Results tagged “brucelee”

If this announcement had come on April Fool's Day, we'd have thought they went a little overboard with the prank. A Broadway musical about the life of Bruce Lee and his journey to martial arts and movie stardom? Apparently so. Today, Elephant Eye Theatrical announced their latest musical Bruce Lee: Journey to the West, which is scheduled to debut sometime during the 2010-11 season.

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other.

If you went to Garfield High, wish you'd gone to Garfield High (you know you do), or just want to walk the same halls that Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, and Bruce Lee did then head to 23rd and Alder on Saturday for the "Bulldog Bash Before the Smash."

The Boston-area rap duo Big Digits will make their triumphant return to our side of the hood Saturday, nearly one year after their victorious "rap battle in Seattle" (Get it? It rhymes...) whereby their west coast rivals Cancer Rising "got served" a rap-tastic smackdown that shamed Larry Mizell into hiding. But seriously: The show Big Digits put on last May at the Lo_Fi was one of the year's best performances, particularly for the insane, indescribable dance moves of former Punk Rock Aerobics genius T.D. Sidell (see photo above), endowed with a God like kinetic energy power that would make Bruce Lee look like Richard Simmons if Lee wasn't already dead.

-Fans and admirers gathered at the grave of Bruce Lee on Sunday to honor what would have been his 65th birthday. There may be four or five residents of Seattle who still aren't aware that Bruce Lee is buried here. Now you know.

There are so many things to love about Turkey: it's juicy and delicious, always reminds us of the holidays, and is a truly versatile meat. What's that you say---there's also a country by that name? We suppose that would be alright too, though probably not as tasty. Yes, today's the beginning of TurkFest 2005, "a cultural festival celebrating all things Turkish." Activities including traditional music and dance, a photography exhibit, and (good God) shadow puppetry will be held at Seattle Center's Center House on Saturday and Sunday, noon-7pm. But tonight and Friday the festivities begin with four films:

Seattlest nearly spit up our tall decaf americano (not really, we’re just keeping it folksy today) when we learned via the Seattle Times that Garfield High is fielding a grand total of 44 valedictorians this year.