Seattle’s City Arts Magazine recently published a story praising Burien’s Interim Art Space, saying that it “proves any empty lot can become an artistic spectacle.”
The story, written by Virginia Wright, goes on to explain the roles that local residents Kathy Justin and Dane Johnson played, along with the unique partnership of Burien Town Square, Urban Partners LLC, 4Culture, the City of Burien, Ignition Northwest and GGLO — the architecture firm developing Town Square.
Here’s an excerpt:
Rising out of the rubble of Burien’s Town Square construction zone, the one-acre Burien Interim Art Space (B/ IAS) is an innovative concept. On a slab of land that would otherwise have remained fallow for a year, a crop of metal sculptures has sprouted. The pieces exhibit a range of styles and scale, from a conservative piece easily imagined in front of an office building to a delicate metal tree encircled by comfortable seating. The two-story-tall centerpiece of the site is The Passage, by Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito, which depicts a pair of figures constructed entirely of scrap and recycled metal. The larger figure passes liquid fire to the smaller one through enormous steel fingers…
Read the full story here.
The Seattle Weekly has an interesting story on how Normandy Park resident Eddie Rodriguez and his band, Los Volcanes, ended up recording the song “Red, Red Wine” for pop legend Neil Diamond.
And this Friday (Feb. 6th), Eddie and his band will be playing it at a tribute to Diamond in LA. Other bands on the bill include Coldplay, Foo Fighters, and Tim McGraw, among others
Read the full story here.
Here’s a video we found of Los Volcanes on MySpace:
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=41547935The September issue of Seattle Magazine has a very positive two-page “Urban Safari” review of Burien, with mentions of local businesses like The Tin Room, Australian Pie Co., Elliott Bay Brewery and others.
One interesting element of said article is this purple “Insider Tip” box on the second page (p. 48):
Memo to the Reporter and Editors of Seattle Magazine:
While I did spend three seasons as Senior Writer on “Bill Nye the Science Guy” and won three Emmy Awards…
I AM NOT BILL NYE’S BROTHER!
The fact of the matter is: I AM HIS SISTER.
But seriously…as flattering as it is to be included in The Science Guy’s™ gene pool, here are some simple tips on how to differentiate between us:
- The last names “Nye” and “Schaefer” are vastly different in spelling, letter and syllabic count.
- We have different Mothers.
- We have different Fathers.
- I have three sisters, Mr. Nye does not.
- I don’t wear bow ties, lab coats or safety goggles.
So, to everyone who read this story and believes everything they read, so sorry to disappoint y’all.
To Mr. Nye…can you spare $10,000 for your little sis? I still need to have some more “work” done in Denmark…
And to everyone else who finds this mistaken sibling blurb humorous and wants to share their thoughts, you can write a Letter to the Editor of Seattle Magazine here.
Seattle Magazine just posted a very positive feature story on Burien (complete with photo essay), with mentions of The Tin Room, Australian Pie Company, Elliott Bay Brewery, The Mark and many more.
Here’s an excerpt:
Forget the South King County Jokes; Why You Should Head to Burien
Just south of Seattle, nestled between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Puget Sound, is Burien, one of the area’s oldest, longest-established communities. Any town with a 100-plus-year history is apt to have tales to tell, and Burien does: It languished for decades after Southcenter Mall, built in nearby Tukwila in the late ’60s, lured shoppers away and forced local business owners to close their doors. Several years ago, though, a trickle of new establishments set up shop in the historic shopping district of Burien along SW 152nd Street and ushered in a fresh generation of merchants and restaurateurs. Now, this friendly destination burg brims with charming boutiques and eateries, with more to come: a $200 million town square, which, when completed in 2010, will offer more stores and restaurants as well as a grassy, 1-acre park, library and city hall.
Full story here.
by Mark Neuman
Matt Hale has been starting early and thinking big since his early days here in Burien, and he’s still tackling early and big things today.
The 1998 graduate of Highline High School, who was already taking college courses at age 17, is running for a seat on the King County Superior Court.
He’s wasting little time pursing his longtime dream.
“I’ve always wanted to serve on the bench. I was talking with a friend about my goals and he said ‘Well, why don’t you run now?’ And I decided ‘I’ll do it.’”
You may have seen his orange and blue yard signs around town recently.
He’s taking on two-term incumbent Laura Gene Middaugh, wife of State Senator Adam Kline.
Matt is currently an attorney at Wiener, Lambka & Deutscher, a Seattle-based personal injury firm.
He earned an academic scholarship that helped pay his tuition at Gonzaga University Law School. He earned his BA in Political Science at Gonzaga. Before that, he pursued writing and public speaking while earning his AA at Highline Community College.
His work experience has included employment at local hardware stores. In Spokane, Matt helped counsel people in crisis, answering an emergency telephone hotline.
He feels one change the court might look at is the role played by the citizen juror.
“A friend of mine was called and he told the judge that to serve might literally cost him his house. He was living from check to check,” Matt says.
“Perhaps there might be a way in the future for the court system to ease the burden of jury duty.”
The mere process of running for office has been a learning experience.
“Campaigning has helped me more fully realize how wonderful not only Burien is, but what great people the residents of King County really are.”
“I am moved by the importance of the service to the community that judges provide from the bench. That knowledge and awareness, in itself, is humbling,” he said.
You can meet Matt, his wife Nicole, and his team at a campaign fundraiser this Sunday afternoon, July 20, at HiLine Lanes, 15733 Ambaum Blvd SW, in Burien. It runs from 1 to 4pm.
Find more info go to: www.peopleformatthewrhale.com
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A few weeks ago we attended a “Neighborhood Blogger’s” gathering at Piecora’s on Capitol Hill, where we gulped some grog, snarfed pizza and gossiped about our blogs with others doing similar ventures around the area.
Peggy Sturdivant’s article on said gather is up for your reading pleasure today on Crosscut.com, and she mentions this very blog.
Some self-obsessive excerpts:
From outside of Seattle, Scott Schaefer is publisher and editor for B-Town Blog (Burien/White Center); childhood friend Mark Newman is in charge of advertising. Except for me and a woman who writes as Seadevi at Capitol Hill Triangle, all the attendees were men.
For the self-employed journalists providing real-time news, the deadline is constant. “It’s not a matter of how many times you post per week,” Scott Schaefer of B-Town Blog said, looking straight across the table at me. “It’s a matter of how many hours per day you don’t.”
Read the entire story here.
