The Redmond Regional Library, 15990 NE 85th St., officially is now open, following a renovation.
Buzz. Whir. Snip, snip.
The sounds coming from a driveway in one Sammamish neighborhood could have been mistaken for any typical salon.
Instead, the steady stream of noises came from a white van, and the customer was a one-year-old Havanese named Joey.
“The whole idea with mobile grooming is to take the stress out of the situation for the pet and the owner,” said Sammamish resident Leon Feuerberg, who started a franchise of the Aussie Pet Mobile business at the end of 2005. His branch, Bel-Red, covers 30 zip codes, including Redmond. Feuerberg’s pet-snipping area stretches from the southern Bellevue, Newport, Somerset and Lakemont areas up to Bothell and Kenmore at the northern end, west to Madison Park and the Renton end of Lake Washington and east to North Bend.
On a frigid Friday night, Jan. 2, Kirkland-based teen band Shotty turned up the heat at Oddfellow’s Grill, 7979 Leary Way NE in Redmond.
SecondStory Repertory, the professional theatre ensemble at Redmond Town Center, starts the New Year with “Woman in Black” by Stephen Malatratt.
Asian Indians make up a growing segment of the Eastside immigrant population, with many coming to the area in search of high-tech jobs and the American dream.
Pacific Sound Chorus is searching for women singers in the Redmond, Issaquah, Sammamish, Mercer Island, Bellevue, Kirkland and Bothell areas. Women of all ages, including female high school students, who enjoy singing are invited to attend the chorus’ weekly rehearsal at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evenings.
Garden d’Lights: 5-10 p.m. nightly through Jan. 3. Annual holiday display uses more than 500,000 lights throughout the gardens. Cost: Free; donations encouraged. Parking: $5. Bellevue Botanical Gardens, 12001 Main St., Bellevue. 425-451-3755 or www.bellevuebotanical.org.
To many, the American Dream is to live a wealthy life.
But Ashraf Hakim came to America to pursue something more — the freedom to play his cello.
Wearing wigs and singing all the weird songs is where Troy McVicker got his start.
It’s hard to believe in Santa Claus when you can’t believe in your own mom and dad.
Members and staff at the Redmond Athletic Club (RAC), 8709 161st Ave. NE, are helping to bring holiday hope to kids whose lives have been shattered by sexual abuse, domestic violence or neglect. The RAC lobby is filled with gifts for the wards of the Ryther Child Center in Lake City, a residential campus which provides therapeutic care for children who’ve been moved from one foster home to another, without successful placement.
Lands’ End has selected Jake Ewanchuk, son of Cynthia and Brian Ewanchuk of Redmond, as first place winner in the 7-9-year-old age category of its Holiday Art Contest.
Editor’s note: This article was written by the Girls Scouts from Troop 42137.
Tossing aside the cookies, a group of girls let loose on a trip to San Diego recently and learned what the Girl Scouts are really made of.
During a five-day trip to San Diego, Girl Scout Troop 42137 — made up of eight girls from Kirkland and Redmond — surfed at Mission Beach, helped to restore an estuary, as well as shopped in Old Towne and hurtled down the water roller coaster “Atlantis.”
Briana Nettles holds her sister, Kayla, 5, on her lap while wrapping gifts during the “Step Out, Step Up: It’s a Wrap” event at Redmond Town Center last Thursday. Approximately 50 volunteers attended the event and wrapped 1,000 items for women in the community who might not be receiving gifts this season. Redmond Town Center donated 200 gifts from the event to Nettles, a senior at Eastlake High School, for her senior project. Nettles is focusing her project on supporting The Seattle’s Union Gospel Misson’s Women and Children’s Shelter and the Salvation Army in White Center.
In addition to local 10th through 12th grade students selected to participate in All-Northwest and All-State music ensembles in 2009, the following students from local junior high schools have been chosen for these honors.
An Arts Oversight Committee at Group Health Cooperative is seeking a variety of artwork to create a catalog of approved art that can be considered for future purchase for its medical centers, including the Redmond Group Health Medical Center.
Heidi Best and Jeff Harcus look around at photos along the walls as they toured the “World Vision Experience: AIDS”…
The Pacific Sound Chorus, which includes members from Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Sammamish and Issaquah, presents its holiday celebration show, “Bundled Warm for the Holidays,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16 at East Shore Unitarian Church, 12700 SE 32nd St., Bellevue.
Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors (over 65) and students (12 and under).
Brie is a dessert cheese, usually served at room temperature or even slightly warmed.
Several students from Redmond have been selected to participate in the 41st biennial All-Northwest Band, Orchestra, Treble Choir, Mixed Choir, Jazz Band and/or Jazz Choir events in 2009.
At 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, the husband and wife music duo of Scott and Hilary Burnett will search for the perfect Christmas groove at Washington Cathedral, 12300 Woodinville-Redmond Rd. NE.
