message to her and everyone else is harsh - not this year. Money is frighteningly scarce, because the revenue stream is drying up.

"Through November, sales tax in the city's general fund is down $17.5 million, or 12.5 percent, as compared to 2008," said Beth Goldberg, Seattle's budget director.

And that's not all:

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Seattle U alumna aids Haitian orphans

Submitted by Joshua Lynch on Friday, January 29th, 03:35pm

(Photo by Braden VanDragt)

Katie Hultquist’s first weeks on the job were rougher than one might expect.

The Seattle University alumna had just become Northwest regional director of Friends of the Orphans—a nonprofit with orphanages, hospitals and schools scattered throughout nine countries—when the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti.

Friends of the Orphans operates an orphanage, free pediatric hospital, street services and other social services in Haiti. After the quake, the organization’s Fr. Wasson Center in Petion-Ville, Haiti was completely demolished.

Molly Hightower, a 22-year-old volunteer with the organization from Port Orchard, Wash., was found dead in the rubble a few days later. So was Ryan Kloos, a 24-year-old brother of a Friends of the Orphans volunteer.

And suddenly, an organization committed to raising orphaned children was operating a disaster relief effort that was quickly overwhelmed.

“It was like a baptism by fire,” said Hultquist, who received her master’s degree in nonprofit leadership from Seattle U in 2002.

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