Jazz performance education for young people is exploding in Edmonds right now, and many Edmonds-area students are preparing for the moments in their lives when they take the stage. With Unathi Machyo (Edmonds-Woodway High School) winning the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival “Solo Vocalist” award this past month; the DeMiero Jazz Fest for K-12 vocal jazz…
The Driftwood Players production, Enchanted April by Matthew Barber (now playing at Wade James Theatre), has enjoyed many adaptations since first being published as a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. The storyline centers on four women – mismatched strangers – who escape their London lives hoping for a “geographic cure” to what ails each of…
Are you ready for this wintry weather to slip away in favor of spring? In this week’s column we have events inspired by such sun-drenched locations as Bolivia, Cuba, Italy and the Caribbean Basin; in events that run the gamut from movies to music, to stage productions and more! Even with the warm cuddles of Valentine’s Day, and its romantic…
This week Artfully Edmonds has the joy of reporting a string of achievements that showcase Edmonds’ continued community commitment to literary, film and the performing arts. It’s been a monumental summer for moving forward the city’s creative endeavors, which we will feature in this week’s column: Thanks to the “magic” of digital news, My…
Suite Surrender By Michael McKeever Directed by Dale Westgaard Driftwood Players at Wade James Theatre 950 Main St. Plays through June 26 Friday night, with the marquee outside reading “Suite Surrender” by Michael McKeever, the audience inside the Wade James theatre cheered, applauded and whistled their approval as two dueling divas acted out one of…
BroadwayWorld Seattle announced its ‘best of’ winners for 2015 just days ago and Driftwood Players’ Cindy Giese French brought the limelight to Edmonds for her brilliant performance in Driftwood’s Boeing Boeing. This past June Artfully Edmonds posted an Opening Night review of Boeing Boeing pegging the performance of Giese French as deserving of a “roaring…
