Valentine benefit dinner is Saturday at Carnation Elementary

Sno-Valley Senior Center hosts a Valentine's Benefit Dinner this Saturday, Feb. 11, at Carnation Elementary School. Cooks will serve a choice of prime rib or salmon. Dinners are $15, and proceeds benefit the Sno-Valley Senior Center. A 'Sweetheart Shrimp Cocktail' will also be available for an extra $3. Seatings are at 4:30 & 6:30 p.m. Reservations are encouraged but not necessary.

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updated 9:00 AM February 10, 2012 0

Go to the movies, help the jazz band at North Bend Theatre

North Bend Movie Theater will feature "War Horse," a Best Picture Oscar nominee in a special screening at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, as a fundraiser for the Mount Si High School jazz band's upcoming trip to Georgia. Jazz Band I has been selected to compete in the prestigious Swing Central festival in Savannah, Georgia, in March.

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10:57 AM February 8, 2012 0

Three free performances when acting improv teachers come to North Bend

Several well-known improvisation teachers come to North Bend February 15 to 19. Teachers from Alberta, Canada, North Carolina, San Fransico, Los Angeles and Massachusetts will spend the weekend planning an improv conference, and will also workshop the games and invite the public. Several performances are planned. The first is Sparky Johnson’s “Back to Borneo” a one man show about his life and work with acclaimed director Paul Sills, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at Valley Center Stage.

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12:14 PM February 7, 2012 0

Master hypnotist headlines Family Night at new Snoqualmie YMCA

Master hypnotist Jerry Harris will be mesmerizing families on Friday, Feb. 10, at the new Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Harris is known for his professional and entertaining shows, which are memorable and fun for the entire family.

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2:38 PM February 6, 2012 0

Murder medium rare: Audition for Valley Center Stage's interactive mystery fundraiser

Valley Center Stage is looking for actors with an ability to improvise, to appear in its upcoming interactive mystery play, "Murder Medium Rare," by Eileen Moushey. The show is a fundraiser for the theater and will be performed at Boxley's Jazz and Supper Club March 24. Auditions will be held at Boxley's, 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday Feb. 12. Reading from the script and some improvisation will be required.To learn more, email to gary@valleycenterstage.org

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2:36 PM February 6, 2012 0

SnoValley Writes taking submissions for 2012 writing contest

The SnoValley Writes writers' group is now taking submissions for its 2012 Writing Contest. A short story, poem, one-act play or creative non-fiction essay of no more than 1,500 words should be submitted by March 3. The story must include at least three of the following words: Three, Magic, Number, Valley, Anniversary, Coffee, Friends, Ashes, Determination, or Quest.

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10:19 AM February 3, 2012 0

Storm-stalled audiences get one more chance to see one-woman show, 'Tits and Asphalt'

North Bend was still recovering from days without power when local actress Robin Walbeck-Forrest was supposed to perform her one-woman show about her adventures walking to raise funds for a breast cancer cure. Walbeck-Forrest's storm-disrupted performance has been rescheduled, for one weekend only, Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11, at Valley Center Stage in North Bend.

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3:54 PM February 2, 2012 0

Back to the mountain: North Bend Theatre hosts six short climbing films in Reel Rocks Tour

North Bend Theatre hosts six short climbing films at its Reel Rocks Tour expo, which starts 7:30 p.m. tonight, Friday, Jan. 27. Films include "Cold," which won the grand prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in 2011. Over the past 26 years, 16 expeditions have tried and failed to climb one of Pakistan's 8,000 meter peaks in winter.

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2:49 PM January 27, 2012 0

Photos | Family sledding time at Wilderness Rim

North Bend residents Lorenzo Beverly, Mitchell Smith, Victor Beverly and LaFonte Beverly line up to race during a sled excursion on a Wilderness Rim side road last Tuesday, Jan. 17. Several Rim families enjoyed sledding before changing weather soaked the snow and plunged residents into a three-day power outage.

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2:41 PM January 27, 2012 0

Valentine’s Day dance will benefit Snoqualmie Valley's House of Hope family shelter

The Sallal Grange will host a Valentine's Day dance and fund raiser Saturday, Feb. 11, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Grange Hall, 12912 432 Ave. Southeast in North Bend. The fund raiser will benefit the House of Hope, a shelter for women and children. The event includes appetizers, desserts, dancing, a cash bar, raffles, games and photographs. Tickets are $25 each, by advance sale only.

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5:15 PM January 24, 2012 0

Warm up school music program with Jazz night fundraiser, tonight at Boxley's

Mount Si High School's Jazz I band is on its way to a prestigious national festival, and putting on a show tonight at Boxley's to raise funds for their March trip to Savannah, Georgia. Tonight's show starts at 7 p.m. at Boxley's, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend.

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1:33 PM January 17, 2012 0