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Crown Hill Business Assn, Monthly Luncheon, June 15, 2011

Crown Hill Business Association will hold its monthly luncheon on Wednesday, June 15, noon-1:30PM at the meeting room at Swanson’s Nursery, 9701 15th Ave NW. The speaker will be Jessica Murphy from Seattle Dept of Transportation and she will be speaking on SDOT’s 85th Street repaving project set to start in Fall 2011. Business owners along 85th between Greenwood Ave NW and 15th Ave NW are especially invited to attend for an in-depth presentation on impacts for businesses and customers during the project.  $13 for lunch payable at the meeting. Contact cassandra.peterson@edwardjones.com (206.706.0366) to RSVP.

Gilbert & Sullivan — Open Rehearsal and Tour, June 9th, 2011

The Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society will hold its open rehearsal and “backstage” tour for its newest production, Ruddigore, Thursday, June 9th at 7 PM at the Crown Hill Center. FREE!

Ruddigore

They will feature a look at the drawings and model of the sets, a tour of the actual set under construction, and a fabulous musical preview of songs with the director and 37 member cast of their July performances at the Bagley Wright Theater.

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ARC School of Ballet Showcases Dr Do-a-Lot

ARC School of Ballet is staging a showcase performance of Dr. Do-a-Lot.  This is a two-act story ballet featuring more than 150 ASB students, ranging in age from three years old to pre-professional adults.  The performance will be Saturday June 11, at 4:00 in the Bagley Wright Theater at the Seattle Center.  Tickets are still available.  Come see your friends and neighbors perform.  Adults $30, Children 10 and under $20.

ARC Dance “Summer Dance at the Center”

ARC Dance returns to Bagley Wright/Leo K. Theatre in Seattle Center with a multi-work program Thursday through Saturday, July 21-23

ARC Dance Company opens July 21 for a three-evening program at Seattle Center’s Bagley
Wright/Leo Kreielsheimer Theatre on Mercer Street. This summer’s program offers five
separate works by different choreographers. Alex Ketley (The Foundry & San Francisco
Ballet) returns to ARC with a world premier Wave Atlas. Also on the bill are Artistic Director
Marie Chong’s No Regrets, Betsy Cooper’s (UW Dance Program Director) The Space
Between, Kirk Midtskog’s Between Earth & Sky, and Song of the Siren by Jason Ohlberg
(Hubbard Street Dance Chicago).

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Department of Neighborhoods Needs Your Opinion

The Seattle Dept. of Neighborhoods wants your opinion. The city-wide effort to reduce government spending is underway. Some impacts from budget cutting have already been felt by the DON. Last year, a number of Neighborhood Service Centers were closed, the 13 district coordinators (one for each district) were reduced to 9, attempts were made to close some of the Community Centers, and employee furloughs were instituted. This year additional cuts are required and the Department is asking for some guidance from you, the residents and businesses of Seattle. The survey takes about 10 minutes and is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YQLJ82V

From a DON news release:

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