Wednesday, 7-10pm, improvised electric, acoustic and electronic music Greg Kucera Gallery 608 Second Avenue, 624-0770; thru August 29: William Wegman: Unique Polaroids and Altered Photographs; also, recent acuisitions and new work. new address effective Sept 1: 212 3rd Ave - gallery closed during Sept. Linda Hodges Gallery, 41 O Occidental Avenue South, 624-3034; in August: Gillian Theobald and Jack Chevalier; King County Art Gallery , 506 2nd Ave, Room 1115, 296-7580. for August: Luis Sanchez: Timelessness: works on Fresco Artspace Gallery, 216 Alaskan Way So, 442-9365: for August: tba Kurt Lidtke, 2nd Ave Ext: closed in August; re-opening in Sept with Adam Grosowsky - contemporary figurative paintings;
Park .. you can tell what days our
King Beats are working by just walking thru the park (any of them); speaking of parks, the parks maintenance crew has had ther hands full with the combination of police augemntation cuts and warm weather..they keep on plugging away, though, and doing a fine job .. MOIR� August/September 1998 Conventions: (over 1.000 attending) August: 31-9: Intl Assn of Prof Black Firefighters 8-12:Western Exhibitors:Summer Gift Show 9-17:PGA Championship September: 3-6: Nat'I AirTraffic Controllers Assn 13-16: lnt'I Customer Service Assn 17-20: Women of the Church of God 23-27: Nat'I Assn of Home Builders 25-27: Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show 25-28: Natl Assn of Elevator Contractors KU�IGDOM� �CH�DYIL� August: 17-18: Detroit - 7:05, 7:35 19-20: Toronto - 7:35, 7:05 21-24: cws 7:05, 6:05, 1:35, 12:35 Seahawks: Pre-Season Saturday, August 8th: 7pm -Colts Friday, August 28th: 7pm -SF September: 4-7: Bait - 7:05, 1:0.5,6:05,6:05 8-9: TAM - 7:05, 3:35 13th_ Seahawks vs Cardinals 1pm 18th: Microsoft Meeting (privat e) 20th: Seahawks vs Redskins 1pm 21-23: Oak - 7:05,7:05, 7:35 24-27: Tex - 7:05, 7:05,tba,1 :35
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Park Exclusion ordinance surviving, just barely .. flunk-out rate of new police recruits is not a pretty sight.new police academy for sept/oct having some trouble getting filled-up; public hearing on a program which would provide tax exemptions
for development of Apartments and Condos in certain neighborhoods, including this one August 12, time tbd (caH 684-051 O for info); hope the business community will take a look before the neighborhood gets plastered with "this is a high car prowl area" signs. Tourists up by the bus tunnel are feeling less than comfortable, they report, especially in the morning hours..on the plus side, the info booth has been plenty busy most days; first meeting of the "added Activities" workgroup, established by City Council, was held recently, and will be proceeding to develop a decision matrix, for discussion purposes; many philosophical differences remain outstanding among various parties and will be the subject of much discussion at future meetings;
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lots of clever happenings at 163 So Jackson, including "Rebirth of 5" at Hankz Place... many other shows; new Preservation Board members should be appointed soon; Trattoria Mitchelli had a slight scare when the pizza hoods caught on fire recently - all is ok though, and in full operation.(.one Underground Tour leader was heard remarking to the tour group that if they wanted to wait perhaps they would witness the 2nd great Seattle fire).. Larry's Greenfront is getting air conditioning, joining Ned's as one of the few..check out the demolition at Occidental & Yesler Way, and hopefully a new tenant soon.. space still vacant at Occidental and South Washington, with a building sales asking price (we hear) of 900k (my, my); now that it is getting next to impossible to find space in the Square, we were glad to hear of Paul Allen's newest condo project at 1000 1st ave south C@lfili��t .. how many vacant storefronts can be attributed to one landlord ? Which one??
RU mo rs: Samis needs the Butler for it's parking requirements for other project developments -read: no net increase in parking for the Square@!! Did you know Pioneer Square had a gun range, until very recently?? ; Things may be heating up for one landlord over a little sewer thing ..; The infamous elevator shaft is not part of the Underground Tour ... ; changes brewing at the Bread of Life?? f)�����il
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