WENATCHEE — The Numerica Performing Arts Center has selected J. Woody Lotts as its next executive director.
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Jan Cook Mack will be the featured artist at the Two Rivers Art Gallery throughout August.
If you’re in the market for discounted art and related supplies, you’re in luck.
Wenatchee-native Alex Stroming will show the first performances of her original musical “Out There” at the Beacon Hill Grange, 323 Easy St., starting Friday.
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WENATCHEE — A collection of Wenatchee-area residents is in the early stages of forming an art alliance.
The Stehekin Community Show, a virtual art show by Arts and Humanities of Stehekin, will run through the end of October. It can be viewed at wwrld.us/stehekinart.
With the sounds of “Dancing Queen” and “Take A Chance On Me” echoing throughout the theater, Mamma Mia! will be the first show at the Numerica Performing Arts Center in 16 months.
Henry Golding wasn’t toying around while preparing to bring to life a classic G.I. Joe hero in the new “Snake Eyes” film.
Visitors to the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center have the opportunity to attend several events this week.
Local artists trying to expand their horizons can register for an alcohol ink creation class on Wednesday.
Adam Robitel’s 2019 B-movie horror flick “Escape Room” had all the auspices of a flash in the pan: early January release and a gimmicky premise based around a live entertainment trend. “Escape Room” was just that: a series of high-stakes, life-or-death puzzles, but thanks to the cast and cha…
Cast members will be dancing in the twilight as they share stories about memory loss and the challenges many have faced while caretaking come Thursday at the Ancient Lakes Theatre Festival.
JOHANNESBURG — Deadly protests that erupted in South Africa following former President Jacob Zuma’s jailing showed no signs of letting up, even as the authorities pledged to clamp down on the violence and the army was deployed to help the police keep it in check.
LOS ANGELES — “The Crown” and “The Mandalorian” led nominations on Tuesday for the Emmy Awards, the highest honors in television in a field packed with newcomers.
Even though it was delayed for over a year, the release of a documentary film about Central Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre — a film about music and the sheer joy of togetherness — seems right on time after all. “Enormous: The Gorge Story” opens July 21 in theaters, including Wenatchee’s Gat…
Wenatchee’s annual Summer Concert Series is back this year with five shows featuring a mix of local and non-local artists.
Ever since Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), better known as Black Widow, kicked-boxed her way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans have been clamoring for a standalone movie, and for good reason. She’s astonishingly lethal but also incredibly human, with a dark and mysterious backs…
Some say that women marry versions of their fathers, and I guess you could argue "The Tomorrow War" is evidence of that.
Two shows are coming to the Town Toyota Center in September, the first concerts in more than a year.
With the state’s economy fully reopened, residents in the Wenatchee Valley can, literally, party like it’s 2019 this holiday weekend.
The annual Lake Chelan Bach Fest is returning for its 40th year on July 11 for a series of outdoor concerts at Riverwalk Park and nearby wineries.
Musicians have arrived in Leavenworth and are already rehearsing for Icicle Creek Center for the Art’s first large in-person event in more than a year.
Stage Kids is holding its last few "The Wizard of Oz" performances Friday and Saturday at Grace City Church, 277 Melody Lane, Wenatchee.
The Moses Lake Museum & Art Center is opening a new gallery Friday in remembrance of those who fought in the Korean War.
Artists looking to dabble in abstract work can sign up for an alcohol ink workshop come Saturday in Wenatchee.
What a ride it’s been for the “The Fast and the Furious” franchise. Now spanning 20 years and nine films, this soap opera of motor fuel and melodrama has defied logic, physics and death again and again while weaving an intricate tapestry of a cinematic text that’s filled with callbacks, came…
“Path of Wellness”
Cashmere’s annual Founders’ Days returns with food, art, shopping and a Saturday parade to top it all off.
Starring Kevin Hart as a widower trying to raise his young daughter, “Fatherhood” is an affable dramedy that lacks any real tension or drive. In a more dramatic turn than his usual manic comedic roles, Hart shows promise but isn’t quite there yet to craft something truly rounded, emotional a…
Why use a clock when one can simply listen for the four-times-daily steam-powered screech? That’s the way many used to tell time in Cashmere, back when the Schmitten Lumber Co. was in operation.
A previous version of this story incorrectly labeled last week's event name as Moving into the Future, the name of an upcoming panel on June 24. The panel referenced in this story is named Reimagining the Arts.
There were two long waits that had to be endured before Lin-Manuel Miranda and Philadelphia-born playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes could bring their Tony-winning musical “In the Heights” to the screen.
Visitors of the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center can travel back in time to connect with the simple joys of childhood at the latest exhibit, Tomfoolery: Vintage Fun from Wenatchee Cycle and Toy.
SEATTLE — It’s been two years since we’ve had a proper summer concert season. For a while, it looked like 2021 might bring another summer spent in hibernation, with a handful of Washington’s marquee festivals throwing in the towel for the second consecutive year amid the COVID-19 chaos.
WENATCHEE — A stir-crazy post-vaccination rush may be on the horizon as venues in the Wenatchee Valley expect a surge in visitors.
The GESA Credit Union Entertainment Stage in Memorial Park will be a hoppin’ place during the Apple Blossom Festival’s 11-day run. Here’s the lineup:
Painters looking for a new project can soon sign up for the Two Rivers Gallery annual Plein Air Paint Out event beginning June 5.
Somewhere between a creek, a forest, a few dark rain clouds and a thousand or so wildflowers, stood Beth Whitney by her cabin in Plain, trying to make sense of a chaotic world.
The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center will host a virtual viewing of the film “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,” followed by a question-and-answer session. The Tuesday event is a part of the museum's environmental film series.
The annual RLS Productions’ Concerts in the Gardens series will not be happening this summer, but the same concert promoter is bringing in a new event — RLS Productions’ Concerts on the Campus.
GEORGE — Global music producer Insomniac today announced details for the next chapter of Beyond Wonderland, as the fan-favorite electronic dance music festival brings its magic and fantasy to the Pacific Northwest for the first time.
WENATCHEE — This year’s Apple Blossom carnival has found a new, temporary home at Lincoln Park. Its previous location, at the Town Toyota Center parking lot in 2019, is being used as a mass vaccination site.
Artists can choose between an acrylic or watercolor virtual bird painting workshop as a part of the annual Wenatchee River Institute’s Bird Fest event.
Editor’s note: Judges for the 2020 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded Gold Medal status to these wines.
An easy-to-read, contemporary history book on Wenatchee for all, that’s something Chris Rader never found in her 15 years of local historical research. Rader decided to fill this gap by writing her own book, “Place of Plenty: A History of Wenatchee, in English and Spanish.”
