The Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers and the City of Edmonds will welcome 22 of the best student jazz music programs statewide to perform at the Edmonds Jazz Connection on Saturday, May 26. Three venues throughout downtown Edmonds will feature jazz performances by regional and national award-winning student big bands, trios and choirs, as well [...]
Saturday is closing night at the “Museum,” a comedy performed by the Meadowdale High Players under direction of Senior Drew Petriello. The last two years of the drama program have been “tumultuous times,” according to Petriello, which makes the weekend run more meaningful than just another high school show. This group of student actors took [...]
Local comedian CJ Alexander says the Edmonds nightlife scene is no joke — and to prove it, he has teamed up with Demetri’s Woodstone Taverna on the waterfront to produce a monthly live comedy show, complementing the Downtown Edmonds Art Walk every Third Thursday night. Tickets are still available for the first show this Thursday, [...]
From our online news partner The Seattle Times comes the news that Korea-via-Edmonds singer/rapper/dancer Jay Park has a new mixtape out, “Fresh Air: Breathe !t.” Matson on Music columnist Andrew Matson has also included his pick for the best song, which you can download using this link.
By Janette Turner Loss, more loss, regret…and resilience. Northwest favorites Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin played to a sold-out crowd Friday night at Edmonds Center for the Arts. The enthusiastic audience of 700 from Edmonds and beyond heard the friends of over 25 years sing about a faded shirt, leaving town, and not being [...]
Perrinville’s Corner Coffee Bar & Cafe is featuring blues performer Michael Scott Thomas from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, May 11. You’re invited to join them for great music, beer, wine and appetizers. The cafe is located at 18401 76th Ave. W. in Edmonds. For more information, call 425-776-3616.
Four Bitchin’ Babes bring their show, “Hormonal Imbalance…A Mood Swinging Musical Revue,” to Edmonds Center for the Arts this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The hot night promises comedy and harmony, featuring highlights from their twenty-two year party. One of the founding “Mothers” of the group, Sally Fingerett, is known for her song, “Home is Where [...]
By Janette Turner “Let me die, steel in my heart and laughter on my lips!” Laughter, fencing and love unite on the Wade James Theatre stage this weekend as Cyrano de Bergerac woos Roxane and Edmonds audiences. My Edmonds News got behind the scenes with an interview of “Cyrano de Bergerac” director Greg LoProto, who [...]
Update: The Cascade Symphony announced on its Facebook page that the May 14 concert is officially sold out. Tickets may become available at the time of performance on a first-come, first-served basis. Cascade Symphony’s 50th “Golden Jubilee” season will come to a dramatic conclusion with a collaboration between the symphony and the Sno-King Chorale in [...]
Double your entertainment with two nights of music and fun this weekend at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. On, Friday May 11, longtime friends Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin will come together for a special evening of music and song, blending their exquisite voices and expert guitar stylings. And Saturday, May 12 will [...]
From the Edmonds Theater’s Facebook page comes the news that rumors they will be increasing their ticket prices due to their digital conversion is “absolutely not” true. In addition, the theater offered even more good news: “Tuesday May 8th will mark the return of $6 Tuesday — only this time it’s every Tuesday, every week, [...]
Edmonds Heights K-12 will perform the Broadway musical ‘Xanadu’ starting this Friday, May 4 through May 12 at the school, located at 23200 100th Ave. W. (former Woodway High School). Xanadu, which was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends [...]
This weekend the Seventh Annual performance by the Applause Players hits the Wade James Theatre. According to leader Laura Pandora, “I write the scripts myself to ensure that all parts are large, there are no small roles and they are encouraged to add to the show. The show is a double feature with a tribute [...]
Instrumentalists from the Cascade Symphony will showcase their individual talents in small ensembles as they present CSO’s annual Ensembles Concert on April 15 at 3 p.m. at Edmonds United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St. The concert will feature unique and varied chamber ensembles from all sections of the orchestra, including a trumpet and bass drum [...]
Join Rainbow City Band and Rainbow City Orchestra for To the Stars and the Heavens Beyond at the Edmonds Center for the Arts this Saturday, March 31, at 7 p.m. The band and orchestra will perform Gustav Holst’s stunning masterpiece, “The Planets,” and several selections from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” including Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra”, and Johan [...]
Madrona Children’s Theatre (MCT), in cooperation with Madrona K-8 school in the Edmonds School District, is presenting its 19th full-scale musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” this Thursday-Sunday, March 29-April 1, at the Mountlake Terrace High School Theater. Eighty student actors will bring the endearing fairy tale to life, including several students from the school’s Deaf [...]
Edmonds Center for the Arts invites you to enjoy a night of pure hilarity this Saturday, March 24 when the Reduced Shakespeare Company brings their world-famous comedy extravaganza to ECA at 7:30 p.m. The “bad boys of abridgement” will take every sport ever played on every continent in the history of the world and present [...]
Story and photos by Janette Turner Dozens of Edmonds-area theater fans learned Sunday about the Wade James Theatre’s history, how to retire theatrically, and where to find a 6-foot invisible rabbit this April. Led by guides including Roger Huston and Kevin Starkey, visitors to the Driftwood Players’ home got a peek Sunday behind the stage [...]
Please note corrected date Cascade Symphony’s 50th “Golden Jubilee” season will continue on Monday, March 26, with Brahms’ Fourth. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave. N., and will be preceded at 6:30 p.m. by a lecture featuring KUOW’s Dave Beck. Performances to date [...]
What’s coming up at the Edmonds Center for the Arts? Plenty, including Lorna Luft’s enchanting tribute to her mother Judy Garland in “Songs My Mother Taught Me” on Friday, March 9. Then, on Saturday, March 24, the Reduced Shakespeare Company takes every sport ever played on any continent throughout the entire history of the world [...]
Edmonds Heights K-12 (formerly Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center) is presenting the musical revue: “Edges” tonight (March 3) and tomorrow afternoon (March 4), and March 9-10. Created by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul in 2005 during their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this coming-of-age musical has grown into a beautiful and hilarious collection of [...]
I noticed an onslaught of people visiting my website The Ramen Rater on Thursday evening. When more and more people just kept coming in, I decided to investigate. Last week, I did an exclusive post on a website called Foodiggity.com to roll out my new Top-Ten Instant Noodles In The World for 2012. It got [...]
Cascade Symphony Orchestra will entertain children of all ages at their annual Children’s Concert this Saturday, Feb. 25, joining Olympic Ballet Theatre in a performance of Prokofiev’s classic ballet, “Peter and the Wolf,” with narration by Dave Dolacky. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th [...]
If you could use a little more laughter in your life, visit the Edmonds Center for the Arts this Saturday, Feb. 18 when sketch comedy and improv specialists The Second City takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. The evening is sponsored by Dewar Meeks +Ekrem and Puget Sound Tax Services, and tickets can be purchased through the box office at [...]
Meadowdale Players are producing the Pulizter-winning “A Streetcar Named Desire” This Thursday and Friday, Feb. 16 and 17, and Feb. 23 and 24 at Meadowdale High Theatre, with curtain at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6: 30 p.m. Tickets ($5 ASB and $6 general) are available at the door. More information is available at http://www.facebook.com/MeadowdalePlayers.
The Edmonds Arts Festival is now accepting applications from school, youth and family musical or dance groups to perform on the main stage amphitheatre Sunday, June 17, during the festival. Interested groups must apply through the same process as other performers, but will be juried separately. If you, or someone you know, would like to [...]
A reminder that this Saturday is the fifth annual Edmonds Comedy Night. a fundraiser for Terrace Park School and other schools in the Edmonds School District. This year’s line-up includes John Keister, host of Almost Live; Karen Rontowski, recently seen on the Late Show with David Letterman; Brian Boshes, featured at Bumbershoot and the Bridgetown [...]
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