By Laurelle Walsh Winthrop’s Spring Creek Ranch is getting ready to host the second annual Celestial Cinema “outdoor film experience” this Friday and next, Aug. 9 and 16. Dining al fresco begins each evening at 6:30 p.m. with grilled chicken, ribs, burgers and hotdogs from B&S Barbecue. Sunflower Catering will offer prepared salads. Rocking Horse […]
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Horvitz in Mazama for benefit concert
Renowned jazz pianist, composer, artist and producer Wayne Horvitz will perform with his quartet at the Mazama Country Inn on Sunday (Aug. 11) from 6:30-9 p.m., in a benefit concert for Room One and The Cove. Horvitz has performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. He has performed and collaborated with Bill Frisell, […]
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Pipestone Summer Music Camp students – from left, Liv Aspholm, Lena Nelson, Gedi Weidig, Zachary Strong and Keeley Brooks, who were part of a larger group – ended their summer session with an outdoor performance last Saturday at the Methow Valley Farmers Market in Twisp. Photo by Don Nelson
It’s a wrap
The Chamber Music Festival wrapped up with more concerts last week, including these:
Music festival to help veterans
The Brain Festival Northwest, a three-day outdoor musical festival to benefit veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, will be at The View at Howell Canyon Estate near Tonasket on Aug. 16-18. The festival is open to all ages and will offer music, food and camping. Bands scheduled to perform include The Bell Hours, Reborn Kingdom, Flying […]
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Chamber music
The Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival continues through Saturday (Aug. 3), with center-stage concerts at Signal Hill Ranch (Highway 20, between Twisp and Winthrop) on Thursday and Saturday (7:30 p.m.) and free concerts on Wednesday at the Mazama Store (6 p.m.) and the Lost River Winery Tasting Room in Winthrop on Friday (5 p.m.) For […]
Summer camp!
Overnight and day camps have been in full swing around the Methow Valley for the past few weeks, where kids – from toddlers to teens – had fun with outdoor skills, horseback riding, drama, art and gymnastics, among other pursuits.
Show at Confluence blurs line between inside and out
By LAURELLE WALSH A new show that explores harmony between people, interior and exterior living spaces and the objects that fill those spaces opens at Confluence Gallery and Art Center this weekend. “Inside Out” emphasizes the design aspects of arts and crafts and how “thoughtfully designed objects and the environment we create with them has […]
Mazama Festival of Books sets busy two-day schedule
The lineup is set for the second Mazama Festival of Books, scheduled for Sept. 7-8 at the Mazama Community Center. The festival debuted last year with moderators Katherine Lanpher and Lauren Cerand, who will return this year to engage authors in intimate salon-style conversations about their work. The festival was founded by part-time Mazama resident […]
