Category: Arts & Entertainment

10th Anniversary Block Party

block party

The Comcast Arena is turning ten!  To celebrate this milestone, Global Spectrum, management for the Comcast Arena at Everett, is throwing a 10th Anniversary Block Party and everyone is invited!

For just the third time in the building’s history, Hewitt Avenue will be closed off to accommodate the day’s festivities. The celebration begins with the Bubble Run 5K at 9 am with an anticipated attendance of 4,000 participants. After the race, the party begins!

From 11 am to 5 pm, guests can expect great music from local bands, delicious food and beverages from food truck vendors, and interactive games the whole family can enjoy. The night continues when the Everett Silvertips take to the ice at 7 pm for their season opener vs. Prince George.

The Block Party is one of the first events slated for the upcoming year that will celebrate the building’s 10th Anniversary.

Interested vendors should call 425.322.2626 for further information.

 

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EVENTS

Everett Art Walk: The monthly art walk takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21 (third Saturday of the month) in downtown Everett. In addition to galleries and studios, participating businesses include Wicked Cellars, Zippy’s Cafe, Port Gardner Bay Winery and Artspace Everett Lofts. For a map and more information, go to www.everettartwalk.org.

Decoy show: The third annual Fall Decoy Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Best Western Convention Center, 33175 Highway 20, just north of Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island. Admission is free. Entertainment includes a silent auction and a raffle. Call 360-678-4868 for details.

Sistine Ceiling: Art historian Rebecca Albiani, who works with the Burke Museum in Seattle, will present a program on the artwork of the Sistine Chapel at 2 p.m. Sept. 28 at Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. The free program will introduce the work of Michelangelo, painted from 1508 to 1512, on the ceiling of the chapel in the pope’s residence in the Vatican. The images, among the most well known in the world, include “Creation of Adam.” For information, call 425-257-8000.

Schack-toberfest: A free autumn festival features the glass pumpkin patch, selling more than 300 hand-blown glass pumpkins made in the Schack’s hot shop. Family-friendly daytime activities include a demonstration of carving real (not glass) pumpkins, classes in how to make your own glass (not real) pumpkin and fun for kids. From 5 to 9 p.m. Sept 26, “Beer and Brat Night” is for those 21 and over. Camano Island’s String Slingers will provides music, and beer, bratwurst and hard cider will be available; tickets are $25 for Schack members, $30 for nonmembers and include a sourvenir glass. Schack-toberfest runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept 27 (plus Beer and Brat Night), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 and noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 29. Admission is free; Schack Art Center, 2941 Hoyt St., Everet; 425-259-5050; schack.org.

Stanwood Art Walk: The fifth annual “Art Walk: Yor Passport to Art” will cover the historic east end of Stanwood, encompassing the 8700 block of 271st Street NW one block north of Highway 532, from 5 to 8 p.m. on the last Friday of September, Sept. 27. Get your “passports” stamped and initialed at the participating businesses then turn in your completed “passport” for a chance to become a winner in the free drawing. Fifteen small local businesses are showing paintings, pottery, jewelry and more.

Duvall Quilt Show: The 13th annual quilt show, “A Festival of Color,” takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 in downtown Duvall. The event is free and includes live music at different locations. for details, see www.DuvallQuiltShow.com, or call The Quilter’s Garden at 425-844-1621.

“Ink Stomp”: More than 40 adults and kids with special needs from Lynnwood High School Life Skills class and the All Aboard program in Everett will participate in an art event to create monoprints to music on Oct. 4 at in Studio 1 and 2 at the Schack Art Center, 2941 Hoyt St., Everet; 425-259-5050; schack.org.

 

EXHIBITS

Snohomish County

3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; 425-740- 5030; 3231creatives.wordpress.com; noon to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. “The Machine” is a visual exploration of machinery and forms crafted from machines. The exhibit features the work of Michael Gardner, Stephen Lastat, Reg Akright, Don De Leva, John Olsen and Dan Ishler. Through Sept. 28. Classes offered in a variety of topics including making Halloween costume, mosaics and beading. ;

Anabel’s Framing & Gallery: 2531 Broadway, Everett; 425-258-6402; www.anabelsgallery.com. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Arts of Snohomish Gallery: 1024 First St., No. 104, Snohomish; 360-568-8648; www.artsofsnohomish.org.

Brushstrokes Art Supply: 5702 172nd St NE, Arlington; 360-658-4044; www.brushstrokesartsupply.com; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.

Christopher Framing & Gallery: 537 Main St.,Edmonds; 425-778-5150; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

City Hall: 121 Fifth Ave. N., Edmonds; 425-775-2525; www.ci.edmonds.wa.us; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Murphey Collection paintings in the third floor reception area’s permanent display.

Edmonds Arts Museum Gallery: Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; 425-771-1984. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Artist Judith Larsen will present a memorial painting exhibition, “Frontline Heroines,” oil paintings of slain female journalists and human rights workers. The show runs through Oct. 29. The artist will make a presentation from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 6.

Everett Community College: The Russell Day Gallery, 2000 Tower St.; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays; closed Saturdays and Sundays; www.everettcc.edu. “Incommensurable Things,” works by Emily Gherard and Stephanie Pierce, will be on view from Sept. 23 to Oct. 25. The artists will speak at a reception from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 26.

Fisherman’s Market & Grill: 1032 W. Marine View Drive, Everett; 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Sunday. The Art Loft Sisters, a group of like-minded women who promote new and emerging artists, present entries to “Art at the Island for Kids” through September. Works by Shannon Danks are also on view.

Fogdog Gallery: 233 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington; 505-660-6825; www.fogdoggallery.com; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Local artists in mixed media.

Gallery North: 509 Main St., Edmonds; 425-774-0946; www.gallerynorthedmonds.com; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Hibulb Cultural Center: 6410 23rd Ave. NE, Tulalip; 360-716-2635; www.hibulbculturalcenter.org. “Ramp It Up: Shateboard Culture in Native America,” an exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, reflects the popularity and influence of skateboarding on American Indian culture. The show features 20 skate decks, videos and skateboards with Coast Salish designs.The show runs through Oct. 13 before continuing on its national tour.

Lynnwood Library Gallery: 19200 44th Ave. W, Lynnwood; Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays, 425-670-5518.

Mountlake Terrace Library Gallery: 23300 58th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace; 425-776-8722; www.sno-isle.org. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. The work of photographer Syrinda Sharpe will be on display through Sept. 30.

Ornamental Arts Gallery: 13805 Smokey Point Blvd. Suite 105,Marysville. 425-422-5232; OrnamentalArtsGallery.com; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Susan Cohen Thompson will show her oils and watercolors, as well as recent ceramics, through September. Thompson is influenced by nature in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Guatemalan jungle.

Port Gardner Bay Winery: 2802 Rockefeller Ave, Everett; 425-339-0293; portgardnerbaywinery@hotmail.com.

Schack Art Center: 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett; 425-259-5050; www.schack.org. “Generations”is the art of Tulalip artist James Madison, who is the 2013 Artist of the Year, traditional pieces with a contemporary twist. Joye Melby, 2013 Artist Advocate of the Year, shows her new paintings inspired by Japanese art prints. Both shows run through Sept. 21.

The Sisters: 2804 Grand Ave., Everett; 425-252-0480; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.”Real and Abstract in Watercolor” by Art Dujardin, through Oct. 11.

We are Art: ArtSpace Everett Lofts, 2917 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Features artist is Patricia Ariel, a fine art painter and illustrator. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21 during the Everett Art Walk, including a discussion of her latest project at 6:30 p.m.

We Do Art: 5612 Evergreen Way, Everett; 425-238-2585; wedoart.net; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Wicked Cellars: 2616 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-299-3360; www.wickedcellars.com. Lisa Spreacker, who does assemblage and collage art using found objects and memorabilia. Spreacker was Snohomish County Arts Council’s Artist of the Year in 1997. Her show opens with the Everett Art Walk from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21.

Island County

Bayview Cash Store: 5603 Bayview Road, Langley; 360-361-4145. “When Your Plow is Your Paintbrush,” a group show of artists interpreting life on the farm, runs through Oct. 30. The show is in conjunction with the Whidbey Island Farm Tour.

Garry Oak Gallery: 830 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor; 360-240-0222; www.garryoakgallery.com/; open daily 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., first Friday of each month, till 8 p.m. The gallery’s newest artists are Marcia Muchnick, free form pottery; Michael Watkins, photography; Ron Apgar fused glass; and Gay Shuell, carved and embellished gourds.

Matzke Fine Art Gallery: 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island; 360-387-2759; www.matzkefineart.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, weekdays by appointment. “Autumn Winds,” glass metal, stone and Northwest paintings. Artists include Mike Adams, Todd Horton, Anne Martin McCool, Jennifer Phillips, Susan Cohen thompson and Hioshi Yamano. Through Nov. 10. Opening reception with music by Ford Giesbrecht, 4:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 28.

Penn Cove Gallery: 9 Front St., Coupeville; 360-678-1176; www.penncovegallery.com/; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday.Watercolor artist Randy Emmonds will show his work through October. Eddmonds will demonstrate his work style from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 18.

Raven Rocks Gallery: 765 Wonn Road, C101, Greenbank, 360-222-0102, www.ravenrocksstudio.com. “Songs of September: Elegant to Kicky Jewelry Designs” by Lynne Adams and Windwalker Taibi, hand-crafted neckwear of semi-precious gems, hand-dyed buffalo bone, blown glass and hammered metals through Oct. 3.

Rob Schouten Gallery: Greenbank Farm, C-103, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank; 360-222-3070; www.robschoutengallery.com. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Wedneday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. “Sumi and Ceramics,” sumi paintings by Fumiko Kimura and Angie Dixon and ceramics by Maryon Attwood, Joan Govedare and Dan Ishler, will run from Oct. 4 to 29. An opening receptions with light refreshments will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 4.

Taste for Wine: 5603 Bayview Road, Langley; 360-321-0515; www.tasteforwinewhidbey.com; noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays. Janie Cribbs has been painting owls for a long time, mainly on found wood. Also, Maggie Hanley-Welles is a watercolorist whose many pieces are of local scenes or people or florals or abstracts.

Skagit County

Museum of Northwest Art: 121 S. First St., La Conner; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 360-466-4446; www.museumofnwart.org. “Reflections: Selections From the Permanent Collection” runs through Sept. 29.

La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum: 703 S Second St., La Conner; 360-466-4288; www.laconnerquilts.com. “Kaleidoscope: Fiber Embroidery by Liz Whitney Quisgard,” on display through Oct. 6. Regina Benson’s art quilts and textiles also through Oct. 6.

BILLBOARD

Contest for young artists: WSU Snohomish County Extension Beach Watchers is seeking submissions for a contest on what Puget Sound will look like when they, are the artists, are older. Deadline for submission of “Hopeful Visions of Puget Sound” is 5 p.m. Oct. 18. Students from pre-school through high school are eligible. Details are available at www.beachwatchers.wsu.edu/snohomish. Call 425-357-6028 for more information. Note that the deadline was extended from Sept. 10. Entries will be displayed Nov. 9 at Everett Community College, in the WSU Learning Center in McCollum Park and other venues including libraries.

Donate artwork: Artwork is being accepted for the eighth annual Previously Loved Art Sale on Oct. 5 in Edmonds. Donate paintings, drawings, art posters, pottery, art books or periodicals. Donations can be made between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at ArtWorks, 201 Second Ave. S., Edmonds, or by appointment; call 425-774-6049. For more information, call Meredith Arnold at ArtWorks at 425-774-6049.

Mukilteo Art and Frame: Seeking original art for shows. The theme in November and December is”Spaces.” The theme in January and February is “Through the Looking Glass,” which is “Alice in Wonderland” interpreted art. Submit photos and artist information to mukilteoartandframe@comcast.net.

Call for artists: The Lynnwood Arts Commission invites all visual artists in Washington to apply. Deadline is Sept. 30. The commission will select artists for six-week exhibitions for 2014 and the artists selected will be notified by the end of October. The exhibition site is Art Gallery at Lynnwood Library in Lynnwood at 19200 44th Ave West. Applications at www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us/PlayLynnwood/Arts.htm or by request to lynnwoodarts@gmail.com.

 

Plenty of opportunities for local anglers

By Wayne Kruse, The Herald

If you’re a sport fisherman, these are the good ol’ days. A record number of fall chinook are wending their way up the Columbia, providing catches of one to two chinook per rod at the mouths of the Cowlitz and Lewis rivers the past several weeks. Some 900,000 coho are due in Puget Sound, and are taking up the slack left by a big pink run. So many razor clams are available on the ocean beaches that state officials have decided to start the fall digging season early.

And on and on. If you don’t want to get bit by a fish, stay away from the water.

State Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Joe Hymer, at the agency’s Vancouver office, said last week marked the largest fall chinook count (and still counting) since Bonneville Dam was built in 1938. The old record was a run of 611,000 fish in 2003, and this one is predicted to be somewhere in the 800,000-fish range.

Many of these big kings are “upriver brights,” headed for the Hanford Reach, and should be the basis for a gunnysack fall fishery in the area of the Vernita Bridge, upriver from the Tri-Cities.

Creel checks on the Reach last week showed 762 boat anglers with 244 adult and 132 jack chinook, but that success rate will improve rapidly.

Farther downriver, below the mouth of the Lewis, anglers made 5,654 trips on Sept. 6, 7 and 8, and nailed 5,351 kings for a success rate of 0.95 fish per rod. That’s unheard-of fishing on the lower Columbia.

On the local front, the annual derby for the blind was held Monday, and results bode well for this weekend’s big Everett Coho Derby. Jim Brauch, avid angler and an Everett Steelhead and Salmon Club member, hosted a derby participant Monday and limited out in Brown’s Bay on silvers of 5 to 8 pounds. He said 55 feet was the magic depth, and an Ace High fly the top lure.

“Other fish were caught throughout the system,” Brauch said. “The big fish contest was won by a nice 15-plus-pounder from the east side of Possession. (There’s) lots of fish from Mukilteo to the shipwreck and on the west side of Possession. I don’t know how many fish were caught, but all blind participants had at least one fish and most had more than one.”

Brauch said he also talked to anglers at Douglas Bar on the Snohomish River on Sunday. They reported coho as far up as the Highway 522 bridge.

Mike Chamberlain at Ted’s Sport Center in Lynnwood said there seems to be good numbers of silvers in the area, and that the derby should draw well. He said the fish are moving, not schooled up particularly, and that fishermen should cover a lot of water.

“Coho are where you find them, and hanging around all the rest of the boats can be counter-productive,” he said.

Chamberlain likes the Grand Slam Bucktail in green, and the Ace High fly in either chartreuse or green spatterback, or purple haze, behind a green or white glow flasher. The “Mountain Dew” series of Hot Spot flashers also are fish catchers, he said. Rig the flies 32 or 36 inches behind the flasher, and add a small herring strip.

There will be two free fishing seminars prior to the Everett Derby. The first is tonight — from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — at the Tulalip Cabela’s Conference Center, where Ryan Bigley of Soundbite Sportfishing will share tips and tactics for advanced coho fishing in Puget Sound. Space is limited; RSVP by calling 360-474-4880.

The second seminar is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and features John Martinis of John’s Sporting Goods in Everett, with everything you need to know to fish the coho derby. The venue is Everett Bayside Marine. For more information, call Bayside at 425-252-3088.

In a first for this area, the Sportsman Channel and Comcast are teaming up with the Everett Derby to donate fish caught by participating anglers to help those less fortunate. The event is part of the Sportsman Channel’s Hunt.Fish.Feed. outreach program that taps an underutilized food source of game meat and fish donated by sportsmen to feed those struggling with hunger across the country.

Participating anglers from the Everett derby are expected to donate more than 1,000 pounds of fresh fish to the Volunteers of America food bank in north Everett.

Lots of clams

State shellfish managers are practically begging diggers to take razor clams off their hands, as the fall season arrives.

“We have a huge number of clams available for harvest this season, paricularly at Twin Harbors,” said Dan Ayres, the state’s coastal razor clam honcho. “There are only so many good clamming tides during the year, and we decided there was no time to waste in getting started.”

Ayres said that while the fall digging schedule is still being developed, managers saw no reason to delay a dig at Twin Harbors.

So Twin Harbors is open tonight through Monday. Tides are as follows: Today, minus 0.3 feet at 7:13 p.m.; Friday, minus 0.5 feet at 7:57 p.m.; Saturday, minus 0.5 feet at 8:39 p.m.; Sunday, minus 0.3 feet at 9:21 p.m.; and Monday, 0.0 feet at 10.04 p.m.

Ayres said estimates of coastal razor clam populations indicate some 800,000 more clams available for harvest this year than last. And last year saw 420,000 digger trips harvesting 6.1 million clams, for an average of just under the per-person limit of 15 per day.

And if 2013 is going to be better than that, it’ll likely get wild down there in the dunes.

For more outdoor news, read Wayne Kruse’s blog at www.heraldnet.com/huntingandfishing.

Foster’s Fall Pumpkin & Corn Maze Festival returns in October

Source: The Arlington Times

ARLINGTON — Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze will host its annual Fall Pumpkin & Corn Maze Festival throughout the month of October, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 1-31, giving visitors a chance to celebrate their farmers and the harvest season on a local farm, and to reward their tastebuds with fresh-picked sweet corn and other farm goodies.

The family-friendly activities are set to include a pumpkin patch and a “Pirate Ship Adventures Corn Maze,” the latter of which will challenge participants to find all the pirates hiding in the maze and solve the riddle. Attendees can also enjoy tractor-drawn hayrides, a pumpkin slingshot, a hay maze and the farm’s animal barn. You can shop at the Harvest Market for local sweet corn and honey, squashes and gourds, apples and apple cider, or explore the selection of gourmet foods and the Halloween gift shop.

In the evening, sufficiently brave souls are welcome to play in the spooky Night Maze and Giant Pumpkin Hunt from 5-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 and 26. Bring your flashlight. The social bonfire will keep you warm, and the Harvest Market will be open to serve espresso, hot cocoa and pies.

Foster’s also offers Vintage Hay Barn Party room rentals and school tours. Call 360-435-6516 or email fosters@fosterscornmaze.com for more information or to make reservations.

Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze is located at 5818 State Route 530 NE in Arlington. For further details, log onto www.fosterscornmaze.com.

This fifth year of the annual Red Rooster Route’s celebration of local farms will also host the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum’s “Pioneer Days” on Saturday, Sept. 21, as well as the Arlington Farmers’ Market Handmade Holiday Indoor Gift Market on Saturday, Dec. 7.

The Red Rooster Route is a self-guided tour through the Arlington farming and downtown area, off Exit 208 on I-5, made up of a nonprofit association of small, family-friendly farms that are open to the public during the harvest season.

To learn more about the farms and festivals on the Red Rooster Route, and to download a tour map, you can visit their website at www.redroosterroute.com.

Louie Gong Limited-Edition Posters Help Seattle’s Homeless Natives

Source: Indian Country Today Media Network

Those interested in helping Seattle’s homeless Native population can now do so by picking up a limited-edition, signed poster by Nooksack artist Louie Gong.

Proceeds from the posters, which are on sale at KessInHouse.com for $25 each, benefit Chief Seattle Club, an organization that provides food, services “a sacred space to nurture, affirm and renew the spirit of urban Native peoples.” The poster design is Gong’s “good morning” pattern, which features a pair of hummingbirds and a coffee cup that repeat seamlessly. (The pattern is currently the main motif of Gong’s new housewares line, and is featured on blankets, pillows, and shower curtains — check them out at eighthgeneration.com/collections/housewares.)

'Good morning' poster by Louie Gong
‘Good morning’ poster by Louie Gong

 

The 24″x36″ posters have been produced in a limited edition of 200, and each will be signed by Gong.

 

Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/17/louie-gong-limited-edition-posters-help-seattles-homeless-natives-151325

Taste of Tulalip – The Culinary Festival of the Year

5th Anniversary Highlights Include Extraordinary Epicurean Events, Celebrity Chefs & Sommelier Superstars

Tickets are still available for the Taste of Tulalip Grand Taste, Saturday, November 9

Tulalip, Washington – Tulalip Resort Casino is gearing up for a weekend of revelry to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Taste of Tulalip, its coveted award-winning food and wine aficionado event.  Scheduled for November 8 and 9, 2013, this year’s line-up of top talent, to be announced within the next month, will include many familiar names as well as some stars on the rise.  Past culinary celeb appearances have included ABC TV’s “The Chew” host Carla Hall, Bravo’s Top Chef Master and author Marcus Samuelsson, wine legend Marc Mondavi, “Thirsty Girl” Leslie Sbrocco and others.  Executive Chef Perry Mascitti and Sommelier Tommy Thompson are putting together a dazzling roster of food, wine and tradition show-stoppers that have been a year in the planning.   Taste 2013 will feature honorary winemaker Bob Betz of Betz Family Winery.

The two-day gathering, with a focus on food, wine and tradition, begins with a Friday night wine and passed hors d’oeuvres reception, followed by the aptly named Celebration Dinner.  The multi-course repast will focus on Native American and traditional recipe inspired dishes, paired with a global offering of rare, top wines. It is priced at $175. Tickets are limited and this event is always a sell-out.

The weekend’s highlight is always the Grand Taste, spanning four hours and featuring lavish food stations as well as over 100 wines from Washington State, California and Oregon, and craft beer.  It is priced at $95 and includes a Rock –n- Roll Cooking Challenge done “Iron Chef” style with celebrity judges looking for the best from both regional and Tulalip chefs, and sommelier teams.   Special guest Emilio Lopez of El Salvador (a sixth generation specialty coffee producer), will be appearing at the Dillanos Coffee Roasters espresso bar, where guests will be able to sample a special TOT 5th Anniversary Blend.

All of the weekend’s wine offerings will be available in limited quantities for purchase in the Taste of Tulalip retail wine shop.  There will also be book and bottle signings for those looking to personalize their purchases.

For tickets, go to www.tasteoftulalip.com or www.ticketmaster.com

Cabela’s to host Waterfowl Classic

Source: The Marysville Globe

fowl Classic is set to be celebrated at the hunting, fishing and outdoor gear retailer’s Tulalip location on Sept. 14-15.

The store will feature sales, guest appearances, seminars, family activities and more, on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Activities and seminars taking place on Sept. 14 include topics such as choosing the right waterfowl camouflage, the science of duck and goose calling with Zink Calls’ Pro Staff Chad Nelson, proper decoy placement in variable terrain, goose and duck sausage and jerky secrets, kids duck calling contest and camouflage face painting challenge and duck blind breakfast ideas. Attendees have the opportunity to participate in a meet and greet with local conservation partners.

On Sunday, the store will host the following seminars — Waterfowl University, Waterfowl Shooting Essentials, After the Shot: Processing the Bird,  Rigging Your Decoys for Success and more.

More information about Cabela’s Waterfowl Classic sales and weekend activities can be found online at www.cabelas.com/tulalip.

American Indian Fashion Designers to Take Stage at Native Tourism Conference

Source: Native News Network

TULSA, OKLAHOMA – The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association presents the session “Tourism Trends: Indigenous Fashion” at the 15th Annual American Indian Tourism Conference at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, September 22-26.

Fashion is an important part of every community and can be a valuable product for tourism programs. The panel consists of three Native designers work with traditional, historic and contemporary fashion. These ladies will describe their journeys in clothing design and how their works are used in living history re-enactments, cultural demonstrations and mainstream fashion events.

“My culture has influenced my work so much and has given me more of a voice in the fashion industry,”

said Margaret Roach Wheeler of Mahota Handwovens and costume designer for Chickasaw Nation.

“There is an excitement among people over fashion and designs that relate to cultural history. I’m able to design pieces that reflect tribal traditions, yet make them edgy and modern for today.”

Fashion Speakers

Margaret Roach Wheeler, a Chickasaw textile artist discusses her early work, the textile pieces she is creating for the Chickasaw Nation. At the Chickasaw Arts Academy, she teaches fashion design to high school students. Each year, the Academy provides two students with scholarships to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She is a descendant of the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes.

Tonia Hogner-Weavel has been called a living cultural treasure by Cherokee Nation for her historic research. She designed the period clothing for Diligwa, a living 1710 Cherokee Village, and the Cherokee tear dresses for the Cherokee Nation Youth Choir. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

Lisa Rutherford is an award winning artist recreates southeast appliqué Cherokee beadwork and clothing, using materials as authentic as possible from the late 1700s to early 1800s. She collaborated with Navajo designer Orlando Dugi who took her traditional southeast feather cape and made it haute couture on the runway. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

The annual American Indian Tourism Conference strives to provide all who attend with a quality educational forum to help you with your travel and tourism initiatives. Other sessions this year include tour packaging, attracting tour operators, creating itineraries, positioning your tribe for the international tour market, protecting intellectual and cultural property, working with state and federal agencies, and more.

Pumpkins to fly this weekend on Ebey Island

Sarah Weiser / Herald 2010 fileCsaba Mundi, of the Log-Craft Trebuchet, prepares his team's pumpkin for hurling during the third annual Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl at Bartelheimer Farm. The Log-Craft, named after Mundi's furniture business, includes an elk hide sling for the pumpkin. Its longest hurl of the day was 387 feet.
Sarah Weiser / Herald 2010 file
Csaba Mundi, of the Log-Craft Trebuchet, prepares his team’s pumpkin for hurling during the third annual Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl at Bartelheimer Farm. The Log-Craft, named after Mundi’s furniture business, includes an elk hide sling for the pumpkin. Its longest hurl of the day was 387 feet.

By Ashley Stewart, the Herald

Pumpkins will be smashing this weekend.

Medieval catapults will send the orange orbs into the air during a two-day event to open the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.

Teams will bring in custom-built “punkin chunkin'” machines to the Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl and Medieval Fair, beginning Saturday, to see who can hurl the gourds farthest, like the previous 1,866-foot world record that was set at the event one year.

“The air literally vibrates with the power of the throw,” event manager Debbie Carlson Gould said.

“It’s a kind of physical thrill just to be standing near.”

And there’s a lot more to do than watch.

Visitors are encouraged to dress up in period costume or any other family-friendly costume — that includes zombies and comic book and movie characters, Gould said — and enjoy all things medieval.

Families can launch their own pumpkins with air cannons or small-scale trebuchets, shoot arrows, fight it out on Viking shield walls or try on chain mail shirts.

Kids can take part in mock battles like the fully armored mounted knights who will travel the grounds.

There have been knights on horseback in past events, but this year, they will joust.

“When the horses are running — and these are big horses — just the thump and the vibrating of the hoof clopping toward you, it’s so exciting,” Gould said.

The sixth annual event also features medieval-themed pony rides; a kid’s scavenger hunt; educational programs featuring authentic, antique weaponry; food vendors; and a $5 spirits and wine tasting.

The six pumpkin farms near Snohomish open in October for corn mazes, hayrides, animal farms and pumpking shopping.

“They give families a chance to unplug from all the electronics that we are bombarded with get out under sky and make wonderful, lasting memories together,” Gould said. “They can connect with each other and with nature.”

Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl and Medieval Faire runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 and 15 at Alexander Farm, 43rd Avenue SE and Ebey Island Road, Everett.

Admission is $7.50 general and free for children 4 and younger.

Parking is $5.

For more information, visit www.festivalofpumpkins.org.