Portrait by artist Joey Nix, from his show at the Art Primo Showroom.
Down in Georgetown, muralist, canvas artist and former Beacon Hill resident Joey Nix is opening a show featuring portraits of mobsters, at the Art Primo Showroom at 6601 East Marginal Way South, Suite B on February 6. The show is from 5:00 to 9:00 pm, free, and open to all ages.
Remember when T-Mobile applied last year to install three panel antennas on the roof of the Jefferson Park Apartments at the corner of South Spokane Street and Beacon Avenue South? The antennas are planned to be located “within a faux brick chimney shroud assembly… extending approximately 10 feet above the roof top.” The installation has been conditionally approved.
The Rainier Valley Post tells us that Rainier Avenue institution Borracchini’s has added a 21st century shine to an 86-year-old business — now you can order cakes online!
Sara suggests that we mention that there are tons of local volunteer opportunities for the National Day of Service on January 19; find some here.
Sustainable South Seattle (S3) will meet at the Columbia City Library this Wednesday, January 14, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, where Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin will discuss the Local Food Action Initiative.
A panel advocating for veterans of the (first) Persian Gulf War will hold public hearings at the VA medical center on Beacon Hill this month. The Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans will be here Jan. 14 and 15. The committee is holding a series of public meetings to receive feedback before recommending programs to help Gulf War vets. — Now Hear This (P-I blog)
The city’s blocked off part of bicycle/pedestrian sidewalk on the Jose Rizal Bridge to fix an erosion problem. No estimate for completion given, though. — Getting There
Some buses will be slightly harder to catch for the next few days. Photo from Seattle Municipal Archives.
Did the “holiday” changes to Metro bus schedules this week catch you by surprise? Here is the information about the schedules through Wednesday. Note that the 38 is on a normal schedule, and the 36 and 60 are on “reduced weekday schedule.” To find out how the reduced schedule affects you, go to http://metro.kingcounty.gov/ and enter your route number, then look for the trips marked with “H”; those trips are cancelled.
JvA wants to make it easier to report local graffiti problems, so along with posting a link to the city’s graffiti-report website, she’s collecting addresses of commercial sites with graffiti — Mid Beacon Hill
And speaking of KUOW and school closures, they mentioned in our comments the other day that Weekday is featuring the school closure debate today from 9:00-10:00 am with Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and School Board member Michael DeBell among the panelists. KUOW is at 94.9 FM. You can call the show at (800) 289-KUOW or email weekday@kuow.org.
In a terribly sad story of neglect, Seattle Police officers found an 83-year-old woman covered in maggots and lying in her own filth in a house on the 4900 block of 26th Avenue South on December 6. (There are even more horrific details at the Slog post. You have been warned.) The woman’s daughter showed up later with a bag of adult diapers to tell the cops that she lives at the house with her mother. The mother was taken to Harborview and the police are investigating the case — Slog
