By Laurelle Walsh
Agnes and John Almquist have built a business and a life in the Methow Valley by producing and selling their own line of traditional American folk pottery.
Locally grown, internationally known
The annual visit of the Missoula Children’s Theatre to the Methow Valley gets underway Monday (Nov. 18) with auditions for a production of Blackbeard the Pirate, beginning at 3:15 p.m. at Methow Valley Elementary School. The play will be performed at 3 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 23 at the school. Cost is $5 for […]
Funny fundraiser for junior class Comedian Tim Behrens performs a new work by renowned humorist Patrick F. McManus – “Poor Again … Dagnabbit!” – in a fundraiser for the Liberty Bell High School junior class at the Winthrop Barn on Saturday (Nov. 9). The show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and […]
Local filmmakers Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele will present “Storytelling for Change,” a review of their many projects, at the Methow Conservancy’s “First Tuesday” program on Nov. 5. The free event will be at the Twisp River Pub from 7-8:30 p.m. Dinner and drinks will be available for purchase. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. […]
Sam Green, Washington’s first poet laureate, answered questions last week from Liberty Bell High School students about his favorite poets, what he writes about, and described the many ways poetry sustains him every day. “Poetry helps us express what makes us human, and what we share in this emotional society of ours,” he said, encouraging […]
Scary tales at bookstore What’s Halloween without scary stories? Trail’s End Bookstore in Winthrop will help set the Halloween mood with a reading of scary stories on Thursday (Oct. 31) from 4-6 p.m. Two high school students will be reading scary tales – “but not too scary” – to entertain trick-or-treaters, said bookstore manager Chris […]
Keyser Soze at the Pub Keyser Soze, a Reno, Nev.-based band with what they call “an original ska/rocksteady sound,” will appear at the Twisp River Pub on Saturday (Oct. 26) beginning at 8 p.m. Ticket prices have yet to be announced. The concert is for the 21-and-over crowd. The group – named after a mysterious […]