Families with special needs children, and young adults, are invited to a free “What’s There To Do This Summer?” recreational resource fair from 7 – 9 p.m., May 13 at Issaquah Valley Elementary’s mulit-purpose room.
Although Mother’s Day is celebrated at different times, and for different reasons around the world, in America, Mother’s Day has its origins in the accomplishments of two very remarkable women.
Local bands Infinity Undone and Fit for Hounds put on a great show at Redmond’s Old Fire House last Friday, part of the the fourth annual Classic Rockathon for young bands.
Like many of their peers around Issaquah and Sammamish, students at the Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus (PCFC) used to think that being able to go to the tap and get a glass of clean drinking water was no big deal. Not anymore.
Master Chorus Eastside (MCE) will present a program of chorus and organ music at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 16, at the First Presbyterian Church in Bellevue.
Thanks to John Winkler for sending in this great photo from Gilman Boulevard of the rainbow that broke out over Issaquah last week.
Sunset Elementary rolled into its annual walk-a-thon with a bang Friday behind the Seattle Seahawks’ Blue Thunder drumline.
Fit For Hounds, an up and coming band featuring local high school students and recent graduates, is one of four bands that will rock-off at 8 p.m. Friday, April 30, in the final round of the fourth annual Classic Rockathon at the Old Fire House Teen Center in Redmond.
On April 12 it was announced that Brian Yorkey, graduate of Issaquah High School and long time associate artistic director at Village Theatre, had won the most distinguished award in arts and writing — the Pulitzer Prize.
Salmon Science campers will have fun learning all about the salmon life cycle and watershed stewardship as they conduct a water quality and aquatic insect study of Issaquah Creek, perform experiments, go on a nature hike, make arts and crafts, play games, use microscopes, hear Native American legends and more!
More than 60 students took part in a nationally organized demonstration to protest the bullying, harassment, and name-calling of their fellow students due to their sexual orientation, race and ethnicity.
From 7 – 10 p.m., Friday, April 30, REACH will host a benefit concert at SoulFood Books in Redmond, to raise money for students in India. The concert will be feature local artists, poets and musicians, predominantly students, from Sammamish and Redmond.
Sammamish resident Frank Blau, photographer and nature buff, lead a group of locals on a walk around Beaver Lake Park on Saturday. The walk was part of the city’s “Sammamish Walks” series, designed to get more people out and into the Plateau’s remarkable parks and open spaces, and help them learn more about the area’s environment and its history.
The Boys and Girls Club of King County has been forced to temporarily shelve plans for a gymnasium at the new Recreation Center on the site of the old Sammamish Library.
It’s a stunning spring afternoon, the best of the season so far, warm and fragrant. When I heard earlier this month that a lady by the name of Mary Pigott had decided to gift her sizable property, north of Pine Lake, to the City of Sammamish to be preserved as a community park, my first though was “I’ve got to see this place.”
At 7 p.m., Saturday, April 17, choirs from Issaquah High School, Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus (PCFC), Issaquah Middle School, Pine Lake Middle School and Grand Ridge Elementary, will come together at the PCFC gymnasium for the fifth annual “Mostly Americana” concert.
Families across the region will flock to the shores of Lake Sammamish on June 5 to swim, bike and run in the 10th annual Issaquah Triathlon, Duathlon, 10K, 5K and Kid’s Triathlon.
The best high school athletes from all over the Eastside and the Puget Sound area gathered on the Plateau on Saturday for the annual Eastlake High School Invitational Track and Field Meet.
The 100 mile stretch of rivers, mountains, forests and farms from Puget Sound over Snoqualmie Pass and into Central Washington is a stunning strip of natural America loved and revered by for hikers, skiers and fishermen all over the country. When it comes to trails and outdoor recreation options, there are very few places anywhere that rival this I-90 corridor.
A fundraising event with flair and refinement, the Village Theatre’s Annual “On The Town” Auction and Gala event will be…