Alice Hoffman will be appearing at the Bellevue Regional Library at 12:30 p.m. April 30. For more information visit www.kcls.org.
Students at Bellevue’s Music Works Northwest will perform at a Bellevue retirement home this month.
The Spot Off Main has added live music to its lineup of the “Longest Happy Hour on the Eastside,” theme party nights, pool tournaments, movie nights, Sunday Karaoke and Men’s Night.
Traveling to Woodinville this weekend? Have your passport ready.
The international sensation Cirque du Soleil returns to Marymoor Park April 24-May 25. Since its inception in the 1980s, the Montreal, Quebec-based “Circus of the Sun” – as translated in French – has dazzled spectators with its reimagination of the circus concept, using no animals and showcasing the beauty of human movement.
Pulling up a chair is a custom for fine dining restaurants – not for Zen Asian Bistro.
A neighbor of mine – Tony – is trying his best to take this “going green” thing seriously. For example, he tells me that he’s recently begun recycling his newspaper each week. “The entire newspaper?” I asked. He shook his head. “No, “he admitted. “Just your column.”
Calendars are published Wednesdays and Saturdays on a space-available basis. Items for the Wednesday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Thursday. Items for the Saturday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Tuesday.
The Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) will feature violinist Kyung Sun Lee as soloist in the final concerts of the 2007-2008 Masterworks@Meydnebauer series, part of the BPO’s fortieth anniversary season on April 12 and 13.
The first week of April is the time to think about planting. Think about what seeds you want to start indoors for setting out later; think about what annuals you’ll want to grow for summer color and think about what perennials and new trees and shrubs you’ll want to add.
Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 5; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 6. Admission: Free. Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, 33663 Weyerhaeuser Way S., Federal Way. 253-661-9377 or www.rhodygarden.org.
The Performing Arts Festival Eastside will hold its Concerto-Playoff at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 at Bellevue Christian Church, 10808 S.E. 27th St. in the Enatai section of Bellevue. The play-off is free and open to the public and will feature those chosen by the music festival adjudicators as finalists for the PAFE concerto scholarships held earlier in the week for classical piano, strings, reeds and woodwinds.
Calendars are published Wednesdays and Saturdays on a space-available basis. Items for the Wednesday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Thursday. Items for the Saturday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Tuesday.
The Anoushka Shankar Project featuring Anoushka Shankar will perform at Kirkland Performance Center, April 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m.
From cyberspace bullying to school shootings, the news is filled with examples of youthful anger run amok.
I am no opera aficionado.
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