The Bellevue School District’s general fund budget for the coming school year includes a $14 million increase in revenues — and a $17 million increase in expenditures.
Dan Sherman is the principal of St. Madeleine Sophie, a campus opened in 2005 with a mission to welcome a diverse student populace: ethnically, economically and academically.
“Fiddler on the Roof” proves to be an energetic and charming performance in the hands of its two dozen person cast, which includes a number of actors culled from the Bellevue College drama department.
Brown will discuss his book “My Father the Godfather,” about the life of James Brown from the perspective of his son.
It’s the same sad song played countless times: music teeters on a treacherous precipice in public education budgets. Though identified as a core subject by state and federal agencies, the arts don’t come up in the standardized tests that determine federal funding. And they stand well outside the quantitative results-driven cult of STEM.But a Kirkland-based nonprofit thinks music is too important to children’s development to lose.
The former Bellevue resident convicted of setting fire to Neighbours nightclub in Seattle on New Year’s Eve, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday.
Publishers rejected Mike Selinker’s draft for a “solve your own adventure novel.” Then Kickstarter users funded it 10 times over. After 18 years the ambitious project has finally seen the light of day, with plans for an e-book, an audiobook… and a perfume?
Patrick McCabe, who was wanted in connection to identity theft activity investigated July 3, was arrested Wednesday morning in Eastern Washington.
The comedians have made a career out of telling MTV viewers how to be masculine through “The Guy Code” and its spin-offs.
Clear, sunny skies marked the first day of Arts Fair Weekend. Pedestrians were already crowding the streets to see more than 700 artists and craftmakers.
Heading into Seattle this Sunday? You might want to plan to take Interstate 90 on your return trip.
PSE reports a squirrel caused the outage after contacting equipment in the Bellevue College area substation. Watch for street light outages near the campus and north of Interstate 90.
“Honestly, as an avid reader of YA myself, I like adult fiction but it mirrors my own life and adults around me too much,” author Martina Dalton said. “Sometimes I want to escape from reality. That’s why I like to read YA; it takes me out of my regular everyday troubles.”
The weekend includes Bellevue Arts Museum’s ARTSfair, the Bellevue Downtown Association’s 6th Street Fair and Craft Cooperative of the Northwest’s Bellevue Festival of the Arts. More than 730 artists and craftsmiths will exhibit Friday, July 25, through Sunday, July 27.
Upstart online retailer and publisher Seneca & Spruce will hold an Aug. 15 fashion show in the David Barton Gym at the Bravern.
The one-hour dance courses will include contemporary, taught by Lauren Thomas; jazz, taught by Alex Wheelwright; hip-hop by Ahmen Taplin; and salsa by Byanka Larkins.
Jaime Teevan estimates she and her son Cale will walk an average of 18 miles a day, sticking near highways, staying nights in motels and keeping in contact with the rest of their family at home.
“Giselle,” composed by Adolphe Adam, is the oldest continuously-performed ballet in the art form’s history. It tells the story of a peasant woman who dies of a broken heart upon learning her beau is a nobleman promised to a noblewoman. She is resurrected by the Wilis, a coven of jilted lovers who seek to dance any man they encounter to death; though Giselle is more forgiving than the vengeful group predicts.
Courses include patrol procedures, firearms, 911 communications, narcotics, use of K-9 units, major crimes investigations, major accident investigations, defensive tactics and hostage negotiations.
Terrance Li, an eighth-grader from Odle Middle School, has been named a regional finalist in the Google Science Fair for his prototype heat-to-electricity converter.
