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After tumultuous year, PNB dancers to perform live in new season

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Madison Park Times editor As Pacific Northwest Ballet wraps up its 2020-21 digital offerings, marking the end of a tumultuous season complete with fits and starts and a shift to a new direction last spring, attention is now turning to what is next for the company. To that end, PNB recently announced plans to return to live performances for its 49th season, which takes place from September through June 2022 at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. at the Seattle Center. The decision is a welcome one for directors and staff at Pacific Northwest Ballet after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the 2020-21 season. Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal looks forward to once again emerging from behind the curtain at McCaw Hall and greeting the audience in person. PNB Executive Director Ellen Walker said she is looking forward to audiences one again enjoying live performances. While the return to live performances is the first step back to normal for PNB, both Boal and Walker said last year taught some hard, but valuable lessons in resiliency and adapting to difficult circumstances. When it became clear 2020 was not going to be a regular year for PNB because of the pandemic, the regulations that shuttered live performances and uncertain timelines regarding reopening, ballet administrators decided that the best way to salvage the season was to pivot to a digital season. “There was no road map for this, and we just said let’s do it,” Boal said. Keeping dancers and theatrical support staff employed was a top priority, he said. Instead of opting to rely strictly on archived material, Boal said they were able to curate and commission some smaller programs and smaller works. This was another positive because doing so allowed PNB to expand its community of choreographers and include more people of color and women. They also made the experience more personal for audiences by recording interviews

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Boating adventures on the water ways By Richard Carl Lehman Revisiting the Park

rom the cattails of Canterbury to Lake Union to the open waters of Lake Washington and the old ships near the shores of Bellevue, we truly were able to share exciting adventures for show and tell at McGilvra Elementary School. A handy tool was a map showing popular fishing areas in Lake Washington, and we saw our next voyage should be the Sammamish Slough. Fourteen-plus miles long and roughly 6 feet wide, this body of water demanded an overnighter. It would require a quarter pint of oil, 1 gallon of gas, a new spark plug and some other tools. *Checking Google, it appears our five horsepower Johnson Seahorse was only two horsepower, which was great on economy but had little chance of setting any speed records. A learning moment: A friend yanked the starter rope, and somehow my hand touched the spark plug line. Wow! The engine had a magneto that produced extra spark to start a cold engine. Live and learn. One Saturday morning, with clear skies and smooth water, we prepared for our journey by positioning our goods for a more-even stance to allow more freeboard. We crossed the Montlake Cut to Laurelhurst north to Sandpoint Naval Air Station. Due to restrictions near the air strip, we crossed the lake there east to Kirkland, which was then just a small quiet village with horses and wagons. Motoring north to the sandy shores of Juanita was a vision to behold — the largest slide in Washington state — three stories high! Water ran down from the top of the metal slide, creating more speed for those that dared. We pulled our boat up onto the sandy shore and watched people — mostly kids — fly down the slide and fly like hydroplanes when hitting the water. Most kids went headfirst, others backwards. We made the long climb, and one friend went first yelling on the way down, making a huge splash when he hit the lake. We always dared each other, and without fail, we did it! It was my turn, and I went headfirst. It was faster than I thought it would be. After hit-

ting the water, I flew. Standing in barely waist-high water, I realized something was odd. No suit! People walking to the slide could see my floating bathing suit about 20 feet from me. They were laughing and pointing as I ran to put my suit on. Far too young for public nudity, it was pretty funny. We ate lunch and headed out looking back at our slide accomplishment! It was around Kenmore that we stopped to top off our fuel. Not too much further was the shallow 3-foot slough. We motored through cattails and logs, under a trestle and past some fishermen showing their catch, which I think were silvers. Some logs were a problem; a couple pulled the boat over. Frogs and birds swooped and dove down to eat bugs and then nested on low branches. Many large bugs but no bees. There were big skittish muskrats and even a couple of dogs. In one area, eagles caught fish. This mostly country quiet area was filled with wild animals blocking our way. We killed the engine and waded near the shore, pulling the boat to get a close look at some cows. They just stepped aside and continued to drink water. It was slow going, but we were in no hurry. By early afternoon, we noticed the water deepening; we were in Lake Sammamish. There were a few boats, mostly sailboats, and we talked to some friendly kids; we were all war kids and had that in common. We idled and laid in the sun, donning iodine and baby oil. Later in the afternoon, we heard music and saw a fire, so we motored to Alexander’s Beach Resort. Here, there was a concession stand to buy baked beans, salad, buns, wieners and a wooden branch to cook your meal and, best of all, a cotton candy machine. What an unexpected feast! Seeing adults as well as kids do the Schottish to polka tunes was quite the entertainment. Next stop, head south to a beach and bed down. We woke up to a cool cloudy morning and cinnamon rolls, oh, and a big deer just standing there staring at us. After he wandered off, we set off to cruise almost the whole lake. Some kids we met told us about another slough just south of us that connected to Lake Washington. Great, more scenery! It was

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“We were all very quiet, like sailors meeting a storm, and adjusted things in the boat to get an even stance. The water was now choppy because of the wind, and it was raining harder.” covered with branches and trees and lots of birds. The slough wound around as darkness descended and a little light rain began. Under the east channel bridge to Mercer Island the wind

increased, and our light jackets weren’t cutting it. Looking west, the lake was dark, and Leschi was far away. Good thing we had containers from that wonderful meal just in case we had to bail. We were all very quiet, like sailors meeting a storm, and adjusted things in the boat to get an even stance. The water was now lightly choppy because of the wind, and it was raining harder. Trying to find humor we said, “Hell with it — let’s do it!” Due west, with the throttle to the metal, we changed course several times to avoid big waves. Bailing ferociously, Leschi still looked far away. Then a wave killed our engine. Grandfather said if the engine dies, just wait, keep it dry, then give it maximum choke. We did it,

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and the Johnson Seahorse started like a champ! We zig-zagged north, avoiding small white caps and working in harmony to find areas without strong gusts. We continued to take on water and bailed almost as fast as it came in, but then it was smooth water approaching Leschi. We were wet and almost home, but wet! Stopping finally at Madrona beach, we tipped our boat on its side to drain and then threw everything back inside and cruised slowly all the way home while laughing nervously, hiding the fact that just minutes before we were frantic about that one big wave over the bow that could have done us in. Not a dull life for kids without electronics!

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Inslee’s vetoes raise ire By Ruairi Vaughan Contributing writer

At the end of Washington state’s legislative session in late April, Gov. Jay Inslee praised lawmakers in the state House and Senate for “a historic and truly extraordinary session … as all-encompassing as any legislative session of the past 25 years.” However, recent days have made it clear that not every law emerging from the state legislature has met with Inslee’s full approval. Inslee has issued a number of partial and full vetoes to a variety of bills, drawing anger from across the political spectrum, as well as from nonpartisan actors. The most significant of the Governor’s vetoes concern climate change legislation. On May 17, Inslee signed laws creating a statewide program to cap carbon emissions and set a clean fuels standard, but he vetoed language in the bill that linked them to funding for a major statewide transportation initiative. The transport aspect of the bill had been an important part of

negotiations between Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature, and leaders from both parties argued that Inslee’s actions undermined trust. House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, said Inslee’s action “reached beyond his constitutional powers,” while Minority Leader John Braun, RCentralia, bluntly called his move “illegal.” Another climate-related veto stirred up ever more anger. Inslee struck down part of SB 5126 — the carbon-cap bill — that required consultation with Native American tribal leaders over climate change-related projects on tribal lands. Inslee’s spokesperson said that the bill “was written so broadly that would have made it possible to challenge just about any related project anywhere in the state.” Native American leaders, however, were unhappy. Fawn Sharp, the president of the National Congress of American Indians, called it “the most egregious and shameless betrayal of a deal I have ever witnessed from a politician of any party, at any level.” She went so far as to call Inslee “a snake.” The veto opens up the possibility that projects such as wind farms and solar power stations might be built over lands that tribes rely on for hunting, fishing and collecting medicinal roots and herbs. The following day, May 18, Inslee issued another veto that irked his Democratic allies. He struck down HB 1127, a bill that regu-

lates the collection of COVID-19 patient data for patient privacy, in its entirety. An Inslee spokesperson issued a statement saying that the language of the bill was “very broad.” A person familiar with Inslee’s rationale told the Washington State Wire that HB 1127 would make it harder for the state to promote COVID vaccination to Washingtonians. However, Rep. Vandana Slatter, D-Bellevue, who holds a doctorate of pharmacy and a master of public administration from the University of Washington, said in a statement that she was disappointed by the Inslee’s decision. “Absent laws and regulations that build consumer confidence in the protection, security, and use of personal health data, we lose an important tool to combat current and future public health threats …,” she said. “Every Washingtonian should feel confident that their COVID-19 health data will only be used for this purpose.” Inslee does not have the last word on these pieces of legislation. It is possible that some or all of these vetoes will face legal challenges. Jinkins expressly promised to bring Inslee’s veto of transportation funding to court. Last year, two of Inslee’s vetoes were invalidated by a judge in Thurston County, and the state Supreme Court is expected to hear the cases this June. If Inslee’s opponents follow through on their legal challenges, the fate of this year’s vetoed bills will likely not be decided until mid-2022.

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population. On Jan. 14, Seattle Fire became the first emergency medical services agency in Washington state to administer COVID-19 vaccines. The SFD Community Vaccination Hubs at Rainier Beach and West Seattle will cease operations on June 23 and June 9, respectively. UW Medicine’s testing trailers will remain open at each hub, even after vaccinations end. Since their opening, the SFD hubs have administered nearly 107,000 vaccinations combined, including more than 60,000 first doses. Of those vaccinated at the West Seattle Hub, 39 percent identify as BIPOC, and 57 percent of those vaccinated at the Rainier Beach Hub identify as BIPOC. The SFD Mobile Vaccination Teams will serve as the City’s primary vaccination effort through the summer. For more information, including how to get vaccinated today, visit the city’s vaccination website at www. seattle.gov/vaccine. People should continue to follow all public health guidance, including indoor masking for vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

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Old generals in the revolution

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he revolution began in ’76 ... give or take a year or two. I’m not talking about the American Revolution, here. No, it’s the American Horticultural Revolution, circa 1976, of which I write. There always have been a few very serious gardeners in our country. Corn, beans and squashes were carefully cultivated by the first Americans. The rose collection of Monticello and the azaleas and camellias of Middleton Place come to mind. There were a handful of people, a hefty percentage of them in the Pacific Northwest (often considered to be somewhat eccentric), who were serious plants people. Many of them created great American gardens, large and small, in the 19th and the early 20th centuries. For the most part, however, our citizens divided the plant environment surrounding their homes into three parts: the yard (which included mowing the lawn and shearing the shrubs); the vegetable patch; and the flower beds. The concept of “The Garden” as an allinclusive thing was pretty much a European or Japanese concept. That changed. For whatever reason, the 1970s produced a period of enlightenment, followed by revolutionary changes. First came the physical fitness boom, ushering in workout gear, marathons and gyms, and then the foodie explosion, bringing high quality restaurants, cooking shops and delis. About that time, dirt under fingernails became startlingly fashionable. Nurseries expanded, boutique plant shops popped up everywhere, horticultural columns appeared in newspapers and magazines, gardening books flew off shelves, garden clubs swelled in membership, botanical Latin was heard slipping off tongues and, with hurricane force, neverbefore-seen or heard of plants replaced clipped grass. Yes, it was a revolution, and some of the old guard was banished. Petunias, pansies and geraniums were, sadly, for a time, considered too common to grow. The mob can be fickle. As Madame Roland said as she stood, awaiting her ascension to the guillotine, “Oh freedom, what crimes are committed in your name!” Which brings me to hostas. This old standby survived. In the past, perennial beds or flower gardens were just that. The limited palette of plants that bloomed yearly were chosen for their blossoms: peonies, bearded iris, roses, all the favorites of grandma’s flower plot. Hostas bloomed, but gardeners chose them to edge beds with their reliably dense crops of broad, ribbed or quilted leaves. Once the horticultural revolution got into full swing, perennials grown for interesting and colorful leaves became fashionable. Heu-

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Photo by Mary Henry Pretty much disease resistant, able to withstand some drought, happy in most soils, hostas have only one real problem: Slugs love them. cheras sailed to overnight stardom, Heuchera “Palace Purple” leading the charge. Having one gave the new wave of horticultural neophytes great bragging rights. Then hybridizers and propagators started crossing and selecting the green, sometimes green and cream, leafed hostas. The offerings sprung up like dandelions in spring. They sold. The frenzy was on, and now hosta leaves are on the market in a variety of greens, blues, golds creams, solid in color or variegated, in leaves no bigger than your thumb nail or as large as a dinner platter. Rarely will you find one you don’t want. Mail order catalogs and online websites offer them by the dozens. They stand up well to shipping and, once received and planted, shoot into growth, rarely disappointing customers. Herbaceous perennials, hostas appear in March, their fat, pointed buds popping out of the ground. They leaf out, putting on a great show until cold weather, usually in November, take them down. They disappear completely in winter, only to emerge the following spring in a bigger, denser clump. Pretty much disease resistant, able to withstand some drought, happy in most soils, hostas have only one real problem: Slugs love them. If you do not have a perfectly slug-free garden, the critters will gnaw on the buds coming out of the ground, causing leaves to open that look like Swiss cheese, if they make it up at all. Once leafed out, the slugs keep chewing. Consider growing them in pots, up where slugs find them hard

to reach. The plants you see in the photograph are in pots. The two variegated plants are “Freedom” and “Revolution.” Beside them is “Dancing Queen,” bright leaves that stay reliably yellow to chartreuse all season. They make a great show, spring, summer and fall in my garden. When the hostas go down after a cold snap, I move the pots to the north side of the house, out of sight but open to seasonal rainfall to await the appearance of next year’s buds, when I’ll bring them back out. Come late autumn, it’s a case of Hosta luego (sorry, I couldn’t resist). I feed hostas, as I do all container plants, monthly with a liquid plant food, mixed to manufacturer’s instructions. I water them, groom them when leaves are broken or die. Occasionally I’ll cut a leaf to use in an arrangement indoors. They are long lasting. Clumps of hostas expand with vigor. Every three years or so, pull them out of their pots as you put them away for winter; cut big clumps into quarters and repot, individually. The roots are fleshy, and you don’t need to be careful about slicing them up. Just be certain each division has some roots on the end. Share with friends or increase your own show. So, here’s a salute to hostas. Put one, or several, of these old generals in containers to act as focal points in your garden. They’ll shout out “Attention!” to any visitor entering your garden. Guests will march right to these stately and commanding plants saying, “Where did you find these? You’re growing them in pots! What a revolutionary idea!”

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Preparing your body for a game of tennis L ast month I consulted with a local tennis coach to help their players prepare for a more effective tennis practice, improve their performance and prevent injuries. The sport of tennis is physically demanding, and those who play should be well prepared for the challenge. As I mentioned last month, preparation leading up to a given day of sport is the most important predictor of injury prevention and performance, so there are several important things that one should do to prepare for tennis. Some might call it a “warm up,” some may say “movement preparation,” others may say “getting ready.” Whatever you may call it, these are the keys to a happy and health sporting experience. Elevate your body temperature Literally, warm your body up by moving. Muscle contraction is by far the largest generator of heat in our body. When we contract muscles, a significant amount of energy needed for the contraction

is lost through heat. ginner level to 5.0 level Like how the engine of and beyond, there is no a car gets warm while getting around movrunning, our muscles ing your feet in tennis. are the engine of our Having lazy feet, stiff body, which releases ankles or tight hips, heat as a biproduct combined with a weak when used. A good core, and you are asking indicator of whether for an injury. your body is sufficiently While muscle and warm is sweat or joints do need to be Dr. Dan Michael warm, they also need perspiration, as our bodies naturally Northwest Sports to be loaded in full perspire when our ranges of motion. internal temperature Additionally, our begins to rise. brain and nerves While it depends on humidneed to be “primed” and ready for ity and the temperature of the match-level speed of movement. environment, it is fair to say that Call it “muscle memory,” but it’s summer in Seattle conditions actually all part of the brain and should make just about anyone spinal cord knowing reflexively sweat if they move enough. Try which muscles to activate and this: Perform three loops around when to do it that helps us move the tennis court, running on the quickly and without injury. sidelines, and doing a lateral Try this: Start from the baseline shuffle on the baselines. and perform an in-line lunge. As you get to the bottom, twist over Movement preparation and the front leg and then alternate, mobility taking lunging steps until you “Move your feet!” From a bereach the net. Then, don’t turn

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BALLET, FROM PAGE 1 with the dancers and choreographers and including those in the digital package, so audiences gained a different perspective of what they had watched. “We really wanted to tell the story of the organization, our artists and our community at PNB, so in digital programs we were able to tell the story of PNB and the art form itself,” Walker said. “You know, I think that people know this organization better than they did a year ago.” The digital season also allowed PNB to reach a greater audience, with people tuning in from over 30 countries and all 50 states. “I think we really learned how much our audience supports us,” Boal said, adding he sees opportunities to expand their offerings even when live performances resume by keeping some of the digital offerings. The unexpected positives that emerged from last year were some welcome highlights in an already stressful time. Walker said, prior to the pandemic, the arts and culture sector as a whole, including performing arts companies, museums, science centers, aquariums, zoos, were all struggling with significant expenses that were not being matched by audience growth, and corporate support was being retracted. “All of us were struggling with under-investment,” Walker said, adding when the pandemic hit and the world changed so quickly, a serious situation became an existential crisis of who was going to survive. Walker said the arts and culture community in Seattle is very tight knit, and the different directors communicate frequently as members of an arts and culture round table. There they discuss how organizations are faring, how they are responding to the changing situation, what they are planning. Everybody in the sector, Walker said, cares about each other, from the start-up companies and fledgling theaters to the larger establishments. “The whole ecosystem is interdependent,” Walker said, adding everybody is having a hard time navigating the situation and people are worried. “It’s really, really challenging. Large or small, all organizations in the arts and culture sector are facing their own worries. Walker said larger organizations like PNB and Seattle Opera Company don’t necessarily have greater advantages than smaller companies because the larger organizations have different expense

Photo © AngelaSterlingPhoto.com. Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Seth Orza as Tybalt, center, performs with company dancers in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s ‘Roméo et Juliette,’ which PNB presented online as part of its all-digital 2020-21 season. PNB will bring the ballet back live on stage for the upcoming 2021-22 season. variables, such as more artists and staff on payroll and higher overhead expenses. “We all are working all the time, even though nothing is happening, so much is happening,” Walker said. Plus, the pandemic has been especially hard for the artists and support staff, especially the dancers who have relatively short careers to begin with and losing a year or more of work is significant in their careers. “But the dancers were truly grateful that we were able to keep them working,” Boal said, even if they didn’t work an entire season. “I think they recognized that this company really made a priority of keeping our people working.” Boal and Walker both agree they were pleased with how PNB responded to 2020 as they finish out the digital season. “People didn’t really jump ship or run the other way,” Boal said. “I think we felt the trust turn within. The vulnerability was real, the challenges are real. … It was like we all need to lean in. That’s an amazing moment to have.” Walker said the willingness of people to try something new and create community where possible using any means necessary was inspiring to her. “Our culture was built on proximity, and suddenly we didn’t

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everal months past the it. Whatever we do to the web, one-year mark of our world we do to ourselves. All things upended by a global pandemare bound together. All things ic, most of us are physically and connect.” emotionally exhausted, longing for We’ve seen our interdepenour old familiar lives. Now, here dence with regard to how fast a comes the sun, restrictions are bedeadly virus can spread, jumping ing lifted, and a feeling of expanthe boundaries of species and siveness is in the air. Our collective countries. But the pandemic has “whew” is scattering blossoms in also afforded us an experience of the air. the upside of interdependence Margie Carter Still, I feel somewhat unsettled — neighbors checked with by this excitement about getting each other about possible MP Emergency back to normal. Do you rememPreparedness Team needs; little free libraries were ber that before it was taken away turned into food banks; time from us, we didn’t like much was put invested in planting of what had become normal? So much was new gardens and cleaning up neglected public really messed up! Our lives were stressed, spaces; signs in windows, songs and music on overscheduled, fragmented; we didn’t know front porches expressed thanks for essential many of our neighbors, let alone take time workers; an outpouring of support for small, to engage with them. Regular upheaval and independent businesses as they employed disease were at our door with pervasive racial creativity with fast pivots to stay alive. and economic inequities, regular events of Before the pandemic and the reckoning loss and displacement caused by global warm- with systemic racism of this past year, a little ing. pod of Madison Park neighbors was steadily Perhaps our yearning for the familiar and making progress with neighborhood organiza sense of security has gotten conflated with ing for emergency preparedness. We were the idea of returning to normal. Before we impressed with how some of the basic tenets do too much “going back,” can we take this Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare opportunity to examine this stupor we’ve acprogram came to life, calling on neighbors to cepted as normal? prepare to work together during a big disaster. Seattle resident and healthcare consultant Our hope is that this will continue, not only Diane Rawlins recently put it this way: “The with preparation for some future event but in COVID pandemic of this past year has given regular expressions of living well together as us living evidence of what interdependence neighbors. looks like, breaking our trance of denial.” We know that climate change didn’t go Her words harken those often quoted from into lockdown over the last year, and neiChief Sealth: “Humankind has not woven ther did white supremacy. But we can move the web of life. We are but one thread within forward with some courageous decisions in

a continuing uncertain world. How could we squander what a life-changing year has taught us about interdependence, our kinship with the natural world, our innate desire to be generous, our ability to be resourceful and creative? As you make time to replenish and recalibrate your life, begin to formulate some “what if ” questions. Consider possibilities to resist any “returning” and lean into this idea of “the great turning” offered to us by Joanna Macy, David Korten and a host of other environmental activists. What if we continued to strengthen our relationships with our neighbors and give neighborhood activities more of our time? What if we found some ongoing collective will to prioritize the health of people and the planet over profits? What if we are collectively better prepared when the next disaster arrives? Be brave and talk about these things with your family, neighbors and friends. Maybe even take some action. Take heart from the words of Courtney Martin in The Examined Family Newsletter from May 26: “I don’t want this to be the end of a story (George Floyd’s, COVID-19’s, cowered and painfully awake America’s), but the middle of something unpredictable. As hard as I’ve learned unpredictability is. I still crave a narrative epic, for myself, for my children, for yours, an America remade by its year — naw, its generation — of reckoning.” If you’d like to join our Madison Park Emergency Preparation team or have ideas or resources to share, please contact either Sarah Armstrong, saraharmstrong215@gmail.com, or Margie Carter, margiecarter@comcast.net.

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