The Redmond Saturday Market, which opens May 2 at 7730 Leary Way NE, has chosen 18-year-old artist Stephanie K. Johnson to paint the image for its 2009 opening day poster. Johnson’s poster image vividly depicts an abundance of colorful, farm-fresh produce and neighbors mingling outdoors on a glorious Pacific Northwest Saturday.
Some kids grow up wanting to be superheroes. Others idolize athletes or rock stars.
“My orthodontist was my childhood hero,” declared Dr. Matt Bruner at March 19’s grand re-opening of Bruner Orthodontics, 17130 Avondale Way NE, Suite 109 in Redmond.
The 2009 season of the Redmond Saturday Market runs May 2-Oct. 31 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at 7730 Leary Way NE.
While TV viewers marvel — or sometimes shriek with laughter — over the footwork on “Dancing With The Stars,” everybody is a star at DanceWorks in downtown Redmond.
Kids of all ages are invited to take part in the monthly Family Drum Circle at SoulFood Books and Cafe,…
Mid-spring to early summer is the perfect time to enjoy Washington-grown asparagus, the No. 2 producer of asparagus in the…
When it comes to taking lives, few things can match the numbers achieved by cardiovascular disease, which claims one in every 2.8 deaths in the United States, according to the American Heart Association.
With vacuum cleaners, rakes and other tools in hand, an army of youthful volunteers from The Bear Creek School in Redmond fanned out across the Eastside and into Seattle on March 11, for an annual Community Service Day.
The Evergreen Junior High School PTSA, in cooperation with Redmond’s SecondStory Repertory, presents “The Pirates of Penzance, Jr.” Thursday-Saturday, March…
Brigitte Tennis, founder, head mistress and seventh grade teacher at Stella Schola Middle School in Redmond, is among the contributing authors of a book called “Today I Made a Difference: A Collection of Inspirational Stories from America’s Top Educators.”
If you were one of the thousands of Redmond residents that were fortunate enough to catch a showing of the exclusive five-week return engagement of Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King in Seattle, there’s a good chance you remember the performance of Andre Jackson, who plays the lead role of Simba in the show’s touring production.
But you might find it hard to believe that, when he was younger, he youthful, energetic hero of the show wasn’t interested in acting at all. Jackson was a senior in college before he took his first acting class, basically to fulfill a fine arts credit.
And it was love at first sight.
A new art piece at the Redmond Regional Library, 15990 NE 85th St., will be unveiled and dedicated at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7 in the conference room at the east entrance of the library. Light refreshments will be served.
American Girl Fashion Show: March 13-15. Features fashion show, meal or tea, doll hair salon and more. Cost: $55. Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue. 425-488-4580 or www.StarGuildFashionShow.org.
Grazing is good, according to nutrition experts.
Twenty students from six elementary schools showed how to prepare healthy snacks that can help to keep them mentally sharp and physically energized throughout a busy day at Lake Washington School District’s (LWSD) second annual “Kids Can Cook” contest on Wednesday, March 4.
Three Redmond residents will be on stage when the Bellevue Community College Drama Department presents the classic musical, “The Music Man,” in four performances March 5-7. Tickets, at $15 general admission ($12 students), are available only through Brown Paper Tickets (www.Brownpapertickets.com, or 1-800-838-3006). Redmond resident Tsige Tafesse, a graduate of Redmond High School, will play Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, wife of the River City mayor and a major town gossip. Bethany Roddy, a home-schooling graduate, sings in the chorus, and Tania Anirudhan, a junior-high level home-schooled student, will appear as a member of the ragtag Kids’ Band. Carlson Theatre is located on BCC’s main campus, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue. For information, call (425) 564-3114.
Redmond High School (RHS) Theatre Arts presents the Tony Award-winning musical “Urinetown,” at 7 p.m. March 5-7 and March 12-14 in the RHS Performing Arts Center, 17272 NE 104th St. Tickets are $7 for students and senior citizens or $10 for adults, available at www.redmonddrama.org and at the door.
Monday, March 23 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to enter the third annual Classic Rockathon at the Old Fire House Teen Center in Redmond.
It wasn’t a magic show, but students showed amazing sleight of hand at Wednesday’s speed stacking event at Louisa May Alcott Elementary in Redmond.
National Lampoon released a 2007 comedy film called “Bag Boy” and tagged it “the greatest sports movie ever made ……
It’s like being in charge of an enormous class of kids, each with their own personalities and quirks. And at times, some of them are temperamental and need to be “fixed.”
