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Rotary Club Holiday Benefit Concert Is Dec. 15th

[ December 15, 2008; 7:00 pm; ]

The White Center/Burien Rotary Club is holding its annual Holiday Benefit Concert on Monday, Dec. 15th, starting at 7pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien (map below).

This benefit concert will feature the music of the Boeing Employees Choir. Here’s an audio taste of their talents, of them singing selections from Strauss’ ‘Die Fledermaus’ [...]

 
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Latino Literary/Cultural Event Is Friday, Dec. 5th

[ December 5, 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

The House of Writers/Casa de Escritores is sponsoring a special literary and cultural event this Friday, Dec 5, from 6-9pm at the White Center Taqueria del Rio, located at 10230 16th Ave SW (map below).

There you’ll enjoy a variety of readings, music and food.

This is a FREE event for the community, so please spread the [...]

EXCERPT: “Growing Up In Rat City & Beyond” Pt. 2

Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it.
by Scott Schaefer
Last week we posted the first excerpt from longtime area resident, architect, artist and now author Alexander Sasonoff’s recently-published autobiography called “Growing Up in Rat City and Beyond.”
(Serendipitous side note o’trivia: the office we currently occupy was actually designed by Mr. [...]

Dia de los Muertos Celebration This Weekend

[ November 1, 2008; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ]

A special Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead” celebration will take place this weekend (Sat. and Sun. Nov. 1-2) from 10am to 6pm at the Burien Community Center, which is about three miles south of the Dub-C at 425 SW 144th Street (map below).

This is a first-time collaboration between Burien Parks, the [...]

EXCERPT: “Growing Up In Rat City And Beyond”

Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it.
by Scott Schaefer
Alexander Sasonoff is a longtime area resident whose acronym could easily be “AAA” - Architect, Artist and now…Author.
Just don’t call him if your car breaks down (although he could probably fix that too…).
Sasonoff, an accomplished local architect, grew up in [...]

PHOTO: Front Yard All Set For A Dub-C Halloween

Photographed on 16th Ave SW near SW 112th is this scene of a White Center yard festooned for Halloween:

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Speed Video Drawing Of White Center Artist

Found this impressive “speed video” of a local White Center artist named Wes doing his rendition of a “FOB”:

(for reference of what a “FOB” is, click here)
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Boulevard Park Filmmaker Seeking Help

A local Boulevard Park-based Director/Producer named Frank Oliver is seeking donations and locations from area residents and businesses for his upcoming film production “The War of the Grandmas.”
The film’s plot:
“War of the Grandmas” is a family-fun-packed, independent comedy – half live action and half cartoon animation.
This is a screwball comedy in the vein of “Grumpy [...]

Unusual Performance Art At Seahurst Park Sat.

[ August 16, 2008; 11:30 am; ] A very interesting and highly unusual musical art performance will be taking place Saturday (Aug. 16th) less than 3 miles away from the Dub-C at Seahurst Park, starting at 11:30am in Burien:

The performance, called Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas will include opera singers and percussionists performing original work by Seattle Composer Byron Au Yong at Seahurst [...]