BY LAURELLE WALSH The Liberty Bell Junior High School Drama Class, under the direction of Jane Orme, presents the play Treasure Island on Thursday, Friday and Sunday (May 16, 17 and 19) at the Merc Playhouse in Twisp. Friday and Saturday’s shows start at 7 p.m.; Sunday’s matinee begins at 2 p.m. All shows are […]
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SpaceyJ, Lovingtons in concert at Twisp pub
File photo by Sue Misao: Luc and the Lovingtons BY MARCY STAMPER SpaceyJ – more prosaically known as John Sinclair – is organizing a concert featuring his original compositions and the band Luc & the Lovingtons to benefit Room One and their suicide prevention programs. Sinclair, a Liberty Bell High School student, will be playing […]
Merc fund honors Wenzel
The Merc Playhouse has created a Julie Wenzel Children’s Program Fund, honoring the Merc’s outgoing artistic director, to help fund theater productions featuring kids. Wenzel, who has been artistic director at the Merc since 2009, directed the recent Children’s Theater production of Alice in Wonderland. She and her husband, Mark, who is superintendent of the […]
Outdoor art gallery opens at Methow Valley Inn
The Methow Valley Inn courtyard will become an outdoor art gallery this summer, displaying work by regional artists in an exhibit that opens Sunday (May 12). An opening day party from noon to 5 p.m. will feature a marimba band, a wine bar, appetizers and a chance to meet the artists. The inn’s third annual […]
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Pipestone celebrates music Pipestone School of Music presents its annual Music Days Celebration on May 25 and 26, with a Pipestone Orchestra concert on Saturday evening and an afternoon of student recitals on Sunday. The orchestra, directed by Tara Kaiyala Weaver, will present a program that includes the first movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. […]
FILM CAMP RETURNS TO METHOW VALLEY
The Wild Mind Film Camp is coming back to Twisp. The 11-day workshop for documentary filmmakers, which debuted here last summer, will be held this year from July 17-28. It is described in promotional materials as an “immersive filmmaking workshop is taught by some of the most accomplished reality storytellers in the business.” “The camp […]
VACANT STOREFRONTS BECOME WORKS OF ART
BY ANN McCREARY Vacant storefronts, often a sign of tough economic times, will be transformed into lively spaces for art through a new program being launched by Methow Arts. Called “ARTscapes,” the program makes empty commercial buildings a showcase for art – and in the process brings energy to former dead space. “A creative response […]
