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Montana storyteller Kicks off week of music at Bargeway Pub tonight, July 20

Montana storyteller Kicks off week of music at Bargeway Pub tonight, July 20

Jim Drake
Art, Columns, Education, Entertainment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, The Dalles, Wasco County

Music is in play. Check out this week in entertainment, including venues Working Hands Beer, Wasco County Fair & Rodeo, Ruins, Double Mountain, Columbia Center for the Arts, Zim’s, TD Library, CG Bluegrass Festival, Lavender Daze, Granada, The Pines, Mid Columbia Concert Association, Taphouse, White Salmon Library, Jackson Park, Tilly Jane’s, Everybody’s Brewing, TD Eagles, Stave and Stone, Jacob Williams, Sunshine Mill, Arlington, Grateful Vineyard, HR Library, Gorge Gear sale, Klickitat Canyon Days, Kickstand Coffee

Pre-func your weekend at Bargeway Pub tonight, July 14, with Tribute to Waylon

Pre-func your weekend at Bargeway Pub tonight, July 14, with Tribute to Waylon

Jim Drake
Art, Columns, Business, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County, The Dalles

Zach Ryan pays a tribute to Waylon Jennings tonight, July 14, at the Bargeway Pub in The Dalles. It is just one of many great music options this week as art and music is alive and well in the Mid-Columbia. Venues featured this week include Ruins, Everybody’s Brewing, Granada, Double Mountain, TDAC, Zim’s, TD Library, Taphouse, TD Eagles, Stave & Stone, Mt. Hood Winery, WS Library, Jacob Williams, Sunshine, Arlington, TD United Church of Christ, Route 30, Working Hands Beer, River City Saloon, Solera, Grass Valley, White Buffalo, Grateful Vineyard, MC Senior Center, HR Library, HR Elks, Klickitat Canyon Days, Skamania Lodge, Kickstand Coffee

Hey, United Way Supporters: For those about to rock, we salute you

Hey, United Way Supporters: For those about to rock, we salute you

Tom Peterson
Art, Education, Environment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, The Dalles, Wasco County, Entertainment

Bringing Jennifer Batten, lead guitarist for Michael Jackson for four world tours, to The Dalles for a fundraiser. That’s just being a Smooth Criminal. Doing it all in the Backyard of the Bargeway Pub this Friday night while supporting The United Way of the Columbia Gorge? Cue the pyrotechnics. And that’s a go on the guitar solo!

Google looks to women, people of color to fill openings in trade work

Google looks to women, people of color to fill openings in trade work

Tom Peterson
Business, Education, Environment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, The Dalles, Wasco County

Oregon Tradeswomen’s Mary Ann Naylor said it is a perfect time for women and people of color to enter the trade industry. Major projects in the gorge could call for huge demand from skilled professionals. A recent $150,000 grant from Google is opening up opportunities at both state and local levels. “Tell them to be tough-skinned to get through their apprenticeship and the world is your oyster, said local Electrician Brennah Miller, “and you can go anywhere.”

Find your Fourth Of July Firework displays and fun throughout the Gorge

Find your Fourth Of July Firework displays and fun throughout the Gorge

Columbia Community Connection
Art, Entertainment, Home Page, Klickitat County, Wasco County, Hood River County

We got you covered for all things red, white and blue and rock-n-roll too this weekend. Check out this schedule of fireworks displays and other events for Fourth of July weekend here in The Dalles, Hood River, Goldendale, Stevenson, White Salmon and Cascade Locks. Photo of past Fort Dalles Fourth Fireworks display in The Dalles courtesy Macnab Photography.

Fourth of July weekend crackling with entertainment in Gorge

Fourth of July weekend crackling with entertainment in Gorge

Columbia Community Connection
Art, Columns, Education, Entertainment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County

Check out all the latest entertainment and music news including Ruins, Granada, Columbia Center for Arts, Goldendale, Fort Dalles Riders Club, Bargeway Pub, River City Saloon, Double Mountain, Zim’s, Working Hands Beer, Stave and Stone, White Salmon Library, Kickstand Coffee, HR Library, Jacob Williams, Route 30, Skamania Lodge, Maupin.

Goldendale Observatory Celebrates the Summer Solstice with Solar Education and Observation

Goldendale Observatory Celebrates the Summer Solstice with Solar Education and Observation

Cole Goodwin
Home Page, The Dalles, Klickitat County, Education

Goldendale Observatory State Park and the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce hosted a summer solstice celebration from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday June 21st, 2022. Park attendees were invited to celebrate the longest day and shortest night of the year by enjoying a hike around the park, entering a raffle for a chance to win prizes, enjoying some art, food, and drink, looking through three solar telescopes offering different views of the sun, and enjoying interpretive talks from Washington State Park officials.

School safety is no joke; let your kids know

School safety is no joke; let your kids know

Tom Peterson
Education, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County, The Dalles

We’ve all been young and made poor decisions, no doubt, but children and youths might not understand the levity of what seems like a harmless action. So, it is important to talk it through with kids so they understand that their idea of fun might land them in pretty hot water. With the last day of school set for Friday, June 10, parents might do well by having a quick discussion with their children about when jokes turn bad.

OMG: Gorge oozing with entertainment; check out weekend events & gigs here

OMG: Gorge oozing with entertainment; check out weekend events & gigs here

Jim Drake
Art, Business, Columns, Education, Entertainment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, The Dalles, Wasco County

Richard Murrow is just one of the dozens of shows to see during the weekend as warm weather has venues popping like bubble wrap. Venues include Bargeway Pub, Maupin, Ruins, Granada, MoCo, Route 30, Double Mountain, Everybody’s Brewing, Grateful Vineyard, St. Peter’s Landmark, Zim’s, TD Library, Thunder Island, HR Library, The Pines, Jackson Park, 64 Taphouse, TD Eagles, White Salmon, Red Carpet Karaoke and Tabby’s Hole.

Summer Solstice Celebration at Goldendale Observatory State Park, Tuesday June 21

Summer Solstice Celebration at Goldendale Observatory State Park, Tuesday June 21

Tom Peterson
Art, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Home Page, Klickitat County

Summer Solstice Celebration at Goldendale Observatory State Park will be on Tuesday, June 21, from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. This unique fundraiser combines art and astronomy and will feature solar viewing through the Observatory telescope, a presentation on the history of the Observatory, food, beverages, raffles, and a display of prize-winning solar-themed artworks from the Chamber’s recent art contest.

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