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Madrona woman finds her voice by amplifying others’ with The Shattered Glass Project
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Rebecca O’Neil, a longtime Madrona resident, was looking for ways to connect with and amplify other women’s voices and talents when she created The Shattered Glass Project as a graduate school project. The program grew out of O’Neil’s desire to create opportunities in theater for women and other voices marginalized because of sex or gender and tell those untold stories in the Seattle area. “I wanted a place that would give women and nonbinary folks the opportunity to work as actors, directors, playwrights and producers,” O’Neil said. During her journey, she said she has learned a lot more about the benefits of diversity and “how heterogenous teams achieve more than non-heterogenous teams. “When we work with a group that is not the same as we are, we can achieve more and be more creative,” O’Neil said. The Shattered Glass Project came together while she was working toward her arts leadership master’s degree at Seattle University. The graduate program brings together leaders from across the arts communities with the goal of empowering a new wave of arts professionals. It teaches business, management and community engagement skills, while incorporating social justice into all it does. O’Neil started the master’s program in 2017 while she was working at Seattle University’s Law School doing continuing education and events management. Her cohort was larger than usual, but she said members “really liked each other,” and they all had their “little quirks.” “I knew from the beginning that I wanted to start a theater company that would feature women and especially older women,” O’Neil said. O’Neil, a Pacific Northwest native who studied drama at Mills College and in England for a year, has been acting semiprofessionally for years. She knows, however, that no matter how good an actor is or how great their training, only so many roles are created for women, and even less for women of a certain age.
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Photo by Laura Marie Rivera The Shattered Glass Project creator Rebecca O’Neil sits outside the Madrona library last month. O’Neil created the TSGP to connect with and amplify voices marginalized by sex and gender in theater.
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Seattle raptor advocate wants to expand rat population control program after pilot success By Jessica Keller
Madison Park Times editor A rodent abatement program that used nonlethal means to reduce the rat population at a future construction site in Queen Anne was so successful organizers are ready to expand it into other areas. Ever since a snowy owl fans named Yuki showed up in Queen Anne in the fall of 2020, Tanea Stephens, Queen Anne wildlife activist and Raptors are the Solution Seattle chapter director, has tried to educate people in Queen Anne and other neighborhoods about the dangers of using poison bait traps to reduce the number of rodents around residences and businesses or developments. In early 2021, Stephens approached Maria Barrientos, principle at BarrientosRyan, the developer behind the future 21Boston construction project, and asked her to consider participating in a pilot program, Poison Free by 2023, by using non-lethal means to reduce the rodent population as required by the city rather than traditional means. Instead of hiring a pest control company to set out poison bait traps at the future development, Barrientos contracted with Seattle’s Parker Eco Pest Control to administer a birth control solution at different areas at the site. The rat population numbers were then monitored by scientists with FYXX Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to helping cities and groups develop safe, effective population strategies for invasive or overpopulated mammal species. The birth control solution used by Parker Eco Pest Control doesn’t kill rats, instead it makes them infertile. As well, the birth control is nontoxic for animals who come across it and does not kill animals who normally eat rats, like the snowy owl. Stephens said in May that after eight months, scientists with the fertility control expert team reported a 91 percent reduction in the rat population around the future build site. “I just feel like it’s a win-win situation for wildlife and people,” Stephens said. Not only is this better for the environment and animals in the food chain, Stephens said the
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fertility control solution is more effective than use of traditional anticoagulant rodenticides, which stop working after a time because rats stop visiting the poison bait stations, and rat numbers begin to increase again. Most rats live between eight to 12 months, and they are fertile at two. They have on average four to seven litters, with nine to 12 pups in a litter, a year. This works out to be 15,000 descendants of one breeding rat in a year, Stephens said. “So that is what we call rat math, and that is why it doesn’t work,” Stephens said of the poison bait stations. “It’s actually impossible to manage those rats when they stop using the bait stations.” Stephens said with the pilot program a success, she is ready to move to the next phase of the project: taking the idea to other businesses and neighborhoods. To ensure the fertility program could be profitable to pest control companies, Stephens said Parker Eco Pest Control formulated a business model to make it profitable to use in their everyday operations that other pest companies can follow, too. “Our hope is to inspire and motivate those people to change their models, too,” Stephens said. With that in place, Stephens wants to pitch the birth control program idea to other businesses in Queen Anne and then other neighborhoods in Seattle. She hopes people will volunteer to share the program with others, as well. “For the rat birth control to be effective, everyone needs be involved,” Stephens said. As well, the more businesses and homeowners participate in
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Seattle University RedHawkTHON celebration this weekend
State Route 520 temporary bicycle underpass will close next week
Seattle University is hosting its annual fundraising celebration RedHawkTHON from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in SU’s Campion Hall, 914 E. Jefferson St. RedhawkTHON is a peerto-peer fundraising organization that raises money and awareness for Seattle Children’s Hospital’s uncompensated-care fund and its new immunotherapy cancer research program. This event also marks the last day to receive donations for the year. The event kicks off with the opening ceremony, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The grand fundraising total for Seattle Children’s Hospital will be revealed during closing ceremony, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event includes free food, activities, dancing, a photo booth and prizes. Everyone is welcome.
State transportation crews are set to begin constructing a new bicycle and pedestrian land bridge over state Route 520, which will connect the Washington Park Arboretum to Seattle’s University District. Beginning Monday, the temporary bicycle path under state Route 520 will be permanently closed to make room for construction. Bicyclists and pedestrians will need to use Montlake Boulevard to cross the highway. In July, crews will also permanently close the temporary Lake Washington Boulevard on-ramp to eastbound state Route 520 to continue construction. For more information on the state Route 520 project, go to https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/major-projects/ sr-520-bridge-replacement-andhov-program.
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Stinging nettle — medicinal and delicious N atural ate though the human population. plant Fortunately, one of nettle’s medicinal medivirtues is hay fever relief. Nettle tea cines abound, (fresh or dried leaves boiled for 10 growing minutes in water) sipped throughout indigenously the day can soothe allergy symptoms, and robustly, including red and itchy eyes, sinus without help inflammation and nasal mucus and of hand or hoe, congestion. in northwest Nettles also render reprieve from Washington symptoms of benign prostatic hyperback yards. plasia, a condition common in older One of my men in which an enlarged prostate Annie Lindberg personal favorcreates difficult, urgent or dribbling ites, ushering urination. Studies demonstrate that The Point Acupuncture in the spirit of nettles taken internally can reduce spring, is stingthese urinary problems, both short ing nettle. and long term, without side effects. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) lives up In addition to fostering pain relief, to its name. The tiny hairs that cover its reducing inflammation and hay fever leaves and stems have high silicone content, symptoms, and easing urination difficulmaking them brittle. When you brush up ties, studies suggest that stinging nettle can against its foliage, the sharp tips of its hairs act as a natural blood thinner and diuretic break off and enter your skin, releasing and mildly lower blood sugar and blood chemicals, including serotonin, histamine pressure as well. Nettles are replete with and formic acid, eliciting a stinging or antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, and tingling sensation, sometimes accompanied when eaten fresh — after processed to neuby raised bumps. tralize the stinging hairs, of course — they Before you vow to steer clear of this hive- bestow some of their natural vitality to you. heralding herb, know that urtication, the I do recommend consulting with a qualified practice of deliberately and gently stroking healthcare practitioner before incorporating painful joints with nettles, has been used nettles into your life, especially if you are across cultures for millennia as treatment pregnant, nursing or on medications. and pain relief for inflammatory conditions To partake in the magic of this springincluding osteoarthritis and rheumatoid ar- time herbaceous beauty, you must first thritis. Controlled studies have found pain locate it! It grows in abundance throughout and disability from osteoarthritic fingers the Pacific Northwest in moist areas and to be significantly reduced by one week along lakes and streams both at sea level of daily contact with this native stinging and in the mountains. In fact, I spotted a herb. Though some nettle-induced tingling patch just outside the Washington Park ensued with the brushing, 85 percent of Arboretum yesterday! participants said this was an acceptable side Stinging nettles appear in clusters, with effect and half preferred urtication to their leaves growing in opposite pairs on square usual pain relief medication. stems. The leaves are variously round or If massaging your skin with stinging long and narrow but always form a sharp leaves doesn’t appeal, I don’t blame you. You tip and present with serrated edges. I’ve can still appreciate nettle’s nutritional and seen these plants grow over 6 feet tall, but I medicinal nature by first removing its sting. regularly observe them in the 2- to 4-foot Simply boil it, cook it, dehydrate it or blend range. Wearing gloves to protect your it, and nettle’s needles will no longer burn. fingers, simply pluck the top three pairs of You may then safely savor nettle tea, nettle leaves on plants that have not yet flowered. pesto, nettle soup or myriad other nettle Place these nettle tops in a bag to bring concoctions. home; remember to inhale and savor the Exquisitely timed, nettles sprout from the herb’s energizing aroma. Be sure to collect earth in early spring just as seasonal allerfrom patches that have not been sprayed gies from grasses, trees and pollen accelerwith pesticides and are free from industrial
Photo by Annie Lindberg When prepared correctly, stinging nettles can be used in a variety of ways, including a pesto sauce, that are medicinal and delicious. and conventional agricultural runoff. Also, harvest modestly and thoughtfully, leaving most of the plants to grow and propagate, encouraging the patch’s sustainable future. If you love nettles as much as I do, you may also opt to grow them in your back yard if they aren’t growing there wild and free already. Happy nettle hunting, tea-sipping and pesto eating! Northwest nettle pesto 4-5 cups blanched local spring nettle leaves and stems (or 2 cups dried organic nettle leaves) 1 cup toasted organic walnuts, pine nuts or hemp seeds Juice from 1 medium-sized lemon 1/2 teaspoon finely ground sea salt (or to taste) 7 peeled organic garlic cloves (or to taste!) Fresh ground pepper (to taste) 1/4 cup organic extra virgin oil (or to desired consistency) A touch of any other culinary herb that calls you, for added variety, verve and nutrition. Kitchen herbs that play well with the pesto in my experience include rosemary, thyme, cilantro and basil.
1. Place nettle leaves in a pot of boiling water for 90 seconds to neutralize stinging hairs. Be sure to wear gloves to handle the un-boiled nettles if you don’t want to get stung. Promptly remove the nettles and place them in a cold-water bath (to bolster their brilliant green color). Once nettles have cooled after about 3 minutes, remove them by the handful, squeeze out the water and place them on a towel to dry. 2. Toast seeds or nuts in frying pan or oven until golden brown. Combine nettles and remaining ingredients except olive oil in a food processor or blender, and blend until ingredients form a paste. 3. Slowly pour in the olive oil, continuing to pour and blend until desired consistency is reached. Enjoy! This wild, local, seasonal pesto is a wonderful crudite dip for slices of raw carrots, celery, cucumbers and daikon root. You can also use it as a sauce, adding savory, medicinal Northwest spring deliciousness to your pasta, chicken, tofu or grilled veggies. — Annie Lindberg is a licensed practitioner and the owner of The Point Acupuncture and Ayurveda in Madison Park
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Thou shalt not go forth uncarpeted
Revisiting the Park
By Richard Carl Lehman
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his year, May 7, the opening day of boating season was gray and rainy. I couldn’t remember any day in spring as cold and depressing. Several folks recall the year 1978 was similar. All those summers on the Gus Arno, we would have gray days, but it was always warmish, or perhaps it was the brandy-flavored with coffee that made it so. We endured that kind of a day in the early mornings with lots of laughter. Those who had not acquired their sea legs huddled under blankets near the comfort station. A guest who lived on Three-Tree Point was supposed to show, but he flagged a speed boat and caught up with us at the last minute. He was welcomed by the then rain-soaked crew. Miraculously, he ripped open a large cardboard box and produced extra-large plastic bags, all of which happened to be our exact sizes. The Gus Arno was built within the standards of Coast Guard and police requirements and became a part of the boating community. Most weekends we would ready our freshly carpeted watercraft for the upcoming outings. John Gilbert, the captain, Jack Hendricks, admiral and builder, and I, ship’s doctor, boarded John’s El Camino, called El Rancho, in the quest for carpeting for the Gus. It was to be a necessary purchase due to the wayward splinters in the unfinished wood floor. We hit all the used goods stores with little or no luck. Stopping after a few brews, we peered into a dumpster in a dark alley. There, rolled in a large, tight bundle, was a nearly new gold carpet! After the captain announced that it was a sign from above, we loaded it into El Rancho. The next day we unraveled it onto the forward salon — it fit perfectly! Talk about style. Anyone who spilled anything on our find would have to run around the Gus three times unclothed for punishment. It was rumored this occurred without it having to do with a spill. There were really very few rules. One favorite fuel stop was the Hungry Turtle on Lake Union. Although crew members brought many beverages, ice and treats lasting an entire voyage, we still enjoyed tying to the cocktail lounge glass
door to socialize. We were obliged to enter and have any number of cocktails inside but were not allowed to carry any out. Not far from the Turtle was a high rise about to be built, but it never got beyond the concrete footing. It was perfect moorage — it was free. Never were there any major costs involved with decorating the Gus. Used materials and items were offered by friends and accepted with gratitude. One hydroplane day cruise, we were asked by a passing boater, “Is Jack Hendricks there?” Standing near the ship’s cocktail lounge, I opened a lid to a container and yelled, “Jack, someone is here to see you.” Then closing the lid, I said, “He’ll be up as soon as he finishes the last game of eight-ball.” Another passing boater was clearly disgruntled and yelled, “Is that outhouse a sanitary facility?” We answered in the affirmative that we were connected to Metro. We planned a cruise one Saturday morning and called it the 12 gallons of fuel day. We motored east to the back side of Mercer Island to Kennydale. It was a perfect day for the Gus Arno. In the distance we heard country music, and it was live! Drifting in the direction of the music, we saw party guests dressed in country attire, dancing and getting it on. So nice to have live music this day. Suddenly someone yelled through a microphone, “Get your ass over here!” How could we reject an invite like that? We invited some of them aboard and noted they loved our craft. Then they motioned to the open barbeques with ribs and chicken along with an open bar. We came to find out they were the owners and staff of country KAYO radio! Very popular everywhere! They were all dressed to the nines and here we were with cutoffs and bikinis. Drinks in hand and full of ribs, we were offered shots of Cactus Silk, a very smooth tequila. Dancing and toasting the band, we were introduced to Buck Ritchie, the voice of KAYO. One of our crew members, Ray Kicker, a teacher at Ron Bailey School of Broadcasting Engineers, joined the band and played just about anything that created music. He sat in on drums at first, then the keyboard, saxophone and even sang with the influence of Cactus Silk.
Soon, one by one, our crew went down a big slide into the pool. Some wearing star-studded attire and females with high fashioned hair all ended up in the pool. It was time out for the Silk. No one got sick, thankfully, as the “I quit” flag went up. Then, under cover of darkness, just before the sun set, we slipped into the night in our nautically decorated ship and aimed the Gus northwest. Turning on the Coast Guard-approved lights that shined all the way mid-lake, we connected our other gas tank. The Silk was kicking in and we all nodded off. The car traffic on the bridge brought us back to reality, and we proceeded to park on the north side of Madison
Park beach dock. Our presence was seen on the lake on most sunny days. By the end of May, most of us had already leapt into the lake. When summer arrived, we were sporting pretty decent tans. Soon on Friday nights at the 410, The Broadway and our local taverns, it was common to hear statements like, “Hey, we saw you on TV!” or “Saw you at so and so’s lakeside party!” The Gus and its illustrious crew were in demand. We might have been classified as renegades but really, we only wanted to be accepted in the community of boating and to be invited to the events. By all indications, we were!
PNB presents 2021-22 season encore performance Courtesy PNB The curtain comes down on Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 202122 season with its annual season encore performance, a celebratory salute to departing dancers and a crowd-pleasing reprise of some of PNB’s greatest hits. The program will feature PNB’s entire company, along with the world-famous PNB orchestra under the baton of Music Director/Principal Conductor Emil de Cou, performing works by George Balanchine, Alejandro Cerrudo, Ulysses Dove and David Parsons. “Our season encore performance offers the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to dancers who are leaving the Company, and to celebrate the culmination of another great season,” Artistic
Director Peter Boal said in a press release. “Lots to be grateful for with this one, as we returned to the stage after such a prolonged absence. The unwavering commitment of dancers and the entire PNB family during this past season made me extremely proud.” In addition to the previouslyannounced retirement of soloist Joshua Grant, the season encore performance will be the audience’s opportunity to offer farewells to corps de ballet dancers Guillaume Basso and Sarah Pasch, who will also be leaving PNB at the end of the season. Basso, who joined the company in 2015, will be focusing his post-PNB career on continued work with Adage Ballet Studio, the Sodo-neighborhood coaching facility he opened with Abby Jayne DeAngelo in 2021. Pasch
studied on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, joined the company as an apprentice in 2011 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2012. She recently finished her degree in interdisciplinary studies through Western Governors University and will be moving on to teach elementary school in the fall, following PNB’s summer tours to New York and Los Angeles. The line-up for the 202122 season encore performance includes: Little mortal jump Music: Beirut, Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, Alexandre Desplat, Philip Glass, Hans Otte, Max Richter, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan Choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo
Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven (Odes to Love and Loss) Music: Arvo Pärt Choreography: Ulysses Dove Red Angels Music: Richard Einhorn Choreography: Ulysses Dove Agon (pas de deux) Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Caught Music: Robert Fripp Choreography: David Parsons Diamonds (Finale) Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2021-22 season encore performance will be performed one
night: at 6:30 p.m. June 12 at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. at Seattle Center. Tickets range in price from $37 to $190 (PNB subscribers receive 20 percent off ) and may be purchased exclusively through the PNB Box Office: Phone: 206-441-2424* In Person: 301 Mercer St. at Seattle Center* Online: PNB.org (24/7) Subject to availability, tickets are also available 90 minutes prior to PNB show times at McCaw Hall. *For Box Office hours, visit PNB.org/Contact. Health & Safety: PNB patrons 12 and older must show proof that they are fully vaccinated before entering McCaw Hall. All patrons must be masked.
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Seattle Parks & Rec offers summer aquatic possibilities Outdoor pools: Both pools offer lap and recreational swim sessions, while Pop Mounger pool offers water fitness, too. • Lowery C. “Pop” Mounger Pool, 2535 32nd Ave. W., 206684-4708, will open the weekend of June 18 and 19. After that, seven-day operation will begin June 25 through Sept. 5 for playland, lap fitness and recreational swimming. According to Seattle Parks & Recreation, Mounger Pool is two pools in one place: a “big pool” with a 50-foot corkscrew slide, and the warmer, shallower “little pool.” View the full schedule at https://www.seattle.
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gov/parks/find/pools/moungerpool/mounger-pool-schedule. • Colman Pool, at 8603 Fauntleroy Way S.W., 206684-7494 will initially open the weekend of June 18 and 19. After that, seven-day operation will begin June 25 through Sept. 5. The pool will be closed July 7-9 and July 15-16 for swim meets. View the full schedule at https:// www.seattle.gov/parks/find/pools/ colman-pool. The pool offers a view of Puget Sound from its location on the beach in West Seattle’s Lincoln Park. INDOOR POOLS — The following indoor pools are currently open and will remain open through the summer. • Rainier Beach Pool, 8825 Rainier Ave. S. • Ballard Pool, 1471 N.W. 67th • Meadowbrook Pool, 10515 35th N.E. • Madison Pool, 13401 Meridian Ave. N. • Queen Anne Pool, 1920 First W. (limited summer operations) • Southwest Pool, 2801 S.W. Thistle St. (limited summer operations) • Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd — Medgar Evers is currently closed until at least mid-June due to mechanical and electrical repair work. SPRAYPARKS — A number of Seattle parks have water spray features. The city is operating 10 sprayparks through Labor Day. They are open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily: • Beacon Mountain in Jefferson
Park • Georgetown Playfield • Highland Park • Judkins Park • Miller Community Center/ Playfield • Northacres Park • South Lake Union Park (opening delayed to June 6) • Yesler Terrace Park • John C. Little Park •Pratt Playground Spraypark Note: Spraypark and wading pool schedules are subject to change (due to weather or damage to the facilities). Go to https:// www.seattle.gov/parks/find/ sprayparks-and-wading-pools for details. BOAT RAMPS — currently open. The city has seven motorized boat launches within Seattle city limits, and five of them have parking and require permits: Eddie Vine at Golden Gardens; Don Armeni in West Seattle; Stan Sayers, Atlantic Street and Magnuson Park on Lake Washington. For boat launch fees and permit information, go to https:// www.seattle.gov/parks/reserve/ boat-launch-permits. The launches at 14th Avenue Northwest and Sunnyside Avenue North along the Ship Canal have little to no parking and do not require a permit. There are 20+ hand carry boat launches across the city as well. Go to https://www.seattle. gov/documents/Departments/ ParksAndRecreation/Boating/ ShorelineAccessList.pdf to find out where.
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Bicycle weekends return to Lake Washington Boulevard this summer Once again, Seattle Parks & Rec offers Bicycle Sundays, where a portion of Lake Washington Boulevard is closed to motorized vehicles from 7 p.m. Fridays to 7 a.m. Mondays this summer. Seattle Parks and Recreation invites residents to bike, jog or stroll along the boulevard between the Seward Park entrance and Mount Baker Park’s beach during these times. Upcoming weekends are: June 10-13, June 24-27, July 1-5, July 15-18, Aug. 12-15, Aug. 19-22, Sept. 2-6 and Sept. 16-19. Seattle parks with free parking near the Bicycle Sunday route include: • Colman Park, 1800 Lake Washington Blvd. S. • Mount Baker Park Beach, 2521 Lake Park Drive S. • Stan Sayres Memorial Park, 3803 Lake Washington Blvd. S. • Adams Street Boat Launch, 4200 Lake Washington Blvd. S. • Ferdinand Street Boat Launch, 5018 Lake Washington Blvd. S. • Seward Park, 5900 Lake Washington Blvd. S. Local access: People driving to homes along the boulevard because they live there, are visiting, or making deliveries are allowed from the nearest cross street. Parking lots are open and will be accessible from the nearest cross street.
THEATER, FROM PAGE 1 As well, while the majority of ticket buyers may be women, there continues to be a gender gap on the stage and behind the scenes. According to 2020 statistics from Women in Hollywood, a movement that educates, advocates and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in Hollywood and the arts, less than 30 percent of screenwriters were women, less than 10 percent were Black, Indigenous and people of color women, and only 1 percent were writers with disabilities. O’Neil said The Shattered Glass Project is a fiscally-sponsored Shunpike program designed to encourage new voices and create professional opportunities and growth and “to say to the rest of the community: Look at the great work these people are doing.” Alison Kozar first met O’Neil in 2020 and had the opportunity to direct a Zoom reading for TSGP. Kozar, who uses they/ them pronouns, describes themselves as “mixed, brown, outsider, queer, ADD and weird,” and said they were not expecting O’Neil to grant so much freedom in TSGP. “It was really unexpected to have someone put their full faith in me like Rebecca did,” Kozar said. They are also the stage manager for the TSGP’s upcoming production of “Want,” the company’s first production inside a theater, later this summer. Kozar said they are looking forward to calling a show again. The stage manager’s job is
Photo courtesy The Shattered Glass Project The Shattered Glass Project members rehearse for 2021’s ‘Gallery of Perspective and Light,’ directed by Alison Kozar and also including Dana Winter, Sydney Kaser and Josh Rodriguez. “a bit like conducting an orchestra, controlling anything that moves on the stage, when the lights go off and on, and all of the sounds happening,” they said. “I say when and how it happens,” Kozar said. And things are happening at The Shattered Glass Project. Since O’Neil’s thesis project in 2019, TSGP has been refining its incubator mentorship program, which
is non-hierarchical and everyone can teach and learn. “You’re going to walk out of here and know a lot of people and have a network to get jobs,” O’Neil said. TSGP is allowing participants to do just that. “TBD (To Be Devised) A Celebration” is the first in-person production of any kind produced by TSGP. It was created by incubator/
mentor alums Sophe Friedman and Darby Sherwood and the cast. The outdoor performances will take place at 7 p.m. June 24 and 2 p.m. June 25 at Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park, 21 South Jackson St. Admission is free. Go to https://www.shatteredglassproject. org/tbd-a-celebration for more information. “Want” is a stirring play about the impact that poverty and
jealousy can have on love. Performances will take place from July 28 through Aug. 14 at Center Theater in the Seattle Center Armory Building, 305 Harrison St. For more information, or to purchase tickets, go to https:// www.shatteredglassproject.org/ want. For more information on The Shattered Glass Project, visit www.shatteredglassproject.org.
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ucked into the hills, west of Kyoto, Katsura Rikyu is the oldest existing example of the Japanese stroll garden. Completed sometime in the mid-1600s, this garden surrounds an imperial villa. Tucked into the hills, west of Madison Park, in the Washington Park Arboretum, is the Seattle Japanese Garden, inspired in large part by Katsura. A stroll garden is one to be wandered, savored over long, contemplative visits. While our garden is younger and substantially smaller than the iconic garden in Japan, which dates back to the early Edo Period, ours contains, nonetheless, all of the classic elements. Meandering gravel paths and stepping stones lead the visitor, gently up and down, through a mix of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees, past cascading water, around a pond and to a woodland meadow. It is a skillfully orchestrated plan to take you from one view of beautiful plant life after another to open vistas punctuated with rocks or garden ornaments that momentarily, quietly capture your attention. At one moment, you may be looking up and through the branches and leaves of a gingko or at the placement of a fern next to a handsome chunk of basalt. Next, you may round a curve in the path and be seeing a
pond stretching before you with a gentle slope at the far end, backed by a swath of conifers. The experience does what it is supposed to do. It soothes the spirit, connecting the visitor to nature, evoking deep-seated instincts of a connection to the earth and, perhaps, memories of earlier lives, like the blurred, watery ink of faded calligraphy. One does not have to know Japanese history or garden design to appreciate or to feel the sensations these gardens were designed to induce. Tashika Cormier, who works at the garden for the City of Seattle, glows euphorically when she speaks of her job: “I simply love it here. It’s nothing like working. It’s impossible to describe.” A gift to our city by the Tokyo Metropolitan Green Spaces Division, the renowned landscape architect Juki Iida, one of seven who collaborated to design the garden, was sent to oversee construction more than 60 years ago. Like Katsura Rikyu, it has stood the test of time in our young city. At the heart of it all is a rigid adherence to tradition, form and the laser beam-perfect selection of materials and plants. Yet, unlike the rigidity of formal European gardens of the same period with their parterres, topiaries and symmetry, Japanese gardens celebrate the natural forms of na-
Seattle Public Library hosts community dialogues, events in June
The Seattle Public Library’s author programs, book discussions and community dialogues this June feature a wide range of authors and topics. Four events will be held at the Central Library’s Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium. The events at Central Library will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Registration is required for both in-person and online attendance; check the event description at spl.org/Calendar for registration and links. All events are free and open to the public. Contact the Library’s Ask Us service by phone at 206-386-4636 or by email or chat at www.spl.org/Ask. EVENTS SCHEDULE From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 4: The Language of Machines: Asian Voices on New Poetics From Tech, Robotics and Video Games — online. Poets Neil Aitken (“Baggage’s Dream”), Betsy Aoki (“Breakpoint”) and Margaret Rhee (“Love, Robot”) share insights about crafting award-winning poems from programming languages, video games, AI and robotics. This event is presented in partnership with Open Books: A Poetry Emporium and supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation, author series sponsors the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation, Open Books and Seattle City of Literature. From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 7: Quintard Taylor Discusses “The Forging of a Black Community” — Central Library and online. Celebrate the release of the second edition of this seminal work
Photo by Mary Henry Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum has all of the classic elements featured in Katsura Rikyu, the Japanese stroll garden completed in the 1600s, including gravel paths, stepSEE STROLL, PAGE 7 ping stones, a variety of plants and water elements.
about Seattle’s Central District by the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History and professor emeritus at the University of Washington. The author will appear in conversation with Dr. Quin’Nita Cobbins-Modica. This event is presented in partnership with the Northwest African American Museum, Elliott Bay Book Company and University of Washington Press, and is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., June 9: Virtual It’s About Time Writers’ Reading Series — online. Join this virtual event by the Ballard Branch, featuring writers Kelly Martineau, Anne Liu Kellor, Mary Pan and Jenne Hsien Patrick. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., June 12: Virtual Writers Read — online. This monthly reading series features local writers reading from their diverse repertoires of poetry, short stories, novels and essays. It is presented in partnership with AfricanAmerican Writers’ Alliance on the second Sunday of the month. From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., June 14: Alex Graham and Phoebe Gloeckner discuss “Dog Biscuits” — online. A conversation about “Graham’s pandemic-inspired graphic novel and one of the most talkedabout comics of 2020. The event is presented in partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company and Fantagraphics Books, and is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., June 21: Clarion West presents Susan Palwick — Central Library and online. Join a Clarion West summer reading series event with award-
winning writer Susan Palwick. Palwick has published four novels with Tor Books and her second short story collection, “All Worlds Are Real,” was published in 2019. Palwick’s fiction has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award, the Mythopoeic Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award. She currently works as a hospital chaplain for a large nonprofit medical system in Reno. This event is presented in partnership with Clarion West and University Book Store, and supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation, author series sponsors the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation, Open Books and Seattle City of Literature. From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., June 22: The Bullitt Lecture in American History presents Judy Heumann and Jae Kim — online. Join us for a conversation with disability rights icon Judy Heumann, who will discuss her book “Being Heumann” and the disability rights movement. Heumann has been instrumental in the development and implementation of legislation such as Section 504, the Individuals with Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. She is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.” This event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation, author series sponsor Gary Kunis, and media sponsor The Seattle Times, and presented in partnership with the Arc of King County and Elliott Bay Book Company. From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m, June 23: Julie Pham discusses “7 Forms of Respect” — Central Library and online. In this practical guide, Dr. Julie Pham helps navigate the ambiguity of what it means to respect others, offering thought-provoking ques-
tions and exercises that will transform work communication and relationships. She will appear in conversation with Seattle bridge builder, journalist, and entrepreneur Mónica Guzmán. This event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., June 27: Ottessa Moshfegh discusses “Lapvona” — Central Library and online. Join to hear Moshfegh discuss her new novel “Lapvona,” in which a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test. Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England whose first novel. “Eileen,” was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Moshfegh will appear in conversation with writer Kim Fu. This event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. From 7 – 8:30 p.m., June 28: Clarion West presents P. Djèlí Clark — Central Library and online. Join us for a Clarion West summer reading series event with P. Djèlí Clark, the award-winning and Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy nominated author of the novel “A Master of Djinn.” His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com, Daily Science Fiction and Heroic Fantasy, and in print anthologies including Griots, Hidden Youth, and Clockwork Cairo. This event is presented in partnership with Clarion West and University Book Store, and supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation, author series sponsors the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation, Open Books and Seattle City of Literature.
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STROLL, FROM PAGE 6 ture and the very essence of the native landscape that the Japanese revere and feel is inhabited by kami (divine spirits). Following a long pandemicinduced hiatus, the garden is joyfully open. June is the month to visit. From July 11 to Aug. 8, the garden will be closed again for the rehabilitation of a drainage area. Then it will remain open until it closes for the winter, December through February. Check the official website for hours, entry fees and other information: www.seattlejapanesegarden.org. This month, the irises will be in full flower. The last of the rhododendrons and azaleas will display their vibrant blossoms before a light wind makes their petals fall to the ground in moments reminiscent of the last scene in a kabuki. Spend time at the pond. Not only will the koi be flaunting their colors, but the turtles are likely to be on the rock islands sunning themselves, and the ducks will be paddling about. You may see a great blue heron land at water’s edge, a symbol of spiritual awakening and selfawareness.
Beyond the breathtaking beauty, look for the more subtle elements: a sweep of native ground cover luxuriating under a threadleaf cypress, the mosses, the new growth on the pines. The old willow, leaning on a crutch out over the pond, is a testament to the Japanese love of the venerable and their respect for elders. Notice the property line on the west side of the orchard, sloping up from the pond. On the far side of the perimeter fence, there is a row of California redwoods, but in front of that, the designers planted a row of Japanese cryptomeria. It is my belief that this was intentional, a demonstration of the compatibility of the Far West with the Far East, an especially poignant statement in the period not far from the end of World War II. In the 1980s, I was sent to Japan by my publisher, chosen for the job because I’d lived in Asia and had visited Japan many times. My assignment was to come back with stories that were off the beaten tourist track. In Kyoto, I singled out Saihoji, the moss temple (an ethereal experience not to be missed) and Katsura. A government guide escorted me through the garden.
Early in the visit, at the end of a long path, I spotted a large Mugho pine and noticed that a narrow path led around it. So, I wandered around and behind the pine. To my surprise, I saw a spectacular vista of the entire garden before me. I came out wide-eyed, amazed. My smiling guide gave me a deep bow. “Wow!” I said. “That is an incredible view.” The guide bowed again, slightly. “Why is that view blocked by a large, dense pine?” I asked. The guide paused for a moment, staring at me with what I saw as a heartfelt moment of wistful appreciation. Then he said, “It is a reward for the curious mind.” As summer unfolds, I urge all our readers to visit our justifiably renowned Japanese Garden. Stroll, linger, listen to the wind rustle the leaves above and around you, watch the movement of the water, take deep breaths, inhale the fragrances, listen to the birds, connect with the land, become a part of the human and natural history. Savor it all. Enjoy the rewards of the curious mind.
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Photo courtesy Monica Jones De Borges The return of the family-friendly Mayfair celebration at the Madrona Playfield May 7 was a success for organizers and featured its best attendance ever, with an estimated 700 people enjoying a variety of activities.
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