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Bordeaux Meets New World... 100% Estate. 100% Sustainable. 100% Walla Walla. Serving Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and our proprietary Bordeaux-style blend, “Trine.”
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Our tasting room is open seven days a week between the hours of 10am and 4pm. We can be found just south of Walla Walla at 1704 J.B. George Road.
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• Fountains and Statuary 53506 West Crockett Rd • Milton-Freewater, Oregon • 509-386-3064 barkwellfarm.com • Open Wednesday-Sunday 9:00am-6:00pm
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Fantastic finds at great prices – without the sales tax! You will find an assortment of women’s accessories such as purses, scarves and jewelry, and unique gift items including garden art, home decor, art glass, handmade pottery, raku lamps and so much more. Enjoy your visit with a beverage from our coffee shop.
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Watermill Winery Winery of the Year 12 consecutive years — Wine & Spirits Magazine
Open Daily 11am-5pm
Est. 1983
• One of Washington State’s first artisan, family-owned wineries
Open Daily 10am – 5pm
235 E Broadway Milton-Freewater, OR (541)938-5575
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• Estate grown wines certified sustainable &
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Reserve Tasting Fridays 3pm • April to November Private, seated tasting and tour of the historic Frenchtown Schoolhouse
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Crafting Distinctive, Terroir-Driven Wines in the Walla Walla Valley.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot & Sauvignon Blanc Tasting Room open daily: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Taste our reserve wines by appointment.
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April Contributors Matt Banderas graduated from Whitman College in 2004. He has worked as a photojournalist for the Walla Walla UnionBulletin and is now a photographer for Whitman. Photographer
Chetna Chopra is the associate editor of Walla Walla Lifestyles magazine.
Associate Editor
Robin Hamilton is the managing editor of Walla Walla Lifestyles magazine.
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Steve Lenz is the art director for Walla Walla Lifestyles magazine. He has been a photographer and graphic artist for 20 years.
Michael Mettler is a brand management consultant based in Walla Walla who is an unapologetic champion of food and wine. Writer
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Nick Page is a photographer, musician and history nerd. His creative background often influences his dramatic photographic style.
Andy Perdue is editor and publisher of Great Northwest Wine. To learn more about wine, go to greatnorthwestwine.com Writer
Jennifer Colton-Jones is a freelance writer, awardwinning journalist and purveyor of the interesting. She is most at home in the Pacific Northwest.
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A legacy of passion for outstanding red wines. Elegance. Character. Consistency.
Karlene Ponti is the special publications writer for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. She can be reached at 509-526-8324 or karleneponti@wwub.com Writer
Diane Reed is a writer, photographer, historian and keen observer of life. She grew up in the East dreaming of becoming either a cowgirl or a famous writer. Writer
Lindsey Thompson is the founder of the Thompson Family Acupuncture Clinic.
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Don’t miss Walla Walla’s pioneer, award-winning winery in the shadow of the picturesque Blue Mountains.
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Know where to go to buy, to taste, to enjoy Walla Walla’s renowned wines. Feast Walla Walla is back — with restaurants, wineries, breweries and one very popular candy store — making this foodie scene. The Blue Mountain Station is home to artisan food and beverage producers.
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Wine
South of Town, Wineries Thrive By Andy Perdue, special to Walla Walla Lifestyles /Photos by Steve Lenz
Of the Walla Walla Valley’s four wine regions, the south side of town feels most like wine country. Just 10 minutes from downtown Walla Walla, about 20 wineries are clustered on both sides of the Washington-Oregon border, and they provide a great venue for serious wine travelers. “That’s where the vineyards are,” said Trey Busch, owner and winemaker at Sleight of Hand Cellars. “Visitors to the south side, typically, are more serious wine buyers than those who are visiting downtown.” Busch would know: He had a downtown tasting room on Second Avenue before moving in spring 2011. “Our tasting-room business is way up since moving from downtown,” he said. “The main difference is that when we were downtown, people bought bottles because of parking. Here, they pull up, and it’s easier to walk out with a case.” It also doesn’t hurt to have a great group of neighbors. Wineries such as Pepper Bridge, Northstar and Dusted Valley help draw wine lovers for a full day of exploring. Next to Sleight of Hand are Saviah Cellars and its owner, Rich Funk. Funk opened his winery in 2000, making his first couple of vintages at Patrick M. Paul. In 2002, he built his winery on JB George Rich Funk, owner of Saviah Cellars. Road — a move that nearly didn’t happen. Funk, a former environmental health specialist for Walla Walla County, had put money down on land near L’Ecole No 41 in Lowden, but then heard that Ste. Michelle Wine Estates was building a winery south of town. “Once I heard Northstar was going in, I changed my plans,” he said. “I banked on Ste. Michelle’s decision helping this area turn into something.” Funk opened Saviah about the same time as Isenhower Cellars started, then waited for the crowds to show up. It took time. “It was a little frightening,” he said. “We might get one or
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two visitors per day.” Being alone south of Walla Walla is not easy. Just ask Casey and Vicky McClelland, who launched Seven Hills Winery in 1988 in Milton-Freewater and spent more than a decade on an island before finally relocating to downtown Walla Walla, and thriving. Funk and his wife, Anita, didn’t have to stick it out that long. Northstar opened, Pepper Bridge opened a tasting room, and more and more wineries began to pop up around Stateline Road. Today, Funk produces 20,000 cases of wine — a lot for a Walla Walla Valley winery. Of that, 12,000 cases are of his value-priced Jack label, with the other 8,000 cases bottled behind the Saviah brand. “You can only sell so many $30 bottles of wine,” Funk said, with a chuckle. “We could produce all the Jack we wanted, but there comes a point where you only have so much space.” The Jack wines sell in the $15 to $20 range, though Funk does plan to introduce a Reserve Jack, using Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the Walla Walla Valley. “Our Cabernet Sauvignon program has really exploded.” The Funks grew up in Libby, Mont., and went to college at Montana State University in Bozeman. He was a microbiology and chemistry major, and she studied marketing. They moved to the Valley in 1991, when there were just six wineries. “It was a sleepy little town,” Rich Funk said. “You could visit all the wineries in half a morning.” At his county job, he got to know guys like Chuck Reininger (Reininger Winery) and Ron
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Coleman (Tamarack Cellars), who were launching wineries in the mid-1990s. That’s how Funk caught the bug. “We were beer drinkers and didn’t discover wine until we moved here,” he said. “The excitement of starting a winery really grabbed us.” Since his launch, Funk has been crafting some of the finest wines in the Valley and across the state. Now he owns two small vineyards south of town and is planning to plant more grapes in the next couple of years. He’s also bullish on the future of the region south of town. “There is a lot of capacity for more wineries down here,” he said. “There’s nothing holding us back.”
SuLei Cellars has opened a tasting room in downtown Walla Walla. SuLei, a small winery on Beet Road just west of Highway 125 near Stateline Road, has opened at 17 N. Second Ave., where Broken Chair Cellars was, next door to the Wild Walla Walla Wine Woman wine shop.
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The Burwood Brewing Company has opened at the Walla Walla Regional Airport in one of the winery incubator buildings on Piper Street. Dave and Jennifer Marshall own and operate the brewery, which focuses on German-style beers. Dave is a former assistant winemaker at Long Shadows Vintners and spent 10 years as a brewer for Pyramid in Seattle. The Marshalls moved to Walla Walla eight years ago. The brewery is open Thursdays only, but that will change to daily by the end of May or in early June.
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Food
More than 500 guests visited the big tent last year, with an additional 100 feasters attending the Chefs’ Table on First. Organizers expect an even bigger turnout this year.
Feast tokens — the keys to unlocking great flavors.
Feast Walla Walla An Enological and Culinary Celebration of the Walla Walla Valley By Michael Mettler / Photos courtesy of the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation The weekend of April 11 and 12 unofficially dinner help to fund student scholarships for kicks off the high season in the Walla Walla the program, which is highly regarded across Valley, and there isn’t any better way for locals and visitors to get into the swing of the adventures that lie ahead than indulging in the events surrounding Feast Walla Walla. This annual event places First Avenue in downtown Walla Walla under the big tent and offers guests the opportunity to gorge themselves on decadent offerings from restaurants, confectioners, wineries, breweries and more. The specially crafted treats participants prepare to tantalize your palate give guests a chance to quickly and deliciously discover (or revisit) some of the best the region has to offer. Bright’s Candies: salted caramel truffles Feast Walla Walla isn’t just a tasting event — it’s also a worthy cause. For the second year, the event kicks off on Friday with the Pacific Northwest. Chefs’ Table on First, which is a fundraiser for The lucky 200 dinner guests will enjoy live the Wine Country Culinary Institute at Walla music, conversation, a wine reception featuring Walla Community College. Proceeds from the six of the top wineries in Walla Walla, and el12 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles
egant passed hors d’oeuvres before being seated at the one, long table in the center of the tent. The tasteful, multicourse dinner is expertly paired with Walla Walla Valley wines to complement the menu designed by Chef Antonio Campolio of the Marcus Whitman Hotel and Conference Center, Chef Michael Kline of the Walla Walla Bread Company and Chef Dan Thiessen of the Wine Country Culinary Institute. The meal is prepared, plated and served by students from the culinary program. Wondering what the menu might look like? Last year’s included a warm crab-salad canapé with baby pea shoots; a prosciutto and watercress salad with blue cheese, grapes, crostini and a misted vinaigrette; and Lostine Cattle Company tri-tip steak alongside a savory bread pudding. For those unable to score the limited number of tickets to the Friday night dinner, Feast Walla Walla on Saturday will not disappoint.
Cugini Italian Import Market: handcrafted salami and cacciocavallo cheese.
You and 600 of your closest (new) friends can nosh the afternoon away at 60 food and beverage stations under the big tent. Some of our favorite finds at last year’s event included the gorgeous, house-crafted salamis and caciocavallo cheese from Cugini Import Italian Foods (we loved them with the Reininger Winery Sangiovese) and the coconutsquash soup with local pea garnish from Olive Marketplace & Café with a crisp glass of Chardonnay from Canoe Ridge Vineyard. (Feast Pro Tip: Be sure not to miss the trio of truffles that Bright’s Candies offers each year — they give guests three per token!) This year’s festivities will also feature a special appearance by celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan. Previously the executive chef at Vermillion Chicago and Vermillion New York, Maneet may
Olive Marketplace: butternut squash soup with local peas and pea-shoot garnish
be best known to the public from her stints on television shows such as “Chopped,” “Iron Chef” and “The View.” Keep an eye out for her making guest appearances around town the week of the event, as well as at her cookbook-signing over the course of the afternoon at Feast. For those who haven’t gotten enough food, wine and fun during the Saturday event, the revelry continues at numerous tasting rooms, restaurants and bars in downtown Walla Walla during Après Feast. Gather your friends and enjoy the live music, gallery openings and shopping opportunities that will keep you entertained late into the night.
Want to Feast? Here’s How: Your Feast Walla Walla ticket gets you 12 tasting-tokens redeemable for food and drinks and a custom-branded wineglass. Guests may purchase additional tokens at the event, if desired. Tickets for Feast Walla Walla are $50 per person. Tickets for Chefs’ Table on First run $125 per person, all inclusive. For tickets to both Feast Walla Walla and Chefs’ Table on First, call the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation at 509-529-8755 or visit www.downtownwallawalla. com/feast
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Walla Walla
Dining Guide
Clarette’s Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a Wing & a Prayer Barbecue + Catering . . . . . . . . . . 15 S. Touchet St., Walla Walla • 509-529-3430 201 E. Main St., Walla Walla • 509-525-1566 • awingandaprayerbbq.com Open daily, 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed Sunday. Clarette’s offers many locally sourced foods Authentic Northwest barbecue fare is alive and and consistently is voted the Valley’s best well at A Wing and a Prayer. Using local produce place for breakfast. Generations of locals when available, all meats, sides, soups and sauchave marked important occasions with its es are handcrafted by our certified pitmasters. classic American-style breakfasts. Located Dry-rubbed meats are smoked low and slow to on the Whitman College campus, one block a tender, juicy perfection. Dine in or call ahead off Main street, near the travelodge. Lots of for takeout. parking. Breakfast served all day.
Mill Creek Brew Pub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 S. Palouse St., Walla Walla • 509-522-2440 • millcreek-brewpub.com Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-midnight; Sunday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. for 15 years, Mill Creek has served locally brewed, handcrafted beers. you’ll find great values on the kid-friendly lunch and dinner menu, served inside or out on the largest patio in town. Local wines, daily specials and great atmosphere, all await you at Mill Creek Brew Pub.
Jacobi’s italian Café & Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 N. Second Ave., Walla Walla • 509-525-2677 • jacobiscafe.com Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Come “Mangia Mangia” in Walla Walla at Jacobi’s Café! At Jacobi’s Café you can enjoy our signature italian cuisine and experience casual dining with customer service that is second to none. you may dine in our vintage train car or sit back and relax on our patio. Because when you are Italian Café & Catering thinking italian ... think Jacobi’s!
Patit Creek Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 E. Dayton Ave., Dayton, WA • 509-382-2625 Lunch: Wed.-Fri., 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; Dinner: Wed. & Thu., 4:30-7 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 4:30-7:30 p.m. Named in “Northwest Best Places” as the only four-star french restaurant east of the Cascades, Patit Creek has been serving great cuisine — without the attitude — since 1978. While all the entrees are exquisite, their meat dishes are truly notable, especially the Medallions of Beef Hiebert. An imaginative wine list and remarkable desserts make Patit Creek a gem worth traveling for.
t. Maccarone’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 N. Colville St., Walla Walla • 509-522-4776 • www.tmaccarones.com Open daily, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Welcome to t. Maccarone’s, a modern, Washington wine-country bistro influenced by classic italian sensibilities. Join us in our downtown Walla Walla restaurant for a celebration of the senses – from the fragrant allure of white truffle to the warm spark of candles in our intimate dining room, let us help make your wine-country experience truly memorable.
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the front of the Blue Mountain station at twilight.
Blue Mountain Station — Locavores’ Delight By Diane Reed / Photos by Nick Page
The Walla Walla Valley’s reputation as locavore-friendly has received a welcome boost with the recent opening of Blue Mountain Station’s artisan food center on Route 12, just south of Dayton. The Port of Columbia project, shepherded by manager Jennie Dickinson, promises to promote sustainable agriculture and local producers, while serving as a foodie destination for residents and tourists. Dickinson, who earned her chops as director of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, became the manager of the Port of Columbia six years ago. After a comprehensive marketing study, Dickinson says the recommendation was “that the Port develop an ecologically friendly foodprocessing park and design it to fit the agricultural and historical integrity of our area.” The Port committed to the project in 2008 and was able to garner a number of funding sources, including a Community Economic Revitalization Board grant from the Washington state Department of Commerce, and local funding and sponsorships to help underwrite the $2.5 million project. The undertaking included the purchase of the 28-acre parcel, development of the infrastructure, and construction of Blue Mountain Station’s first building. The eco-friendly facility is the first fruit of 16 Wall a Wall a Lifest yLes
the Port’s effort to attract medium-sized organic, natural or artisan food processors to the park. It features five individual suites tailored to food production. Three food-processing businesses have already moved into BMS — Gypsy Girl Granola, Little Dipper Dairy and Mace Mead Works. Suzi Tasker’s Gypsy Girl Granola specializes in gluten-, dairy- and soy-free granola. Andrew and Terrisa Churchill’s Little Dipper Dairy offers goat milk, and cheese and Greek yogurt made from milk from their herd of goats. Reggie Mace and Beth Rahn of Mace Mead Works have expanded into BMS with their Experimental Fermentation Company. Blue Mountain Station is also the location of Numi Garden, a half-acre community-supported agriculture garden. Tara Brenner and Wild Bill offer shares in the CSA that provide weekly produce boxes from March to September and include seasonal vegetables, flowers, herbs and fruit. Blue Mountain Station has also become the home of the Blue Mountain Station Co-op Market, open to area food producers. Suzi Tasker manages the co-op’s markets held at BMS. A
series of successful winter previews will give way to year-round markets showcasing co-op members. BMS also features a commercial kitchen that is available for use by businesses, organizations and individuals. For a modest fee, the kitchen can be reserved for everything from food production to home canning. Dickinson also wants education to be an important component of BMS, whether it is in the form of classes on cooking and healthful food-preparation or how-to seminars on everything from soap making to gardening.
If You Go if you haven’t stopped by yet, check out BMs’s open house on april 25, and don’t miss the co-op markets. For events, classes and market dates, follow it on Facebook at Blue Mountain station or visit its website: www.bluemountainstation.com
Melissa Weatherford and Terrisa Churchill dish up goat milk provided by Churchill’s herd of goats. They also sell Greek yogurt and cheese made from this milk.
Beth Rahn and Reggie Mace … and lots of wine.
The Weinhard Café offers fresh-baked goods at the Saturday market.
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Transom windows and open floor plans bring sunlight into the living areas in Paramount Place, allowing for limited electrical use to light and heat the homes. Photo by Gary Tetz.
Green Genies Locals who are making a difference with sustainable homes, recycling programs and gardening for the good of the community. By Jennifer Colton-Jones “It’s wonderful to wake up to that morning sun,” Barb Whatley says, looking out the wall of glass in one of the homes at Paramount Place. “It’s so simple, yet so effective.” “It” is the passive solar building design, a method where the windows, walls and floor use solar energy and natural light to keep the building comfortable and well lit without any mechanical or electrical components. In Paramount Place, a sustainable real-estate development off Abbott Road, open floor plans, large east-facing windows and high transom windows to the west bring passive solar to Walla Walla. “On the average day, you don’t really need 18 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles
any lights on in the house,” Whatley says with a smile, while pointing out different aspects of the homes. Paramount Place is the culmination of years of research and design. As developer and builder, Whatley put energy efficiency into the DNA of the homes, from the solar-powered underground sprinkler system to the silver metal of the standing seam roof. Such a roof reflects light instead of absorbing it in the summer, thereby reducing energy needs, and consequently reducing carbon emissions. Whatley’s design weaves sustainable features through her buildings: high-density insulation, sealed ductwork, counter tops made
with green methods and recycled materials. The stairwells use LED lights; the paints and floor materials are all low- or no-emission; and all homes in the development will use durable, low-maintenance, fiber-cement siding to reduce the need to repaint and lessen the materials sent to the landfill. Across town, the Builders ReSupply Store is also working to reduce landfill waste. A program of the Sustainable Living Center, the store accepts donations of new and used building materials and then sells them back to the community at a reduced cost, preventing those unwanted materials from ending up in the landfill.
Twilight settles over one of the homes in Paramount Place, a housing development designed with sustainability and energy efficiency in mind. The features include a light-colored roof, fiber-cement siding and “passive solar” building design. Photo by Gary Tetz.
Paramount Place is the culmination of years of research and design by developer Barb Whatley. Photo by Gary Tetz.
In 2013, the store kept 30 tons of material renewable resources, waste, toxins — there’s compost to grow vegetables. from going into the landfill, according to Er- so much that goes into sustainability.” The interest in sustainable and community endira Cruz, SLC director. Cruz points out two sustainable practices farming continues across Walla Walla, from the A nonprofit organization, SLC offers a numshe has learned about since joining the SLC: school district’s farm-to-school program to the ber of programs for the Walla Walla community, vermicomposting — the process of using Rees & Sumach Community Garden. including the Community Energy Efficiency worms to create compost — and ductless In the community garden, participants apProgram and $mart Business Partners. The heating and cooling systems, which deliver ply for a plot in the land donated for the garden center also serves as a hub to connect busiwarm or cool air directly into rooms without and then cultivate plants of their choosing on nesses and individuals interested the plot. Growers work together in sustainability with information to maintain the garden and are enand resources. couraged to donate 10 percent of “Information is such a valuable their harvest to local food banks. tool,” Cruz says. “That’s the first Barbara Clark, a leader in the step in great things, but, somegarden, says sustainable measures times, it’s also the hardest step are important for future generato take.” tions. While the SLC was founded to “Our children and grandchilserve the community, even its staff dren are going to live in the world benefits from its programs. that we’re creating today,” she says. A year ago, Cruz would have re“We need to be sure that they have sponded to “thermal solar” with the same opportunities for a safe, a blank stare. Now, she provides healthy and productive life that information about the process of we’ve had.” using solar energy to heat water, In 2013, the garden filled its alongside the familiar solar pan- Paramount Place, off Abbott Road, will have 13 homes, all designed with waiting list of interested gardenels — “photovoltaic” systems that sustainability in mind. Photo by Gary Tetz. ers, and since the creation of the convert sunlight into electricity. Rees & Sumach Community Gar“Just over a year ago, I was hired den, another community garden as the executive director here, and I was all routing air through ducts and vents. has opened at Walla Walla University. about recycling and putting in fluorescent Vermicomposting came into play last year While the sun shines bright and gardens light bulbs, and I was just shocked. There’s so when the SLC worked with Walla Walla Com- of green dot the Walla Walla Valley, one of the much more,” she says. “When you look at food, munity College to recycle food waste into biggest challenges to its efforts toward sustainWall a Wall a Lifest yles 19
Sustainable Living ability is inextricably woven into the Valley’s culture: glass. Glass recycling, which is cost-prohibitive, has posed a challenge for the city of Walla Walla since 2007. City committees continue to work to find a feasible program to recycle glass, but, in the meantime, some local residents are taking it upon themselves. Some local wineries use kegs instead of glass bottles for local distribution, and, in February, Jeff and Amanda Randall opened a storefront for BottleChange, a business devoted to transforming glass containers into jewelry, vases and other items. The Randalls came up with the idea while doing research for their family project website. “We ran across wine bottles that had been successfully turned into drinking glasses and were quite struck by the idea,” Jeff Randall says. “Word was already starting to come out that the Walla Walla Valley’s glass recycling wasn’t actually happening, and we felt this could be a way for us to make difference — granted, a very small one — in the amount of bottles headed to the landfill. More importantly, maybe this would encourage people to rethink throwing items away that can be reused.” Back at Paramount Place, Whatley has also taken a stab at the dilemma: recycled glass has been re-purposed into the backsplash in the kitchen, the gas fireplace in the living room and the fire pit in the backyard. Sustainability continues outside the homes as well: Whatley envisions a community garden inside the development’s common area. “We’re just a little piece here, but we’re trying to do our part,” Whatley says. “The knowledge is there, the research is there. I just think that it’s important to do what we can.”
Jeff and Amanda Randall recently opened a storefront for BottleChange, a business dedicated to upcycling used glass bottles. Photo by Steve Lenz.
Bottles of all shapes and sizes are transformed into tumblers, vases and glasses at BottleChange. Photo by Jeff Randall.
Earrings from BottleChange each show the color and shape of the bottles they came from. Photo by Jeff Randall. 20 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles
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A homemade antibacterial spray cleans high traffic areas and adds a fresh, clean scent to your living space.
‘Green’ Cleaning for Your Home By Lindsey Thompson / Photos by Steve Lenz
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air is ranked among the top five environmental health-risks. The EPA’s Office of Research and Development’s “Total Exposure Assessment Methodology Study” found levels of about a dozen common organic pollutants to be two to five times higher inside homes than outside, regardless of whether the homes were located in rural or highly industrial areas. A variety of factors contribute to poor indoor air quality. Some of the main culprits may surprise you. For instance, many commonly sold house-cleaning agents contain harmful volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, that release gases, ranging from mildly to extremely dangerous, into your home. Another unexpected source of harmful VOCs that can offer continuous exposure is indoor air fresheners — especially the ones that continuously release perfumes. The main point seems to be that when a 24 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles
product is heavily perfumed with chemical scents, be wary. Whether that product is a floormopping solution, a room spray or a shampoo, it is worth double-checking whether there might be better options available. If the product is scented using natural plant-oils or essential oils, then you are safe from VOCs. Luckily, there is a variety of natural alternatives to commercial cleaning-products. During my graduate program in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, I was introduced to the idea of “green” cleaning. Using some of these recipes can actually be far less expensive than depending on conventional, store-bought cleaning agents, and they do not “off-gas” harmful chemicals into your indoor air. If you like the recipes provided below, con-
sider checking out the book “Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living” by Annie Berthold-Bond. All these recipes are from this book. The author also dives into cleaning solutions for almost any surface in the home, including upholstery, leather, windows and other glass, and soft scrubs, and for disinfecting cutting boards. Another great book to look into is “The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Recipes for Green Cleaning” by Karyn Siegel-Maier. I also highly recommend checking out the EPA’s resources on indoor air quality. The EPA’s introduction to indoor air-quality considerations: www.epa.gov/iaq/ia-intro.html An introduction to volatile organic compounds: www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html
Ingredients you will need for green cleaning You can make nearly all the necessary cleaning agents with these simple ingredients: • Baking soda • White distilled vinegar (do not use other vinegars, as they may stain) • Castile (vegetable oil-based) soap — Dr. Bronner’s is a well-known castile soap, but it is almost always pre-scented with essential oils. • Tea tree oil • Lemon juice • Hydrogen peroxide • A handful of other essential oils for fragrance, such as lavender, rose or sweet orange oil.
Why essential oils? There is a variety of antiseptic essential oils that do a great job of fighting germs around the house and may, arguably, be as effective as the VOC phenol that is commonly used in many commercial cleaning-products. These antiseptic essential oils include thyme, sweet orange, lemon grass, rose, clove, eucalyptus, cinnamon, rosemary, birch, lavender and tea tree oil.
Some other ingredients that you may need occasionally • Borax • Washing soda • A natural detergent • Cream of tartar
Here are some recipes for basic cleaning-solutions that should cover the majority of your cleaning-product needs.
Basic floor-cleaning solution This is good for mopping any surface. • 1/4 cup liquid castile soap • 1/2 cup of white distilled vinegar • 2 gallons warm water • Optional: Add 20 drops of your favorite essential oil to counteract the smell of vinegar
Mix all the ingredients into a mop bucket or tub. Use your sponge or mop to wipe your floors as usual. If you have extra-greasy floors, then add 1/4 cup washing soda to the mix — but do not use this solution on waxed floors. Note: if you have hard water, it may react with the soap to create a film when mopping. If this begins to be a problem, you can substitute a natural detergent for the soap.
Fizzy toilet-bowl cleaner • 1/2 cup baking soda • 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar
Pour the baking soda and vinegar into your toilet bowl and watch the fizzing begin. After the fizzing has stopped, scrub your toilet bowl, and flush. Finish by spraying down the rest of your toilet with the following antiseptic toilet-cleaner spray.
Antiseptic toilet-cleaner • 2 teaspoons tea tree essential oil • 2 cups warm water
Mix in a spray bottle, label and store indefinitely. Let sit for 30 minutes Spray down the tops and undersides of toilet seats and the toilet rim with this spray after using the fizzy toilet-bowl cleaner. Let the solution sit for 30 minutes, then use a sponge to wipe it off. Your bathroom will smell strongly of tea tree oil for a few hours, but it will dissipate over time. The great thing about this spray is that tea tree essential oil is highly antibacterial/antimicrobial. This solution also kills mildew. You can spray it in your shower, on tiled bathroom surfaces and around your windows where mildew may be growing, to kill it. Let the spray sit for about 24 hours to get the best results, then scrub it off with a sponge. Repeat weekly until your mildew is gone. Also consider increasing air flow and ventilation if mildew becomes a repeat offender in a specific area.
Antibacterial spray for general use • 2 1/2 cups water • 10 drops sweet orange essential oil • 5 drops lavender essential oil • 5 drops eucalyptus essential oil
This mixture stores indefinitely. Pour all ingredients into a spray bottle, shake vigorously and label the spray bottle. To use, spray the solution on the surface you wish to clean, and let it set for at least 15 minutes. Let the solution dry and leave it, or wipe it off, as you see fit.
You can make a variety of chemical-free cleaning products for your home with just a few, simple items. Some of the ingredients you may already have in the kitchen.
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Breathe Easy: These Plants Help Clean the Air in Your Home By Lindsey Thompson / Photos by Steve Lenz
When thinking about our personal health care, one of the things we tend to overlook is the health of our home. And I’m not talking about basic home-hygiene — I’m talking about indoor air quality. Indoor air quality is considered the fourthgreatest pollution threat according to the Environmental Protection Agency. How much do we know about indoor air quality? Many of today’s new building materials, carpets, furniture, and even cleaning products, release chemicals into our indoor air that can affect our health. This chemical release is called “off-gassing” and specifically refers to the breakdown of volatile organic compounds. VOCs are found in many cleaning products, adhesives and polyurethane foam used in furniture and mattresses, and in new home construction.
Most new carpets contain VOCs, as do particle board and varnishes. There are hundreds of varieties of VOCs, but the most well-known ones are formaldehyde, benzene, trichloroethane and chlorofluorocarbons. Reactions to off-gassing range from headaches, persistent allergies and skin irritation to asthma attacks. Mild body aches and fatigue may also be related to it. People with compromised immune systems, lungs and livers may feel the burden a bit more than others. Luckily, there is an easy way to counteract the off-gassing of modern building materials:
indoor house plants. Back in the 1980s, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America performed a study to create a list of houseplants that would purify the air in enclosed places for NASA’s space facilities. Even if you don’t live in a space station, this study identifies some of the best air-purifying house plants to improve indoor air quality. Even better for us, most of these plants are very easy to grow and survive our best efforts at forgetting to water them.
NASA’s top 12 air-cleaning house plants:
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spider plant: the spider plant is a resilient survivor for those of us who tend to forget about house plants, while making a great addition to the living room. it tenaciously removes formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and xylene.
aloe vera: Very easy to grow, as long as you place it in a sunny window. Aloe vera is good at removing formaldehyde and benzene. Another bonus: the gel in its leaves can sooth sunburns and kitchen burns.
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snake plant: Aka mother-in-law’s tongue. it does well in low light, as well as indirect to medium light. It is excellent at filtering out formaldehyde. Wall a Wall a Lifest yLes 27
Red-edged Dracaena: Red-edged leaves
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make this one exceptionally beautiful. it can grow to reach your ceiling and tackles VOCs xylene, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde, especially those hidden in lacquers, varnishes and car exhaust. Other Dracaena species do just as well at tackling indoor air pollution, so check out your favorite striping pattern. the Warneck Dracaena has an attractive white-andgreen variegated leaf, and others have more of a standard, green leaf. these plants perform well in indirect, medium sunlight, but will tolerate dim-lighting and neglect.
Heart-leaf philodendron:
this heart-leafed vine is not a good option if you have kids or pets, as the leaves are toxic when eaten. this plant works hard to remove formaldehyde, as well as other VOCs.
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durable plant that can tolerate a little low lighting. the rubber plant shines when tackling formaldehyde that can lurk in cleaning products, and off-gas from furniture, carpeting and varnish. Rubber plants perform best in direct sunlight to indirect, medium sunlight.
may be a great addition to your bathroom, litter box or a hallway near your bathroom, since it can filter out airborne fecal particles. On a less gross topic, it also filters out formaldehyde.
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bright flowers tackle trichloroethylene from dry-cleaned goods and benzene from inks. it does, however, need a well-lit space to thrive.
Peace lily: the peace lily
is at the top of NAsA’s list to remove the three most common VOCs — formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene, as well as in fighting toluene, xylene and acetone. Peace lilies are exceptionally easy to grow, and they produce regular blooms. All they need are a little indirect light and a weekly dash of water.
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Chinese evergreens:
this plant is easy to grow and is in it for the long haul. the longer the plant is exposed to chemicals, the more it will absorb.
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golden pothos:
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Weeping fig/ficus: The ficus is notably temperamental and
probably the most difficult to grow, of this list. Once you find the right location in your living room for lighting and figure out its preferred watering schedule, your ficus will be an excellent addition to your home. It gives back significantly by absorbing formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene that can accompany new furniture, carpet and adhesives used during building. if you tend to struggle with a green thumb, it may be best to stick to some of the easier plants like the pothos, peace lily or aloe.
More Info For more information on indoor air quality and the nasa study, check out these links: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html https://archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_19930072988 http://www.colormegreenco.com/nasa/nasa2.htm http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/photos/15-houseplants-for-improving-indoor-air-quality/a-breath-of-fresh-air
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Back to the Future: Walla Walla’s Steampunk Scene By Diane Reed / Photos by Matt Banderas
What would you get if you combined Jules Verne with time travel, threw in Victorian fashion, and mixed it up with old-time machinery? You’d be smack-dab in the middle of the steampunk phenomenon. And, in Walla Walla, you’d want to be a member of the Kirkman Airship Alliance. The moniker “steampunk,” coined by science-fiction writer K.W. Jeter in the late 1980s, is described by the Oxford dictionaries as “a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advanced technology.” Steampunk imagines a futuristic world like the ones dreamed of by authors such as H.G. Wells in “The Time Machine” or Jules Verne in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.” Movies such as “Brazil” and “Metropolis” (Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece), and even the television series “The Wild, Wild West,” were early harbingers of steampunk. But steampunk encompasses much more than its dictionary definition suggests. It is a phenomenon that incorporates elements of 19th-century fashion, literature and technology, and even taps into industrial music to create a movement as unique and fanciful as it is diverse. If you can imagine airships, submersibles and mad scientists with fantastic inventions in the era of steam technology, you’ll fit right in. Steampunk attracts teenagers, of course, but it also draws entire families — the perfect antidote to the isolation often fostered by our technology-driven world — as well as anachronists of all ages. There are steampunk conventions in Bellevue, Wash. (Steamcon), and Portland, Ore. (GEAR Con — short for Gaslight Explorers, Adventurers and Romantics), that attract thousands of aficionados. Many participants make their own steampunk fashion and accessories. If you’re not into sewing, you can put together outfits by shopping at vintage and antique stores. There are even steampunk fashionistas that can help you create the steampunk look, including retailers such as Miss Haley Bombshell Boutique and Sagebrush Old West, both in Kennewick. Steampunk is a somewhat recent arrival in W², and last November’s popular “Festival of Converging Histories” featured a fashion show, psychic fair and variety show. The local steampunk group, which meets at the Kirkman House, is the Kirkman Airship Alliance. Its motto is “History Reimagined.” In addition to the psychic fair, future plans under consideration include a steampunk fashion show, art and story contests, and clinics on steampunk jewelry, weapons, hats and clothing. There’s even talk of a steampunk ball. 30 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles
Kari Arns says her costume is Victorian steampunk in style and took her three months to coordinate and accessorize.
For more information: If you’re interested in learning more about steampunk in general, check out www.steampunk.com and steampunkmagazine.com. Steamcon VI, one of the largest steampunk gatherings (with several thousand attendees), will be held in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 3 to 5 (www.steamcon.org), and GEAR Con will be held in Portland, Ore., July 4 to 6 (pdxgearcon.com). To learn more about the local organization or sign up for the Alliance, contact Rick Tuttle at rt@kirkmanhousemuseum.org
Celia Martin, above, who made her own costume, describes steampunk as “today’s inventions made using Victorian technology, plus a touch of the fantastical, and maybe a hint of ‘Doctor Who.’”
Celia added several steampunk-inspired items to her short-crowned top hat, including feathers made of leather, twisted wire quills, and brass curlicues instead of the normal trims, topped off with an aigrette, or tuft, of luminous fiber-optic strands.
Full Steam Ahead — How one Local put her Costume Together by Robin Hamilton Steampunker Celia Martin says she has always loved costuming, and her love of science fiction and fantasy goes as far back as she can remember. “Steampunk fashion is freer than straight historical garb, and for a female, much less limiting.” Martin says her costume for the event developed over a span of several months, and she worked out the details in her head long before she picked up materials. “I’m not much one for corsets, so I decided to make a semi-fitted cutaway coat over leggings made to look like jodhpurs. Something a lady of action could move in, yet retain a touch of elegance.
The black facings, edgings and mitts are a nod to the formal Victorian styles.” Ladies’ hats were confections of feathers, ribbons and trims, Martin says. She found a short-crowned topper (or John Bull hat) and decorated it with leather feathers, metal curlicues and other steampunk-influenced items. “My persona is an artifex (or master craftsman) and leans a bit towards alchemy. My accessories include brass artifacts, dragon eyes and, yes, a gear or two. I bought vintage-style frames so I’d look more the part than in my modern glasses.”
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Eric and Kari Arns promenade with fellow steampunkers at the Festival of Converging Histories at Sharpstein Elementary School, last November.
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Anne Marie and Ken Moore have been in their home at 615 University St. for 26 years. They loved the 1905 house as soon as they saw it. “It had a very open floor plan. I am very When Anne and Ken bought the house, it least a 10-foot height, adding to the spaciousdrawn to older homes, like a Victorian, but I had a very dark entryway; it felt oppressive ness of the room. wanted something that was more spacious,” when you walked into the house. The original floors were fir, with a very thin Anne says. “It had a fake brick wall right there,” Anne layer of red oak on top. The dining room has Often, older homes are chopped new flooring that was milled to match up into small rooms; this one, even the existing wood by Fred Conner at before Anne and Ken remodeled it, Conner’s Mr. Carpet. The transition wasn’t that way. between original and new floor mate“The house has lots of light, and rial is invisible. it is a nice neighborhood,” Anne says. “We’re doing the upgrades in what “We’re half a block from Isaacs and I’m calling phases, my husband’s and close to Whitman, and we can’t hear my designs,” Anne says. any of it.” They had been in the home long Technically, the house has four enough, raising their children and bedrooms — one is used for Anne’s Labrador puppies — they had learned business, Amoré Floral — and two what worked and what didn’t. bathrooms, although she says that one “We opened it up, got rid of some is very small. walls, took away a lot of the back porch The home has two full floors and and part of the oversize bathroom,” a cellar that includes the furnace and Anne says. That’s how they got the some storage — it’s not a basement. area to expand the kitchen. “There’s no crawl space under the “We didn’t have kids in the house kitchen,” Anne says. anymore, so we just lived through it. That, and other evidence, convinced It’s dusty and dirty, and you have a lot them the kitchen was the original of people in your house. But the pain covered back porch. They could see a goes away, and it gets done,” she says. change in the wood, which indicated The dental cabinets, with vertical one wall was interior and another, lines, inspired the design of the kitchexterior. en cabinets. Ken’s grandfather was a “There are interesting things in an dentist in Spokane, and the cabinets old house,” she says. came from his office. Directly upstairs from the kitchen “Ken’s father was a very talented is the master bedroom, which was a woodworker, and he did the refinishscreened-in sleeping porch, on the ing. They used to be painted that green north side of the home. office-color; now they’re restored to the The 1905 home of Anne and Ken Moore has early-century charm The remodel has been done in beautiful, natural wood,” says Anne. mixed with modern efficiency. phases — the first was opening up Her taste for the modern is also the entryway of the home and replacing some says. represented in the large lion mural in a dinwindows. She never liked it, and, eventually, they tore ing room archway. Phase two was the major kitchen upgrade. it out. They had been tempted to do that many Anne likes modern style, but, at home, she There may be a phase three that could poten- times, but didn’t know if it was a load-bearing also loves her antiques. Some are family pieces tially upgrade the master bedroom and bath. wall. They found out it wasn’t and decided to cherished for years. Anne and Ken blend the “There is a middle room up there that is go ahead. old and new gently, and the result is peaceful kind of wasted space — it has lots of potenWhat they discovered was beautiful woodrather than jarring. tial,” Anne says. work under the fake brick — of course, it had The remodeled main floor kitchen, a stunBut that’s out a ways, if at all. been painted yellow, probably in the 1960s ning combination of modern and historic, was Remodeling, and living in the middle of it, or 1970s. a featured kitchen on this past year’s American is an adventure of its own. They raised the ceiling in the kitchen to at Association of University Women Kitchen Tour. Wall a Wall a Lifest yles 33
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The formal living room is spacious, with plenty of natural light.
Ken and Anne updated the kitchen and dining area. A lion mural guards the dining space. 34 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles
The 1905 home had an open floor plan that the couple loved immediately.
The antique dental cabinet is a family heirloom.
Clever storage space adds to the efficiency of the home.
Ken and Anne removed a dark wall in the entryway and opened up the whole area.
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A bright splash of color reminds us that spring is near. 36 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles
Secret Gardens
Gardening Made Simple By Karlene Ponti/Photos by Matt Banderas
Anne Marie and Ken Moore of 615 University St. work together to enhance the home they love. Since Anne works from home as a floral designer, she’s very aware of plants and beauty. Anne and Ken want the home and garden to be beautiful, but since Anne’s always working with flowers, she doesn’t want to spend a huge amount of time working in her garden. So, for efficiency, she finds containers are a great way to go. Anne has pots of an assortment of accent plants, such as ivy. Succulents of various types also do well in pots and grow well for her. Anne gets her inspiration from her father,
who could grow just about anything. “He had a great green thumb,” she says. The side yard is one of her favorite areas, with a favorite tree, says Anne: “the huge, old Japanese maple with bright orange-red leaves.” The spacious backyard has plenty of room for family gatherings and dog-romps. It’s also easily accessed from the house, so snacking outside is simplified. From the kitchen you can go right out onto the deck, making the traffic-flow easy when Anne and Ken have family gatherings.
Container gardening is the simple way to add color spots anywhere, from the front porch to the back deck.
A variety of flowers and greenery brighten the outdoor living areas of the home. Wall a Wall a Lifest yles 37
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The Kirkman House Museum hosts the exhibit “Hope in Hard Times,” exploring how Washingtonians got through the Great Depression. Details: 509-529-4373.
A performance of “Evil Dead: The Musical.” Gesa Power House Theatre. Details: 509-529-6500 or phtww.com
The Wind Ensemble Spring Concert. 7:30 p.m., Chism Recital Hall, Whitman College. Details: 509-527-5232. aPRiL 24
Sheehan Gallery hosts the exhibit “Abstract American Mokuhanga.” Whitman College. Details: 509-527-5249.
Chefs’ Table on First and Feast Walla Walla: a celebration of food, wine and art of the Walla Walla Valley. More than 50 vendors, including fine restaurants, wineries, musicians and artists will be featured. The feast runs from 1 p.m. First Ave. between Main and Alder streets, downtown Walla Walla. Details: 509-529-8755.
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Tamástslikt Cultural Institute hosts the exhibit “Sustainable Choices in Everyday Life.” Pendleton. Details: 541-966-9748.
Spring Poker Round-Up at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, Pendleton. Details: 800-654-9453.
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tHRoUgH tHe yeaR A large variety of classes for youths and adults that range from fitness and sports to art enrichment. City of Walla Walla Parks and Recreation Department. Details: 509-527-4527 or wwpr.us
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Southeastern Washington Quarter Horse Show. Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. Details: 509-525-8308.
Shakespeare Walla Walla presents “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde. Gesa Power House Theatre. Details: 509-529-6500.
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The Visiting Writers Reading Series presents poet Daisy Fried. 7 p.m., Kimball Theatre, Whitman College. Details: whitman.edu aPRiL 4, 5, 11-13, 18-20 “Becky’s New Car” will be performed at the Little Theatre of Walla Walla. 8 p.m.; April 13 and 20 (Easter), matinee: 2 p.m. Details: 509-529-3683. aPRiL 6 Living History Interpreters portray characters from the past. 2 p.m.; every Saturday, April through October, and also on Sundays, during the summer; Fort Walla Walla Museum. Details: 509-525-7703. aPRiL 9-13 Valley Girls Barrel Racing, the annual Barrel Daze, Saturday-night barbecue dinner and auction. Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. Details: 509-522-1137.
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aPRiL 24-27 Walla Walla University Alumni Weekend. The weekend includes the Eugene Winter Alumni Golf Classic and, on Sunday, the Richard Kegley Memorial Fun Run. Sunday’s activities also include the annual Homecoming Car Show. WWU, College Place. Details: 509-527-2656.
aPRiL 3 The Whitman Chamber Singers perform a lunchtime “First Thursday” concert. 12:15 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Details: 509-529-1083.
The Whitman Jazz Ensemble Concert, directed by Doug Scarborough. 7:30 p.m., Cordiner Hall, Whitman College. Details: 509-527-5232.
The Walla Walla Symphony in collaboration with the Blue Mountain Audubon Society presents “A Little Summer Night Music.” Concert includes “Two Pieces for Small Orchestra” by Delius, and Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24.” 7:30 p.m., Cordiner Hall, Whitman College. Details: 509-529-8020.
aPRiL 2 The Friends of Acoustic Music present a Wednesdayevening contra dance. Reid Campus Center Ballroom, Whitman College. Details: 541-938-7403.
Walla Walla Valley Bands perform A Swingin’ Groovy Time: Jazz @ the PAC. The evening features performances by the Mill Creek Jazz Ensemble, Main St. Jazz Band, and Dixieland Combo. 7:30 p.m., Walla Walla Community College, Performing Arts Auditorium. Details: 509-301-3920.
“Eurydice,” a contemporary version of the myth of Orpheus from the viewpoint of his wife. 8 p.m., Harper Joy Theatre, Whitman College. Details: 509-527-5180. aPRiL 18-20 The annual Tour of Walla Walla Bicycle Stage Race attracts hundreds of riders for the weekend. Lots of fun for everyone, riders and spectators alike. Details: 509-525-4949 or tofww.org aPRiL 19 The Whitman Spring Chorale and Chamber Singers Concert. Cordiner Hall, Whitman College. Details: 509-527-5232. Old-fashioned country dance. No alcohol. 810 C St., near Walla Walla Regional Airport. Details: 541-9387403. aPRiL 20 Easter Egg Hunt in Preston Park, Waitsburg. Details: 509-337-6371.
The annual YWCA Charity Golf Classic, “Golfers Against Domestic Violence.” Walla Walla Country Club. Details: 509-525-2570. aPRiL 25-May 25 Sheehan Gallery hosts the Visual Art Majors Senior Thesis Exhibition. Whitman College. Details: 509-527-5249. aPRiL 26 Whitman College Renaissance Faire. This annual festival includes medieval costumes, music and crafts. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Memorial Lawn, Whitman College. Details: 509-527-5367. aPRiL 26-27 The annual Kennel Club Dog Show. Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. Details: 509-558-3854. aPRiL 30 YWCA Leadership Luncheon. Nationally acclaimed guest-speaker Madeleine Kunin, first woman governor of Vermont, former ambassador to Switzerland, and author of several books, including “The New Feminist Agenda” and “Pearls, Politics and Power.” Marcus Whitman Hotel. Details: 509-525-2570.
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“Trivia Game Night.” Red Monkey Downtown Lounge, 25 W. Alder St. Details: 509-522-3865.
“Blues and Barbecue” with live music and “West of the Blues BBQ.” Charles Smith Winery, 35 S. Spokane St. Details: 509-526-5230.
Live music. 9 p.m., Sapolil Cellars, 15 E. Main St. Details: 509-520-5258.
Comedy jam. 8 p.m., Wildfire Sports Bar at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino, Pendleton. Details: 800-654-9453.
Music or DJ. Music: 9 p.m., DJ: 10 p.m.; Marcy’s Downtown Lounge; 35 S. Colville St. Details: 509525-7483.
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First Wednesday of the month, wine tasting. Plateau Restaurant at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, Pendleton. Details: 800-654-9453. Music. Rogers’ Bakery, 116 N. College Ave., College Place. Details: 509-522-2738. Record your music. 5 p.m., Open Mic Recording Club at Sapolil Cellars, 15 E. Main St. Details: 509-520-5258. Karaoke. 8 p.m., Wildfire Sports Bar at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, Pendleton. Details: 800-6549453.
Open mic. 7-10 p.m., Walla Walla Village Winery, 107 S. Third Ave. Details: 509-525-9463.
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Live music. 9 p.m., Wildfire Sports Bar at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, Pendleton. Details: 800654-9453.
Pianist Carolyn Mildenberger. 5-7 p.m., Sapolil Cellars, 15 E. Main St. Details: 509-520-5258.
Live music. 9 p.m., Sapolil Cellars, 15 E. Main St. Details: 509-520-5258.
The first Friday of each month, free admission at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton. Details: 541-966-9748.
Music or DJ. Music: 9 p.m., DJ: 10 p.m.; Marcy’s Downtown Lounge; 35 S. Colville. Details: 509525-7483.
Music. Dayton Wine Works, 507 E. Main St. Details: 509-382-1200.
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Send your event details to Karlene Ponti: 509-526-8324 or karleneponti@wwub.com
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