Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz took another step into politics last week with his announcement that his baristas would start conversations about race relations by writing “Race Together” on the coffee cups and engage in intense small talk about the issue.
I think it’s safe to say that when you call your movie “Get Hard,” you’re begging for audiences to go in with low expectations. To my astonishment, “Get Hard” is not only funny but consistently funny, a major plus.
In Pierre Morel’s “The Gunman,” veteran actor Sean Penn gets to channel his inner aging action hero in the vein of Liam Neeson. Unfortunately, Penn doesn’t have much charisma or the soothing, gravelly voice Neeson has.
While the state attorney general’s (AG) office generally argues much larger issues like the Affordable Care Act, civic bans on legal marijuana sales and, more recently, immigration, Bob Ferguson is taking on a matter that the average Seattleite can relate to: Seahawks ticket scammers.
House Speaker Frank Chopp, Sen. Jamie Pedersen and Rep. Brady Walkinshaw will hold a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 14, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Erickson Theater (1524 Harvard Ave.) at Seattle Central College.
In this age of social media, many still have yet to learn to think twice about what they post online for fear of employers reading it. Especially inept are a few police officers, whose “employers” are the taxpaying public.
Starting now, if you live anywhere between Montlake and Interstate 90, you’re about to hear from three people who want to make your business their business in a big way.
After seeing pediatricians multiple times, Kira was diagnosed with a rare virus. Kira became extremely sick, lost more than 20 pounds and couldn’t leave her house. Not surprisingly, Kira missed months of school.
Graduating seniors who once attended the former Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Madison Valley are invited to apply for a $1,500 Martin Luther King School Dream Foundation scholarship.
Jabali Stewart, director of Intercultural Affairs at The Bush School (3400 E. Harrison St.), is one of three recipients of the Center of Ethical Leadership’s 2015 Leadership Legacy Award.
In the Madison Park of yesteryear, little was done with private homes except maybe to repair a broken stair or swing or perhaps build a new garage door. Glimpsing back, one remembers how slowly life moved.
