Ken Bevis writes songs about bears, sandhill cranes, hummingbirds and snowy owls, dogs and other pets, and even insects. So it’s no wonder that Bevis calls himself a “nature troubadour.” The songs, many written in the first person – but from the animal’s perspective – capture the compelling experiences Bevis has had in the presence […]
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Winthrop Gallery exhibit offers full palette
“Color,” say the artists of the Winthrop Gallery, “makes life pop.” That sentiment has not, perhaps, been truer than it is now, in this cool, somewhat rainy July. In a time when the hills are typically turning to brown, instead the Methow Valley is unseasonably verdant, forming a lush backdrop to a riot of wildflowers. […]
Los Lobos headlines talent-laden Rhythm & Blues Festival in Winthrop
AT A GLANCE What: 32nd annual Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival When: Friday–Sunday (July 19–21) Where: The Blues Ranch, 1 mi. west of Winthrop (19190 Highway 20) Cost: Advance tickets $120 for-3 days ($130 at gate), $20 Friday ($25 at gate), $80 Saturday ($90 at gate), $50 Sunday ($60 at gate), at winthropbluesfestival.com or The […]
Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival ‘outreach’ concerts offered this month
The Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival presents four “outreach” concerts this month, performed by the Seattle Cello Academy. The group was formed by the festival’s artistic director, Kevin Krentz, and his wife, Haeyoon Shin Krentz. The students who make up the Seattle Cello Academy have won multiple performance awards in state and regional competitions this […]
Personal relations at heart of The Merc’s ‘Diner on the Way’
Play explores issues with humor, insight There’s a reason you’ve never heard of the upcoming play at The Merc Playhouse, “A Diner on the Way.” The show, which opens Friday (July 12), is making its national debut right here in the Methow Valley. And the setting simply couldn’t be more appropriate, as the play revolves […]
Painting with fire
New show at Confluence reveals the wide, spontaneous world of encaustic arts James Moore, co-curator of the encaustic-arts show opening Saturday (July 13) at Confluence Gallery in Twisp, considers himself a beginner in the art form. Moore and fellow Tonasket artist Linda Augier brought together the works of 12 artists for “Metamorphic Alchemy,” the new […]
Feeling creative
TwispWorks officials give visitors from the Washington State Arts Commission a tour of the campus on Wednesday (June 12). From left are Sandy Moody, president of the Twisp Chamber of Commerce; Annette Roth, the Arts Commission’s creative districts program manager; Arts Commission consultant Elliat Graney-Saucke; TwispWorks Executive Director Don Linnertz; and Tori Karpenko, TwispWorks director […]
Beer, bikes and bands: Brewfest and Singletrack Celebration join forces
The 2019 Methow Valley Brewfest and Singletrack Celebration converge on the valley this weekend, offering mountain biking, craft brews and live music. Singletrack shuttles On Saturday (June 22) the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Methow Chapter, in conjunction with Methow Cycle & Sport, will provide shuttle service for bike riders from the Chickadee Trailhead at Sun Mountain to Thompson Pass, where […]
All the right notes
The annual Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival is both classy and casual Music that evokes the life of a Japanese samurai, a piece by the youngest musician to win a Pulitzer Prize, and a virtuosic tour-de-force for solo bass are among the highlights of the 24th-annual Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival opening June 20 at […]
Methow Valley Schools receive grants for mentorship, music programs
Three $5,000 grants from the Community Foundation of North Central Washington will support a mentorship coordinator at the Independent Learning Center (ILC), and pay for musical instruments at Liberty Bell High School and Methow Valley Elementary School. During her three years as mentorship coordinator, Kelleigh McMillan said she has been connecting students at the ILC […]
