Artists from the Maple Valley area will be performing “An Evening of Dance, Poetry and Song” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 – 9 at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
A 1950s union strike in a textile factory doesn’t sound like the best setting for a musical comedy, but, for Kentlake Drama it has worked well in its production of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross’ “The Pajama Game.”
Yes, it is a bit early to begin to think about Christmas. The pumpkin season just ended and Thanksgiving just passed us by.
But America’s Christmas tree farmers are just beginning to get warmed up. They produce a true “real green” product that will create jobs, is grown in the U.S.A. and is recyclable.
Here’s a fine poem about a cricket by Catherine Tufariello, who lives in Indiana. I especially admire the way in which she uses rhyme without it ever taking control of the poetry, the way rhyme can.
Soon the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether making health care coverage mandatory for all Americans is constitutional or not. The principal question is whether the government should have the power to make people buy a particular product – in this case health insurance – regardless whether they want it or not.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will hold a “Post-Traumatic Thanksgiving Blues” event at 7 p.m.
Local area artists will be performing “An Evening of Dance, Poetry and Song” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 and 9 at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
Last week, congressional legislators voted to block a proposal by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve the nutritional quality of the nation’s school lunches, which the agency says contain too much junk food and not enough fresh produce.
My mother and her sisters were experts at using faint praise, and “Bless her heart” was a very useful tool for them. Richard Newman, of St. Louis, does a great job here of showing us how far that praise can be stretched.
It’s getting harder to feel good about life in America. According to data collected by the Census Bureau, the average income of Americans has fallen by almost 10 percent since the beginning of the recession of 2008. Some experts say the financial crisis has been as traumatic and anxiety-producing for millions of Americans as the events of Sept. 11, 2001. While people back then were fearful of another terrorist attack, they are now experiencing profound existential angst about their future.
There will be a slideshow of “The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy” 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Baker Street Books in Black Diamond.
There will be an open mic night at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will hold its fourth annual Holiday BazArt from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Creative Arts Center.
The Cascade Jazz Quartet will be playing jazz music at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center (The Leaf) on 7.p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20.
Cheryl Long’s watercolor class and Michael Lentz’s portrait drawing class are hosting an opening night 4-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will feature Bill Alsept this Saturday Nov. 12 for their open mic.
It seems to me that most poems are set in spring or summer, and I was pleased to discover this one by Molly Fisk, a Californian, set in cold midwinter.
I was taking my daughter and her friend to laser tag the other day and my daughter said to her friend that she has less of a life than most others. I asked her what she meant by that and she said because all she does is sit in her room, Skype with her friends and watch anime shows in her free time.
Somebody tells somebody else about something that happened. It comes naturally. We’ve been doing that for as long as our species has been around. But to elevate an anecdote into art requires more than just relating an incident. It requires a talent for pacing, for detail, for persuasion, and more. Here David Black, of Virginia, tells a good story in an artful manner.
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra will hold a masquerade concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 4, a celebration of music and costume.
