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No chestnuts playing by holiday fires: Virus burns soloists’ earnings

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  • Dec 17, 2020
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"I’ll Be Home for Christmas” that old chestnut, takes on a new poignancy this holiday season when the three wise kings definitely will not travel ─ accent on the wise.

Library features new books for adult readers

  • Jan 14, 2021
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The Walla Walla Public Library, 238 E. Alder St., is offering new books for adult readers.

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Artists' collaborations become Even Better Together exhibit

  • Jan 7, 2021
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The Even Better Together exhibit opened today at Combine Art Collective, 130 E. Rose St.

Books for adults at library

  • Jan 7, 2021
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Available from the Walla Walla Public Library for adult readers.

Liberty Theater to host virtual reading of 'A Christmas Carol'

Liberty Theater to host virtual reading of 'A Christmas Carol'

  • Dec 17, 2020
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The Liberty Theater will host a virtual reading of "A Christmas Carol" at 7 p.m. Dec. 23.

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No chestnuts playing by holiday fires: Virus burns soloists’ earnings

  • Dec 17, 2020
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"I’ll Be Home for Christmas” that old chestnut, takes on a new poignancy this holiday season when the three wise kings definitely will not travel ─ accent on the wise.

Showing up: Late professor’s surprise stash of artworks on virtual display
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Showing up: Late professor’s surprise stash of artworks on virtual display

  • Dec 10, 2020
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The untimely death of an artist and a teacher casts more than shadows upon the circle of admirers and beloveds. But the art can brighten the gloom.

Deck the halls, avoid the malls … it’s a Holly Dolly COVID-19 Christmas
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Deck the halls, avoid the malls … it’s a Holly Dolly COVID-19 Christmas

  • Dec 3, 2020
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Dolly Parton/“A Holly Dolly Christmas,” Butterfly Records

Of imagination, for imaginations: Artists gift tiny free book libraries with colorful covers
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Of imagination, for imaginations: Artists gift tiny free book libraries with colorful covers

  • Dec 3, 2020
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Lilliputians and Thumbelina race around town these days looking for libraries just their size. And they’re finding them.

Picture books at the library

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Classic-FM arcs from Midwest to Main Street: New radio station comes to region

  • Nov 12, 2020
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Many might have been curious flipping through the pages of the Union-Bulletin toward the end of this past unusual summer when a heads-up announcement appeared in a 10-by-5-inch, color advertisement.

Juvenile Nonfiction Books at the library

  • Nov 12, 2020
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Juvenile Nonfiction Books

Marble machines rely on gravity for entertainment
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Marble machines rely on gravity for entertainment

  • Oct 15, 2020
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No extension cord in sight, but Bob Carson is definitely playing rock ‘n’ roll on the back porch. Not one, not two, but three of his distinct marble machines cascade colorful cargo down hand-hewn paths.

Library books for adult readers

  • Oct 15, 2020
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'Dune' ditches 2020; AMC commits to staying open

'Dune' ditches 2020; AMC commits to staying open

  • Oct 8, 2020
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Library books for teen readers

  • Oct 8, 2020
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Library books for teen readers

  • Oct 1, 2020
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Whitman student recital May 3

  • Apr 30, 2020
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Whitman College Department of Music will present Rose Heising in a senior violin recital with Jan Roberts on piano from 3-4 pm. May 3 in Chism Recital Hall, 137 S. Park St., on campus.

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Marquee publication temporarily suspended

  • Updated Apr 2, 2020
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Publication of the Union-Bulletin’s weekly Marquee entertainment section distributed Thursdays is suspended until further notice while venues observe coronavirus restrictions. Information about planned events coming later this spring and summer may still be submitted and are available to vie…

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Planes on Paper's Navid Eliot tries his hand at rock

  • Updated Mar 19, 2020
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When something grows, it eventually bears fruit. That’s what Navid Eliot found as he began a new project, Bodies On the Beach.

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Robin Barrett fine tunes WW Guitar Festival
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Robin Barrett fine tunes WW Guitar Festival

  • Mar 12, 2020
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When Robin Barrett first started the Walla Walla Guitar Festival, he was very intentional about the name.

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Country foursome Farewell Angelina excited to play Walla Walla again
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Country foursome Farewell Angelina excited to play Walla Walla again

  • Mar 5, 2020
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The women of Farewell Angelina are very familiar with Walla Walla and what has made the city famous in recent years.

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Local comics bring laughter in flood damage fundraiser
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Local comics bring laughter in flood damage fundraiser

  • Updated Feb 28, 2020
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A comedy show next week offers laughter to help through tragedy.

Fairgrounds selling special 'Chicago' ticket package

  • Updated Feb 13, 2020
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A pre-sale ticket promotion for the Chicago concert at the Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days goes through Friday.

Brew crew: Local beer makers get a chance to shine in wine country
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Brew crew: Local beer makers get a chance to shine in wine country

  • Updated Feb 7, 2020
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The Walla Walla Valley is home to many wineries — that much is obvious.

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All aboard for  'Murder' at  Little Theatre
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All aboard for 'Murder' at Little Theatre

  • Jan 30, 2020
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How do you get a train inside The Little Theatre of Walla Walla?

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Fishy comedy comes to Dayton

  • Jan 23, 2020
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DAYTON — A tale of mermaids, lost loves, new adventures and loads of laughter. As cast members say, “Foolish Fishgirls and the Pearl,” brings a romantic comedy to the Liberty Theater stage.

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Local history on tap at area sites

  • Jan 2, 2020
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  • Updated Dec 26, 2019
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The decade comes to a close Tuesday night. All across the world, people will ring in the new year with grand celebrations. The Walla Walla Valley will be no different.

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  • Updated Dec 26, 2019
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Local fans focus on final film in 'Star Wars' Skywalker saga
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Local fans focus on final film in 'Star Wars' Skywalker saga

  • Updated Jan 19, 2020
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Few segments of the entertainment industry carry as much weight as these two words: “Star Wars.”

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Dance Center stages ‘Pinocchio’ Saturday

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One-hundred twenty dancers and performers will take the Cordiner Hall stage to perform The Dance Center’s classic fairy tale “Pinocchio,” and show the audience what the wooden puppet must do to become a real boy.

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'Ripe Frenzy' delivers a difficult but timely message

  • Updated Dec 20, 2019
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There’s no getting around it — “Ripe Frenzy” is a play for our time. In fact, it’s a play for the Walla Walla Valley.

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Macklemore, Eric Church to play Whisky Music Fest

  • Nov 26, 2019
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PENDLETON — This Eastern Oregon city is not Eric Church's hometown, but it's bound to feel like it when the country music star takes the stage for the 2020 Pendleton Whisky Music Fest on July 11.

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  • Updated Nov 26, 2019
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PENDLETON — This Eastern Oregon city is not Eric Church’s hometown, but it’s bound to feel like it when the country music star takes the stage for the 2020 Pendleton Whisky Music Fest on July 11.

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NW punk heroes Sleater-Kinney refuse to be ‘boring’ as they charge into a new era

  • Nov 14, 2019
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Film probes history of Native Americans in the US military

  • Nov 14, 2019
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Before Chuck Boers joined the U.S. Army, the Lipan Apache member was given his family’s eagle feathers. The feathers had been carried by his great-great-great-grandfather on his rifle when he was an Apache scout.

Count community theater among holiday traditions for many

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The Railsback family in North Carolina enjoys lots of conventional holiday festivities — get-togethers, special meals, exchanging gifts. But for the last several years, they have added another tradition that illustrates the meaning of the season for them: performing in the High Point Communi…

kids library books

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WWU student recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday

  • Nov 14, 2019
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COLLEGE PLACE — Walla Walla University music students will give solo and chamber music performances from 7-8 p.m. Nov 19 in Melvin K. West Fine Arts Center Auditorium, 204 S. College Ave., on campus.

Crow's Shadow to host artist's reception Nov. 21

  • Nov 14, 2019
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PENDLETON — Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts welcomes installation artist Natalie Ball to the print studio in mid-November.

Ballerinas dance through heartbreak, pregnancy, onstage rain in 'Locally Sourced'

  • Updated Nov 19, 2019
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Anyone who’s suffered through ballet class knows you can’t dance without engaging your back.

'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' opens Nov. 22 at LTWW

  • Nov 14, 2019
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“Does that mean I have to go?” Bob Bradley asks of his wife, Grace Bradley, when she reluctantly takes on the Christmas pageant.

Audubon to lead turkey trot field trip

  • Nov 14, 2019
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The wild turkey is North America’s largest game bird, reports 10000birds.com. The social birds in winter often separate into toms, or adult males; jakes, or young males; jennies, or young females; and hens, or females of all ages.

New book 'Historic Sites and Markers of Walla Walla County' published

  • Nov 14, 2019
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Local citizens group Walla Walla 2020 recently published “Historic Sites and Markers of Walla Walla County,” a book containing descriptions and photos of 40 area historic sites, together with maps leading people to them.

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'Mary' pops in to Dayton

  • Nov 14, 2019
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DAYTON — In the true spirit of the play’s namesake, you’re never too old — or too young — to try new tricks. That’s what cast members of the Liberty Theater’s adaptation of the Broadway musical “Mary Poppins” discovered leading up to the troupe’s annual fall production.

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Victorian Christmas open house Dec. 7

  • Nov 14, 2019
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Kirkman House Museum, 214 N. Colville St., will be decorated to the hilt for its free Victorian Christmas open house from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 7.

RSVP ASAP for museum's Christmas Victorian Tea

  • Nov 14, 2019
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The Christmas Victorian Tea will be from 1-2 p.m. Dec 8 at Kirkman House Museum, 214 N. Colville St.

Correction

  • Updated Nov 12, 2019
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Correction: The Nov. 7 Marquee feature story, Thornton Wilder's comedy 'The Matchmaker' onstage at Wa-Hi, misidentified a source. Wendy Jones is co-producer and hair dresser, not Mary Senter.

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