Community singers, ages 12 through adult, are invited to join the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra at the fourth annual community choir concert.
I love poems that celebrate families, and here’s a fine one by Joyce Sutphen of Minnesota, a poet who has written dozens of poems I’d like to publish in this column if there only were weeks enough for all of them.
Calling all solo singers ages 7 to 15 to audition for the 2011 Maple Valley Idol, Jr. competition.
A recently released study on diet sodas suggests that the no-cal or low-cal versions may be kinder to your waistline but bad for your heart and even your head.
Singer-songwriter Rebecca Cohen featured act at Maple Valley Creative Arts Council ‘Open Mic’
Connie Wanek is one of my favorite poets. She lives in Duluth and has a keen eye for what goes on around her. Here’s a locked and loaded scene from rural America.
Boy Scout Troop 517 of Covington announced William Pand has earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
Pand, a freshman at Kentlake High, built four picnic tables for Covington Christian Fellowship.
Girl Scouts Troop 42505 hosted a Go Red event, to educate girls, and their leaders about the importance of keeping our hearts healthy, and to raise money for their upcoming trip to Washington, D.C. The event was Feb. 4 at Lake Wilderness Elementary School.
My husband and I bought our house 18 years ago and quite honestly, bought a shop with a house next to it, only thinking of my husband’s hobby of building street rods.
I like this poem by 97-year-old Lois Beebe Hayna of Colorado for the way it captures restrained speech. The speaker spends most of her words in describing a season, but behind the changes of spring another significant change is suggested.
As part of a nationwide effort to promote awareness of crime victim rights, the Washington Coalition of Crime Victim Advocates (WCCVA) is seeking design submissions for public awareness materials for National Crime Victim Rights Week.
The Maple Valley Library and the Maple Valley Arts Council will present a free bluegrass concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18 at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center, 23220 Maple Valley Highway SE Suite 15.
Did you know that until 1968, racial restrictive covenants prevented certain racial minorities from purchasing homes in specific King County neighborhoods? These policies segregated communities and shaped our racial demography.
My grandmother Moser made wonderful cherry pies from fruit from a tree just across the road from her house, and…
It’s the best case scenario for a rock concert. The moment when the dude on stage slams together the lids of his perfectly made up, or perfectly not made up, eyes and risks the welfare of his larynx in order to deliver a guttural and seemingly all-encompassing “ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!”
Eastern Washington University Dean’s List students | Maple Valley, Covington and Kent
The Black Diamond Library is having a book sale 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4 and 10 a.m….
The great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso said that, in his subjects, he kept the joy of discovery, the pleasure of the unexpected. In this poem celebrating Picasso, Tim Nolan, an attorney in Minneapolis, says the world will disclose such pleasures to us, too, if only we pay close attention.
This year, Americans will spend more than $60 billion dollars on weight loss programs and products. Millions will flock to counseling centers or seek advice over the phone and the Internet to shed the extra pounds they added on during the holiday season.
Events for children, families and adults at the Black Diamond Library