Westside-O-Rama West Seattle Entertainment Guide

Entertainment and Venue listings

Feb 08, 2012

Admiral Theater
2343 California Ave. S.W.
938-3456
Movie tickets $5.50

On Tuesday, we celebrate Seniors (over 60) with one dollar off all day, $4.75. 
Tickets available at http://www.farawayentertainment.com/admiral.html
http://www.farawayentertainment.com/admiral.html

Friday Feb 3 through Feb. 9

New Year's Eve (PG-13)
Fri - Wed: 6:20, 8:50
Thu: 8:50 PM

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13)
Fri - Thu: 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:00

Midnight in Paris (PG-13)
4 Academy Award Nominations
Fri - Thu: 1:45, 4:10

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R)
Sat: 11:59 PM

Note: No trailers or ads precede the films. They start promptly at the times stated.

Alki Arts
2820 Alki Avenue SW
206.432.9936
Saturday Feb 4th
6:00pm until 9:00pm

Black History Exhibit
In honor of 'Black History Month' we are excited to host the Seattle debut of artist Jeremy Bell for the month of February!

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Pet of the Week: Rosa is resilient

Rosa is a Teddy Bear Hamster (yes there are several different types) and she lives with Alex Chapman and his Mom Cheryl Ann Chapman in an apartment near Alki. "When I first picked her up she was just so adorable," said Alex who is 13. Rosa has been part of the family now for about a year.

She came from Pet's Place in Burien.

Rosa is the first hamster the family has had and her care is sort of a mutual effort between mother and son.
A hamster's diet it turns out is pretty important and there was a learning curve that almost cost Rosa her life. More on that shortly.

They feed her a kind of fruit chew and hamster pellets plus lettuce and carrots.

A multi-chambered Habittrail hamster home in a bedroom is where she spends most of her time and her behavior, according to the Chapman's is pretty typical. She doesn't really do any tricks but does know her name and when they tap on the edge of her home, she comes down to see who's knocking. They originally got the the unit from a friend and later expanded it.

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Steve Shay Photos
Catherine Berglund encourages parents of youngsters to start them early on good nutrition, and to eat the same meals their parents prepare for themselves. It is easy, cheaper, faster, and healthier, she says. She will teach a course Feb. 16 at Youngstown Cultural Center, West Seattle. She holds a baby food mill that purees. Also pictured, a pacifier holding pureed, healthy sweet items for an infant to suck on safely.

Child health expert offers class to parents to help kids eat right

By Steve Shay
Jan 27, 2012

A few generations ago Popeye was right when he told the kiddies to always eat their spinach. And many children obeyed. They ate their vegetables, along with their meat and potatoes just like mom and dad, and Popeye, told them to do. But that is less common now. At meal time in our culture, most kids are calling the shots. And that means mac-and-cheese, while their parents eat protein and salad.

According to health and child birth educator, Catherine Berglund of West Seattle, parents caved beginning in the '60's and '70's and let the kids "just say no" to nutrition at mealtime in favor of mac-and-cheese and other bland standards.

"We were the first children to pull this, and now every kid in this culture is pulling this," said Berglund, whose son, Aidan, 6, a Lafayette student is on a healthy nutritional track, and happy about it, too.

"Obesity, diabetes," sighed Berglund, "Kids now are the first generation of Americans suspected to have a shorter life span than the generation before. At the current rates of diabetes and obesity today's youth might not live as long as their parents."

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