It only happens once per year: Frenchtown Historical Site, 8364 W. Highway 12, will open the Prince's Cabin for public interior viewing when the nonprofit hosts Saint Jean-Baptiste Day on Saturday, June 26.
It only happens once per year: Frenchtown Historical Site, 8364 W. Highway 12, will open the Prince's Cabin for public interior viewing when the nonprofit hosts Saint Jean-Baptiste Day on Saturday, June 26.
In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Walla Walla VA Medical Center will host its third open mic event, virtually this time, from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, June 24.
The Art in the Garden exhibit at Boldman House Museum & Heritage Garden will feature works by members of the Blue Mountain Artists Guild during Gardens and Patios on Parade on Saturday, June 26.
Summer at the museum, 755 NE Myra Road, means blue skies, gardens, the Pioneer Village and a variety of events.
Family-friendly animated film "Louisa: An Amazing Adventure," will screen at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 26, at Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 N Sixth Ave.
Ushers are needed to help during the slate of productions The Little Theatre of Walla Walla is featuring during its Summer Festival.
Walla Walla Public Library is collaborating with ArtWalla for a public art walk that includes a keepsake coloring book for kids and a map guide.
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The documentary "A Valley Divided" explores ways in which the Latino community in Eastern Washington is finding its voice and demanding equal representation at the ballot box.
Dayton All Wheels Weekend starts Friday, June 18, and runs through Sunday, June 20, on Main Street.
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Touchet Valley Arts Council promoted Debbie Ayerst as Liberty Theater's new manager, said Michael Luce, part of the interim management team. In-person shows, films and more announced.
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Registration is underway for the Blue Mountain Land Trust 2021 Learning on the Land summer education series. Each of the events is designed to deepen an understanding of the environment by exploring the unique region.
The Jackalope Jamboree returns to Pendleton with Grammy award-winning Shooter Jennings and Jackalope alums Shane Smith & the Saints of Austin, Texas, topping the bill.
Debbie McIntosh's photographs currently fill the 1,200-square-foot East Oregonian Gallery at Pendleton Center for the Arts in her solo "Mongolia Winter Migration" exhibition. It is open for in-person gallery visits through June 30. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.
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Organizers are setting the stage for a theater camp in Walla Walla just for teens ages 12-16. Upstage Teens will take place Aug. 2-15 at The Little Theatre of Walla Walla for up to 20 young actors.
World-traveled, award-winning headliner comedian Brad Upton will perform twice in Walla Walla in June. That's after a show the weekend before at the Grand Ol' Opry and before he headlines in Las Vegas.
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Fans of the annual Athena Caledonian Games may wish to save Saturday, July 10, for family fun and register entries in advance for the parade and competitions.
Oregon East Symphony will return to in-person concert programming with its season finale "Back in The Saddle" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, June 20.
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A Fathers and Others Fathers Day Picnic and Car Show will take place from 12:30-3 p.m. Sunday, June 20, at Quail Run Retirement, 1701 Plaza Way.
Daughter's fascination with dollhouses inspires Spokane artist to create miniature dollhouses and furniture.
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Avid dog lovers, country recording duo and The Voice alumni Pryor Baird and Kaleb Lee, aka Pryor & Lee, are giving a free concert at 5 p.m. June 23 across 130 social media platforms of humane associations, rescues and shelters across the country, including Blue Mountain Humane Society.
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Historian Gary Lentz will be at Fort Walla Walla Museum, 755 NE Myra Road, at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12, to teach visitors how to make primitive snacks. A Living History presentation will take place there Sunday.
Pike Place Market and Woodland Park Zoo have joined to celebrate the city through photos and murals of zoo animals visiting the market.
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By popular demand, registration for the inaugural Symbol Quest has been extended to June 13, said Joanna Lanning with Walla Walla's Mountain View Cemetery, where the action will take place.
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This summer, The Little Theatre of Walla Walla is making up for the coronavirus-induced, indoor-entertainment drought in 2020.
Tickets are on sale now for a performance by Doug Martsch of Built To Spill from 7-10 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at Sleight of Hand Cellars in Walla Walla.
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The planning team for Picnic in the Park, Relay For Life's new format, is having an informational meetings for those interested in learning more about the Sept. 25 event at Pioneer Park this week.
Racers in the masters division speed around a corner and head through town in this second race of Tour Walla Walla today, Saturday, June 5, 2021.
The first downtown Walla Walla bike begin this morning, Saturday, June 5, 2021, as part of the weekend-long Tour of Walla Walla event. Women bicyclists race along Main Street.
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Young Eagles is an event where local, volunteer pilots take youths between the ages of 8 and 17 on a 15-20 flight, complete with a preflight educational experience.
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Join the Union-Bulletin for music, food and fun in Pioneer Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 4, 2021. Vendors, go to 4thofjulyinthepark.com to sign up. Stay tuned for more details.
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The Blue Zones Project Walla Walla Valley is launching a series of free, family-friendly activities for the community in June.
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Singer B.J. Thomas, known for hits such as the 1969 chart-topper “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” died Saturday, May 29, at age 78.
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It's another year for ArtWalla's First Friday Art Tour For June, thought the event will be virtual for now, with information for venues found on the ArtWalla website, artwalla.com-arttour and Facebook page.
Oldies Night will return on at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 5, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 816 S Main St.
The work of five Eastern Oregon artists are featured in June at Cavu Cellars, 175 E Aeronca Ave. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, June 4, for the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest, which will take place on July 10, 2021, at the Pendleton Round-Up grounds.
After a 16-month, pandemic-caused dry spell, Mid-Columbia Mastersingers will present their first in-person, live concert since February 2020.
Fort Walla Walla Museum's Living History Company player Dick Phillips will portray his grandfather, Charles W. Phillips, at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 6 in the museum's Pioneer Village.
COLUMN: Too many people, when stuck in a waiting room, spend the time head down, eyes glazed, fingers swiping as they scroll through their phone. Not so Helen Boland.
The thoughts cowboy and western art painter Fred Oldfield jotted down throughout his life in diaries and sketchbooks are the essence of the book Joella Oldfield put together about her unconventional father — "Better Than I Deserve: The Life and Times of Cowboy Artist Fred Oldfield."
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The curtain has not yet fallen on Walla Walla High School seniors in the drama department. Students are putting on a (mostly) all-senior spring show that will stream on the first weekend in June.
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Kids ages 8-17 can take to the skies Saturday, June 5, at the annual Young Eagles rally in College Place.
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The Tour of Walla Walla bicycle race is returning to Walla Walla Valley roads and streets starting Friday, June 4, through Sunday, June 6. Here are details about when and where, including street closures in downtown Walla Walla.
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Organizers had to work quickly to pull together a lineup for the music festival after deciding to push the 2020 planned lineup out to 2022.
The Frenchtown cemetery is in bloom. Visitors can learn about the history of the cemetery and the work of the Frenchtown Foundation to restore native plants and flowers on Monday, May 31.
On the eve of Pride Month Saturday, May 29, the Washington State History Museum will open an original exhibition about transgender people in the West from the 1860s-1940s.
Walla Walla Guitar Festival's 10th year. It's on like Donkey Kong in mid-October.
Registration to participate in the family-friendly Symbol Quest closes on Friday, May 28.
Fort Walla Walla Museum's monthly after-hours series will continue on Zoom. The topic at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, is sustainability.
Fort Walla Walla Museum's Living History Company is resuming on-site performances at the museum, 755 NE Myra Road. Charles Saranto will portray rags-to-riches businessman Fred Stine at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 30, in the museum's Pioneer Village.
