Eeyore is going to steal the show! I'm very excited to see WINNIE THE POOH at Youth Theatre Northwest because my youngest daughter Trinity will be playing Eeyore! Opening night is next Friday July 10, so get your tickets now! From the Youth Theatre Northwest Press release: Youth Theatre Northwest (YTN) commences it’s 26 th Season and Summerstock program with a magical adventure into the lush 100 acre woods with a stage adaptation of the beloved story Winnie-the-Pooh.   

It feels like it’s been ages without some league action. And in some cases it has, with just six games played over the last 10 days, give or take. As a result, not much to change in the Power Rankings. The fun for numerous coaches continues as the schedule starts to clog up. Between SuperLiga, U.S. Open Cup action, league play, and the Gold Cup, a number of managers have their work cut out for them in the month of July. Full rankings are after the jump. Don’t forget to follow MLS Offside on

It feels like it’s been ages without some league action. And in some cases it has, with just six games played over the last 10 days, give or take. As a result, not much to change in the Power Rankings. The fun for numerous coaches continues as the schedule starts to clog up. Between SuperLiga, U.S. Open Cup action, league play, and the Gold Cup, a number of managers have their work cut out for them in the month of July. Full rankings are after the jump. Don’t forget to follow MLS Offside on

Jesy Fortino's newest Tiny Vipers track, "Development," is apparently about just that: on Stereogum , Fortino explains how the song was inspired by the feeling of loss the singer experiences when she notices how much of the sublime Seattle wilderness has been replaced with condos and Wal-Marts.   "It's hard to find new sources of this mystery and darkness," Fortino says. "The evil witches and monsters that hid in those woods at night when I was a kid are nothing in comparison to the terror

Jesy Fortino's newest Tiny Vipers track, "Development," is apparently about just that: on Stereogum , Fortino explains how the song was inspired by the feeling of loss the singer experiences when she notices how much of the sublime Seattle wilderness has been replaced with condos and Wal-Marts.   "It's hard to find new sources of this mystery and darkness," Fortino says. "The evil witches and monsters that hid in those woods at night when I was a kid are nothing in comparison to the terror

I was on a break outside the other day, catching some fresh Penn Quarter air, taking a stroll around Freedom Plaza , when this little kid came up to me, and said, “Hey Mister … don’t you know that the Wizards need another big man? Haywood, Jamison, Blatche, McGee, and McGuire aren’t going to cut it.” “Easy lil’ fella,” I told him. “We’ll keep looking around to see if we can add someone else, but we feel comfortable about what we have currently and the depth of our ballclub.” The ki

Seattle : 1st in gay rights Seattle has been at the vanguard of gay rights for at least three decades . Remember Anita Bryant ? While she was getting cities across the county to repeal gay rights ordinances in the 1970s , Seattle voters held the line — the first city in America to vote in favor of gay rights. The City of Seattle adopted a fair employment ordinance in 1973 which specifically prohibited discrimination against gay people in the workplace, followed by

Before there were domestic- partnership registries and commitment ceremonies , before same- sex marriages and civil unions — before the gay -rights movement, even — John McCluskey and Rudy Henry met , fell in love and harbored the notion that they could spend their lives making one another happy. And for 50 years, the Tacoma men went about doing just that, all the while longing for social acceptance . Even in gay -friendly San Francisco where they first lived together, the

Just a quick reminder that submissions are due today for the for the next Ignite Seattle on August 3rd. Submit your talk here.

Welcome to this edition of the Carnival of Cities, where we take you around the world with one blog post. The next edition is scheduled for July 15 and will be hosted on the Perceptive Travel blog . If you’d like to host this bi-weekly (fortnightly) blog carnival, let me know via email to sheila “at” sheilascarborough “dot” com. Off we go…. Cities in the Americas Seabrook (near Houston) Texas, USA Julie Pippert presents Discovering Seabrook, a charming coastal town just outside H