With Washington being the first state to lose its waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind education law, all 1.04 million students in 295 school districts here will automatically receive letters this fall saying they are attending “failing” schools.
SEEDArts Cinema will present the documentary “Inequality for All” at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center (3515 S. Alaska St.) on Saturday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
John Slattery’s “God’s Pocket” boasts an impressive cast, with the likes of Phillip Seymour Hoffman (in one of his last roles), John Turturro, Christina Hendricks and Richard Jenkins.
In “Fading Gigolo,” an entertaining and bizarre yet slight picture, Woody Allen plays a pimp to John Turturro’s gigolo. It’s a fresh and brilliantly absurd bit of casting.
“Blue Ruin” is a taut and deliberate revenge thriller suggesting that just because you may have the urge and the drive to exact revenge on someone, it doesn’t mean it’s as easy as picking up a gun and popping a cap in the bastard’s head.
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which has been spicing up our city with an international vibe of cinema from around the world year after year, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The nonprofit Jimi Hendrix Park Foundation has announced a new fundraising effort to support the construction costs of a public art structure, the “Shadow Wave Wall,” at Seattle’s Jimi Hendrix Park.
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Madrona-based Glassybaby (3406 E. Union St.) has reached its goal of $2 million in giving to charities around the country that are dedicated to healing.
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has announced that one of the additional parklets in the 2014 Pilot Parklet Program will be at Harbour Pointe Coffeehouse (2818 E. Madison St.) in Madison Valley.
