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The art of athleticism

Seattle artist merges passion for basketball with artwork

By Laura Marie Rivera Contributing writer

At the beginning of February, Xavier Kelley had a successful art opening at Domicile art gallery in Madison Park.

e Seattle resident is one of the artists on display at the gallery in honor of Black History Month.

Kelley is a former Franklin High School basketball star and member of the Seattle University track team who has carried his athletic prowess and passion into the world of art.

Heis a self-taught artist whose brightly colored abstract canvases are lled with movement and powerful symbolism. He describes his style as a mashup of academia, music and visual arts and said he is inspired to use gra ti to comment on greater issues.

“It’s a compilation of information that I nd compelling or important,” he said, “I can nd inspiration anywhere.”

At the artist reception, the enthusiasm was palpable when Domicile owner, Marisa SpoonerLeDu , announced that one of Kelley’s paintings had been purchased, marking the rst of the evening and

Kelley’s largest sale to date. e gallery burst into applause and patrons asked Kelley to say a few words.

“I view painting like a sport and sports like an art,” he said, adding the

painting that sold was based o his experiences and re ections of playing street basketball. “Basketball is my

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A name to master, a tree to grow

by Steve Lorton

Liriodendron tulipifera.

If you pronounced the name correctly, you’re either a seasoned horticulturist or a linguistic genius. It’s a mouthful. But history and cultures are rife with names that initially ummox, carried by people who become so formidable or in uential that the names roll o the tongue commonly and with ease: Muhammad Ali, Amelia Earhart, Mohandas Gandhi, to mention three. So, try it again: liriodendron tulipifera.

You’re now introduced to a magni cent tree, little known in the Paci c Northwest. From Wisconsin to the East Coast, all the way down to Florida and Mississippi, this native deciduous giant casts its shade in summer, dazzles with bright autumn foliage, then sheds its leaves to be a statuesque silhouette in winter. Planted on the south side of a house and properly distanced, it cools in summer, then defoliates to let warming winter light stream in. Add to that, with its sturdy trunk and robust limb pattern, it’s just plain handsome.

A choice landscape tree for a generous space, omas Je erson used it to frame Monticello, as did Vanderbilt at his historic estate, Biltmore, in Ashville, N.C. Je erson so loved the tree that in 1805 he sent seeds to a Parisian friend, Madame de Tesse. Known as the Virginia tulip tree, it was introduced

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Zoe Kelley, Kelley’s mother, is proud of her son’s accomplishments, including the out t she wore that evening: a custom jacket and matching bag that were a gi and designed by her son.

“I move my schedule around so I can attend all the openings,” she said. “I’m just so proud and so impressed with his work.”

Zoe Kelley has many of Xavier’s paintings at her home and said they

sometimes described as lyre-shaped, although that seems to be a poetic stretch.

In late June or July, the tree blooms. e fragrant owers are tulip shaped, yellow, orange and green, 2 to 3 inches high and wide. Hence, one of the trees two common names: tulip tree (explaining its species name) and yellow poplar (so named for its fall color). Neither moniker is particularly accurate. is noble tree deserves to have its botanical name spoken with grandiloquence: liriodendron tulipifera.

ere are two cultivated varieties of this plant worth noting.

plethora of mature exotics to boast. When it comes to that well-deserved pride, liriodendron tulipifera takes the trophy. Standing before a brick house on the east side of McGilvra Boulevard, just south of the turn where 39th Avenue East dips down toward Lake Washington, you’ll see one of the grandest of this genus and species anywhere.

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aci c orth est the liriodendron tuli i era is a deciduous giant that casts its shade in the summer dazzles ith right autumn oliage then sheds its lea es to e a statues ue silhouette in inter ature liriodendron tuli i era trees are commonly ell o er eet tall ith a s read o hal to t o thirds the height and can li e or hal a century

into French horticulture in the early-18th century. In her garden at Trianon, on the grounds of the palace of Versailles, it was said to be Marie Antoinette’s favorite tree.

Mature trees are commonly well over 90 feet tall with a spread of half to two-thirds the height and can live for half a century. e glossy green leaves are 3 to 8 inches long and wide, much like maple leaves, but lobed, not sharply pointed. ey are

are dear to her heart and not for sale but that she would consider a loan for future art shows.

Even though Xavier had always been an athlete, Zoe Kelley said she was not surprised when her son turned to painting because “he had grown up with art and music surrounding him from a very young age.” Zoe Kelley plays the violin, Xavier’s father raps, his uncle teaches piano, and his greatgrandmother was a local jazz icon, Ruby Bishop -- the Queen of the Keys at Vito’s.

“Xave even jammed with her at a gig

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Liriodendron tulipifera “AureoMarginatum” has striking leaves with wide yellow, greenish-yellow margined leaves; L.t. “Fastigiatum” has a columnar form, reminiscent of Lombardy poplar.

Perfectly at home in our moist, mild climate, this tree thrives in our acid soil, our gentle winters and cool summers. anks to our ample precipitation, the one thing that can do it in, drought, is not a problem here. Once planted and watered through the rst three summers, liriodendron tulipifera needs little or nothing a er that, which nature doesn’t provide. It has proven to be disease resistant.

Blessed with a benevolent climate and pioneering curiosity and spunk, early Paci c Northwest gardeners introduced non-native species with zeal. Many appeared in our urban canopy. Madison Park has a

in Capitol Hill,” Zoe Kelley said. “He’s always been fearless.”

Michael Knight, owner of R3bar Training and SkillSetsandBandReps, rst met Kelley when Kelley was an elementary student and Knight his basketball coach. Kelley, he said, was on an athletic path that morphed into art. As Kelley’s passion transitioned from basketball to art, Knight’s role evolved, as well. When Kelley pivoted and stepped into his art, Knight started booking shows and connecting Kelley with collectors.

“ ese are all things I’ve done for my

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is tree is said to have been the rst liriodendron tulipifera west of the Rockies. Speci ed in the original garden design by the famous Olmsted rm of Massachusetts, it came from Maryland, as a mature young tree, on a atbed rail car in the 1930s. Successfully planted, it has beauti ed our neighborhood since. It’s worth a pilgrimage to see it. Take your children with you and teach them the botanical name.

ey’ll get it quicker than you did.

Well, there it is. A perfect addition to a spacious urban lot: liriodendron tulipifera. A historic tree with which to introduce neighbors and children to the wonders of nature and horticulture: liriodendron tulipifera. Perhaps you’d like to be known to have the style (but certainly not the fate) of Marie Antionette: liriodendron tulipifera. A tree of which you can master the name, sliding it o your tongue with con dence, impressing all who hear you, allowing them to leap to the conclusion that you are as brilliant as you are well educated.

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athletes, and now I am helping X build community through art,” he said. Kelley said it has been helpful having Knight on his team, helping him build his name and recognition in the community.

“When Michael found out I was painting, he was inspired to help me take my art to the next level,” Kelley said.

In addition to all of the paintings decorating Knight’s house and gym, Knight has gotten Kelley’s paintings

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Turkey quake a grim reminder — are you prepared?

The images of damage and the death toll from Turkey’s recent devastating earthquake are heart-wrenching. e February quake was a 7.8 in magnitude. And, oh my, in our area, experts predict we might see a quake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone measuring as high as 9.0.

Are you prepared?

It’s hard to wrap one’s head around the possibility that our Puget Sound area, and up and down the West Coast, could be this hard hit, including waves of a ershocks and, in some places, tsunamis. Yes, our urban building codes tend to be higher than those in Turkey and Syria, taken seriously and adhered to. We have city and state departments actively preparing to prevent and respond to the likelihood of structures collapsing and emergency responders being overwhelmed.

Did you know these agencies regularly remind us of the need to seriously prepare at the neighborhood level, and they provide a variety of resources to do so? Our boots-on-the-ground citizens’ work is to begin to regularly come together as immediate neighbors, block by block, and in our wider neighborhood community to help each other prepare and learn to take care of each other when a disaster strikes.

In Madison Park, a volunteer neighborhood emergency hub group came together over the last decade, steadily working to get foundational systems and supplies in place at a designated spot near the tennis courts in the park. is is where volunteers will coordinate communications and the sharing of information, skills, and resources a er a major disaster. is initial preparation and education

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work has included some annual practice drills in the park in coordination with city-wide e orts you may have participated in. As those rst volunteers moved on to other things in their lives, another pod of volunteers has come together to build on their work, further re ning preparation e orts, learning from other neighborhood hub leaders, who’ve helped us host drills and educate our wider neighborhood. We’ve partnered a bit with the Madison Valley and Capitol Hill volunteers as they set up their hoods’ emergency communication hub locations and drills. ese e orts always need new volunteers rotating in before existing ones move on. Did you know you can join us at any time?

Current Madison Park volunteer e orts include building partnerships with shops and merchants in the Madison Park village. As you frequent these establishments, ask if they have any of our

“DID YOU KNOW” yers with ongoing tips on how to get prepared. is month, keeping those horri c images from Turkey and Syria in mind, ask yourself, are you knowledgeable and adequately prepared?

Do you know how to stay safe?

When you sense the

in the collection of Seattle Storm’s president, Alisha Valavanis, and that of last year’s No. 1 NBA dra pick, Seattle’s Paolo Banchero. Knight connected them through his gym and commissioned Kelley to create a custom painting rich with personal symbols of the athlete’s career.

ose symbols and Kelley’s signature style were on display in Museum

beginning of an earthquake shake, immediately drop, cover and hold on. Safety during an earthquake depends on quickly getting into action by getting low to the ground and protecting your head — make sure it is not the tallest thing in the room! If you are in bed, you may have to roll on your stomach and quickly cover your head. Contrary to popular thought, do not run to a doorway, but instead, quickly get under a table or wedge yourself beside an inside wall or piece of heavy furniture. Stay away from any areas with glass that might break and y around.

A city poster reminds us:

• When the earth shakes, DROP to the ground, take COVER under a desk or table and HOLD on to the desk or table so it doesn’t bounce away.

• Stay there until the shaking stops.

As a household, consider creating some fun ways to practice putting these guidelines into action. Perhaps you could designate a day of the month to practice in di erent parts of your living space. With children, you might create a game with a code word or gesture that

of Museum’s 2022 Holla Back to the Future exhibition, curated by artist Moses Sun. It was Kelley’s rst museum exhibition.

Kelley cited Afrofuturism as a powerful theme in his work for the exhibition as he examined and reimagined historical lexicons and iconography. According to the exhibition guide for the show, “ e Jumper’s Foot, present throughout Kelley’s work as a visual motif,

stands for the arrival of shaking so everyone can practice quickly nding a safe place to be, remembering to drop, cover and hold on to something. Be adventurous and try this when you have company over.

To further prepare, you can research online tips for how to stay safe in a car when an earthquake hits. is involves pulling over immediately, preferably not under anything that might collapse or fall on you. Set your parking brake, turn on emergency blinkers and keep your seatbelt fastened. Only move if things appear safe, and proceed with great caution. For more information, visit “How to Survive an Earthquake in Your Car (with Pictures)” at wikiHow.

Children, pets and many adults tend to panic when they encounter something dangerous. Be prepared by having a little mantra, lullaby or comfort ritual that reassures and promotes calming thoughts. You may already have something like this in your repertoire of small ways to respond to stress or anxiety. Did you know that neurologically speaking, repetition of familiar little

represents the athletic form, technique, movement, and planning required for marginalized people to move up in contemporary society.”

Kelley’s work is on display in Domicile’s Black History Month show until March 4 at the gallery, 4116 E. Madison St., in Madison Park. Other featured artists on display were: Susan Mask, painter (susanmaskart.com); Paul Cole, painter; Danika Wright, painter

phrases of reassurance can reduce fear and calm the mind by regulating brain chemicals to block stress hormones and release endorphins. Likewise, the practice of stopping to concentrate on taking three deep breaths will help reset the brain for self-calming.

We o en focus on emergency preparation as a gathering of supplies you might immediately need for rst aid, warmth and hydration, but did you know that preparing for emergencies also involves preparing your mind to stay calm and knowing the immediate actions to take to stay safe?

Keep an eye out for more tips from your Madison Park Emergency Preparation Volunteer Team as we post flyers around the neighborhood and on NextDoor. To participate in our revived NextDoor conversation group about emergency preparations, go to News Feed — Nextdoor.

To join our preparation activities, contact us at madparkhub@gmail.com. Active volunteers have access to a range of educational materials on our Google Drive.

(danika-wright.com); Tonia Arehart, painter (toniaarehart.com); Damian Grava, ceramicist (damiangrava. com); Maria Cristalli, forged iron artist (mariacristalli.com); John Kirschenbaum, wood artisan (kbaumdesign.com).

Kelley will also be showing at Taswira Gallery, Wa Na Wari and Art Noire in March, April and May, respectively. Contact Kelley at xraykelleyart@gmail. com or visit xray-visions.com.

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Once a month, I walk with a small group of women. It’s one of many routines that keeps me sane and steady, or at least helps keep me sane and steady. We meet for the company and exercise, but we also like to blow o a little steam about the state of the world. Without these talks, life would be boring.

Unspoken rule No. 1, though, is that we air personal matters rst. I believe in the therapeutic e ect of talking. It’s the best help out there, as far as I’m concerned.

Today, one of us says how hard it’s been to make decisions about her aging parents’ care, and I can see the dark vales under her eyes where all the uncertainty has gathered. To brighten the mood, I say, “Every day, I’m going to do what I love. I’m going to write and dance and bicycle and swim. Even if the chlorine is ruining my hair.”

“It’s just hair,” our oldest walker says. Hair does not, in her view, bear too much examination.

A er that, we start in on the news, and, believe me, we have as much to say about the Bryan Kohbergers of the world as we do the Putins.

“I have to gure out how to sleep again,” another says. She stops to watch two crows. One stretches out its neck, inviting the other to prime its feathers. Birds have never let her down and never will, she said once. At the time, she was “celebrating” her divorce; that’s how she put it, and her tone was light that a ernoon.

Her tone, though, is not light today. Her tone is not light because the past two months have been horrible. Her daughter goes to Washington State

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University in Pullman, where the man charged with the Moscow stabbing murders was a graduate student. No one tries to nd consolation or meaning in anything that occurred that awful morning in Idaho. We know when it’s best to just let one of us hate something about the world when we need to, and that sometimes we just can’t make things better, safer, than they really are. I’ve o en wondered what it must be like to live in Pullman or Moscow these days, to deal with a crisis that is so much more menacing than the average small-town tragedy.

I think how important these walks are because you can’t ease your fearfulness with your own fearfulness. Our skin is not as thick as we wish to believe.

e weight of the stabbing deaths in Moscow continues to wash over us, removing any desire I have to bring up the story that made me say aloud to a complete stranger sitting next to me at the ferry terminal, “Oh my god I can’t believe this.” Which made her look at my New York Times and say, “What now?”

e headline read: “6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher at Virginia Elementary School.” And before leaving the house to come on this walk, I did a little homework to add to the conversation I had intended to bring up: how nine states have now instituted an assault weapons ban. Which is so important because, remember, the Highland Park shooter was able to buy multiple assault weapons despite two incidents in 2019 in which he threatened to kill himself and his family.

But I don’t want to bring up the

story for another reason, as well: One of us invited a friend to join us today, a woman I know, well tried to know and decided, no. I don’t remember which horrible school shooting had just occurred, pick one, when she and I sat next to each other at Eleven Winery on Bainbridge Island one Sunday a ernoon, and against my better judgement, when she brought up the subject of gun control, I was honest.

Quite soon a er, so was she.

I learned that she is not exactly “progun” so much as she is “anti-take-ourguns-away,” and she is passionately opinionated about gun rights. I’m passionately opinionated, too, so that’s not why I don’t want to bring up the story. I don’t want to bring it up with someone, anyone, who just might say what she said that day in a winery shining with sun. I le thinking, how — why — can someone still think there is no connection between the number of guns out there, so easily obtained, and the number of children who have been killed because of them?

Now, wait, yes, I’m as tired of the us-versus-them mindset as the next person. And, well, yes, we should listen to and respect opposing viewpoints; it’s the only way to heal division, to mend what is broken.

But on this issue, when I think of all the children who have been shot at school (at school!), I’m afraid I can’t make room for all the guns and all the people who say we should own as many of them as we like. I’ve lost all elasticity of grasp. I know, have known since the Amish school shooting, that on this matter I draw

the line. I can’t listen to anything more about guns from the point of view of a gunrights advocate. I can’t listen to anything more about guns from the eyes of someone who chooses guns over children. Today we will just have to leave our discussion with a knife. In Moscow. at hasn’t been found. Yet. And leave guns for another time.

A woman walks by absorbed in her phone, prompting our oldest walker to speak again, “Has she looked at the mountains? Has she looked at the sky?” More than once we’ve discussed this topic: How will people look a er the natural world if they no longer take the time to really see it, even on a walk? As if the woman can hear us, she looks up at the scenery. It captures her attention for, like, a millisecond, then eyes right back down.

“Write about that,” our friend says. So, I did.

Mary Lou Sanelli is the author of “Every Little ing,” a collection of essays that has been nominated for a Paci c Northwest Book Award and a Washington State Book Award. Her previous titles include poetry, ction and non- ction. For more information about her and her work, visit www.marylousanelli.com.

ACT Theatre presents ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ this spring

ACT eatre’s original production of the international sensation “Every Brilliant ing” takes the stage this

spring in the round of the Allen eatre.

e play, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, is a look at the lengths people go to

for those they love and has been playing to acclaim across the world, including a recent HBO special.

Every Brilliant ing stars local actor Ian Bell (with understudy Imogen Love) and runs March 17 to April 2, 2023. Tickets are available now at ACTtheatre.org or by calling the ACT Box O ce at 206-292-7676. e production is performed in the round, surrounded by the audience, creating an interactive theater experience for everyone in attendance. e production will be directed by ACT eatre’s Artistic Director John Langs with stage design by Parmida Ziaei.

Every Brilliant ing is a oneperson show that tells the story of a young person’s journey to create a list of every brilliant thing in the world in the name of creating happiness. e play is an exploration of grief, depression, and the resilience of the human spirit, and

the in-the-round setting will make the audience feel as though they are a part of the story themselves.

WHEN: MARCH 17 - APRIL 2, 2023

Performances run Tuesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday-Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., with select ursday matinees at 2 p.m., Run time is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

Key dates:

• Previews: March 17-22

• Opening Night: ursday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m.

• Post-show Discussion: March 28, 7:30 p.m.

• TeenACT performance: April 1, 2 p.m.

• Tix for Teachers: March 19, 7 p.m.

• ASL performance: April 2, 2:p.m.

• AD performance: April 1, 2 p.m.

To purchase tickets, visit acttheatre.org.

Former Madison Park resident, Evelyn L. Ladd, 90, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2023 in Ossian, IN. She was born in Tippecanoe, IN to the late John E. and Lulu Burgess. Evelyn was a nurse, hospital administrator, and Director of Nursing for home healthcare from 1952 to 2006. She retired and moved to the Madison Park neighborhood in Seattle to help care for her grandchild. Evelyn enjoyed painting and neighborhood landmarks such as Bert’s Red Apple, Bing’s, Madison Park bakery, and the telephone booth were favorite subjects. She will be missed by her children, Kathy (Leonard) Braner, Teresa (Doug) Hope, Rosemary (Steve) Karst, Paula (Hunter Robbins) Ladd, and John (J.D. Dobias) Ladd; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Evelyn L. Ladd

Mary Lou Sanelli Falling Awake

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Broadway at the Paramount announces new lineup

Premera Blue Cross Broadway at e Paramount recently announced its 2023-24 season of shows at e Paramount eatre. e season brings a cache of highly anticipated touring productions direct from Broadway in addition to some returning crowd-pleasing favorites.

Subscription renewals are open, and new subscriptions will be available in April.

Patrons can visit STGPresents. org/Broadway to sign up for new subscription waitlist.

e season kicks o with two weeks of “Six,” the new original musical featuring the six wives of Henry VIII as they remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a celebration of 21st century girl power.

Next up is the story of the Queen of Rock and Roll set to the soundtrack of her most beloved hits. “Tina – e Tina Turner Musical” presents Tina’s journey against all odds

to become one of the world’s most beloved artists of all time.

A Season Option follows next with Tony Award® and Grammy Award® winning Best Musical “Hadestown” making a quick Seattle return.

e multi-Tony Award®winning “MJ” will be startin’ somethin’ when it comes to Seattle for a two-week engagement.

The next Season Option is the nine-time Tony

Award®-winning Best Musical, “The Book of Mormon,” which returns to Seattle for the fifth time after selling out its previous four engagements.

Spring arrives and brings the Broadway smash-hit “Beetlejuice,” a musical based on Tim Burton’s lm. It is followed by the last Season Option, with the return engagement of Disney’s “Aladdin.”

Summer arrives with “Girl

from the North Country,” a reimagination of 20 legendary Bob Dylan songs shared through an early 20th century story of music, life and hope.

e season closes with “Company,” a story about a 35-year-old who discovers why being single, married or just alive in 21st century New York could drive a person crazy!

e 2023/2024 Premera

Blue Cross Broadway at e Paramount Season schedule is as follows:

SIX

July 12 – 23, 2023

TINA – THE TINA

TURNER MUSICAL

Sept. 12 – 17, 2023

HADESTOWN (Season Option)*

Oct. 31 – Nov. 5, 2023

MJ

Dec. 7 – 17, 2023

THE BOOK OF MORMON (Season Option)*

Jan. 9 – 14, 2024

BEETLEJUICE

April 2 – 7, 2024

Disney’s ALADDIN (Season Option)*

April 24 – 28, 2024

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY

June 25 – 30, 2024 COMPANY

July 23 – 28, 2024

* — A completed subscription purchase must be processed in order to purchase tickets for the Season Options. Season Options are not included in an 2023/24 season package. Additional purchase is required.

For more information and to sign up for the eClub, visit stgpresents.org/Broadway.

STG presents More Music @ the Moore this month

Moore eatre (1932 Second Ave., Seattle).

Tickets are on sale now for the 22nd annual More Music @ the Moore, presented by Seattle eatre Group and featuring Seattle’s up-andcoming young musicians ages 14-21. Grammy-Award winning producer, songwriter and musician Mike Elizondo returns for a second year as music director. He will collaborate with the nine musical groups, ranging from individual artists to bands, for the event, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. March 24 at the

is year’s musicians are R&B artist Maya Michelle; hip hop artist Tazz Enrico; neo-soul gospel drummer Ollie DeShae Gaines; soul and blues artist Zhara Elan; disco pop duo Cherry Ferrari; traditional Mongolian performer and composer Anu Batbaatar; instrumental experimental funk group MIDPAK; grunge/alternative band Alex Vile; and singer-songwriter Keira Hamalian.

Tickets, which start at $10, are on sale now and can be purchased

online at stgpresents.org or in person at the Paramount eatre Box O ce (911 Pine St. in downtown Seattle). is is an all-ages event and seating is general admission.

For 22 years More Music @ e Moore has celebrated the talent of youth in the Seattle community. Participating young musicians learn through group collaborations, mentorships from music industry professionals, as well as receiving opportunities for production and promotional support.

Since its inception, more than 600 young musicians have participated

in the program; 115 mentors and eight music directors have facilitated collaboration and programming; more than 260 songs and 55 genres/cultural styles have been represented; more than 260 songs have been written; and the nal culminating performances have been attended by 35,000 audience members.

Alumni of the program include Seattle-based rapper Macklemore, Benicio Bryant, who was a contestant on America’s Got Talent, and Metropolitan Opera star J’Nai Bridges.

Courtesy Seattle eatre Group

Courtesy Premera Blue Cross Broadway

Photo by Joan Marcus

The North American Six Aragon tour.

Memories galore

Revisiting the Park

By Richard Carl Lehman

Madison Park has always had a reputation for being an all-inclusive business, housing and recreation district. e short distance to visit friends, the beach, tennis courts and the businesses on the Ave make for a highly walkable hamlet.

Entertainment in Madison Park in the early days was fairly diversi ed. e Broadmoor Tavern had a long shu eboard — professional grade — for honing a competitive edge. Shu eboard was a big tavern draw, especially the long board. e very skilled played at the Broadmoor, creating high stakes games, and owners Louie and John were very happy for the added business. Being part of a winning team meant being invited into the men’s restroom for a shot of whiskey. It was a great place for cheeseburgers and fries brought in from the Broadmoor Café next door.

Down the street, Dubson’s Pharmacy featured a large semicircle lunch counter serving hot meals and huge hot fudge sundaes. at fudge sauce will never be matched. At the end of Madison was Bert Lundgren’s Purple Poodle Tavern, which was weirdly quiet during the day but very lively around dusk. Music from the big Wurlitzer jukebox played, and soon people began to dance even though it wasn’t licensed for it.

Madison Park had been a sleeping giant that began to change in the ’50s when the cheap rents and great location opened the eyes of many singles. e Red Onion Tavern was the main draw for college kids. e well-known Quality Café, now the Attic Tavern, was half the size yet had six times as many customers, most of whom were of the 200-plus members of the Stein Club!

It was truly a great time to be single, with places of interest opening up all over

the Seattle area. I moved to Newport Hills with my friends Jack and Nadine in the early ’60s to see how other folks could possibly say their areas were more appealing. We found a threebedroom house for $125 a month, plus utilities, which was a good start.

Nearby, a popular air eld included a club on the property with members from near and far. ere were a few small stores, but it was mostly a residential area surrounded by trees. It was a good place to live if you wanted to pursue ying.

e club included a large restaurant called Pantley’s where ying enthusiasts and residents enjoyed evenings of ne dining along with music and dancing. At Christmas, I met some pre-residents of Madison Park who owned a plane and lived in the area. It seemed we were all single, but it was hard to tell them from the involved or married. In MP we knew who was married and who was not. A er the air eld closed, the businesses and the residential areas grew without our input.

e roommates suggested moving to Bellevue, where we found a two bedroom on Main Street.

ere were some small restaurants and a Buick dealership, some fast-food outlets, and the shopping center was growing. For the nightlife, there were a few taverns and even a theater.

Two brothers, Jim and Vic Conconen, opened the Gaslamp Tavern (134 105th Northeast) with the nest corned beef sandwiches ever; however, it took at least two schooners while waiting, but then the feast was devoured in record time.

Paul West, a friend from Gar eld High School, played jazz and blues with his piano and a trio called the “BLT.” It was usually standing room only, and occasionally there were times we had to stand in the coat room! Other groups played there, also to overpacked houses. e Gaslamp turned into the

Black Angus and served awesome martinis, large chunk blue cheese salads and rib-eye steaks. Pete’s Wines was the last business in that building and closed in 2016. And speaking of martinis, Domani’s on Bellevue Way was THE place to go for lunch and/or dinner with its large-pour martinis, the best Caesar salads and fettuccini! Owned by Steve Cohen, the Domani Restaurant was a mainstay in the downtown Bellevue scene since its opening in the mid-1970s. We were beyond sad to see it close in 1999.

Portland was able to draw more acts with the extended hours and being open on Sundays, but Seattle’s lineups at the Gaslamp or Charlie Puzzo’s Playboy, e Penthouse (a renowned jazz nightclub) and Good-Time Charley’s could not be beat. Kirkland 60 years ago was appealing, provided you found a rental on or near the water. Mike im and I grew up in Madison Park and found ourselves a cottage on

the water: 227 Lake St., with a dock for our boats. Many moons later it was torn down to become condominiums just south of the ird Floor Restaurant. It was a good area to rent at $50 a month ($25 each).

Mike had a KG9 racing boat that ran the Sammamish Slough races, which was a big event in the early ’50s. I met Bill Muncey of racing fame while working part time at Stan Sayres, Inc. He had a boat called a Dragon Drag and Ski boat for sale, which I bought from him. It had a at bottom with almost 100 horsepower on a 13-foot-6inch hull — it was fast.

Kirkland was lovingly called Kirkville due to the many farms just out of town. ere were a couple of taverns on the quiet side. One served a tall schooner with a large green martini olive at the bottom. ere was no way to get it without consuming the entire beer. We looked forward to the Flame restaurant opening as the groundbreaking began as

it was to be our haunt for a decade or so.

Living on the lake meant we found it easiest to meet our Seattle friends by boat who came over o en. is was long before the 520 Bridge. Our landlord was great and didn’t mind our social events. Mike got the one bedroom, and I had the fold-out couch.

He also had a great Dane dog named Missy who slept alongside me. Sometimes we took o for Juanita Beach full throttle to glide up onto the long vacant beach, then walk to the Juanita Café for a homestyle meal of rib-eye steak and apple pie topped with so ice cream.

It was such a fun way to spend that summer, but Madison Park called me back. I was able to move into my grandparents’ home in 1963 and have lived here ever since with my bride Karen (43 years in September). It is safe to say we have enjoyed many a summer and all the other seasons here in our village by the sea.

Secret weapon for museums

By Laura Marie Rivera

Contributing writer

From her home in Magnolia, Susie Wilkening is hard at work to save and improve museums everywhere.

Wilkening, originally from Georgia, is the founder and principal of Wilkening Consulting. Her small but mighty rm explores the role of museums in American society and attempts to nd ways that they can matter more to residents.

Each year, Wilkening and her team sets out to explore the country’s thoughts about museums because, according to her website, “Museums desperately need high-quality research that explores their role in our society.”

Not only that, Wilkening said museums need an expert to si through all of the research, trends, reports and articles and make sense of it all. To synthesize all of the information and share the relevance with each of the participating organizations, Wilkening developed a process she calls Knowledge Creation, and even trademarked the name. By gathering the most recent data and ltering it through her own expert lens, she can provide museums with the important data that can help them better engage with their audiences.

To do this, each year, her rm embarks on its Annual

Survey of Museum-Goers in partnership with the American Alliance of Museums.

is survey is distributed to museums and other organizations like zoos, aquariums, science centers and botanical gardens and is a major e ort to gather data about both frequent museum-goers as well as more casual and sporadic visitors. Wilkening said they typically have about 200 museums participating each year.

e surveys allow Wilkening to understand who visits museums, why they visit, the impact they think they receive from those museum visits and, crucially, how their values in uence their museum experience.

“We are in the eld right now, so if you are on the email list of a local museum, you may be getting a survey request from that museum soon,” Wilkening said.

EARLY QUESTIONS

e origins of her research date back to her early years as a museum professional. A er earning a history degree from Georgia Tech and a Master of Arts from Winterthur Program in Early American Culture in Maryland, she spent ve years running a small historical society in upstate New York where her job responsibilities ran from “administration to fundraising to marketing to, sure, cleaning the toilets” she said.

Around this time, she started

grappling with the question of relevance: “Why did this organization exist? Why did people care about the history of that community? What about those who were not visiting? Did they not care, or was it a relevance issue? Why did we matter?”

She continued to wonder about these questions as she moved on to a larger historic site and felt disheartened when she couldn’t nd any research out there that helped backed up her instinctive feeling that history, history museums and museums, in general, deeply mattered. And when a research rm reached out to her for help completing a museum project, she parlayed that into the next chapter of her career.

at six-week project turned into 10 years where she developed and led a fullmuseum research practice.

en seven years ago, she branched out on her own and created Wilkening Consulting, LLC, a team of people working across the country, elding audience research for museums.

Wilkening said the annual survey began in 2017, “… because museums across the country were grappling with those big questions I have been grappling with for 25-plus years now.”

“Every year, we get better at answering those questions,” she added.

THE 2023 SURVEY

In addition to regular trends and visitor demographics, this year’s Annual Survey is examining four things:

• How to increase visitation to pre-pandemic levels

• Understanding the role people want museums to have in encouraging civic engagement and community.

• Understanding attitudes towards inclusions. Wilkening said while many museums are doing increasingly good work in this area, there are audiences that are more ambivalent about inclusion, as well as those who are anti-inclusive.

• Connection to humanity: Last year, the survey found that individuals who feel only a weak or no connection to humanity were far less likely to have inclusive attitudes toward diversity, climate change, and more. is led to a lot of questions about how important it is for people to feel connected to broader humanity as a way of cultivating empathy and compassion.

Since she can work from

anywhere and her husband works in a ordable housing, they set up shop in Seattle with their two children.

In addition to local institutions like Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium, Henry Art Gallery, Museum of Flight, the Washington State History Museum and the Seattle Art Museum, Wilkening has also worked with organizations large and small across the country including: History Nebraska, Omaha Children’s Museum, the Exploratorium in San Francisco, Smithsonian Museums, Mount Vernon and Monticello.

at variety gives her a more comprehensive picture of the people who live in the country, their worldviews, attitudes and values. She said that each morning she reminds herself to leave her Seattle bubble and face all of the complexities of the country with an open mind in a practice she calls “radical curiosity and courageous empathy.”

Magnolia consultant’s research helps cultural institutions stay relevant

Photo by Laura Marie Rivera Susie Wilkening lives in Magnolia but focuses her attention on museums and other cultural organizations across the country and their roles in communities and relevance to people.

Madison Park Times

Housing inventory still down, but good signs for market

The beginning of 2023 has brought some promising signs for our local real estate market a er an uncertain fourth quarter in 2022. Triggered by declining mortgage interest rates and pent-up buyer demand, many of us have seen a return of multiple o ers, especially in the mid-range price points. Real buyers are out there; with rates down, it has pushed many o the sidelines who plan to purchase now and re nance

once rates come down more.

Greater Seattle continues to experience a shortage of real estate inventory. While we have seen an increase of homes for sale year over year in the Puget Sound region, when you look at preCOVID levels, our inventory is still down more than 30 percent. Without a home to buy, many sellers are staying put, resulting in a cycle that perpetuates the low-inventory dilemma. Homes that are priced correctly are selling in a short amount of time; in-

city neighborhoods remain a seller’s market. Some of the outlying areas are experiencing a downturn,

some of which might be attributed to recent returnto-work policies. e phone is ringing earlier in the

season and more o en than we are used to; the spring

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Lessons from the 2023 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival

Ariot of inspiration, color and activity, the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival is like a circus designed by and for gardeners. From 18 life-sized display gardens created in 72 hours to the marketplaces and dozens of seminars, there hardly seems time to see it all — even in ve days.

No matter how outlandish or fantastical, the display gardens alone are full of take-home ideas you can implement in your plot of earth — inside or out.

West Seattle Nursery took home the gold medal, the Founders’ Cup and Garden Communicators’ award for an upcycled artist’s studio in the woods. A wooden shed on stilts stood above a stream, with mosses and shade-loving plants curving under and around it. e exterior is decorated with salvaged windows and a woven screen of leaves, and the rear wall is covered in ferns. Outside, oakleaf primroses are planted in logs at the perimeter of a lushly layered planting.

Many designs showcased

greenhouses or structures anchoring the scenes. e plant-centric Flower Growers of Puget Sound display made a faux stepping-stone path of gaultheria alternating with mosses and other small-textured groundcovers. Looking at Nature Perfect Landscaping & Design’s display, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Falling Water” house, you might not ever build an aquaponic greenhouse with koi on one side feeding plants on the other, but it’s wonderful to see. You could easily be inspired, however, to copy the river of selaginella draping over boulders beautifully echoing the rushing water right next to it.

In Livingroom Landscape’s naturalistic display, a path meandered through a woodland scene with a charming bulb- lled meadow on the sunny side, showing how you can create a peaceful blend in any exposure using simple combinations of repeated plants.

Little Prince of Oregon’s garden was a plant lover’s paradise,

giving you permission to play; South African Albuca “Frizzle Sizzle” popped from a river of sempervivums on one side while a carpet of tender begonias and houseplants dazzled on another. is might be a record — three displays featured putting greens among the plantings.

Because it’s February, you see a limited palette of plants, with spring bulbs and primroses for

color, rhododendrons and camelias for he , and willows and cherries for airy elegance. It’s great to see how the plants are placed with evergreens to see how you might tuck some “Tete a Tete” miniature da odils between a bare hydrangea and a dri of black mondo grass (Ophiopogon nigrescens), for instance. Of course, you can’t leave without falling for hellebores and witch hazel, which were out in full force. Yes, I bought a hellebore … and two daphne “Eternal Fragrance” and a couple of other things.

I didn’t see as many seminars as usual this year, but the ones I saw were excellent. Pennsylvania-based landscape designer Danilo Ma ei spoke on “Designing for eme,” and what struck me was “Your landscape needs an elevator speech.” His method for designing is to assign a theme, like “meadow with a pool,” which becomes the de ning vision. If the palette, materials and plants don’t align with that vision, nix them. You can see how this cuts down on arguments with builders or spouses, impulse buys and generally simpli es things.

Charlie Nardozzi, garden writer and television host, called for ecological gardening as an extension

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market started early, with many sellers opting to list while their competition is low.

Here’s a snapshot of the recent housing market stats in our area:

For Denny Blaine, Broadmoor, Washington/ Madison Park

NOV. 17, 2022, THROUGH FEB. 17, 2023:

Sold Homes: 10

Average Sales Price: $2,441,900

Average Days on Market: 26

Average Price Per Square Foot: $812.88

Lowest Sales Price: $475,000

Highest Sales Price: $4,100,000

Selling at 96.94 percent of original listed price

Worth noting: Nine of these are $1 million+, and the average market time over $1 million is 20 days.

NOV. 17, 2021,

THROUGH FEB. 17, 2022:

Sold Homes: 25

Average Sales Price: $2,841,080

Average Days on Market:

46

Average Price Per Square Foot: $824.91

Lowest Sales Price: $490,000

Highest Sales Price: $8,750,000

Selling at 99.99 percent of original listed price

FOR 98112

Nov. 17, 2022, through Feb. 17, 2023:

Sold homes: 30

Average Sales Price: $1,712,950

Average Days on Market: 40

Average Price Per Square Foot: $627.77

Lowest Sales Price: $475,000

Highest Sales Price: $4,100,000

Selling at 95.69 percent of original listed price

Worth noting: 22 of these are $1M+, and the average market time over $1M is 37 days.

NOV. 17, 2021,

THROUGH FEB. 17, 2022:

Sold homes: 86

Average Sales Price: $1,668,042

Average Days on Market: 32

Average Price Per Square

Foot: $698.55

Lowest Sales Price: $448,000

Highest Sales Price: $8,750,000

Selling at 103.26 percent of original listed price

My takeaways

• Year-over-year real estate activity in our neighborhood remains steady with prices slightly up in 98112

• e decline in sales in our area is directly attributable to the lack of inventory

• Under $2M, we are seeing some listings receiving multiple o ers

• e leveling o , and small decline, in rates from the highs has given buyers some con dence

• We are seeing the return of a more healthy, normal market

SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER

• While there is uncertainty in the tech sector, our statewide unemployment rate remains low: 4.2 percent, based on the latest numbers from the Washington State Employment Security Department. In King

County that number is 2.8 percent. In addition, the U.S. Labor Department recently de ed expectations by reporting the addition of 517,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis, the largest increase since July.

• Sellers: No matter how tight the inventory, pricing and presentation will always be the key principles to a successful transaction. Take this time to make your home show-ready; rst impressions count. Tackle projects that give you bang for your buck: painting, surface updates and landscaping. Declutter— packing more now means packing less later! Hire a broker to represent your home who utilizes staging services.

• Having an experienced broker who will analyze the micro-neighborhoods and the most recent sales data will help you price your home competitively. If a home goes on the market even a bit too high, it can sit, and that may result in a larger price reduction than if the home had come on the market at a reasonable listing price.

• Buyers: Trying to “time

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the market” is impossible. As we see multiple o er situations again in some areas, it is important for you to consider the right time to purchase FOR YOU, regardless of what the market is doing. New job? New relationship? Kids leaving for college and it’s time to downsize? ese life changes make it the right time to buy a home.

• As of press time, there are ve homes for sale over $2.5 million in Madison Park, Washington Park, Broadmoor and Denny Blaine. One of the residences is a condominium, and the highest priced single-family home for sale is a waterfront estate with 120 feet of Lake Washington waterfront for $25,000,000.

In closing, I want to thank everyone who has remained committed to serving our community, supporting our local businesses and improving this city we love. Please get out and vote in our local election. It’s time to help shape the future of our city, and your vote matters.

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The early promise of spring

Warming soup ideal for special diets

By Metro Creative Services

Soups and stews are staples of winter. Such dishes might be hearty, but they o en feature noodles, potatoes or other starches, which can be irritating for those with irritable bowel conditions or sensitivities to FODMAP ingredients. But that doesn’t mean individuals with such sensitivities must avoid soup entirely. is recipe for “Ginger Miso Chicken Soup” from “ e Complete IBS Diet Plan” (Rockridge Press) by Amanda

Foote is lling even without the heavy carbohydrates.

GINGER MISO CHICKEN SOUP

Serves 4

• 1 tablespoon garlic oil

• 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger

• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs

• 6 cups poultry broth (see below)

• ¼ cup red miso

• 4 cups chopped bok choy

• 4 large eggs

1. In a large, deep pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the ginger and chicken thighs, browning the chicken for 3 to 5 minutes per side.

2. Add the broth and miso to the pot, then cover and cook over medium-low heat for 30 minutes.

3. Remove the chicken from the pot and transfer it to a cutting board. Shred the chicken with 2 forks.

4. Return the chicken to the pot and stir it into the soup.

5. Add the bok choy and cook for 5 minutes. Crack the eggs into the soup and stir constantly so the egg cooks in ribbons. e eggs will cook quickly.

POULTRY OR BEEF BROTH

Makes 6 cups

• 8 cups water

• 2 pounds chicken, turkey or beef bones

• 4 carrots, coarsely chopped

• 1 celery stalk, chopped

• 2 tablespoons onion oil

• ½ teaspoon sea salt

• 9 peppercorns

1. In a medium pot over mediumhigh heat, stir together the water, bones, carrots, leeks, celery, oil, salt, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low.

2. Simmer the broth for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Strain the solids and discard.

3. Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 year.

(Note: Garlic or onion oil is made by simmering 5 garlic cloves or 1/2 chopped onion in 1/2 cup olive oil for 10 minutes, then straining out the onion or garlic.)

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Boilini, owners of Bizarre Brewing in Magnolia, stand behind the counter of the taproom at their brewery. The pair, who live in Ballard and are partners in the endeavor and in life, opened Bizarre Brewing about two months ago a er many delays.

Ballard couple brews up beer, community at new brewery in Magnolia

By Jessica Keller Madison Park Times editor

A er years of working in the industry and dreaming of opening their own brewery, partners in life and business

Derek Brown and Colette Boilini opened the doors to Bizarre Brewing almost three months ago.

Brown and Boilini are no newcomers to the brewery industry in Seattle. e pair met in 2014 when they were both working for Fremont Brewing. ey later worked at Holy Mountain, where Brown was the head of barrel production.

e goal, however, was always to open their own brewery, with Brown the brewmaster and Boilini managing operations and sales.

“We have just been working toward it for many years,” Brown said.

e pandemic, however, wreaked havoc on their plans, and the brewery opening was pushed back by permitting and construction delays.

“Nobody is ever going

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to say building out is super smooth, but it de nitely felt very challenging to be opening a brewery,” Boilini said, adding that tting a building with plumbing and the other infrastructure needed for a brewery is an extensive — and costly — process.

When they were ready to strike out on their own, however, their former employers and friends in the brewing community were supportive and encouraging.

“ e brewing community is very close-knit and very friendly,” Boilini said, adding that, in addition to support and encouragement, they received a lot of equipment and other necessities from

others to help them in their venture. “Our former employers were super, super encouraging; super, super supportive.”

Still, Brown said it was thrilling when they brewed their rst batch of beer last fall — a lager —even before they were ready to open for business.

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ey are also very proud of their brewery and taproom. e taproom features a

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Derek Brown and olette

European-style layout, with long tables a many chairs encouraging a family-style seating environment.

Indeed, Bizarre Brewing is open to all ages and “well-behaved” dogs.

“We really want it to be a place where people can come together, relax and enjoy spending time with each other while drinking beer,” Brown said.

e brewery and taproom come to approximately 6,000 square feet, which Brown said is the perfect size for their operation — a seven-barrel brewhouse with ve 15-barrel tanks and two seven-barrel tanks in the brewery part of the building. It also features an outdoor seating area that will almost double in size when a deck being built out back is completed, hopefully by this summer, Brown added.

Twice a week, Brown brews the beer, something he began doing when he was 21. He said he enjoys experimenting with and mixing and matching ingredients and fermentation techniques and creating hybrid styles of beer like the Tropical Hopfenweisse.

Another thing that sets Bizarre Brewing apart, other than its name — something Brown came up with when he rst started out and just stuck — is the alcohol by volume of Brown’s beer. In keeping with the relaxed, friendly atmosphere and desire to create a welcoming environment, most, if not all, of the beer Brown makes has a 6 percent or less alcohol content.

“And that’s a fun challenge in itself — can we keep things less than 6 percent,” Brown said.

THIRTEEN BEERS

Bizarre Brewing’s menu features 13 beers Brown creates, ranging from lagers to pale ales to stouts, with new selections periodically making their way onto the menu and replacing others.

Both Brown and Boilini agree visitors to the brewery have been receptive to everything from the menu to the beer hall-style taproom. Boilini said their location — in the industrial area of Magnolia, o Commodore Way on 26th Avenue West — is also ideal.

“It feels a little removed from the hustle and bustle but not far from everything else,” Boilini said.

e operation is a short drive from their home in Ballard, and they have friends and family who live in Magnolia, and it is still close to the brewing community and other breweries, such as nearby Dirty Couch and Figurehead in Magnolia and Roo op Brewing and Old Stove Brewing Ship Canal on Nickerson Street in lower Queen Anne.

While Bizarre Brewing is a small operation compared to some in Seattle, Brown said it is the perfect size for them because he, Boilini and their small sta can handle everything themselves.

“It just feels a lot more intimate because you can have all these relationships in the community,” Brown said.

Boilini has also forged partnerships with local food truck owners to come park outside the brewery and sell their food in a mutually bene cial arrangement. She also intends to host pop-up events with di erent vendors in future.

To see day-to-day updates from Bizarre Brewery follow it on Instagram, or visit bizarrebrewing.com to see the menu and food truck schedules.

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of organic gardening. Instead of considering the garden a static system where you add inputs — even organic ones — to soil, he suggests creating an ecosystem supporting wildlife, pollinators and the soil. Eventually, nature creates the inputs as needed. It’s less work for us and better for the planet. He also discussed science-backed examples of companion planting, like planting mint family plants to mask the scent of Brassicas (cabbages, broccoli, kale, for example) to protect them from cabbageworms.

Kathy Jentz, author of the new book

“Groundcover Revolution,” is on a mission to make the humble groundcover sexy. And why not?

Groundcovers can reduce mulching, weeding, watering, improve soil health. e right one might help you, as it did Jentz, win the battle against invasive English ivy. She says there’s one for every situation. For a spot in full sun, creeping thyme o ers fragrance, owers, step-ability and is deerresistant. In the shade of deciduous trees, winterowering hellebores are evergreen and will happily hide any fallen leaves, or summer- owering hostas can be mowed in fall along with those leaves, nourishing the soil. For the darkest spots, try under-evergreen rhodies. Jentz likes perennial geranium m. “Biovoko.”

Even if you didn’t get to attend, you can nd handouts for many of the lectures on the show website under Speakers/Resources or go to gardenshow.com/seminars/speaker-pro-tips.

In the marketplace, there was something for everyone — antiques, dahlias, mushrooms, orchids, jewelry, massage chairs and statuary. It’s pretty easy to get overwhelmed, so I like to attend a couple of days at least. It’s kept me from buying that 6-foottall rusty metal Sasquatch — so far.

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