Oregon Art Beat features McMinnville
McMinnville’s public art will be featured Thursday, Oct. 22, on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s “Oregon Art Beat” television show. The show plays at 8 p.m on channels 10 and 710 on ...
Stopping By: Taking their wheels out for a spin
While their wooden wheels revolve rapidly, members of the Mac Spinners sit quietly, centered and calm. Only their hands and feet move, and even then the movements are subtle: feet rhythmically press pedals ...
Second Winds band to honor vets
Second Winds Community Band will perform its seventh-annual Veterans Day concert Sunday, Nov. 8, in the McMinnville Community Center. The free program will start at 3 p.m. Donations will be accepted. Entitled ...
Stopping By: Brothers in uniform
Not long after his 2012 graduation from McMinnville High School, where he studied physics and chemistry at the Engineering and Aerospace Sciences Academy, Ben Dority tried to enlist in the Navy. It ...
'Rumors' to open at Gallery
Mishaps and subterfuge lead to lots of laughs in Neil Simon’s farcical “Rumors,” which opens Friday, Oct. 16, at Gallery Theater in McMinnville. Carolyn McCloskey is directing ...
Senior driving classes held
AARP Driver Safety classes will be held at the McMinnville Senior Center, Willamette Valley Medical Center and Hillside Retirement Community this fall. The first class at the senior center, 2250 ...
They're getting the Jake Blair Band back together
Guitarist Jake Blair and bass player Matt Seymour started early, playing quality blues in their early teens. After performing for a time with The Elwood Project, they formed the Jake Blair Band, ...
Adding some pep to homecoming
McMinnville High School students celebrate their homecoming week Thursday with a parade from the school to downtown. A pep rally in Wortman Stadium followed, and the Grizzlies played the West Albany football ...
An enterprising approach to theology
Poor mortals often wonder what the Heavenly Father wants from them. Could it be that all He really wants is a lift? Capt. James Kirk once took the starship Enterprise all the way to the planet Sha Ka ...
Concert supports music enrichment
The annual Koncert for Kids, a benefit for after school music enrichment, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the McMinnville High School auditorium. The program will feature the Mac High Symphonic ...
Linfield choirs to sing about planet
Linfield College singers will perform a concert, “To My Old Brown Earth,” Sunday, Oct. 11, in Ice Auditorium on campus. The free program will start at 4 p.m. The concert will focus on this ...
Mac senior center to celebrate 20 years
Two decades to the day since it opened, the McMinnville Senior Center will celebrate its 20th anniversary. The public celebration will run all day, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the center at ...
Friends of Senior Center marks 50 years
Friends of the McMinnville Senior Center celebrated its 50th anniversary Friday, Sept. 25, with music, a meal and plenty of memories. Actually, the organization started before any of the 320 current members ...
Linfield to host folklore program
Linfield College will host a free performance and panel discussion Wednesday, Oct. 7, on the music and culture of northern Scandinavia. The program is set for 5 p.m. in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center. “Sámi ...
Artists will open studios for Art Harvest tour
Thirty-nine local artists will display their work and their creative process during the annual Art Harvest Studio Tour. The Arts Alliance of Yamhill County puts on the annual tour, which allows viewers ...
