A world’s worth of music and entertainment is free for the taking this weekend at the Festival at Mount Si. Nine unique acts take the main stage on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, spanning cover bands and soul-searing duos to “Industrial Country.” There’s sure to be a sound for everyone.
Every dog has his day. Your dog might just get his special moment at the Amazing Pet Pageant during North Bend’s Festival at Mount Si. The pageant, planned for 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Festival’s second stage at Si View Park, is where the dogs show off their stuff.
Indulge your sweet tooth in a variety of ways—some messy, some not—at the 2011 Festival at Mount Si. Berry-filled events include the Burstin’ with Blueberries cooking contest, at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, and the cherry pie eating contest, 2:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Lifelong “foodie” and local food tour host Jan Marie Johnson mixed food into the Festival to knead in a spirit of competition. She started the blueberry dessert contest a few years ago to give cooks the chance to strut their stuff, then added a cherry pie-eating contest with the help of Twede’s Cafe to really spark some appetites.
Be it fiery hot, just plain tasty or a whole new twist, you can test the mettle of your own chili recipe at the Festival at Mount Si.
Chili cooks reserve their spoon spot during the annual Festival At Mount Si Chili Cookoff.
A three-day exhibition held during the summertime festival, The Arts in Festival Hall will delight the eye and ear. This year, see locally grown flowers at a Flower Show sponsored by The Nursery at Mount Si. The Festival Hall lineup includes:
Snoqualmie-area dog owners are invited to the second annual “Dog Days of Summer” event at the Three Forks Dog Park in Snoqualmie, Sunday, Aug. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Local pet-based vendors will be available to show off their wares, while dogs and owners will show off their best tricks in a variety of competitions during the day. There will also be a hot dog cart, naturally, and other goodies.
Chinook Bend Natural Area near Carnation will celebrate summer with a field day, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. Artist Betsy Damon, environmental expert Steve Tolzman and Snoqualmie Steward Mary Maier will be on hand to greet participants and provide guided tours of the recently enhanced area.
Guys, it’s time to dust off your jeans and stomp the mud from your boots, because your moment has arrived. Photographer Robin Woelz wants to make stars of you, and your tractors if you have them, in a fun and funny new calendar.
The 2012 “Tractor Men of Snoqualmie Valley Calendar” coming out later this year will feature 12 of the Snoqualmie Valley’s finest farmers and would-be farmers, as a fund-raiser for one or more Valley-based charities for children. The calendar is inspired partly by Ballard Firefighters fund-raising calendar, partly by the Carnation 4th of July parade.
Carnation dog-lovers gathered Wednesday, July 27, in a celebration of dogs, their humans, and small-town community spirit. They came to cut the ribbon to the city’s new off-leash dog park, or rather to watch a handful of dogs lick the peanut-butter-covered ribbon instead of chewing through it.
Finally, Ann Estrin-Wassink, who led the dog park project, decided to break the ribbon and let the dogs into the eight-acre park next to the city’s wastewater treatment plant and vacuum station. Then the festivities and the tail-wagging began in earnest.
Bring a picnic and a blanket, friends and family to Fall City Park this Friday and next for a dose of the bard.
Greenstage’s Shakespeare in the Park company presents “The Tempest,” 7 p.m. today, July 29, at Fall City Park off Neal Road. Next week, “Antony and Cleopatra” is 7 p.m. at the park.
The event is underwritten by the Friends of Fall City Library.
Community gardens are becoming increasingly popular in the Valley. The city of Snoqualmie has two, Snoqualmie Ridge has another, and the city of North Bend is pursuing the development of at least one garden plot open to the public, in the short term.
“The long term intent is to have some community P-patches at the Tollgate Farm,” said North Bend Associate Planner Mike McCarty. For now, though, the city wants to be sure that people would make use of the patches, if they were available.
Tracy McKenzie, a Snoqualmie Valley native and Fall City resident, is to be married to Drew Edwards of Kent.
Tracy is the daughter of Steven and Lisa Bray of Fall City. Drew is the son of Robert and Valerie Edwards of Manchester, Wash. A June wedding is planned for 2012.
The Nursery at Mount Si welcomes back singer-songwriter Carrie Elkin to kick off its Summer Guest Artist Concert series, Friday, July 29 in the nursery gardens.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with Elkin taking the stage at 7:45 p.m. An opening set with Charlie Loesel starts at 7:10 p.m.
