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Group pushing for neighborhood greenways holding first meeting at Central Cinema
Central District NewsFeatured Stories
Feb 01Finding a safe place to cross busy streets and dodging speeding cars are two of the biggest impediments to increased walking and biking, and groups from all over Seattle think they have the solution. From North Delridge to Beacon Hill to Wallingford, c... »
Leschi PTA featured in article on school fundraising
Central District NewsFeatured Stories
Jan 30Sunday's front page Seattle Times article addressed the disparities sustained by different levels of parent-teacher association (PTA) fundraising. Madison Park's McGilvra elementary is featured as one extreme, a public school in a wealthy area with a ... »
Central Cinema not so sure proposed liquor bill will help
Central District NewsFeatured Stories
Jan 27Remember that bill two Vancouver, Wash. congressmen are pushing that would make it easier for movie theaters to serve booze? Well, Central Cinema is not so sure that it will really help them the way it is written.As we reported earlier this month, the ... »
Italy returns 2,000 year-old statue to Libya
Mynorthwest.com World
Jan 21TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Italy has returned to Libya the head of a 2,000 year-old statue that was smuggled out of the country in the 1960s. Prime Minister Mario Monti gave the sculpted head of Domitilla Minor, the daughter of Roman emperor Vespasian, to L... »
New state bill could ease Central Cinema's booze issues
Central District NewsFeatured Posts
Jan 20Remember how the Liquor Board changed the rules for serving alcohol in a movie theater, endangering Central Cinema's business model? Well, some Vancouver, WA legislators have proposed a bill that would ease the rules on theaters serving booze.From Publ... »
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Charlie Furbush's (Home-Run-Ignored) Comparables
Lookout Landing
Jan 24Charlie Furbush may not be able to rely on his home run rate regressing thanks solely to the law of large(r) numbers. Based on his trouble with hitters pulling the ball*, Furbush might need to make some sort of improvement to cut down his park-adjusted... »
Everything Is Terrible! Coming to Central Cinema
Slog
Jan 20They're showing Doggie Woggiez, Poochie Woochie, which is evidently a collection of VHS-converted video involving dogs, to Central Cinema. More over here. »
Metro Proposes Minor Revision to Route 25
Seattle Transit Blog
Jan 19I’m a little late to the punch here, but Metro is proposing a last-minute addition to the June service change proposal, which will probably go before the King County Council next week (and was passed out of committee last week). The proposed addition r... »
Seattle civil-rights leader speaks at Madison’s MLK Day assembly
West Seattle Blog...
Jan 13With school now out for the three-day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day holiday weekend, many students will be coming home with stories about special assemblies in honor of Dr. King and what he stood for. Madison Middle School shares this photo of princ... »
Central Cinema's Crisis
Seattle WeeklyComplete Issue
Jan 11A quirk in Washington liquor laws could force Central Cinema to choose between continuing to serve alcohol and admitting minors. And that could force the Central District theater to shut down, says its owner. As first reported by the Central District N... »