Marymoor Amphitheatre, 6046 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway N.E., Redmond. 206-628-0888, www.ticketmaster.com or www.concertsatmarymoor.com.
Arts and entertainment happenings in and around Bellevue.
Bellevue Christian High School’s musical, “Bye Bye Birdie,” and two performers have been nominated in the 5th Avenue Theatre’s sixth annual high school musical theatre awards.
The city of Bellevue will launch its presentation of the biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition on Saturday, June 14. The Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition: Sculpted Green explores the idea of sustainability and natural environment through a display of more than 35 sculptures.
On a recent afternoon, Newport High School culinary students passed around a morel mushroom, commenting on its brain-like appearance.
Foragers who have scoured nearby forests come in to Rover’s restaurant in the springtime with baskets full of the wild mushrooms.
“The Northwest region is a gold mine of culinary ingredients,” Rover’s Chef Adam Hoffman told about 30 students during a cooking demonstration at the school, noting that the area alone grows more than 2,000 mushroom varieties, including crimini, shiitakes and white elf.
More and more farmers markets are opening as spring warms up and fresh vegetables and flowers begin growing. Here is a list of those in Bellevue and nearby areas (continued)….
Arts and entertainment events happening in and around Bellevue.
I helped a friend and his wife load their stuff into a big U-Haul some days ago. They were moving to Southern California. Some people think a move from this part of the world to that part is sort of like trading a gentle scalp massage for a whack on the head with a garden rake. That’s a bit of an exaggeration. A small shovel would be more like it.
Bellevue resident Joy Prescott will receive a Certificate in Fiber Arts this June from the University of Washington Extension Program.
I caught a thief in my house the other day. Sneaky, silent, tricky as can be, this miscreant was so smooth, so slick that I hadn’t even noticed its relentless and remorseless ways, even though the culprit was right in front of me the whole time.
It’s no brief encounter that Melanie Bard’s cafe has been in Bellevue for more than 50 years.
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Bellevue Community College’s Concert Choir will present its spring concert, “Best of Broadway — the Biblical Story,” highlighting music from Stephan Schwartz’s “Children of Eden” and “Godspell,” in performances June 6 and 7.
The Stevenson chess team once again has brought back
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The Eastside’s first contemporary dance festival will come to The Theatre at Meydenbauer on Sunday June 8 when StoneDance Productions presents “Chop Shop: Bodies of Work.”
Two of the oldest music education organizations on the Eastside have begun a partnership. The Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) and Music Works Northwest (MWNW) are teaming up to create a percussion ensemble program to train young percussionists.
Celebration!, Bellevue Community College’s nationally-honored vocal jazz ensemble, has been pleasing audiences for 35 years. Now, they extend an invitation to all Celebration! alumni and the entire community to help celebrate this milestone at the ensemble’s spring vocal jazz concert on Friday, May 30.
Kitten-Bee is a petite, shy, quiet girl who is front-declawed (needs to be an indoor-only cat). She loves being petted once she gets used to you. Watch her video on http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10717445
The Lake Sammamish Rowing Association will participate in National Learn to Row Day on June 7.
