The stage isset as Vista Field transforms into Tri-Cities’ new urban core.And waiting in the wings to take its place there is the Arts Center Task Force.More than twoacres has been set aside for the landmark project — the Tri-Cities’ firstcenter for the arts — aimed at anchoring the new...
The community is about to find out what happens when youcombine the Tri-Cities’ most popular classic car, street rod and motorcycleshows.The West Richland Area Chamber of Commerce jumped in to take on organizing Cool Desert Nights car and street festival, along with its wildly popular West Richland Hogs & Dogs...
Number ofemployees you oversee? Artisticstaff of eight. Number of singers: 150. Volunteers: our singers are our primaryvolunteers. Briefbackground about Mid-Columbia Mastersingers: Founded in 1986 as Consort Columbia, Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, or MCM, is the premiere adult community chorus of the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. Our mission is to transform lives through the...
Becky Brice never intended to open a brick-and-mortar studio when she started The Wet Palette Paint Parties five years ago. Back then, the party traveled to its customers. Now, it stays in the studio.And it’s an evenbigger studio than the one she had at The Parkway in Richland for more...
Tracy Horner of West Richland creates artistic patterns by linking together tiny x-shaped stiches. Horner creates patterns for counted cross-stitch, a type of hand needlework that uses only small x-shaped stitches to create intricate designs. Counted cross-stitch is done on evenweave fabrics, which have the small number of horizontal and...
Bob and Renee Chamberlain, nationally renowned ghosthunters, drew a standing room-only crowd to the Franklin County Historical Museum as part of their Ghosts of Franklin County lecture and tour. The Chamberlains are founders of Northwest Paranormal Investigations and the couple travels throughout the Northwest giving lectures on ghost hunting and...
Howard Crosby, 63, spent a lot of time golfing with his famous uncle, Bing Crosby, but he never even thought about singing with the renowned crooner.“Unfortunately, we never sang together,” he said. “I discovered I had a natural ability to sing while in college, but it was just for fun...
The Allied Arts Association in Richland was started by a group of women whose husbands worked for the Manhattan Project at Hanford in 1943. Two silk mosaic creations, by Las Vegas artist Prince Duncan-Williams, hang in the Allied Arts Gallery at 89 Lee Blvd., Richland. The large artworks look like...
[blockquote quote="This is the first time we’ve had dancers from both of those companies — so we’ve very excited to have them" source="Debra Rogo, Artistic Director of the Mid-Columbia Ballet" align="right" max_width="300px"]TheNutcracker is as synonymous with the holidays as gingerbread cookies and pumpkin spice mochas. For many families, attending a...
[blockquote quote="“We have 56 local artists who are members of our Facebook group," source="Jim Bumgarner" align="right" max_width="300px"]"RRenee Martinez of Richland looks forward to Wednesdays. That’s the day she meets up with fellow artists at different locations each week to sketch whatever suits her fancy.Her subjects vary from week to week...
