Most people would help a fallen man on his feet and then go their separate ways, says Ruth Reynolds, a resident at Woodlands at Forbes Lake retirement community.
But not Cliff Smart.
Kamiakin Junior High’s Music Department is proud to have another large contingent of accomplished 8th grade musicians accepted into this year’s Junior All-State Band & Orchestra. Kamiakin also set a new school record for the highest number of 9th graders ever accepted into All-State Band.
Jim Walen and a few team members from Ford of Kirkland braved the snow and ice to deliver turkey and all the fixings for 20 KITH families on Nov. 23.
Fourteen masters of painting join together to create a temporary gallery through Dec. 24 at 122 Central Way in Kirkland. Join the artists for the grand opening of the Kirkland Fine Art Gallery from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4.
Seduce Boutique recently hosted an exclusive Celebrity Trunk Show with Lynne Curtin, star of Bravo TV’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County.” The Nov. 5 event also featured celebrity designer “For Joseph”.
Seduce Boutique is located at 5 Lake Street, in Kirkland.
The Argosy Christmas Ship™ Festival will celebrate its opening ceremony from 6:30-7 p.m. tonight at the Kirkland Marina dock in downtown Kirkland.
As galleries in Kirkland have been steadily closing, the Howard/Mandville Gallery still stands on Park Lane after 20 years. A…
Kirkland Arts Center will host a new annual event, Snow Ball, from 6:30-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 at KAC, 620 Market Street. Snow Ball puts a creative spin on traditional community events, borrowing elements from open houses, holiday parties, and art sales.
What are the holidays without “A Charlie Brown Christmas” – skating on a frozen pond with Charlie and Linus, decorating Snoopy’s doghouse and finally caroling around a glowing Christmas tree with all your Peanuts friends.
Winter birds continue to arrive at Juanita Bay Park. Two swans came in Nov. 10, an early arrival date for that species in our bay. Up to four swans have been reported in the bay as of Thanksgiving Day. In each of the last two years, the swans first appeared Thanksgiving week, their numbers built up until around Christmas, and they departed at the end of January to early February.
Kirkland Arts Center will host a new annual event, Snow Ball, from 6:30-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 at KAC, 620 Market Street. Snow Ball puts a creative spin on traditional community events, borrowing elements from open houses, holiday parties, and art sales. Proceeds from Snow Ball will support Kirkland Arts Center’s education, exhibitions, and outreach efforts.
More than a thousand years of magnificent vocal music, from fifth century plainsong to complex 21st century harmony can be heard in settings of the Magnificat, also known as the Song of Mary.
A series of concerts covering more than 700 years and representing the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, will be performed on Fridays in Kirkland. Early Music Fridays, presented by Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church a
Celebrations Holiday Home Tour will move from Bellevue to Kirkland this year, featuring six homes decorated in the spirit of the holidays. The annual self-guided tour, benefiting the Assistance League of the Eastside, takes place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. Tickets are $30 per person.
Standing behind a table in the Kirkland/Northshore Hopelink food bank, volunteer Mary Rumpf was handing out some holiday goods about a week prior to Thanksgiving.
During their visits, each food bank client is given so many points to spend on items around the food bank, which is basically set up like a grocery store. The Thanksgiving items were extras, not counting against any client’s normal point total.
Many parents feel the generational gap with their kids for the first time when they turn their music on in the car. Inappropriate lyrics or subject matter in many forms of popular music can make for a (sometimes) very quiet car ride with the kids. But when a parent’s favorite musician is also the child’s, things take a bit of a turn. Lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA), Chris Ballew, has set out to make music for the family with his new music project and persona Caspar Babypants.
“I like it to be useful and reduce stress,” said Babypants. “It is nice when kids and parents can sing the same songs without cringing.”
He will play twice in Kirkland this weekend, Saturday at the Kingsgate Library at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday at the Kirkland Performance Center at 12:30 p.m. He will also play his 150th show as Caspar Babypants at the Lake Forrest Park Library at 2 p.m. Saturday. All three shows are free.
Puget Sound residents were shocked to see a 70-degree November day at the beginning of the month. It was not…
Seattle band, including Kirkland native Larson Haakenstad, lead guitarist, City Faire will be playing again at the Wilde Rover, 111 Central, Saturday, Nov. 20.
A community of Kirkland and Redmond families will join together this Christmas season to share with their neighbors and friends one of their favorite Christmas traditions – the display of nativity scenes (also known as creches).
Heather Andersen is part teacher and part musician. Andersen recently entered in a musician’s contest put on by the Christian…