25 Years Ago
Thursday, Oct. 6, 1983
• The sounds of the German language are wafting through the halls of Mount Si High School and Valley homes as 27 teenage students from the Hamburg, West Germany area continue on their five-week cultural exchange here. All 27 speak English to some degree; most speak it fluently. The students are living with local families and attending classes at the high school.
Remlinger Farms in Carnation is honoring the Northwest’s best-known clown this fall, and raising funds for Children’s Hospital and Medical Center at the same time.
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows tells the story of a woman and author who gets introduced to a group of citizens living on the formerly German-occupied Channel Islands off the coast of England. The book is set in January 1946, just months after the end of the second world war, and centers on the author’s interest in learning more about life under the Nazi regime in hopes that it will lead to her next book subject.
Please come join Children’s Services of Sno-Valley (CSSV) and the North Bend Theatre for “An Evening With Don Friesen.” Don has been featured on the “Martin Short Show,” he also plays at the Excalibur in Las Vegas and at the Underground in Seattle.
Volunteers perform nearly every task at the Northwest Railway Museum and all the necessary training is provided.
A look at the arts from Mr Schwartz.
North Bend’s Unity Theater is offering a double dose of comedy and improvisation during the month of March.
The Shanty Tavern is hosting Wendy McDowell and her band at 9 p.m. Saturday, March 19. McDowell is a touring folkrock musician who recently moved to the area and this will be her first performance in North Bend.
The Sno-Valley Senior Center is hosting an art show from 2-6 p.m. Friday, March 25. The show will feature a large selection of homemade quilts, paintings and unique needlework made entirely by local seniors.
Greetings once again Valley Arts Crossroads readers. Spring is here and new growth begins to bud. New projects are beginning to bloom in our fair Valley, culturally speaking.
Catch a great meal at the Mount Si Fish and Game Club’s annual Steelhead Dinner starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Cost is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for children under age 12.
The Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater will be holding auditions for its summer musical “Camelot” on April 3 and 4. Be prepared with a song and a one-minute monologue.
From 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 1, local award-winning author Carol Morrison and her theologian husband, Ed Morrison, will offer a workshop titled “Writing Your Spiritual Journey” at Isadora’s Cafe in Snoqualmie.
