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winter 2016 Publisher Gregg McConnell Editor Libby Campbell Advertising Director Sean Flaherty Design Team Misty Ayers Jonathan Hooley Sara Nelson Design Sales Team Carol Perkins Pamela Phelps Cover Photo & Design Jonathan Hooley On the Cover John and Debbie Logan’s Pasco home Contributors Kevin Cole Jennifer Colton-Jones Carolyn Henderson Laura Kostad Sara Nelson Renee Pottle Elsie Puig Jackie Sharpe Alicia Walters Heather Weagant

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Now Open:

BlankSpace

Story and photos by Jackie Sharpe OLIVIA BERG RETURNED FROM A YEAR TRAVELING THE U.S. in an Airstream trailer with her husband, the couple’s young daughter and the family dog, only to feel compelled to create an urban gathering place for the Tri-Cities community. After traveling to markets like Bend, Oregon and Boise, Idaho, Berg realized the potential the Tri-Cities has, and work began to create BlankSpace.

“I wanted a place where people could come and see their vision and passion come to life, whether for business owners, students or friends gathering in an intimate setting,” Berg said. She felt that although there are already community venues important to the infrastructure in the Tri-Cities, there was an additional need for an intimate, high-end venue

with a similar price point.

BlankSpace is a 3,200 square foot event space in Kennewick, created

by Berg and her husband, Tanner, who is a co-owner. As the hunt for the perfect location began, they found

Olivia Berg is the owner of BlankSpace, a new venue located in Kennewick.

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Kennewick appealing, and after looking at downtown locations for possible renovation opportunities, they decided on a spot that was more conducive to her vision, the Southridge area. New construction was underway, and the Bergs liked the area because of the demographics, business and residential development and easy access off Highway 395.

The space consists of the Studio and Workshop Room. Airy, contemporary, bright spaces, these rooms and lounge area have large windows with flowing natural light. The Studio, which is 1,200 square feet with cathedral ceilings, rents for $85 per hour with a two hour minimum, and accommodates 55 people with chairs and tables included. The

maximum capacity without seating is up to 100. The Studio is popular for photoshoots, as photographers love the natural light and the white faux brick wall.

There is no kitchen, but clients are welcome to bring in caterers.

The Workshop Room is available during business hours and can accommodate 15 to 20 people for smaller meetings, coworking or creative workshops Berg is implementing. This room is also equipped with a smart TV for presentations and rents for $40 per hour; however, if the room is not reserved it functions as open seating for coworking.

Berg books an average of three to four activities a week, including corporate events, birthday parties, retirement parties and recently a photoshoot for an online clothing and accessory company. But the showstopper was the recent launch party for “Love the Tri,” a trendy clothing company owned by Mike Denslow.

The event space was turned into a fashion runway.

An added bonus to the event space is Karma Juice.

“They are essential to our success,” Berg said. The juice bar serves fresh, handcrafted drinks packed full of nutrients. Many regulars of Karma Juice love coming into BlankSpace for tasty and healthy drinks, but they also use this great new event space. Berg and

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Although the lounge is inclusive of men and women, Casados and Correa felt an upscale lounge where women could have fun and feel comfortable would be a great addition to the Tri-Cities.

The owners worked endlessly to create their vision in the space, which was formerly home to TS Cattle Co. Steakhouse.

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Karma Juice owner Kati Gessner collaborated on this venture from start to finish.

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BlankSpace is part of innovative, interesting changes in the Tri-Cities’ community culture, and the owners are very excited to play a role in that.

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6 easy steps

to memorable holiday gift baskets

Story and photos by Renee Pottle THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND GIFT BASKETS JUST SEEM TO GO together. Like adult versions of Christmas stockings, gift baskets overflow with sparkly objects, handy gadgets and tasty treats.

It’s easy to make your own eagerly anticipated gift basket. Follow these six simple steps for a personalized treat.

Follow Curtis’ approach and design a basket around a special item like a bottle of local wine or a collection of homemade soaps.

Choose a Theme

Choose a Container

According to Melinda Curtis of Kennewick, sometimes seeing one particular item can spark a basket theme idea. Every year Curtis turns her garage into a gift basket manufacturing extravaganza. She makes 150 fundraising gift baskets for Royal Family Kids, an organization that helps children in foster care. Each basket is unique, like a decorative wine glass Halloween theme or a snack theme anchored by popcorn bowls.

Don’t limit your options to baskets.

Your gifts may be better suited to fancy bowls, decorative boxes, colanders, plant pots, casserole dishes, empty tins or even a tote bag. How will your gift be delivered? It’s easier to send a square or rectangular container via the postal service.

Containers that fit into flat-rate boxes will be less expensive to mail.

Pick a Filler Usually colored, shredded paper covers the bottom of the container, forming a soft base and adding a decorative touch. Rumpled tissue paper, fabric lengths, cloth napkins, a thick towel or any other soft item that fits with your theme could be used instead.

Fill the Basket Now comes the fun part, choosing the actual items for your basket.

According to Curtis, you want to “proportion so that things are spilling 10

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out. A too-big basket without enough things doesn’t look completed.”

You may have received a gift basket in the past that had all kinds of stabilizers and tape to keep the items in place. Curtis says not to worry about that. “If the basket is well-balanced (with items) it will be sturdy.” It’s better to go with a smaller container filled to the brim, than a large container that looks empty. Place tall items in the middle of your container, medium sized on the outsides, and fill the spaces with smaller items.

Wrap it Up Now comes the time to wrap your basket. Most people use clear or colored cellophane which can be found at craft shops. Baskets can also be wrapped with fabric lengths or tea towels.

Top it Off Tie with a fancy bow or decorate with a sprig of holly, a Christmas ornament, or a candy cane.

Basket Filling Ideas: Pasta Basket: Pasta bowls, gourmet pasta and sauces, pasta fork, Italian bread, grapeseed oil, aged Parmesan, red wine.

Basket for Seniors or Shut-Ins: Teas and flavored coffee, mints, postal stamps, music CD, favorite movie, jars of gourmet jams or creamed honey, notepad, holiday candy, single serving soups, hobby magazines.

Gardening Basket: Gardening gloves, spade, heirloom seeds, row markers, gardening book, peat pots, gardener’s soap and nail brush, plant pots.

Sports Enthusiast Basket: Nuts, dried meats, crackers and other snacks to eat while watching the game, tickets to local sporting events, golf balls and tees, sports themed movie DVDs, favorite player biographies, team hat or jersey.

Quilters Basket: Fat quarter collections, quilt book, long quilting pins, a box of chocolates to keep the quilter energized!

Foodies Basket: Gourmet oils, local honey, specialty

cheeses, imported olives, jars of sun-dried tomatoes or marinated artichoke hearts, homemade chocolates.

Tri-City Americans for hockey tickets.

Spa Basket: Turkish towel, handmade soap, scented bath oils, body butters, eye mask, loofah sponge, candles.

Mid-Columbia Market for local honey, specialty chocolates, gluten-free times and local coffee.

Other Popular Themes: picnic basket, journaling basket, Great Northwest basket, cooking basket and homemade goodies basket.

Lemongrass for bath salts, handcrafted soaps, slippers and candles.

Local Resources Ariel Gift and Gourmet for soup mixes and kitchen gadgets.

Quiltmania for fat quarters, project patterns, and threads.

Heritage Nursery for plant pots and candies.

Cheese Louise for specialty cheeses, pickles and other condiments.

Local wineries for wines of all types and wine themed gifts.

Craft fairs and bazaars for pottery, specialty foods, handmade decorations and one-of-a-kind items.

Melinda Curtis can be reached through Facebook for custom gift baskets. Learn more about Royal Family Kids at http://royalfamilykids.org/ Renee Pottle writes about food, nutrition and gardening from her home in Kennewick. See her homemade gift baskets at SeedtoPantry.com.

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Happy holiday entertaining Story and photos by Alicia Walters

FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, MY PARENTS HAVE HOSTED AN extended family Christmas party each year. For most of my childhood, the parties were held in our home. I can close my eyes and see my extended family members walking carefully up the path to our front door, wrapped in winter coats and scarves as beautiful as their smiles and the food and gifts they carried in their arms.

and dear friends. But especially during the holidays, it is worthwhile to reach outside of one’s usual group and include those who may be far away from home or just in need of some holiday cheer.

My parents put forth a lot of time and effort in planning the Christmas party, but they never seemed tired of it. My brother commented of them, “Indeed, they kept Christmas well.” I learned from watching

One of the simplest ways to get your guests looking forward to your party is by sending paper invitations. In a digital age where it is more common to receive an Evite, your paper invitation will be a welcome change.

them that more important than any preparations you make for hosting, is the smile and kindness you show your guests.

In my experience, the best parties are those shared with loving family

Holiday cakes and cookies can function as dessert and beautiful centerpieces.

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I also love the idea of doing place cards at the table for your guests. Consider mixing guests up to get people chatting with new friends.

Setting the table the night before can help shorten your list of day of prep. If you have younger children at home, even stacking the plates, including everything you’ll need to set the table, in the center out of reach will

save you time. Neutral plates paired with a textured or patterned placemat and cloth napkins can look visually striking.

About 15 minutes before guests are to arrive, walk through the entire house and set the lighting. Especially on a dark winter evening, guests will love to walk up to a well-lit home. Take evergreen garland, pinecones and holly and place it on an end table under a lamp in your home. Tea lights are a great way to create a warm atmosphere.

When it comes to tea lights, the more the merrier.

To help guests feel right at home, have some easy listening Christmas music playing. I recommend Harry Connick Jr., Michael Bublé or Diana Krall; something light that can fade away into the background during conversation.

My favorite way to save myself time and effort is to order an event cake for dessert.

A beautiful cake is an immediate conversation piece. It can also be used as the centerpiece for the dinner table. Surround the cake with an evergreen garland, bright

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cheery pomegranates and vanilla candles for contrast and you have a beautiful holiday tablescape. For an added touch, tie stockings on the back of chairs with a Christmas ribbon.

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My favorite local cakes are made by Concetta Gulluni of Layered Sweet Boutique. Her cakes are homemade, using fresh ingredients. For holiday entertaining, good choices would be her Chocolate Candy Cane Cake or her Gingery Gingerbread Cookies, recipe listed in the sidebar.

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While the table settings, food and decorations all play important roles in hosting a festive get together, it’s important to remember the people who you celebrate with are the most meaningful element of any holiday gathering.

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Christmas

with the Logans

Story by Libby Campbell | Photos by Jonathan Hooley

NOTHING BEATS MEMORIES OF BUNDLING UP, PILING INTO THE CAR with family at Christmastime and scouring neighborhoods for homes with the best holiday light displays. If you’re planning your own Christmas lights adventure with your family, head over to 6703 West Olivia Court in Pasco.

John and Debbie Logan have been going all-out with their light display for the last 20 or so years. And this year, things will be even brighter, as the couple will exceed 10,000 outside lights.

“I don’t use anything but LED,” John said. “It’s not so much the electric bill as it is how many circuits you need.”

The couple, who has been married for 40 years, starts the decorating process right after Halloween, weather permitting.

“I try to do most of it before the weather turns,” John said. It takes long days over several weekends for the entire display to be up and running. More than 10,000 LED lights, several blow up characters and an oversized lighted wreath make up the dazzling display at the Logan residence. A huge inflatable sleigh with Mickey and Minnie Mouse takes center stage. “That’s my oldest blow up and I think it’s still my favorite,” John said.

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Lights line the walkway and lawn edging, cover bushes, run along the roofline and wrap around trees. The showstopper would probably be the 15 foot tall lighted “tree” fashioned out of a flagpole, consisting of 1,800 lights alone.

“It’s the most time consuming, probably four or five hours to put that up,” John said.

The Logans have become wellknown in their neighborhood for their light display. Their next door neighbor even created his own lighted sign that simply says “Ditto,” and has an arrow pointing to the Logan residence.

“It’s hysterical, everybody loves it,” Debbie said.

The Logans’ two grown sons live in

A classic Christmas train track runs around the tree.

Seattle, but will lend a hand with decorating if they’re home visiting for Thanksgiving. They’ve recruited daughter Julie and her husband Jonathan, who live in town, to help out on occasion.

“Our kids don’t decorate anywhere near as much as John, but they all decorate their houses outside,” Debbie said.

The holiday cheer doesn’t stop at the front door. In fact, in continues above it, with bells that play about 25 different Christmas songs on a loop.

“I just hang them up under the entryway so they can stay dry. You can kind of hear them from the street, but if anyone walks up to the house they can hear them really well. They’re outside so they’re not in here driving us crazy,” John joked.

While the outside of the home is impressive enough, the inside is bursting with holiday

(Above) An inflatable yard decoration featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Pluto is one of John’s favorites. (Right) The flagpole tree shines brightly with more than 1,800 lights. (Below) The Logans spend several weekends putting up more than 10,000 LED lights outside their Pasco home.

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Their Christmas tree is adorned with sentimental ornaments they’ve collected over the past four decades. “We try to buy at least one Christmas ornament every year, so we’ve got ornaments from 1976 and then family stuff: baby’s first Christmas for all the kids, first Christmas in the new house, stuff like that,” John said. The couple also tries to buy an ornament whenever they travel somewhere new, so there are several from national parks and most recently, Hawaii.

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All around the home are more signs of the holiday season. A Christmas train track runs around the tree, much to the delight of the Logans’ grandchildren. Above the kitchen cabinets is a lighted Christmas village set, including Santa and his reindeer taking flight. Another Santa and reindeer decoration is on the living room wall, but this one is special. The intarsia wood pieces were handcrafted by John, who began woodworking about 15 years ago.

Between the cozy decorations inside and the brilliant light display outside, the holiday spirit shines brightly at the Logans’ home.

They will keep their house lit up nightly until after New Year’s Eve. “We’ll turn them off, and as soon as the weather breaks we’ll get out there and take them down,” John said. “They come down a lot faster than they go up.”

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holiday traditions

Story by Alicia Walters MY MOTHER HAS ALWAYS OWNED HER DESIGNATED ROLE AS THE Sugar Plum Fairy of our family at Christmas. In the eyes of her grandchildren, her house at Christmas is not just a cozy home but a magical place where they can go to enjoy a visit and a delicious treat while admiring the lights of her beautiful Christmas trees.

I’ll never forget calling my mom after Thanksgiving and hearing her say without much enthusiasm, “Christmas is coming at me like a freight train!” Indeed, having become a mother myself and trying to create for my children the wonder of Christmas that I enjoyed so much as a child, I feel when I turn the calendar to December like a distressed damsel tied onto a track in the headlights of a fast approaching holiday train!

When James Horner’s song “Where Are You Christmas?” rings out among the Christmas displays at the mall, I know I am not the only shopper who can relate. That was one of my motivations for compiling the book “The Magic of Children at Christmas,” which demonstrates that joy at Christmas is expressed in a variety of ways, and more often in the simple ways of giving generously and selflessly of one’s heart. Read on to discover special traditions that you might want to incorporate into your family’s holiday season.

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Christmas train and they would (in a sort of “congo line” through the house) link up each child until the youngest of them was on the end as the caboose. Her dad belted out “Jingle Bells” and this Christmas morning tradition became known as the Jingle Bell Train.

He would lead the Jingle Bell Train up and down the stairs and in and out through narrow hallways so that her brothers and sisters would pass one another as the train made a U-turn. He’d even flash a mischievous look at his children before taking the train up onto the living

room sofa (normally forbidden) and down again. Castle continues this tradition with her own family each Christmas morning.

Dean and Joyce Peterson raised their four wonderful sons in Elk, Washington. The Petersons have a tradition in their faith to set aside at least one evening every week for family time. At Christmastime, rather than the usual decorating of gingerbread houses, the Petersons wanted to involve their sons in an activity that they would remember for a lifetime, and that is how the Christmas Candy Bar Train came to be.

Unlike gingerbread houses, which can require practice for skilled decorating, the Christmas Candy Bar Train is relatively easy to assemble:

Building a Christmas Candy Bar Train is fun and family-friendly.

Photo by Alicia Walters

candy bars, candy canes, lollipops, gumdrops and royal Icing. Each member of the family would build and decorate a delicious train on top of a wood block wrapped in foil so it could be easily transported. “We got to decorate them however we wanted,” son Justin Peterson said.

When all the trains were decorated, Dean would load his excited boys in their car and drive around to deliver the trains as a “Secret Santa” gift to their neighbors.

The family only kept one of the trains for themselves, the one that Joyce made. She assembled her train on a mirror to look like the train was gliding on ice.

Robin Foster of Kennewick said that every year on the day after Thanksgiving, rather than fighting the crowds at the mall for Black Friday deals, her family enjoys attending the Christmas Kick-Off in Dayton, Washington. Only an hour’s drive away, this small town offers a charming Christmas experience the entire family can enjoy.

Dayton, “the town that still believes,” comes alive with Christmas spirit every year during this weekend celebration. Visitors enjoy great fireworks, carriage rides, a Christmas light parade, visits from Santa, caroling on Main Street and a great variety of food and drink.

No matter how small or silly your holiday traditions may seem, they will undoubtedly help shape your family’s interpretation of the meaning of Christmas for years to come.

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Dashing through the snow

Story by Heather Weagant

THE SOUNDS OF SLEIGH BELLS ECHO THROUGH THE CRISP WINTER air with every step taken by the horses guiding the way. It’s that magical time of year when you can take a lovely sleigh ride through the woods and leave that city life behind. You can find a sleigh ride pretty much anywhere that has snow, and a few makeshift rides in the areas that lack precipitation.

However, either choice will leave you with an unforgettable experience.

Stay warm with complimentary hot drinks and cozy fires provided.

We are lucky to have a number of sleigh ride options in and around the Tri-Cities this holiday season.

With a large selection to choose from, making lasting memories with friends and loved ones is only a short drive away.

Tri-Cities Red Mountain Trails Despite the lack of snow, Red Mountain Trails in Benton City have created a horse drawn carriage that provides the same authentic feel one would expect from a sleigh ride. It’s not often one gets to enjoy a wagon ride through the countryside with a unique western atmosphere. Red

Mountain Trails also offers a wide selection of Christmas trees for your browsing pleasure.

“I’ve always dreamed of going on a wagon ride through the countryside, and being able to not only do that now but to share it with others is a wonderful blessing,” said Teresa Owen, with Red Mountain Trails.

Leavenworth Mountain Springs Lodge “Over the meadow and through the woods” is a saying taken literally during the Mountain Springs Lodge sleigh ride. However, they’ll include an added bridge crossing to make

your trip all the more enjoyable.

“I love the variety of outdoor activities available onsite at Mountain Springs Lodge throughout the winter,” said Jaimi Krenz. The sleigh rides are certainly a highlight of the lodge, but they also offer guided snowmobile tours and a world class Nordic ski track.

Icicle Outfitters and Guides Family owned and operated since 1983, Icicle Outfitters & Guides offer a 1.5 mile sleigh ride that includes plenty of jingle bells, warm blankets, hot drinks and cookies.

Media outlets have taken notice to everything Icicle Outfitters has to offer. They were voted Best of the Northwest in a viewer’s poll done by King 5’s Evening Magazine in 2016 and have also been featured on the A&E channel, ABC’s “Good Morning America,” plus a number of magazines, including the front page of the Seattle Times.

You are sure to find entertainment along the way as your Wagon Master tells the history of the area, recites western poetry and humors you with funny stories. Most guests hang around after the ride to enjoy the generous Outfitter hospitality under a large tent next to a warm stove.

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If you’re looking to extend your time at Icicle Outfitters and Guides a little further, guests are welcome to use their own personal sleds for sliding and gliding in the snow.

Eagle Creek Ranch Mountain snow transforms this ranch for a season of horse-drawn sleigh rides. Glide through the open meadow and into the forest on a large group sleigh pulled by a handsome team of draft horses. If you are looking for a more personal experience, Eagle Creek Ranch offers the chance to take an intimate ride in a private sleigh.

Whichever option you choose, you’ll feel nice and snug wrapped up in the blankets provided on your 1.8 mile tour of this scenic mountain valley.

Red Tail Canyon Farm A lot can be said about a local business that is family owned and operated for generations. “We are the oldest continuous sleigh ride operation in the area and will be doing our 32nd year coming up,” said Marianne Frank.

This memorable experience is marked by the beautiful scenery surrounding their sleigh rides. You’ll enjoy riding over snow-covered mountains and freshly flocked trees. Guests love their sleigh drivers and the stories, poems and jokes

they tell along the way. Children and adults are often in awe of the craftsmanship that goes into their handcrafted sleighs.

packer’s tent to keep cozy. Guests are also given the option to enjoy a hearty homemade dinner.

What sets this farm apart from other companies in the area is their 30-foot teepee.

The teepee is housed with a warm stove and fully decked in Christmas décor.

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Many generations have enjoyed sleigh rides through Red Tail Canyon Farm and continue to visit year after year. “We get to know our customers. They are not just people coming through, it is personal to us, a lifestyle choice, not just a business,” Frank added.

Winthrop Sun Mountain Lodge Located at the base of the North Cascades, Sun Mountain Lodge offers a memorable experience for the entire family. Tucked under a warm, thick blanket, you’ll be dashing through the snow behind mammoth draft horses to the sounds of cheerful jingle bells. Along the ride, you’ll be treated to sweeping views of postcard-perfect vistas of snow-covered mountains. Soon you will arrive at your destination: an old-fashioned

STCU Sleigh Rides While it’s not technically a sleigh, it’s hard not to enjoy the free horse-drawn carriage rides through the heart of Spokane.

Children of all ages enjoy watching the carriage horses and the lovely spirit they provide. Downtown Spokane is home to incredible architecture that is showcased as you ride through the city streets. The carriage ride is reminiscent of the way citizens experienced Spokane in the late 19th century.

Because rides are free, they are first come, first served. Guests meet outside O’Doherty’s Irish Grille located directly across from Riverfront Park and the famed Looff Carrousel. There’s plenty to do before you catch the carriage given the number entertainment opportunities and cultural activities you can find in this great city.

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Beating the winter Story by Laura Kostad

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FALL HAS DEFINITELY ARRIVED IN THE TRI-CITIES, AND WITH IT follows the colder temperatures that signal the coming of winter. As you pack away the patio furniture and inflatable pool amidst crunchy, fallen leaves and the new, crisp chill in the air, you might feel a tinge of sadness.

But if you’re someone who works indoors, or prefers not to venture out during the winter months, you may run the risk of developing a SADness that you can’t quite shake: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), or the “winter blues.”

Though many joke that only the west siders of Washington get this disorder — what with all of their rainy days — the indoor lives that we often adopt when the weather

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turns can also lead to less sun exposure, and therefore less vitamin D absorption. The Kadlec Stay Well Solutions Team classifies the winter blues as a form of depression, so

symptoms such as unexplained irritability, tiredness, a heavy feeling in the limbs, appetite changes, weight gain or the need for more sleep may be signs that you’re feeling a little more SAD than usual.

Fortunately for us Tri-Citians, it might be cold, but the sun still usually shines, and this means that the simple cures for the winter blues are both numerous and cost-effective. Some of the best ways to relieve yourself of its symptoms is to

get outside and get moving. Spending some time in the sun, or at least keeping blinds open during daylight hours, and practicing stress relieving activities such as exercising or meditating, can be extremely beneficial.

It also helps to keep up your usual level of social activity and break up your routine every once in a while with something out of the ordinary.

One simple solution is to ensure that you are getting enough vitamin D in your diet, as well as omega-3 fatty acids. Though you can take a supplement for both of these nutrients, there are many dietary sources to choose from that present other great benefits to your health as well. Natural sources of vitamin D include fortified milks and yogurts, canned tuna, cod liver oil, cheese and egg yolks. For vegans and vegetarians or those with dietary restrictions, fortified orange juice and chanterelle mushrooms are also sources. Omega-3s are most famously found in fish, but can also be found in veg-friendly foods such as chia, hemp, flax seeds and walnuts.

sizes. If nothing else, they put off a lovely orange glow that will warm up any room during the darker days of fall and winter.

Aromatherapy may be another option to consider, using old favorites such as lemongrass and peppermint to give you an aromatic boost. Quality, organic essential oils can be found at Yoke’s Fresh Markets, Mid-Columbia Market at the Hub and Revitalize.

The Revitalize team also recommend phototherapy, which has been used for

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Of course, if your symptoms persist, intensify or changes in lifestyle occur as a result, it never hurts to pay a visit to your doctor. But with so much to do in the Tri-Cities, there’s no reason to be SAD — bundle up, get out of the house, try something new and put those winter blues behind you.

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Fragile, tough and captivating – The glass art of Alice Beckstrom Story by Carolyn Henderson Photos by Kindra Locati

Alice Beckstrom

ALICE BECKSTROM IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING canceling her gym membership.

The Richland artist, who specializes in glass artistry using both stained glass and recycled, repurposed tempered glass, works out by lifting, filling, transporting and moving large plastic buckets filled with 40 pounds of broken pieces.

“Right now I have about a hundred approximately 3 feet by 6 ½ feet panels of unbroken glass,” Beckstrom said. Each pane is handled and moved at least five times, in either its unbroken or broken state. After the panes are broken – an activity requiring yet a different set of muscles – the pieces are “staged” in containers Beckstrom picks up yearly at the Tillamook Cheese Factory in Tillamook, Oregon.

“Due to the physical aspect of this phase of the process, I try to do about an hour of glass prep work a day, and then lighter duty for the remainder,” Beckstrom explained.

In addition to copious containers of glass, Beckstrom’s studio, which segues between indoors and outdoors, includes two kilns, an industrial sandblaster, cement mixer, glass grinder, various soldering irons, multiple staging tables, a variety of hand tools and 45 linear feet of floor to ceiling shelving that holds paints, mixed media and bits of miscellaneous, often recycled, supplies, this latter including 10 pounds of multi-colored zipper pulls

from a sleeping bag manufacturer.

And while her place of work sounds like an industrial factory, what Beckstrom creates there is highly unique, individual and ethereal in the way it captures light and movement. Her work is delicate yet strong, ranging from the “traditional” stained glass windows many of us associate with glass art to recycled, tempered glass-encrusted skis personalized with clients’ names and color schemes.

“I love to immerse myself in the challenge of creating completely unique and distinctively designed pieces,” she said. One of these unique pieces, the skis, came about because of an accident on the slopes at Lake Placid, New York.

“The very first pair of skis I designed was in fact my own pair as I assumed I would never ski again,” Beckstrom said as she recalled an unforgettable day in 1980. “I was so excited to be able to ski where the Olympics had been held.”

Accustomed to “real snow” and not subsidized shaved ice from a machine, Beckstrom ended the afternoon in the emergency room

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after a mid-air collision, at which point she packed up her skis, but not to store away in obscurity.

“To have them be the prototype for my first ski art seemed an appropriate end for them,” she said.

The end of one thing was the beginning of another, and since that time Beckstrom has created numerous customized, commissioned pieces commemorating not only clients’ skis, but surfboards, snowshoes, boogie boards, golf clubs, golf balls, bicycle seats, baseball bats, soccer balls and even a pair of swim fins.

“I love to immerse myself in the challenge of creating completely unique and distinctively designed pieces.”

“There is truly no end to what can be turned into a ‘memory’ art piece to hold onto that piece of your past that once gave you so many great memories,” Beckstrom said. “And now it can be a beautiful reminder of all those days past, present and even future.”

When Beckstrom began her journey working with glass 40 years

ago, she focused initially on stained glass, a medium she describes as “ultimate” because, unlike other art forms, windows are never static.

“Through the course of any day, these windows are animated by changing and distorting light, adding illumination and beauty as their patterns dance across the floors and walls of any room they inhabit,” she said.

Among the Tiffany-style work Beckstrom has created are stained glass trophy windows for various golf club tournaments, an Oakland Raiders-themed piece for an owner’s box at the Oakland-Alameda

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A few years ago, while designing a statement piece for a client, Beckstrom experienced an “Aha moment” of knowing it was time to start incorporating tempered glass into her art. Intrigued by the idea of finding a new, valid, functional and beautifying use for material that would otherwise wind up in a landfill, Beckstrom discovered endless possibilities for embellishment.

“To add the shapes, textures and a thousand

little slivers of broken glass to make an original masterpiece,” she said, “all of this, and helping the environment by keeping all that previously unwanted old glass out of our landfills. How great a project is that to be involved in?”

classes on how to create in a sustainable, environmentally friendly fashion. Beckstrom describes SCRAP as “a great source of interesting, weird, unique and fun findings,” including those 10 pounds of zipper pulls mentioned earlier.

Glass is not the only recycled material Beckstrom incorporates into her work, and she is a regular visitor to SCRAP, a non-profit organization in Kennewick that gathers and sells donated items for reuse and redistribution, in addition to providing

“Those pulls became the star of my Healing Heart series, which featured hand-painted hearts overlaid with recycled tempered glass with a zipper slowly closing up (healing) the heart.”

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All things, and people, have a purpose somewhere, and Beckstrom believes hers is to create beauty.

“The possibilities are endless, through color, type, thickness and styles all lending themselves to create a uniquely different and original piece of art.”

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“The Nutcracker” continues to delight

Story by Elsie Puig MID-COLUMBIA BALLET’S (MCB) RENDITION OF “THE NUTCRACKER” is a timeless tradition interweaving the graceful artistry of classical ballet with exquisite theatrical storytelling.

Now in its 41st season, MCB’s “The Nutcracker” – with its picturesque Christmas setting – has become a holiday tradition in the Tri-Cities.

Considering that most of the 178 cast members in the production are under the age of 18, it’s quite an impressive feat.

This year’s production cost over $60,000 to produce and took nearly four months of preparation. The first production of “The Nutcracker” was put on in 1976, and since then nearly 200,000 local residents have attended the performance.

The classic tale revolves around Clara Stahlbaum and her gallant Nutcracker Prince as they encounter a magical winter wonderland of sugar plum fairies, snowflakes, dancing dolls and candies, toys that come to life and mischievous mice.

The story features the unforgettable characters of Herr Drosselmeyer, the Rat King and the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Although the iconic narrative that carries the ballet along remains the same, every year MCB retains some creative license to add and change

Clara is presented with the nutcracker in a scene from a previous performance.

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up elements of the performance.

“Nutcracker is choreographed by our artistic director Debra Rogo. It is an original piece of choreography each year,” said Renee Adams, director of programs and outreach for MCB. “Every year we have new dancers and a different number of dancers, so we change things up a bit.”

This year the role of Clara will be played by MCB Senior Dancer Emma Branson, 15, a sophomore at Richland High School. This year will also introduce the Nutcracker Prince, played by MCB Senior Dancer Bradley Streetman.

the angels and the party scene children.

Adult volunteers can take on the roles of the adults at the beginning party scene.

The Mid-Columbia Ballet is a non-profit organization, established in 1973 to further the art of dance in the community. MCB is proud to be a Regional Dance America Honor Company.

The company is also one of the few pre-professional companies to have been granted permission to perform one of renowned choreographer and dancer Twyla Tharp’s choreographies. It relies on the generosity of sponsors, grants and donors to continue the work of performing in the community and offering educational outreach centered on performance and dance.

Dancers rehearse a scene for the upcoming performance of “The Nutcracker.”

Photo by Elsie Puig

Branson has been in “The Nutcracker” since she was seven. This is her second time playing Clara, her first time back when she was in sixth grade.

“I love seeing the process and how it all comes together – from the rough draft, to the dress rehearsal and as it grows,” said Branson. “But it does require a lot of stamina to push through ‘til the very end.”

Casting for “The Nutcracker” always begins at the beginning of September, and within a week the final cast is announced. Then they develop rehearsal schedules and start rehearsing individual scenes separately through the months of October and November.

On this particular night in October, they’re rehearsing the epic battle scene between the heroic toy soldiers and the mice. Young dancers from the community take on the roles of mice as they scurry and prance across the studio, taunting the distraught Clara.

The cast eventually comes together to rehearse complete acts, leading up to the dress rehearsal in the theater the Monday prior to the performance weekend.

During that whole week the dancers go to school, attend their ballet rehearsals and classes, then head to the theater, often staying past 10 p.m. That Monday they put on a special performance for all Tri-Cities

fifth graders. Nearly 75,000 5th graders have attended this special outreach event since its inauguration.

Mid-Columbia Ballet’s beautiful ballet will be at the Richland High School Auditorium December 9, 10 and 11. Tickets can be purchased online at www.midcolumbiaballet.org or in person at Dance Boutique or Visit Tri-Cities.

Things behind the scenes can get pretty chaotic too – dancers often have less than a minute to do a full costume change, often in the dark.

“It’s crazy, you have people pointing flashlights everywhere,” said Branson.

“One time I had like six people working to help me change out of my costume and into another one,” said Rachel Bauman, another one of MCB’s dancers. Bauman will be playing a snowflake, a flower, a doll and an English toffee in Act II. “I really love doing the role of the doll,” Bauman said. “It’s a really special role because it has a lot of magic behind it. Not many people know how the magic works.”

Tchaikovsky’s musical score provides whimsy and wonder with perennial favorites such as “Waltz of the Flower” and “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.”

But what makes “The Nutcracker” so special is that it’s truly a community effort, said Adams.

“We don’t only have Mid-Columbia Ballet company dancers, but we also have community members. Anybody in the community can audition to be part of the performance,” she said. Community members can audition for roles of the mice, W i n t e r 2016

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Rachel Mohlman Story and photos by Jennifer Colton-Jones

WHEN THE DELICATE STRAINS OF “THE FIRST NOEL” DRIFT OVER THE audience, all motion pauses. The shuffling in the seats stops and murmured conversations cease as more than 100 blended voices fill the room. The Kennewick Stake Christmas Choir invigorates the holiday spirit each year, bringing together women in a love of song, holiday and faith – and the ensemble owes its beginnings to one woman and her students.

Rachel Mohlman grew up in La Grande, Oregon with music in her blood. She plays the piano, the violin and the viola, but she first felt the pull toward choral direction when she watched a high school choir director create a masterpiece of song. She prepared for college focused on piano, but the choral bug remained. She went to Brigham Young University and majored in music before following her husband, Andrew, also a BYU grad, to the Ohio State University College of Dentistry. When he graduated in 2005, they found a dental practice in Kennewick, just two hours from Rachel’s hometown.

She reached out to Marianne Larsen, and they worked together, rounding out the nursing home performance with a small choir from their ward, a smaller congregation within the church. They started rehearsing once a week, every week in the fall. Members of the choir took turns serving in a nursery so mothers with young children could still participate.

The women enjoyed it enough they decided to do it again the following

year. The third year, they invited other wards to join, and the choir roster doubled. The fifth year, the women opened it to the Kennewick Stake, and the choir multiplied again.

By 2015, they had more than 100 singers.

“It was very small in the beginning, and it just kept growing,” Mohlman said. “The bigger this gets, the more blessed we feel. Marianne and I just feel so blessed to be able to do this and still keep our families as our priorities.”

Originally, the choir was part of the Kennewick Stake Relief Society, the local chapter of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ women’s philanthropic organization.

New to Kennewick, Rachel Mohlman soon filled her days with church activities, a bustling family schedule and teaching music lessons. Those lessons led her to the first Kennewick Stake Christmas Choir in 2007. At the time, she had four vocal students, all women from her church.

“They were friends, women who wanted to sing and improve their talent. I wanted them to have something to work for, and we decided to perform at a nursing home,” she said.

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Rachel Mohlman composes original music and arrangements for the Kennewick Stake Relief Society Christmas Choir.

As it grew, it maintained the Kennewick Stake of the Church as its sponsor and the Christmas holiday as its primary message.

They shifted from both religious and secular carols into a truly faith-based performance.

Mohlman and Larsen create a theme each year, and Mohlman composes original music and original arrangements. This year, she has crafted an original arrangement, an a cappella rendition of, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” prepared specifically for the choir.

“I love being able to take someone’s idea and think about how I want that to feel. Then I think, how do I write parts for 100 women to make it sound the way I want it to feel?” she said. “There’s so much more than a melody. I write the chords around it, I pray a lot for guidance and I keep writing as the ideas come together.”

When the music is complete, she makes a recording of each part and sends each choir member home with a link.

meets once a week from September into December, and it holds an annual concert the second weekend of December with performances on both Saturday and Sunday nights at 895 Gage Boulevard in Richland, adjacent to the LDS temple. Mohlman says the Sunday performance is usually packed.

Both music educators, Mohlman and Larsen work vocal coaching into each practice for the choir. Between the theme development, the writing and the administration, work for the Christmas Choir can begin as early as January. While the choir takes a dedication of time from both Mohlman and Larsen, Mohlman says it has its benefits.

“There’s standing room only – if there’s standing room,” she said with a laugh.

“I think the best part is that I feel like what I’m doing is making a difference in the lives of other women,” she said. “We get a lot of great feedback about people whose faith is strengthened through this. They come to rehearsals and find faith and love and hope and are uplifted. When I see that, I feel joy.”

That joy and passion has kept the Kennewick Stake Christmas Choir coming back year after year. The choir still

The concerts for 2016 will be December 10 and 11, and the choir usually performs at a couple other community events each year.

They always keep a nursing home on the schedule, just like the very first year.

“I would just want everyone to know that everyone is welcome to come listen and feel. We’d love to have people from different areas, different walks of life, different religions,” Mohlman said. “Music is about what you feel when you hear it or sing it.

We want to share that.”

Anyone interested in learning more about the Kennewick Stake Christmas Choir or becoming a member can email RSChristmasChoir@gmail.com.

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“We’ve had everybody from brand new out of high school to new moms to grandmas.

It’s all women, and they love to sing and they love Jesus Christ,” Mohlman said. “We try to really take everybody. We don’t audition, and even if you say you can’t sing very well, we can teach you. It’s really fun to be able to put that together, and… it brings this great sense of unity.”

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volunteer

Gestures of

holiday hope Story by Kevin Cole

WHILE YOU DO YOUR LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THIS year, a small group of volunteers will carry on a 20-year tradition, stuffing socks with cards, shampoo, candy and a few other goodies. The couple who started this – now in their 80s – will drop by to watch one more time as gifts are prepared for hundreds of people they have never met.

Phil and Dorothy Boucher told the story over coffee. “I can’t even think how many years ago it was, but we had a nativity scene at church.

Cathedral of the Desert it was then; it’s Hillspring now,” Phil said. “My friend Ken was filling a bag with stuff there. I asked what he was doing. He said, ‘I’m packing stuff for jails.’ I forgot about it, but the next year our pastor brought it up and Ken said he hadn’t heard of anyone planning to do it again.”

Dorothy and Phil Boucher.

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Their ‘Silver Eagles’ church group then took the project on, collecting items and stuffing paper bags about a week before Christmas. On Christmas Eve they delivered the bags to the jail.

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“One of those early years we were waiting to drop off the bags, just kind of looking around... A police car pulled in, the officer got a young lady out of the back, handcuffed.

She was well dressed, not shabby, like you’d picture someone going to jail. They frisked her and took her inside. I got to thinking, that young lady could get one of those bags.

That image is still in my mind – her getting out of the police car.”

At that point, Phil pauses and looks off into space. He’s seeing that image yet again.

Dorothy broke the silence. “We put the bags together at our house for a while. Then for a while we did it at our grandson Adam [Brault’s] house.”

Phil is back to the conversation now, smiling big. “Adam had helped us for two or three years before I talked him into going into the jail and distributing bags with me. I hooked him like I was fishing!” By this time, Phil is laughing. But the laugh doesn’t last long. “What you see when you go in there is something.

You look in their eyes and you look around and you look at the pods...”

In recent years the project was taken over by an informal Bible study group that meets over dinner each week in the home of Terry and Cindie Preszler.

Cindie became the project manager and the project has at times taken over their garage. It has also expanded to include the Juvenile Justice Center and Franklin County Jail.

“Connie Rode, a nurse at Franklin County Jail for years, watched the reactions each year as bags were handed out,” Cindie said. “She told us about a man who couldn’t get over his new socks. He was dancing around the day room. He just couldn’t believe the socks were clean, new, comfortable – and his!”

Cindie continued, “Connie said that most of them hadn’t gotten a Christmas present for years. For some, it might have been their first present ever.”

Security is the highest priority at any jail. That puts strict limits on what can be brought in. Two years ago the group even had to quit using paper sacks, so they started packing gifts directly into one of the socks.

What can you fit into a sock? A second sock, to make it a pair. A Christmas card or two. A bar of soap. Playing cards. A goodie or two, such as a Hershey bar or cookie or raisins. There might be one or two more things in this year’s socks, but whatever it is will be small.

“When people hear what I do for a living they think I work with losers, but when I see someone who’s been abused in every way imaginable their entire life, someone who has no education to speak of, no resources, no one to count on who isn’t also addicted, no work history – but they’re still trying, that’s no loser,” said Chaplain Linda.

Volunteers stuff socks last holiday season.

Photo by Tri-City Herald

How much impact can a stuffed sock have?

Probably more than one would think. “I went into a ladies’ pod once,” Phil recalled.

“I didn’t even realize there were women in the jail! I was kind of taken aback. I handed a bag to one lady and she ran back to her pod, just bawling her head off. It must have touched a soft spot in her because that next day was Christmas. That image stays in my mind, too.”

Devoted to helping Benton County Jail has three part-time chaplains. They asked to be identified only by their first names, which are Linda, Luz and Jill. With help from 120 volunteers, 15 churches and eight recovery programs, they do what they can for a group of needy, but often invisible, people who want to find their way back to something many have never have known. Something called “normal.”

The chaplains’ consensus is that 90 percent of the people in jail are there because of a drug and/or alcohol addiction, whatever their actual charge – robbery, violence, driving under the influence or something else.

There seems to be little common understanding that fighting addiction and surviving is neither simple nor easy. According to Chaplain Jill, “When they get out and don’t have anyone else, they go back to friends who are still using. With the same associations, the cycle repeats over and over.” Chaplain Luz added, “They get used to that. They don’t know how to get out. It’s tough to have a new beginning coming from that life.”

“Most people want to believe that life is ‘us and them’ – ‘good people’ and ‘bad people.’ That way they can stay in a bubble and think nothing will happen to their family because, ‘We’re not like them.’ Yet it can happen to any family... But nobody wants to believe that.”

Gestures of hope, such as the Christmas socks, can make all the difference to those who need it most.

“Former inmates are often stigmatized as undeserving of help,” said Chaplain Jill.

“They need every bit of help and support our communities can give them. But we largely don’t support them. You hear, ‘They deserve it, they got themselves into this and they can get themselves out.’ Actually, they often can’t.”

A place to start There are no quick, easy answers, but there is always a place to start. For Phil and Dorothy Boucher, the starting place is remembering those inside at Christmas. “Even if they are prisoners, they are still people and God loves them very much; as much as he loves the President or Billy Graham or the Pope... Many have no support – even from family, even at Christmas. We hope that showing them there are people who care might help them to have the courage to begin a new life.”

Last year, 720 bags were handed out by Phil, Dorothy and friends. This year the number will be about that again. Your help with packing would be welcomed. If you would like to invest a few hours in caring, they would love to see you at Eastlake Church in Richland’s Uptown Theater, December 23 at 8 a.m.

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Winter & Holiday Events Calendar Holiday Events Christmas Kickoff November 25-26, Downtown Dayton, Washington Plan a visit to “the town that still believes” the weekend after Thanksgiving to kickoff your holiday season. Dayton, Washington is home to the annual Christmas Kickoff event, a weekend-long celebration featuring fireworks, hayrides, visits from Santa, a Christmas Parade, holiday shopping and entertainment, and so much more! Dayton is about 65 miles west of the Tri-Cities.

More information is available online.

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A Celtic Christmas Concert December 6-7, Uptown Theatre, Richland Classically trained Irish group Affiniti will return to the Tri-Cities on their holiday tour.

Masters of their instruments, Affiniti’s style is considered a blend of classical, rock and Celtic music. Howard Crosby, nephew of Bing Crosby, will accompany the group. The concert is a benefit for the Arts Center Task Force. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. brownpapertickets.com/event/2640367

Mid-Columbia Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” December 9-11, Richland High School Auditorium Snowflakes, dolls, mice, a sugar plum fairy, and of course, a nutcracker. All signs point to a wonderfully festive Mid-Columbia Ballet performance of “The Nutcracker.”

Advanced ticket purchases are recommended. Tickets can be purchased online and at Dance Boutique or Visit Tri-Cities. midcolumbiaballet.org

Lighted Boat Parade December 2-3 The classic Lighted Boat Parade will float on this December. The parade starts at 6 p.m. on Clover Island in Kennewick. The brilliantly lighted boats will head from the cable bridge all the way to Howard Amon Park in Richland before turning around and heading back to the marina. lightedboatparade.com

The Academy of Children’s Theatre presents “It’s a Wonderful Life” December 2-4, 9-11 This Christmas classic comes to life in Doug Rand’s adaptation of the film. Tickets can be purchased online. academyofchildrenstheatre.org

Merry Little Christmas Village December 3 and 10, Flag Plaza, Downtown Kennewick Nothing says ‘holidays’ like visits from Santa and Mrs. Claus, Christmas carolers, ice skating, hay rides, crafts and games.

That’s what is in store for downtown Kennewick’s Merry Little Christmas Village.

Visit local merchants for giveaways, crafts and much more.

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brightly colored lights. Santa will also be making an appearance. Visitors are encouraged to walk the sidewalks or drive along the streets to enjoy the festivities.

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Cirque Dreams Holidaze December 21, Retter & Company Theater at the Toyota Center, Kennewick This isn’t your typical holiday show: it’s a cirque show, Broadway musical and Christmas extravaganza all wrapped up into one. More than 300 costumes, 20 acts and 30 artists will take the stage performing acrobatics, illusions, gravity defying feats and many more amazing acts – all with a holiday spin. Tickets are available online. broadwayatthetoyotacenter.com/cirque

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Mid-Columbia Mastersingers’ Holiday Concert December 16-18, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Kennewick Mid-Columbia Mastersingers will perform a choral celebration of the holiday season with guests Chelsea Spence-Crane on harp and Christine Harper on flute. Tickets can be purchased online, at the door or at the Mastersingers’ office. midcolumbiamastersingers.org

Desert Plateau Luminaria December 17 The Desert Plateau neighborhood has been lighting the streets of Pasco for more than 30 years during their annual Luminaria.

Paper bags containing lighted candles line the streets, and houses are decorated with

November 24, Columbia Park, Kennewick Before you overstuff yourself with turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, burn a few calories (and raise money for a good cause) at Gesa Credit Union’s Turkey Trot. The 5K kicks off at 9 a.m. and the one mile run or walk starts at 9:10 a.m. The run benefits the American Red Cross. Registration can be completed online. Head to Eventbrite.com and search Turkey Trot in Kennewick.

Snoop Dogg’s Puff Puff Pass Tour December 7, Toyota Center Snoop Dogg’s Puff Puff Pass Tour heads to the Toyota Center December 7. The rapper’s career has spanned more than 20 years. He will be accompanied by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Warren G, DJ Quik, Pomona City Movement, Tha Dogg Pound and LBC Movement over the duration of the tour. Tickets are available online or at the Toyota Center box office. yourtoyotacenter.com/events-tickets/ details/?event_id=4025

Brides 2017 January 8, TRAC, Pasco Don’t miss this unique bridal event. Upscale intimacy and focus on personal attention to each bride and her guests make this the “must-attend” bridal show in the region.

Tickets are available online. bridestricities.com

“Once” the musical January 19, Toyota Center “Once” is an original Broadway experience featuring actors and musicians who play their own instruments onstage. Winner of eight Tony awards, “Once” is not your typical love story. Tickets are available online or at the Toyota Center box office. broadwayatthetoyotacenter.com/once

store. Don’t miss out on door prizes and the popular indoor 3-D archery shoot.

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January 29, Richland High School Auditorium The Mid-Columbia Symphony will present Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony under music director Nicholas Wallin. The performance is part of their “Circle of Fifths” season. The symphony is now in its 72nd year. Tickets are available online. midcolumbiasymphony.org

January 21, Columbia Park, Kennewick Brave the icy waters of the Columbia River and help raise money for Special Olympics Washington. The Polar Plunge is a freezing, but fun, activity that benefits a great cause.

Registration can be done online. https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/ GLACIER

“Annie” the musical February 3, Toyota Center The classic Broadway musical “Annie” is heading to the Toyota Center. With classic songs like “It’s the Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow,” you won’t want to miss this Tony award-winning musical. Tickets are available online or at the Toyota Center box office. broadwayatthetoyotacenter.com/annie

Tri-Cities Sportsmen Show January 20-22, TRAC, Pasco The Tri-Cities Sportsmen Show returns this year with plenty of action for all outdoor enthusiasts. Retail merchants, factory reps, outdoor clubs and organizations, taxidermists, wildlife art, fishing boats, hunting and fishing guides and plenty more is in

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