The Sammamish Arts Commission will offer the community an opportunity to meet this year’s art commissioners, learn about art opportunities planned for the city and provide a chance to sign up to volunteer for a variety of events.
Although the confident high-school senior doesn’t show it – Jake Nicholson is nervous. It’s Jan. 7, opening night of “Godspell” at First Stage Theatre in Issaquah, and he plays a leading role – Judas.
An artist panel discussion with artEAST artists and others from the current exhibition of “Unfinished Business” will be held at University House Issaquah.
Little Red Riding Hood has always been a storybook character for Sammamish’s Natalie Rahn, but the 14-year-old ballerina is getting the opportunity to bring the fairytale to life this December.
The up and coming dancer won the red-hooded role in Ballet Bellevue’s winter production, The Sleeping Beauty, which intertwines a couple of dances from other fairytales.
Issaquah High School christened its new stage last weekend with the opening of Fiddler on the Roof, a big performance for a giant stage, which gives plenty of foot room for the dancers.
We’ve all been there. Your young son or daughter’s lack of social skills makes you cringe and maybe even worry a little bit. Will this child ever stop hitting and learn to “play well with others”?
Master Chorus Eastside will present The Many Worlds of Christmas at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Eastlake Performing Arts Center, Sammamish.
ArtEAST is hosting a weekend of gift-giving themed events throughout the weekend, starting Dec. 2.
I am on a mission to be a cowgirl ever since seeing Village Theatre’s new musical “Annie Get Your Gun.” Or at least, to look like one.
Karen Ann Ledger did a fantastic job bringing out the old-timey beauty in female actors, from bandanna sashes and wide-brimmed hats to frilly petticoats and lace-up booties. Similarly, the male performers were transformed into boot-clickin’ buckaroos.
From the green skin of the Wicked Witch of the West, to the gun-totin’, sharp-shootin’ ways of a cowgirl, Vicki Noon does not blend in with the characters she portrays on stage.
With a powerhouse voice and lauded acting chops, it’s no wonder Noon made it from Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE program to Broadway. Fresh from the national tour of “Wicked,” the 26-year-old Newcastle native will return to the Eastside to star as Annie Oakley in Village Theatre’s “Annie Get Your Gun,” premiering Nov. 9.
Artists will be in action from 6-9 p.m. today at Issaquah’s Up Front Gallery at artEAST as they showcase their techniques and mediums.
“Color Expressions” will be the theme for this year’s Block Party Quilters Quilt Show on Nov. 11-13 in Issaquah.
Judith Davey, 89, has lived a long and adventurous life, which she has chronicled in two books that are just now being brought to the public’s attention by her publisher.
The Skyline High School Theatre Arts Club is presenting “Play It Again, Sam” on Friday and Saturday in the Lyceum Theatre at the school.
Single-ticket sales for the Village Theatre production of “Annie Get Your Gun” will go on sale Wednesday.
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Each September, hundreds of women come from throughout the region to take a stand – or more accurately, a ride, against the problem – domestic violence.
Cycle the Wave, Sept. 18, is a non-competitive bicycle race for women on the Eastside that gives 100 percent of proceeds to nonprofits such as Eastside Domestic Violence Program (EDVP). Last year, Cycle the Wave brought in more than 800 riders, 100 volunteers and $80,000.
Weekly arts roundup
While most roles are performed by white actors at Village Theatre, throughout the years, performers of color have created some memorable roles here, too
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