Bothell High School Theatre Arts opens its 2012-2013 season with the seventh annual “Broadway Musical Revue” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in the Northshore Performing Arts Center, 18125 92nd Ave. N.E., Bothell.
Curtain Call Theatre Bothell will perform Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” in October at the Northshore Senior Center.
Directed by Jonathan Reis, the mystery comedy features statuettes of little soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon falling to the floor and breaking one by one as those in the house succumb to a diabolical avenger.
Rick Troy, Inglemoor High graduate and current Kenmore resident, plays with his band, Brokaw — a punk/metal hybrid — last Friday night at Neumos in Seattle. Troy graduated from Inglemoor in 1982, and Brokaw bassist, Stuart Dahlquist, was a 1981 Inglemoor graduate.
Singer Mike Henderson lives in Bothell.
Music fans will get wired on a full day of tunes when The Wired! Band and others perform at the Bothell Blues Festival 2012 on Sept. 1 at Country Village.
In the 10 years they have known each other, Bothell’s Adam Chambers has never seen Clint McCune angry.
Chambers said McCune, co-owner of SoulFood Books in Redmond, has a friendly disposition that belies the hotheadedness many people assume comes with having red hair.
Northshore Senior Center in Bothell has already posted a project online
United Way of Snohomish County is organizing its 19th annual Days of Caring — the largest volunteer event in the county — for Sept. 21 and Sept. 22. The deadline to register projects is Aug. 31. Local agencies and nonprofits are encouraged to register their projects at www.uwsc.org/daysofcaring.php. Volunteers have until Sept. 12 to sign up for projects.
Educationally focused child-care provider Kiddie Academy of Bothell will host ‘Storytime LIVE!’ at 11 a.m. on Aug. 4, inviting Bothell-area children and their parents to enjoy a story highlighted by a visit from the story’s lead character, Curious George.
Kapolei Flores, 12, of Waimea dances the hula during the July 12 Hawaiian concert at St. Edward State Park in Kenmore. The show featured singer/musicians Hawane Rios (Flores’ big sister, pictured) and Sonny Lim, also from Waimea, and a host of local hula dancers. The event was part of Kenmore’s Summer Concert Series.
Bothell’s only tasting room, The Mercantile Wine & Goods, is now open in the heart of Country Village.
Bothell resident Diana Kohn’s book, “Pieces of Me: Life of a Recovering Dysfunctional,” was released on July 3.
From swing to soul, gospel to rock, Bothell’s Music in the Park Concert Series offers something for everyone from 6:30-8 p.m. Fridays July 6-Aug. 24 at North Creek Sportsfield #3 (11905 North Creek Parkway). Free.
The city of Kenmore will hold its 10th annual Kenmore Summer Concert Series from 6-8 p.m. Thursday evenings July 12-Aug. 16 at St. Edward State Park, 14445 Juanita Drive N.E. Visitors are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnic dinners. Each night features different music from around the globe.
The Kenmore Heritage Society will present “The Future Remembered,” a free theater performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair, at 7 p.m. June 6 at the Kenmore Community Club, 7304 N.E. 175th St.
The 5th Avenue Awards Honoring High School Musical Theatre celebrates its 10th anniversary at 7 p.m. June 4. The acclaimed program is a high-school version of the Tony Awards, and allows theater students from across Washington to meet, celebrate and honor musical-theater productions presented during the 2011-12 school year.
Two local jazz bands snared honors at the recent 30th annual Bellevue High Jazz Festival.
Bothell High jazz band I, directed by Phil Dean, won third place in the high-school AAAA division and Bothell High jazz band II, directed by Matt Simmons, won second place in the Outstanding Jazz II or III bands division.
Kent Sturgis’ Epicenter Press of Kenmore recently released “Shipwrecked: A Peoples’ History of the Seattle Mariners.”
Sometimes truth isn’t stranger than fiction. Sometimes it’s the seed that grows into fiction. That’s how Kenmore’s Joan Wittler, a local teacher, came to write her first published novel, “A Working De-Lemon.”
Its heroine, Grace Erickson, is a fifth-grader who needs money to fix her bike. So, she and her best friend embark on a series of business ventures. But, each has different ideas about what makes a good job.
The long-anticipated 21 Acres retail market opens at noon May 3, featuring sustainable local, farm product. Located in the new green-built Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living at 13701 N.E. 171st St., Woodinville, the 21 Acres Market will be open year-round giving shoppers affordable options for fresh and value-added products and the opportunity to support local farmers.
More than 30 hammers pounded away with youthful fervor last Friday at the Juanita Elementary field house. The incessant noise felt and sounded more like a freight train barreling through the open-air field house than a school art project.
Daniel Oslin, 12, of Bothell is one of the 10 finalists in the Classical KING FM 98.1 and Seattle Chamber Music Society Young Artist Awards competition.
People can vote online at www.KING.org now through April 27.