Archive for 'Take 21'
Belltown has always been a diverse and popular neighborhood in Seattle, but many residents and businesses are now singing the blues. Multiple gun shots on New Year’s Eve, coupled with a recent police report that 50 people are responsible for 2,700 Belltown arrests, have led to increasing public safety concerns. Merchants who
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012 under City Issues, Public Safety, Take 21.
Tags: Belltown, Brian Callanan, City Inside/Out, Crime, Public Safety
Nancy and The Zone bring the goods this week, with a preview of the upcoming Seattle Improv Festival, a not-so-silent look at the man behind the Paramount’s mighty Wurlitzer organ, and a profile of the exceptional Cellist Lori Goldston. Also, The Young Evils blow the doors off of the studio. (Note: the
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012 under Art Zine, City Of Music, Music, Take 21, Theater.
Tags: Art Zone, Music, Nancy Guppy, Theatre
Learn about the Lunar New Year with host Lowell Deo at the Wing Luke Museum. We'll also learn about one of their leadership programs that are helping teens understand about their culture with an artistic flair. Then, discover the unusual and playful way computers are helping to cure diseases. Finally, check out
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: CityStream, Lowell Deo, photography, technology, teen
Within the space of four days in December, three public figures died. Obituary page proximity aside, Christopher Hitchens, Kim Jong-il, and Václav Havel had nothing particular in common—except they each lived emphatically larger than life on the global stage. Some local luminaries deliver remembrances/assessments of these men and their cultural impact… although
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Posted: January 31st, 2012 under Take 21.
Tags: American Podium
Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) is a citywide effort to realize the vision of racial equity. The Initiative works within Seattle City government and with community leaders to get to the root cause of racial inequity: institutional racism. Government officials and employees from Washington and Oregon recently met to discuss
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Posted: January 31st, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: Race and Social Justice, racial inequity, RSJI
Join Mayor Mike McGinn, the City Council, City Attorney and City departments on January 28th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at Seattle City Hall.
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Posted: January 28th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: LIVE, Mayor Mike McGinn, Q&A, Town Hall
Since December 29, 2011, the new SR-520 toll has been taking a toll on many drivers trying to cross Lake Washington. How have traffic patterns changed, and is the state on track to raise the revenue it needs for a replacement bridge? Looking ahead, are Washingtonians willing to accept more tolling across
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Posted: January 27th, 2012 under SR 520, Take 21, Transportation.
Tags: Brian Callanan, City Inside/Out, SR 520, Tolling, transportation
Bless This Mess Margaret, Dir. Kenneth Lonergan Now Playing at SIFF Cinema You Can Count on Me, the Oscar-nominated 2000 directorial debut of playwright Kenneth Lonergan, was a marvel in miniature: a brilliantly acted, acutely rendered character study that displayed a firm grasp of what to leave unsaid. Margaret, Lonergan’s follow-up, unfortunately
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Posted: January 27th, 2012 under Art Zine, Art Zone @ The Movies, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright, Art Zone, Film, movies, Nancy Guppy
Nancy and the Zone check out the sights through the distinctive viewfinder of photographer Daniel Carrillo, go through some new routines with choreographer Mark Morris, and serve up a profile of tactile art hostess Sierra Stinson. All this, plus musical collective The Family Crest raising the studio roof. Check out the show
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Posted: January 27th, 2012 under Art Zine, City Of Music, Dance, Take 21.
Tags: Art Zone, Dance, Nancy Guppy, photography, visual Arts
This week CityStream visits a local school where students are taking a class about compassion…from a teacher much younger than themselves. The Roots of Empathy program aims to teach kindness and understanding through interaction with a baby, and what the kids are learning will become lessons for life. Then join host Nicole Sanchez at
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Posted: January 26th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: City Hall Open House, CityStream, education, Neighborhoods, Nicole Sanchez
