Those looking to get a head start on their Mother’s Day presents can take home a virtual earring workshop hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center come Saturday.
CASHMERE — Stepping down as Cashmere Pioneer Village & Museum’s director is bittersweet for Lexie Palmer-Gapper, who hugged friends and supporters at a farewell gathering Friday in Cashmere.
WENATCHEE — Write on the River has announced the six winners of its 2021 Writers Competition. Winning writers will be invited to Write on River’s next Four Minutes of Fame open mic event and will be given $1,200 in awards to share.
LEAVENWORTH — The Icicle Fund has awarded $2 million through a series of grant programs in the arts, environment, and cultural and natural history.
The Icicle Fund has quietly made a profound impact on conservation, the arts as well as the cultural and natural history of North Central Washington over the last two decades by investing more than $45 million to support more than 100 nonprofits.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
In the midst of tremendous loss and difficulty, we often discover wisdom and beauty that serves to remind us of the resilience of the human spirit.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
Inspirations Ceramic & Art Cafe is starting a new children’s program, Paint Me A Story, bringing local guest readers to bi-weekly workshops.
Wenatchee-based writer Jamie Thomas’ book “Asperfell” has been selected as a finalist for the INDIES Awards fantasy book of the year.
Two Rivers Art Gallery is celebrating its 12th anniversary this month with a mixed collection of artwork at a Members Show.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center will soon renovate its community space after receiving $283,000 in funding from the state Legislature in 2020.
LEAVENWORTH — The summer theater season in Leavenworth, canceled last year because of COVID-19 restrictions, is moving ahead this year.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Printed programs for “Disenchanted!” sit boxed and waiting for distribution in the Numerica Performing Arts Center’s back office.
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Reporter
NCW — Gov. Jay Inslee’s Phase 3 of Washington’s “Healthy Washington” recovery plan will lift restrictions on spectators at outdoor sporting events and increase capacity in indoor public spaces.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
Write on the River is accepting entries for its writing competition open to high schoolers across North Central Washington.
A state arts and heritage program is accepting applications for apprenticeships created to encourage people to learn a traditional trade, craft or skill.
Arts and Humanities of Stehekin is opening its first new online art exhibit of the year on Friday.
A Wenatchee author is being featured in a chapter of a newly released book on self-care. Writer Jeanne Zornes shares a story about donating over 1,000 baby quilts in the book, “Making Me Time: 101 Stories About Self-Care and Balance.”
The pandemic is really putting the financial hurt on nonprofit organizations as well as ordinary businesses. I was reminded of this in a recent conversation with Ron Bermingham, the managing director of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
Wenatchee Valley College is hosting a free Zoom webinar on race and the environment in honor of Black History month.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Community Concert Association board voted to cancel its shows that had been scheduled Jan. 9 through May, due to ongoing state mandated COVID-19 restrictions.
For Wenatchee writer Kaya McLaren, there was unseen pain that followed overcoming death, something she did not expect.
LEAVENWORTH — Icicle Creek Center for the Arts is starting a new series of virtual talks with local artists ranging from topics on creativity to artistic ideology.
Larry Hibbard doesn’t spend as much time with his wife as he used to; someone a little older has been keeping him out late — her name is Valentina, a 100-year-old self-playing instrument.
This year gave us a lot of TV to watch and far too much time to spend watching it. From Tiger King to Baby Yoda, 2020 will not be forgotten.
WENATCHEE — The Icicle Creek Center for the Arts and Methow Arts Alliance are offering grants for artists whose income has been negatively affected by the pandemic. Artists of all disciplines are welcome to apply for the grant.
“There’s no music scene out there,” said Conner Faulkner, talking by phone from Los Angeles about his hometown of Wenatchee. That’s why the 25-year-old artist, known professionally as “Dyve,” moved to L.A. to follow his career goals.
Christine Sandgren rewrote her novel “The Solomon Stone” three times in the past six years, a process which she called a painful but worthwhile experience.
“Raising Our Voice: Empowering Women,” the current exhibit at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, offers an education in Women’s Suffrage.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center closed to the public on Nov. 17, but its retail spaces are now open by appointment. These appointment-based spaces include the gift shop and the 90th Anniversary Women Painters of Washington art gallery, according to a museum news…
NCW Libraries and Wenatchee Valley College will host bestselling author Tommy Orange on Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. for a virtual author talk as part of the NCW Virtual Reads series.
Write on The River will host a virtual workshop on outdoor-based writing. The Saturday gathering will take place via Zoom.
SPOKANE — No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter had always dreamt of becoming a novelist, but journalism came to him first. He couldn’t have asked for a better detour, he said.
ELLENSBURG — Living paintings are the theme of the Central Theatre Ensemble’s next show on the Central Washington University campus in Ellensburg. These paintings — also known as actors — will come alive in the form of Edgar Allan Poe’s texts.
Nicole Unser takes her listeners on a path through love, pain and healing in her latest album, “Wyoming.”
WENATCHEE — There are ghosts haunting Wenatchee’s downtown buildings, leaving their traces along brick walls and alleyways. Some allude to the area’s fruitful orchard industry, others to departed mechanics and blacksmiths, but all are rich with stories of the past.
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Dozens of scarecrows are lurking in downtown Cashmere. This year, the 8th annual Scare~Crazy features a no-contact QR code map as part of the hunt, according to a city press release.
Susan Lagsdin is a local writer, retired teacher and WVC instructor, and Write On The River board member emeritus. Recently I caught up with her to talk about her craft.
The Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra will perform “The Four Seasons” during a virtual concert on Oct. 3.
SEATTLE — Seattle Opera has cut six administrative positions from its workforce, and has dozens of employees still on furlough, citing losses of revenue from the pandemic.
C.G. (Connor) Dahlin has been collecting local stories over the past year to share what he calls an “an illustration of humanity.”
Wenatchee Valley College has a very unique art class available this fall called Art 143, or Natural Science Illustration. If you are inspired at all by the natural world or would like to experiment with new media, this might be a class you would love.
LEAVENWORTH — On its 25th anniversary, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts is pleased to host a virtual event for founder Harriet Bullitt to celebrate her 96th birthday and honor her steadfast commitment to arts education.
A couple miles up an unmarked dusty road sat Paul Graves, a man whose music has been shaped by the vast landscape and stories of the North Cascades.
WENATCHEE — The work of abstract artist Robert Wilson and his contributions to the art scene and community are being remembered with an art scholarship fund in his name offered by the Pybus Market Charitable Foundation.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Two historians have been digging away at the long history of the Cascadian Hotel in downtown Wenatchee. Soon, they will be sharing two years’ worth of photos collected on this decades-old piece of local history.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Museum & Cultural Center will be hosting a live Zoom wine tasting event with Jones of Washington as a part of its Made in Wenatchee series.
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Museum & Art Center has launched its own YouTube channel to highlight current exhibits while the doors remain closed to the public. Grant County is in Phase 2 of the state's reopening process, and the museum will not be able to open to the public until the cou…
For dancer Tomas Sauceda, art is more than just about cool moves, it’s a way to help children cope with life’s challenges and to build-up community ties. The 30-year-old Wenatchee-born street dancer, hopes to one day open a studio, as well as make a name for himself in the world of dance.
