From the archives of The Wenatchee World
The Wenatchee Valley College is inviting two writers for a virtual reading in honor of Earth Day and Poetry Month.
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.
From the archives of The Wenatchee World
The Wenatchee Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society is celebrating native plant appreciation month with a series of virtual events.
The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter is beginning a series of programs starting with a Zoom lecture on ice age floodscapes.
LEAVENWORTH — The popular Oktoberfest in Leavenworth will not happen in 2021 but if city officials have their way it will return in 2022, perhaps with a new organization leading the way.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Organizers are planning to host a full day of gathered events July 4 in Wenatchee, including a fireworks display.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Nick’s Bricks, the annual Lego event at Pybus Public Market, returns this spring and will look a little different than past years.
Inspirations Ceramic & Art Cafe is starting a new children’s program, Paint Me A Story, bringing local guest readers to bi-weekly workshops.
Two Rivers Art Gallery is celebrating its 12th anniversary this month with a mixed collection of artwork at a Members Show.
Kaitlyn Kennedy walked across stage last week wearing a face mask glimmering from set lights. The audience was packed, but quiet.
Wenatchee High School will stream its spring play, Disney’s “Descendants,” starting Friday.
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.
Nevonne McDaniels
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
Arts and Humanities of Stehekin is opening its first new online art exhibit of the year on Friday.
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts will be hosting a reading of “Three Viewings” by Wenatchee Valley’s Full Circle Theatre Company.
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
OTHELLO — The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival will return to Othello for 2021, at least in virtual form.
Wenatchee film producer Jeff Ostenson will be sharing what drives him to make films at a virtual event hosted by the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts.
The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center will host a virtual presentation about exploring the Arctic as a part of its Environmental Film and Speaker Series.
Wenatchee Valley College is hosting a free Zoom webinar on race and the environment in honor of Black History month.
SPOKANE — Thanks to COVID-19, many of us have woken up each day for the last year feeling like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day.” But Groundhog Day, during which a groundhog predicts the coming weather, is officially celebrated next Tuesday.
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.
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.
Due to the restrictions currently in place due to COVID-19, Pybus University courses for the spring 2021 series will be provided virtually. All classes are free and open to the public.
WENATCHEE — Actors will be dressing as formative and influential women from Wenatchee’s past at a Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center program next Thursday. The virtual People of Our Past event is a continuation of the museum’s series on women’s suffrage, celebrating the female voice.
Quincy High School drama students have put together a virtual musical revue production, "Paciencia y Fe!," that will be livestreamed on YouTube at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 11 and 12.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Write on the River is taking local entries of short and nonfiction work for its annual writing competition. The 2021 Write on the River Writing Competition opened Dec. 15 and will be taking submissions until Feb. 15, according to a WOTR news release.
Update: Santa photo bookings at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center are sold out.
“Raising Our Voice: Empowering Women,” the current exhibit at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, offers an education in Women’s Suffrage.
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Numerica Festival of Trees Director Allie Jordan works on one of five grand trees on the stage of the Performing Arts Center in Wenatchee on Tuesday. This year's Festival of Trees begins Nov. 30 and ends with an annual Gala Dec. 5.
Online bidding for wreaths, miniature and classic trees begins Nov. 30 at 10 a.m.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
The holiday spirit is alive and well, despite COVID-19. If holiday lighting displays are part of your tradition, or something you’ve decided to jump into this year, we want to share your electric artwork in our annual Holiday Lights Map.
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.
Halloween festivities are taking a different form this year, but there is still plenty of socially distant, safe fun to be had.
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.
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.
The Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra will perform “The Four Seasons” during a virtual concert on Oct. 3.
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.
GEORGE — Organizers have canceled next month’s George, WA Bluegrass Festival due to the state’s crowd-size regulations. The annual free festival, hosted by the George Community Hall, usually brings in roughly 250-300 attendees, said event director Debby Kooy.
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
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.
Violinist Blaise Magniere slowly lifted his bow; the hall he stood in was nearly silent. He paused. Then slowly, articulately, Magniere began playing to his audience — six cameras.
North Central Regional Library (NCRL) will host bestselling author Ijeoma Oluo on Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. as part of the NCRL Virtual Reads summer series. This event is cosponsored by Confluence Health, the Community Foundation of North Central Washington and the Icicle Fund. Partners include the …
Willie Kunkel is the winner of Two Rivers Art Gallery’s annual Plein Air Paint Out competition. Kunkel is a self-taught painter from the Wenatchee Valley.
