Imagine finding a quaint, European-style chocolate shop tucked away in a strip mall in downtown Redmond. While it seems incongruous, Brugge Chocolates opened in February at 15946 Redmond Way, across from Trader Joe’s. And without any formal marketing push, the store has been so busy that owner Susan Walukiewicz has scarcely been able to catch her breath.
Sarah Oates, a Redmond High School (RHS) senior and Running Start student at Bellevue College will perform in the ensemble of “All Shook Up,” July 17-24 at Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N in Issaquah. Tickets are $15 general admission, $13 for youth or seniors; call (425) 392-2202 or visit www.villagetheatre.org.
Back by popular demand as part of this year’s Derby Days Summer Festival, is the free multi-band concert, Friday Night Live on Friday, July 9 from 6-10 p.m. at Redmond City Hall Campus, 15670 NE 85th St.
The combined congregations of the Sammamish Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held their annual 4th of July pancake breakfast on Sunday.
Redmond is a great place to live, work and play — summertime or anytime. But it wouldn’t be summer without a road trip or two.
If a tight budget or crammed calendar has you stuck in your same old surroundings, travel experts at Redmond’s AAA Service Center can provide tips and discounts to ease the pain, even for a brief change-of-scenery.
“Grease” is the word at Redmond’s SecondStory Repertory (SSR), July 9-17. Tickets are $10 at www.secondstoryrep.org or (425) 881-6777.
This is the “school version” of Jim Jacobs’ and Warren Casey’s wildly popular musical about greasers and preppies at the fictional Rydell High School in 1959. It’s been trimmed down and toned down to be more family-friendly.
Sustainable Redmond, a grassroots organization which is part of the SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities All Over Puget Sound) network, will have a booth at the Redmond Derby Days festival and encourages community members to stop by and learn more about the organization.
Summer means outdoor dancing at Dance Sanctuary. Enjoy an uplifting, free-form dance experience on supportive mats indoors and under the evening sky and majestic trees outdoors, at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 10.
Several local students from International Community School in Kirkland, a Choice school in the Lake Washington School District, were award winners at the 2010 National History Day competition held recently at the University of Maryland.
The Redmond Fire Department encourages citizens who wish to enjoy fireworks for the Fourth of July to seek out any of the professional displays offered in the greater Seattle area.
Redmond native Katie Black, a professional dancer who was profiled in the May 7 issue of the Redmond Reporter (http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/red/lifestyle/92881364.html), will be among guest presenters for Dance Education Week at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, June 30-July 3.
The Regal Entertainment Bella Bottega Stadium 11 Cinemas, 8890 161st Ave. in Redmond, are ready for fans of the “Twilight” series with special events on Tuesday, June 29.
“Personal fireworks” are not legal in the City of Redmond but citizens sometimes purchase them outside of the city and use them at home, anyway.
The Redmond Police Department (RPD) is asking local residents to participate in the 27th Annual National Night Out Against Crime on Aug. 3.
On his 80th birthday, the perennial playboy Hugh Hefner optimistically declared, “Eighty is the new 40.”
That’s a bit of a stretch but there is no denying that most seniors today are not just planted in rocking chairs. On the morning of June 18, the Redmond Senior Center (RSC) was definitely rockin’ as it hosted the Northwest Senior Games Dance Day, a non-competitive, recreational dance event to promote physical fitness and social interaction for adults ages 50 or better.
Improving Redmond’s traffic flow and replacing the 520 floating bridge with a tunnel system under Lake Washington were some of the topics tackled by students in the “Theory of Urban Design and Planning” class at Lake Washington Technical College (LWTC) this quarter.
The 433 members of the Redmond High School (RHS) Class of 2010 celebrated their commencement Tuesday, June 15 at Key Arena.
Guest speakers were graduates Claire Asplund, Thomas Moore, Molly Orr and senior class president Franny Wolman.
From left, The Overlake School graduates Daniel Buecker, Claire Bazley, Hakan Yagiz, Scott Heiner, Jessica Weisbly, Christopher Faulkner, John Barnhart and Danielle Tomfohrde flash peace signs before Sunday’s graduation ceremony at The Overlake School.
The Bear Creek School’s 10th commencement exercises took place Saturday June 12 in the Cornerstone Theater at the Bear Creek campus in Redmond.
Redmond resident Paul Wagner, whose Native American name is Che oke’ ten, will be among featured performers at the Talking Trees Conference, a fundraiser for guardians of the Amazon Rain Forest.
