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Cool City Pets up for adoption on Saturday

Head on down to the Seattle Animal Shelter (2061 15th Ave. W.) on Saturday, Aug. 16, for Cool City Pets, an adoption event highlighting small animals looking for their forever homes.

Final life jacket sale on Saturday

Seattle Parks and Recreation will sell low-cost life jackets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Evans Pool (7201 E. Green Lake Drive N.). This is the last sale of the season.

Seattle Parks invites pups to the pool on Sunday

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites pups to paddle in the Helene Madison Pool (13401 Meridian Ave. N.) from 1 to 3 p.m., on Sunday, Aug. 17.

REVIEW | Well-made ‘Calvary’ still too bleak for most

Father James (Brendan Gleeson) sits in the confession stall at his church. All is dark, except for a patch of golden light that illuminates his face.

EDITORIAL | No derailing oil-trains plan

The July 24 derailment of five of 102 train cars carrying crude oil under the Magnolia Bridge drove home the near-inevitability of even more oil trains coming through Seattle.

EDITORIAL | Bad blood ban

The Seattle City Council became the 60th American city to recommend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) change its policy about the lifetime ban against gay and bisexual men donating blood.

Seattle Opera Day at MOHAI this Saturday

More than 500 people are expected to attend Seattle Opera Day on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Museum of History & Industry (860 Terry Ave. N.).

REVIEW | New ‘Turtles’ movie should have stayed in its shell

The new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (TMNT) feature — directed by Jonathan Leibsman — didn’t give me much reason to care about the half-shelled heroes and their struggles.

REVIEW | ‘What If’ wonders if it can do romantic comedy

In the new romantic comedy “What If,” director Michael Dowse wants to recapture the same kind of screwball, verbal-sparring energy characteristic of classic Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn comedies.

Downtown Transit Tunnel to close Saturday for light-rail testing

The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel will close for about six hours Saturday morning, Aug. 9, while Sound Transit and King County Metro conduct operational tests.

Adopt Fabulous Felines at Animal Shelter this Saturday

The Seattle Animal Shelter will host a cat adoptathon on Saturday, Aug. 9, from noon to 3 p.m. The event will feature numerous kittens and cats of different breeds.

REVIEW | This ‘Storm’ lacks any punch

There’s nothing like a gigantic storm to put your life in perspective. All those silly, little problems we have just get blown away in the event of a tornado.

REVIEW | The food makes up for lack of story in ‘Journey’

“The Hundred-Foot Journey” is a food movie, so you can expect a lot of scenes featuring beautiful and tasty-looking food paired with beautiful and tasty-looking sequences of it being delicately prepared.

SR 520 bridge to close for weekend construction

Crews will be hard at work over the weekend as they place asphalt on new ramps and stripe the freshly paved lanes east of the state Route 520 bridge.

EDITORIAL | Monorail measure on right track?

With the results of this year’s primary election not yet official, it’s time to focus on the Nov. 4 general election’s controversial proposition: the monorail ballot measure.

City crack-sealing to being next week

Starting Tuesday, Aug. 5, Seattle Department of Transportation crews will fill cracks along South Jackson Street, between Rainier Avenue South and 31st Avenue South, weather-permitting.

Suspect arrested in Portland for Leschi shooting

Lorenzo Pratt, a 25-year-old member of the Deuce 8 street gang, was arrested on June 10 in Portland, Ore., for an outstanding warrant for an April 19 road-rage incident that occurred in Leschi five days before he allegedly shot and killed Deszaun Smallwood, 20.

REVIEW | The Guardians can’t save ‘Galaxy’ from itself

The best thing about James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” — the latest Marvel universe picture — is that it introduces a new universe and a new set of characters.

REVIEW | ‘Get On Up’ does injustice to James Brown, his portrayer

In “Get On Up, the new James Brown biopic, 32-year-old actor Chadwick Boseman embodies the legendary funk singer in just about every way.

Next foster-cat orientation on Sunday

If you’re interested in becoming a foster parent for cats and kittens from the Seattle Animal Shelter, plan to attend a free orientation session, offered next on Sunday, Aug. 3, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.