The 5-year-old walked into the Asian Resource Center wearing a flowery dress and, laughing, chased after her younger brother. The event was the Jump and Jive 2 Cure JM, held Oct. 4. The youngsters attended with their parents, Doug and Jeanette Weaver of Kirkland.
A cappella singers? All Microsoft employees? Who knew.
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Billed as THE social event of the season, the Kirkland Downtown Association (KDA) held their 6th annual fundraiser Oct. 11 on a sold-out Lake Washington dinner cruise aboard the Argosy Cruises ship MV Kirkland.
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Few occupations enjoy as much respect as the medical profession. This is not only true in our society where only academically trained and licensed professionals can practice what is known as Western medicine, but most cultures hold the practitioners of medicine in high esteem.
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It was a windy day in June and Barbara Purdom struggled to hold down her feathery pink boa.
Up-and-coming country singer Brooke Ludwick bridges the gap between Nashville and the Pacific Northwest with her first studio album that was recently released, titled “When the Circus Leaves Town” (available at www.brookeludwick.com).
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KPC’s Golf Tournament and Farewell Fundraiser: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 26. 7 a.m.-1 p.m., golf tournament; 1 p.m., luncheon, awards and auction. Come play golf and send Kirkland Performance Center’s Steve Lerian off in style. Proceeds benefit programming at the center. Cost: $175 per person; $700 per foursome; $60 for farewell luncheon only.
Calling all gardeners! Now is the time to apply for the 2009 Master Gardener program, offered through the Washington State University’s King County Extension.
While science is still looking for a cure, local caregivers are adopting an intimate, detail-oriented approach for residents suffering from Alzheimer’s at a Kirkland retirement home.
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Youth Eastside Services (YES) will officially open the doors to its new central headquarters Friday, Sept. 26, with a Celebration of Kids and Families, featuring tours, games, music, juggling and magician performances, life-sized puppets, refreshments and more.
The tale may be as old as time, but the latest musical production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is definitely a new achievement for Lyric Light Opera of the Northwest.
One of my favorite movies of all times is “Babette’s Feast.” Essentially, it’s a film about cooking, but that’s like saying the Michael Phelps story is about swimming. Yes, it’s all that – but also so much more.
Jean and Eric Guth won the Tot Lot Top Tom award for the best of the tomatoes during Kirkland’s Tot Lot Pea Patch harvest festival on Sept. 14. The couple used a sun gold variety with a sweet taste.
