Arts / Entertainment
‘A Community-Oriented Event’ – 49th Annual Earth Day
What does the world’s largest environmental movement, Earth Day, have in common with the Pacific Northwest? Its founder grew up in Washington State. Marcus Bellissimo talked with Dennis Hayes about the last 50 years of Earth Day.
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‘You Get Goosebumps’ – Apple Blossom Film Celebrates 100 Years of Wenatchee’s Festival
A Lot of Fuss About a Parade is North 40 Productions’ new feature documentary about the Apple Blossom Festival, presented by Stemilt Growers. It’s a celebration of the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, specifically telling the story of the 2018 Festival and how this 100 year tradition came to be. The film asks how has Apple Blossom not…
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Ohme Gardens Celebrating 90th Anniversary This Year, Expanding Events, Staff
An area landmark will be celebrating its 90th anniversary this summer. Ohme Gardens has a lot planned for the 2019 season. Marcus Bellissimo has the details.
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Celebrating Mother Earth at Pybus Market, Riverwalk Park Earth Day Fairs
Join Sustainable Wenatchee at the Pybus Event Center to celebrate our planet and learn about how to protect it.
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NCRL Reads Brings ‘Educated’ Author Tara Westover to Wenatchee High School Tonight
Each year, North Central Regional Libraries choose a book that they invite everyone in North Central Washington to read, then they bring the author of the book to come and speak. This year they chose Tara Westover and her award-winning memoir Educated, covering her transformation from an unschooled, fundamentalist, rural Idaho upbringing to a Cambridge…
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Sold-Out Disc Golf Tournament Takes Over Leavenworth Golf Course
The Leavenworth Disc Golf Club is joining forces with Leavenworth Golf Course to host the first Leavenworth Disc Golf Spring Open Tournament tomorrow, Saturday, April 13. One hundred players from Washington, Idaho and Oregon will compete across five divisions for the lowest combined score from two rounds. The first round starts at 10 a.m., with the second…
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Geek-Dom Takes Over Town Toyota Center Saturday with 3rd Annual Wen-Con
Ron Evans, owner and curator of RadarStation in downtown Wenatchee, swings by the KOHO studio to talk about the 3rd annual Wen-Con at the Town Toyota Center this Saturday, April 13, Wenatchee’s pop culture convention that, as Evans said, has exploded over the last couple years.
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Leavenworth ‘Spring Sensations’ Celebrate Local Pears, Restaurants
The Leavenworth region exports the largest organic pear harvests in the U.S. To celebrate, the Bavarian Village turns culinary in April with a month-long “prost” to the pear called Spring Sensations. Morgan Eastman, the Events Director for the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce, joins us to talk about Spring Sensations, Taste Leavenworth and Restaurant Week.
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Apple Blossom 2019: Festival Founder’s Great Grandsons Named Grand Marshals
The Apple Blossom Festival’s centennial is around the corner and organizers are paying tribute to the festival’s founder Susan Wagner. Wagner’s great-grandsons will be the Grand Marshals of the 2019 Festival. Mark Farnham and David Wright will travel from New Zealand to stay in Wenatchee for five days, participating in the All Service Club Luncheon,…
Read MoreKOHO Arts Corner – 40th Annual Regional High School Art Show
The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center once again hosts the 40th Annual Regional High School Art Show, in cooperation with the North Central Educational Services District and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Museum visitors can see artwork from students in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties, with winners recognized in seven categories as…
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People Of Our Past – Fern Cousineau Duncan
Each February, the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center invites you to go back in time and experience the history of the area up close. This year it’s all about Apple Blossom Festival.
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