Arts / Entertainment
Apple Blossom Festival Announces Royalty Candidates For 100th Anniversary Pageant
Preparations for the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival’s 100th anniversary are well underway. Selection of the 2019 Festival Royalty begins with the announcement of the 32 young women, from the Wenatchee and Eastmont School Districts, who will compete for a chance to be one of the ten candidates who will then vie for the 100th…
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New Venues Make For Biggest First Friday Art Walk To Hit Downtown Wenatchee
Kasey Koski, Exhibits Curator at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, swings by the KOHO studio to talk about First Friday events tonight throughout downtown Wenatchee, featuring the largest number of venues they’ve ever had for the art walk, including Beauty of Bronze at the Museum, new venues Gypsy Lotus and Designer Floors, regulars like Mela and…
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Bestselling Author Ruta Sepetys Visiting Local Schools This Week, Talking History, Writing, Family
New York Times Bestselling author Ruta Sepetys whose book, Between Shades of Gray, deals with the Genocide of Baltic people after the Soviet occupation in 1941 and a major film adaptation of the book will be released in January. Sepetys continues speaking engagements at area high schools through Friday. KOHO’s Marcus Bellissimo had a chance to sit down…
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A Bavarian Holiday – Chriskindlmarkt, Tree Lighting, Other Festivities Coming To Leavenworth
The holidays are a busy time for the Bavarian Village. Jessica Stoller with the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studios to talk holiday shopping and all the festivities coming up – Christkindlmarkt, Christmas Lighting, Ice Fest and more.
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9th Annual NCW Community Success Summit Comes To Pateros Nov. 15
IRIS – the Initiative for Rural Innovation & Stewardship – will showcase success stories at the 9th annual NCW Community Success Summit in Pateros Thursday, Nov. 15. “Pateros Strong” is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pateros School Gym in Pateros. Organizers Nancy Warner and Angela Morris join Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning…
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Holiday Tree Permits On Sale Now For Local National Forests
Cutting your own Christmas tree can be a wonderful family experience. And there are a few guidelines to follow when doing so on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest to ensure it stays that way. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Jack o’ Lanterns Out Of Turnips and Other Halloween Origin Stories
Another All Hallow’s Eve is here, with costumes, trick-or-treating and Jack o’ Lanterns. But Halloween has been around for long time, with many of it’s beginnings rooted in Celtic lore and traditions. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Downtown Wenatchee Banners Honoring Local Veterans
With Veterans Day around the corner, the Wenatchee Downtown Association has partnered with Wenatchee Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3617 to honor a veteran or someone currently on active duty in the military from the greater Wenatchee area. Large banners will hang in the downtown core the entire month of November 2018 and 2019 in conjunction…
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Leavenworth’s Annual Oktoberfest Kicks Off Today, But Remember Other Local Oct. Events Too
Morgan Eastman, Events Director at the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce, joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about the Bavarian Village’s annual Oktoberfest, put on by Projekt Bayern for three weekends every October. But Eastman said there are plenty of other events in the Leavenworth this month, from ski swaps and movie…
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Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off Season Oct. 6 With ‘Innocence And Experience’
The Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director and Conductor Nikolas Caoile joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about their season opener tomorrow night at the Numeria PAC of “Innocence and Experience,” featuring the music of Verdi, Mozart, Strauss and Mendelssohn. Caoile said they’ll also feature the 2018 Young Musician Competition winner violinist Keeley Brooks in the first movement of…
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Native Photography, Rabbits, Poe – Wenatchee’s First Friday Art Walk Oct. 5
Kasey Koski, Exhibits Curator at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, swings by the KOHO studio to talk about First Friday events tonight throughout downtown Wenatchee, including a new exhibit at the Museum chronicling the photography of local native tribes by Edward S. Curtis, shows at galleries across downtown and more.
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