This fall shapes up as a battle of reality vs. fantasy. The reality is a movie industry that continues to unlearn lessons never easily learned in Hollywood: how to create and simultaneously point stockholders toward new work, new intellectual properties, new storytelling for a sustainable future.

Oom-pah, oom-pah! Oktoberfest will be celebrated in both downtown Leavenworth and Wenatchee this year for the same three weekends.

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded this bottle Best Dessert wine honors. It earned Gold status and Best of Class recognition from the judges.

WENATCHEE — Tigers in India, snow leopards in the Himalayas, jaguars in Brazil, cougars in America — National Geographic explorer Steve Winter has specialized in photographing big cats for over two decades. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, he presents at Numerica Performing Arts Center, 123 N. Wenatchee Ave.

This weekend has local music at wineries, bars and arts venues to go enjoy. 

There should be a word for a surprise that isn't really a surprise. An unprise? A surplunk?

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded this red blend Best Red wine honors. It earned Double Gold status from the judges.

SEATTLE — Heidi Schreck’s award-winning production of “What the Constitution Means to Me” will make its Pacific Northwest premiere at Seattle Rep’s Bagley Wright Theater on Friday.

WENATCHEE — To perform Prince cover songs, Marshall Charloff must have a vocal range of four and a half octaves with a falsetto soprano to hit the “ooo”s in the song “Purple Rain.”

When actress Maria Bello visited the West African nation of Benin in 2015, she learned the history of the Agojie, an all-female military regiment from the Kingdom of Dahomey (and the inspiration for Wakanda’s Dora Milaje from “Black Panther”). Recognizing the cinematic potential for this sto…

WENATCHEE — Great White is one of three classic ‘80s rock bands to take the stage at Town Toyota Center on Monday, along with Queensrÿche and Slaughter.

CHELAN — Lake Chelan regular Dan Quigley is set to perform at Vin du Lac Winery on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.

WENATCHEE — A lighthearted and commercial all-ages circus show, “A Night Out in Vegas,” goes up at Numerica Performing Arts Center along with Seattle’s dance crew Massive Monkees.

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded this white blend Best White wine honors. It earned Double Gold and Best of Class status from the judges.

Algo más de 10,000 personas están anticipadas a la Fiesta Mexicana anual de Triangle Park en Wenatchee. El evento de dos días — viernes y sábado — celebra el Día de Independencia Mexicana y tendrá música, comida, diversión y juegos.

WENATCHEE — About 10,000 people are expected to turn out for this year’s Fiestas Mexicanas at Wenatchee’s Triangle Park after a two-year recess due to the pandemic. The two-day event — Friday and Saturday — celebrates Mexican Independence Day and will feature music, food, fun and games.

Every week there is live music at local wineries, bars and other venues to go enjoy. This is a selection of shows that will make the most of any sipping and tasting experience.

WENATCHEE — A graphic novelist who tells stories of being a first-generation Filipino and Egyptian American from a divorced family will discuss her work at a North Central Washington Library’s NCW Virtual Reads free event via Zoom at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15.

WENATCHEE — A microscopic world lives in all of us, and the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center’s new exhibit “Zoo in You” will help us explore the fascinating, complex microbiome inside our bodies.

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded this wine Best of Show honors, heralding it as the top wine out of 208 entries. It earned Double Gold and Best of Class status from the judges.

GEORGE — The George Washington Bluegrass Festival aims to provide a joyful, relaxing time of making music and being with friends. The free festival begins Monday and continues through Sunday at George Community Hall, 403 W. Montmorency Blvd., Quincy. Terri Jones is camp host for the 15th ann…

CHELAN — TLC Jazz Band lead singer Susan House thinks “it doesn’t get any better than this” while performing at winery venues with beautiful views near Lake Chelan. Catch the band's next live performance from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mellisoni Vineyards, 3155 US-97A.

LEAVENWORTH — Artemidorus is a collective of professional musicians from North Central Washington with the passion, skill and lasers to perform Pink Floyd music. Experience their rendition of two full Pink Floyd albums performed live in their entirety at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, Sno…

WENATCHEE — Collapse Contemporary Art Gallery features a new double exhibit with paintings by Kassandra Howk and John Vitale. The exhibit opens Friday and continues through Sept. 24.

Dave Matthews Band (DMB) has been jamming at the Gorge Amphitheatre almost every Labor Day weekend since 2001. Three-day passes are already sold out for this traditional Friday-Sunday event, but single-day tickets are still available at livenation.com.

WENATCHEE — The Art Alley at Pybus Public Market, 3 N. Worthen St., Wenatchee, features a selection of art by Jen Evenhus this month.

LEAVENWORTH — Musician Seth Garrido “had a pile of songs ready to go” so he formed a band to make the record “Heavy-Handed Heart.” Now Seth Garrido and the Long Relief have a regional CD release and premiere performance Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts Meadow Stage.

WENATCHEE — Two dozen watercolor paintings of landscapes and portraits by Dan Crandall of Chelan will be exhibited during September at Two Rivers Gallery, 102 N. Columbia St.