The Seattle Traveler

The May schedule for the Seattle Symphony includes some great guest performers.  If you’re not sure if symphonic music is your cup of tea, one of these performances may be a great introduction.

May 3rd – Peter & the Wolf (part of the concerts for young people)
May 1st-4th – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
May 6th – Christopher Parkening with Jubilant Sykes:  The Jubilation Tour
May 8-11th – Isn’t it Romantic!  Music and Hollywood Romance (pops series)
May 16-18th – Seattle Symphony and Mark Morris Dance Group at the Paramount
May 29 & 31st – Coming to America I with narrators Robert Wagner and Jill st. …read more

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An angel came up to me on the street the other day. . . .
No, really!  And actually it was several angels.  They were dressed in white feathers handing out flyers to remind us that Cirque du Soleil is in town for three weeks of performance of Corteo.
Cirque du Soleil was founded in Quebec in 1984 by two former street performers.  After a series of business ups and downs, the company found footing in the 1990’s, expanding from one show with 73 employees to 15 shows with over 3,500 employees. 
It’s a modern circus, and has no ring and …read more

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Discover the Treasure of Sequim at this year’s 113th Irrigation Festival.
Pronounced “skwim” it is an Indian word for calm waters.  The city is known for its mild climate, a location frequently referred to as Washington’s banana belt.  It’s also famous for its Dungeness crab and lavendar crops surpasses only by those in France.
The festival celebrates bringing irrigation from the Dungeness River to the prairie of Sequim. Folks believed the idea was crazy, but despite little money, harsh geography, and a doubting citizenry, the headgates to an irrigation ditch opened on May 1st, 1896, providing water to the community.
This year’s …read more

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Details:  A space capsule from the Space exhibit at the Museum of Flight.  There are lots of local exhibits featuring the people, companies, and events that make Seattle such a vital part of the air and space industries.  It’s a great place for kids and adults.
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Surfing in Seattle?  Yep, and it’s a year long activity despite the area’s cold winter waters.
For surfing lessons, information, and apparel and boards, locals go to Cheka Looka Surf Shop in Fremont.  Apparel and boards are available year round.  Lessons offered in spring and summer.
The shop opened about 10 years ago when two good pals thought it would be a fun business.  Both were surfing enthusiasts with day jobs, and worked the business around their respective schedules.  Eventually one partner bought out the other, but the two remain good friends though now in different geographic locations. 
Don’t you love …read more

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Broadway Across America has announced the performance of smash-hit and 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Avenue Q, at Seattle’s Paramount Theater.  The production also won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book.
The plot of the play rings true with so many people who have relocated to the Big Apple, hoping to strike it big — Big Dreams, Little Money.  A naive college graduate comes to town, but can only afford to live in Avenue Q.  The neighbors are nice, if a little eclectic, and you can follow their adventures through work, love, and a search for …read more

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This weekend. . .
. . . head over to Mainstage Comedy & Music Club and let comedian Brian Malow, tickle your funny bone with humor from the world of science. 
If you’re like me, when you think of science you probably think of dry, dull, dare I saw BORING information and details.  While that may be true, there’s also a lot of wackiness out there, and Brian Malow exploits it all — from the mating ritual of insects to bacteria — it’s funny stuff.
Location:  315 1st Avenue North, downtown (map it)
Dates & Times:  April 24-26th, 2008.  Thursday, 8 pm; …read more

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It’s been sunny and cold around Seattle lately, not really winter, but not really summer yet either.
That’s why I think you’ll appreciate the new blog which we added to the b5media Travel & Culture Channel today — The Hawaii Traveler.  It’s written by Jody Reale, who divides her time between the mountains of Colorado and the islands of Hawaii.’

We’re pretty close to the islands here on the West Coast.  It’s only about a five hour or so flight, so it’s an easy destination for us to get to.  But even if you can only escape to the islands in …read more

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Sometimes it seems like saving and protecting the planet is a daunting task.  When I look at the harmful things that we do to this world, I feel overwhelmed, like there is nothing that I can do that will make a difference.
That’s why I love Earth Day.  It reminds me that each of us is responsible for protecting this earth, and that the small steps we take here and there will add up to making a big difference.
Here are 10 simple things that you can do to protect the environment and make the world a little better place to …read more

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The quirky community of Fremont, often referred to as the People’s Republic of Fremont, is home to the Troll that lives under the bridge, and is also home to a 16 foot bronze sculpture of Lenin. 
The statue was constructed by Emil Venkov, a Bulgarian sculptor, who portrayed Lenin a revolutionary surrounded by guns and flames.  The statue was originally erected in Lenin’s Square in Czechoslovakia in 1988.  After the fall of Communism in that country, the statue was removed from the Square.
A Seattle area English teacher, Lewis Carpenter, was teaching English in Czechoslovakia and found the statue in …read more

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