The SunBreak

Civil Engineers Discuss Washington State’s “C” on Infrastructure Report Card

Michael van Baker — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:57 +0000

Washington's D+ subjects were roads and transit, even though, as the ASCE's Shane Binder was quick to clarify, the state has very good track record in terms of safety -- especially through its sustained reduction of highway fatalities -- and a very good track record for accountability on its projects. Transit ridership, too, is far above the national average.

Scandal! Bias! Just 3 Sports Movies at SIFF 2103

Seth Kolloen — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:52 +0000

SIFF will present 272 feature films this year and only 3 of them are principally concerned with sports. While I hold out hope that "An Evening with Kyle MacLachlan" will focus on his youth golfing career in Yakima, I suspect that this will not be the case. Three nights -- 1.1 percent of the festival's entries -- are all you get, sports fans.

Glazer’s Camera Will Survive Hot SLU Real Estate Market

Michael van Baker — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:08:37 +0000

The Wolff Company, itself a third-generation, family-owned firm, has announced that "Glazer’s will occupy the new mixed-use development’s exciting two-story commercial corner on 8th same location where the store exists today." Glazer's is signing a long-term agreement that will allow them to move their rental and lighting and supplies locations in under one roof there at 8th and Republican.

A Third-Degree Slow Burn, at Whim W’Him

Michael van Baker — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:48 +0000

The light seems to drip down planes that are the front and back of Andrew Bartee, at the outset of L'Effleuré. Lighting designer Michael Mazzola catches Bartee from all angles throughout the course of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's dance piece, whether "elastic technician" Bartee is soaring in a leap or sinking to his haunches in a grand plié, pulsing slightly to a rhythm like breathing or heartbeat.

North Cascades National Park Makes List of Top 10 “Hidden Gems”

Michael van Baker — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:53:16 +0000

"Despite the breathtaking alpine terrain, North Cascades National Park remains virtually deserted compared with America’s marquee national parks," says writer David Jensen. "Why?" You may already have guessed the answer: "Every time I hike this park, I hike in the rain."

Alaska Airlines Gouging Them, Say Flight Attendants with Strained Smiles

Michael van Baker — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:52 +0000

But though Alaska was a 2011 On-Time Performance winner, the company has not been able to land a contract with its flight attendants for the past 18 months (pilot negotiations have been moving briskly in contrast). Earlier this May, due to contract talks stalling, the flight attendants turned to mediation.

“Beat the Bridge” Diabetes Fun Run-Walk-Roll Hits Montlake Sunday

Michael van Baker — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:55 +0000

Nordstrom and JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) are your hosts for the 31st annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge race-slash-fundraiser at Husky Stadium this Sunday, May 19. But first, the traffic. Expect Montlake Boulevard NE between NE 44th Street and NE Pacific Street to be closed by 7:30 a.m. for staging.

Whim W’Him’s Back with Flowers & Shadows for a Weekend Run

Michael van Baker — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:49:52 +0000

"I Don't Remember A Spark" features some newer faces for the company (Lara Seefeldt, Mia Monteabaro, Sergey Kheylik), and though it's often light-hearted, it includes an intense pas de deux between Tory Peil (who, to continue the floral theme, seems really to be blossoming in Wevers company) and Bartee.

The SIFF Red Carpet Becomes the Center of the Whedonverse (Photo Gallery)

Tony Kay — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:06:46 +0000

You're not hear to read me yakking on about Much Ado About Nothing. You want pictures of movie people, and I'm happy to deliver. There weren't quite as many different celebrity red-carpet walkers last night as there were at last year's SIFF Opening Night Gala, but those that were there, as Spencer Tracy once said, were cherse. Enjoy.

Schwarz Conducts Shostakovich, at Benaroya

Philippa Kiraly — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:47:01 +0000

Schwarz has always done well by this composer, and this concert was no exception. It began with October, a 20-minute tone poem on a subject Shostakovich visited more than once in his career, the 1917 Revolution.