Come out and meet your neighbors at Maplewood Presbyterian Church. We’ll have hot dogs & snacks, along with live music and activities for kids. At 1pm there will be a blessing of the pets, so all (properly restrained) pets are welcome!
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Artfully Edmonds: It’s the ‘Beatles’ and you can win tickets to see their tribute show
Win tickets! My Life: A Musical Theater Tribute to the Beatles” Edmonds Center for the Arts 410 4th Ave. N. My Neighborhood News Network is launching a contest to give away five sets of tickets to “In My Life: A Musical Theater Tribute to the Beatles.” Enter today! This sell-out tribute to the Beatles is…
Review: ‘Dracula’ adds chilling drama to Edmonds’ Halloween landscape
In Edmonds Driftwood Players production of Dracula, director Paul Fleming takes the audience on a journey of craven madness that is breathtaking in its realism. In his notes, Fleming states, “As a metaphorical concept, the vampire can reflect our society’s concepts of sexuality, power, contemporary concerns, alienation, physical and emotional illness and ever foundation of…
Edmonds theatre ‘takes off the gloves’ in Season opener
It’s Opening Weekend for The Phoenix Theatre‘s 11th season and the cast of 2013 Tony winner Vanya and Sonia and Masha & Spike is revealing their talent — no, really! “Reveal” is the operative word here! Tongues are wagging on this one as the hilariously edgy theatre troupe stages this Christopher Durang production, directed by the…
Artfully Edmonds: ‘Dracula’ by Driftwood Players sets up season of suspense
Artfully Edmonds finds the news that Edmonds Driftwood Players is producing Steven Dietz’ Dracula absolutely exhilarating after traveling through the region once known as Transylvania five years ago. Living in a town that celebrates fall and Halloween to the extent that Edmonds does, readers might easily guess what will eclipse our arts and events news…
Artfully Edmonds: 2017 JUNO winner makes her way to ECA stage as Randy Newman sells out – that’s Edmonds!
As anyone who follows this column knows, the range of events and performances that hit Edmonds venues is truly extraordinary. And, the coming week’s selections are certainly no exception. Just for starters we have the 2017 JUNO Award Winner and jazzy smooth trumpeter Bria Skonberg’s appearance on stage at Edmonds Center for the Arts, which…
Edmonds Diversity Commission announces its Diversity Film Series
Edmonds’ Diversity Commission this week announced the launch of its Diversity Film Series. The first showing in the series will preview at noon on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the Edmonds Theater, 415 Main St. The series will feature free screenings of poignant, insightful and topical films on themes related to diversity, inclusion and equity at…
Artfully Edmonds: Just-days-away autumn in Edmonds foretells arts events that sizzle
Thursday evening’s Art Walk Edmonds will allow art gallery enthusiasts an opportunity to experience that soft chill in the air that foretells so many exciting autumn traditions and art events that Edmonds residents look forward to. Over the coming months there will be galas, the recognition of one more year being added to the legacies…
Literary group pays tribute to local authors on eve of premiere writer’s conference
EPIC Group Writers has just completed installation of a book display at Edmonds Public Library as an initiative to coincide with the Write On The Sound (WOTS) writer’s conference, which takes place in Edmonds the first weekend of October. The display, curated and designed by EPIC members Vivian Murray and Judith Works, is comprised of…
Artfully Edmonds: ‘The big reveal’ – 11th Annual ‘Edmonds Center for the Arts Gala
One of the most dazzling events of the 2017-18 Performance Season is about to take place! For the past several weeks, Artfully Edmonds has given you glimpses of what is on the horizon for ECA 11th Annual Gala and Auction. Now it’s time to pull back the curtain and show readers exactly what organizers, volunteers…
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Local art gallery announces ‘Beauty of the Northwest’ winners
On Saturday, Sept. 9, Gallery North (401 Main St.) held an Artists’ Reception and awards ceremony for its 8th annual juried invitational Beauty of the Northwest Exhibit. The 2017 show is comprised of 63 pieces of original artwork created by 45 Northwest artists. Gallery North offers artworks by many high-caliber professional artists from the Edmonds…
Popular Edmonds playhouse invites theatre-lovers to a wine and rehearsal party
The Phoenix Theatre, located at 9673 Firdale Ave. in Edmonds’ Firdale Village, invites the Edmonds community to a “Wine and Rehearsal” party with the director and cast of its upcoming production. This popular feature of the playhouse that specializes in “comedy without all the drama” will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. The…
Review: ‘Baskerville’ – A parody by ‘The Players’ – wins praise as Season 59 begins
He’s droll, he’s logical; he’s the master of elementary observation – Yes! – It’s Sherlock Holmes. Add one very large hound, sinister characters, an ancestral history of grisly death; the dismal Devonshire estate on England’s Dartmoor and . . . uhm. . . uproarious laughter spurred on by puns, pranks and insider jokes. By…
Artfully Edmonds: Driftwood’s 59th Season opens with an intriguing gender twister
A most provocative start to season 59 awaits patrons of Edmonds Driftwood Players as director Paul Fouhy does a switch-a-roo on traditional casting of the troupe’s opening production, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. (Fouhy also directed Driftwood productions Proposal by Neil Simon as well as the Festival of Shorts play, Good Ole Mom &…
Artfully Edmonds: Art goes to new heights this week for ‘Vintage Aircraft Weekend’
Artfully Edmonds has determined how we are spending the Labor Day weekend. We have in mind a flight of fancy and will be leaving town – but not by much. We’re attending the 10th Annual Vintage Aircraft Weekend hosted by Historic Flight Foundation at Paine Field, 10719 Bernie Webber Dr., Mukilteo. This past week, My…
Event Reminder: The Northwest Junior Pipe Band will welcome Scotland’s rock band “Skerryvore” at todays ECA lawn party
A Calling Of the Clans, and a lot of rock! “Scotland!” is the rallying cry as Edmonds Center for the Arts prepares for an invasion of Scottish rock band, “Skerryvore”, which hits town this afternoon, Wednesday, Aug. 23 as a stop on their 2017 international tour. For a wee bit of Scotland – and to…
ECA plans extravagant lawn party as welcome to Scotland’s “Skerryvore” band
“Experience Scotland!” is the rallying cry as Edmonds Center for the Arts prepares for an invasion of Scottish band, “Skerryvore”, which hits town on Wednesday, Aug. 23 as a stop on their 2017 international tour. For a wee bit of Scotland – and to welcome Skerryvore Band to our fair city – the Edmonds Center…
Interview: Scottish Band ‘Skerryvore’ on the eve of their Edmonds concert
My Edmonds News (MEN) has arranged an exclusive interview with Scotland’s Skerryvore Band in anticipation of their concert at Edmonds Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 p.m. The group is named for the Skerryvore reef, which lies 12 miles off the west coast of Scotland. Skerryvore’s music is described thusly by…
Artfully Edmonds: Is summer almost over? Not so fast, reads the arts calendar
News of dazzling performances and vibrant music, with dramatic colors and staging, continues to pour in from the Edmonds arts scene this week – and beyond. As unbelievable as it might seem, summer is almost over, and 2017-18 performing arts calendars and gala invitations are already being sent to My Edmonds News for publication….
Artfully Edmonds: ‘A Taste’ takes center stage, but with arts’ side dishes to add to your plate
This weekend, Edmonds’ biggest annual three-day community event will take place in the form of a food festival that simply must be experienced — if you love whipped cream-topped strawberry shortcake, dripping-with-messiness barbecue short ribs, fried-onion-stacked hamburgers, and a delicious display of dishes from around the world. Artfully Edmonds is referring, of course, to A…