WENATCHEE — “Cheers to 75 Years” is the theme for this year’s local variety show fundraiser by the Wenatchee Valley Follies Guild and Children’s Foundation.

WENATCHEE — The first local showing of a documentary film by Cashmere-based Voortex Productions was received by a fully packed house at the Numerica Performing Arts Center, Jan. 20, in Wenatchee.

Live music continues to play at wineries around Lake Chelan through this weekend, as well as in Wenatchee at a brew house and public market, and at Mission Ridge.

WENATCHEE — A multi-talented musician who makes his living solely within the music industry travels from Seattle to the wineries and bars around the Wenatchee Valley as a solo singer-songwriter, but he has many other projects, as well.

CASHMERE — Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Marmee can be found on stage as characters in “Little Women — the Broadway Musical,” based on the classic story by Louisa May Alcott. The Cashmere High School drama department will present the story of the four March sisters with a musical score.

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded Gold Medal status to both of these wines.

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s guilds have had their say, and we’ve learned so much this week. Actors really adore “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Directors apparently couldn’t be bothered to see “Avatar: The Way of Water” along with the rest of us. Producers …

WENATCHEE — While working from an isolated office at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center (WVMCC) during pandemic restrictions, education specialist Tracy Trotter took up a creative project using supplies around her desk. After attracting interest for creating a series of imaginat…

WENATCHEE — Setting the world record for the “Human Chair Stack” on FOX’s “Guinness World Records Primetime” television show in 1999, The Peking Acrobats achieved notoriety by balancing six people precariously atop six chairs, 21 feet in the air, without safety lines, with bravery and dexterity.

WENATCHEE — “It’s Been a Long Time” is the upcoming album title of local blues, R&B and soul musician Darnell Scott, who will release an LP with nine to 12 songs in July through CDs, Spotify, social media sites and his website. It will be his signature mix of original songwriting on voca…

**UPDATE** As of late morning, Wednesday, this event had sold out.

LEAVENWORTH — In a "passing the baton" ceremony on Jan. 21, the Wenatchee River Institute (WRI) will celebrate a change of leadership from outgoing Executive Director Carolyn Griffin-Bugert, who has retired, to incoming Executive Director Canuche Terranella. At the ceremony, board member Gro…

CHELAN — A $10 button is worth a lot of value at Lake Chelan Winterfest, this 2023. Button offers are valid Jan. 13-22 for admission to select events and at participating restaurants, wineries, and shopping businesses that offer discounts.

WENATCHEE — Librarians will lead children in a virtual story time event with reading, song and play. At the beginning and end of story time, children have the opportunity to talk to librarians and each other through the computer.

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded Gold Medal status to both of these wines.

1. “When Women Were Dragons,” by Kelly Barnhill. (Doubleday, $28.)

New Year’s Eve is on Saturday night. Whether you like to celebrate out with live music, special dinner menus or Champagne toasts, here are local events to ring in 2023.

WENATCHEE — When not working as an architect, Brad Brisbine likes to backpack in the Cascades to take photographs and find natural vistas to paint on canvas. He has created 475 paintings over time and sold two, so far. He said some of his paintings have been donated as “a way to get work out…

WENATCHEE — The second weekend of performances for a musical based on the true story of a peaceful night on a World War I battlefield has been postponed to January 27-29. 

WENATCHEE — If you tune the radio to KPQ at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday there will be a live broadcast of “The Old Time Radio Show,” which will simultaneously be performed live on the Numerica Performing Arts Center stage.

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded Gold Medal status to both of these wines.

WENATCHEE – A Christmas choir with Bavarian flair from Leavenworth is celebrating its 40th season and performing at Numerica Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday, with guest musical artists.

LEAVENWORTH — Three Christmas-time albums in a Celtic folk-music style give plenty of material for the live concert, “Christmas with the Gothard Sisters,” at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts this Thursday through Saturday.

WENATCHEE – Columbia Chorale Director Mike Hibbett said his group will be “tapping into the nostalgic nature of this season” in a concert on Friday at Numerica Performing Arts Center, 123 N. Wenatchee Ave.

WENATCHEE — Ukulele (Ooh-koo-leh-leh) is an instrument with two octaves that is especially popular in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Jake Shimabukuro, 46, started playing the four-stringed instrument at 4 years old. While mastering the instrument and becoming a recording artist, he has performed in…

WENATCHEE – For the eighth year performing “The Nutcracker” together, the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Fabulous Feet Academy of Ballet will bring a full production of Tchaikovsky’s score with a costumed ballet to Numerica Center for Performing Arts. Performances are at 2 p.m. …

WENATCHEE – After exhibiting 50 shows, Collapse Contemporary Art Gallery is closing with one final show this month. It will feature the collage work of gallery owner Chad Yenney in a collection titled, “Say it ain’t so.”

WENATCHEE — The Two Rivers Art Gallery building will be closed to the public in January while walls are being repainted, new blinds installed, and 14-year-old carpet replaced. February will be the 14th anniversary for Wenatchee’s artist-run art gallery.

WENATCHEE — A pop-up “night market” will appear on the sidewalks and in some parking spaces near Norwood Wine Bar, 23 S. Wenatchee Ave., on Saturday from 5:30-9 p.m.

WENATCHEE — Christmas-y variety show “Holiday Spice” features local volunteer talent performing a festive review of music and dance numbers on stage at Numerica Performing Arts Center (PAC), 123 N. Wenatchee Ave. Performances begin at 7 p.m. this Thursday and Friday, with tickets for $27-$33.

LEAVENWORTH — A classic Christmas ballet, an operatic fairy tale and two winter-sport movies will show at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts this weekend.

WENATCHEE – Limousines will pull up to a red carpet. Musicians from 30 Washington state bands will step out. All are set to perform at the Festival Día del Músico. It’s the second annual event, locally, and three more years are confirmed for the Wenatchee Convention Center.

TWISP — To appreciate the world around us, artists prompt us to take a fresh view. More than 40 local, regional and national artists are featured in the new exhibit “Perspectives” at The Confluence, this month through Jan. 7. The opening reception is at 5-7 p.m. on Saturday at 104 S. Glover …

WENATCHEE — If painters can jam like musicians, there’s a duet to be enjoyed at Collapse Contemporary Art Gallery this month, featuring two artists who both play with oil paints and cold wax medium.

Editor’s note: Judges for the 2022 North Central Washington Wine Awards competition awarded Double Gold Medal status to both of these wines.

LEAVENWORTH — An electric cellist and a videographer combine talents for an atmospheric show experience this weekend at the Snowy Owl Theatre at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. The performances by Gretchen Yanover of Seattle, with visual projections by Ahren Buhmann, will take place at 740…

WENATCHEE — Grand Christmas trees, mini trees and wreaths will deck the halls and stage as a benefit for the Numerica Performing Arts Center, this weekend. Each is designed by a local business, organization, group or individual. Public viewing is free and open to the public, Thursday through…

WENATCHEE — On the day before Washington state shut down for the pandemic in March 2020, bronze artist James “Jim” Moore had just gotten the occupancy certificate for an art studio he built on a one-third-acre of land in Wenatchee.