The last dance

'The Firebird' final performance for BAML director in ML

New theater group celebrates musical favorites

'A Salute to Broadway' opens Thursday

MOSES LAKE - Basin Community Theatre is the new face of community theater in Moses Lake and they're starting off with a salute.

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American Honey to close out summer concert series

MOSES LAKE — The name came out of the blue. “When we started, we used to do these band barbecues, and we hadn’t come up with a name yet,” said Audre Belt, lead singer of American Honey, which will perform Friday in Moses Lake. “We had come up with these (names) … that seemed really cheesy. And one of the guys started pointing at random things on the table, and we happened to have a bottle of Wild Turkey American Honey whiskey. He pointed at it and said, ‘American Honey’ and we all looked at each other and we just knew from that moment that that was it.” That was in 2017, and the band is still making music around eastern Washington, although Belt is the only remaining original member. American Honey’s show will be the last performance of this year’s Moses Lake Summer Concert Series.

AP Entertainment Digest for Friday

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Jazz Swing Dance provides some mood music

MOSES LAKE - Students and community members were "In the Mood" to swing dance Friday at the Jazz Swing Dance held by the Moses Lake High School Jazz Bands.

Nightclubs elated, but doubts cloud England's ‘Freedom Day’

LONDON (AP) — Sparkling wine, confetti, a midnight countdown: It’s not New Year’s Eve, but it might as well be for England’s clubbers. After 17 months of empty dance floors, the country’s nightclubs are reopening with a bang.

Boys & Girls Club talent show puts creativity on display

 MOSES LAKE — The afternoon was filled with excitement. The house lights dimmed low as a string of white Christmas lights on the wall behind the stage set an ambiance for the performers and audience.

Pam Tillis gets fair crowd moving

MOSES LAKE - For about an hour Saturday night, country singer Pam Tillis had fairgoers dancing in their seats.

Teachers need tool to remove bad teachers

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OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire is promoting her education bill, SB 6696, as an effort to improve Washington schools and give the state a shot at a share of the $4.3 billion available through President Obama’s Race to the Top initiative.

Driver’s ed to teach sharing road with trucks and buses

OLYMPIA - Driver’s education courses will include guidance about sharing the road with big trucks and buses if a bill approved by the Washington House gets an OK from the Senate...

Allied Arts sponsors 'dramatic reading' of play Saturday

MOSES LAKE — Columbia Basin Allied Arts will present a “dramatic reading” of a play by University of Idaho professor and playwright Robert Caisley at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Wallenstien Theater on the Big Bend Community College campus.

Aircraft rescue school underway

MOSES LAKE - If you see plumes of black smoke and flames coming from the Grant County International Airport, don't worry.

Fields of Dreams

MOSES LAKE — A trip to Mariners training camp provided numerous memories for two Moses Lake brothers.

Swing time

Swing dance

MOSES LAKE — Local businessman and swing dance aficionado Ty Ballinger says one reason swing dancing is great for everyone is “you don’t have to worry about your feet.”

John Michael Montgomery wows fans

Headlines Grant Co. Fair

MOSES LAKE - About an hour before Saturday's John Michael Montgomery concert, friends Megan Phelps, Jordyn Murray and Devin Robbins were hanging out at the Carolyn Fischer Stage area.

'Team Caitlynn' gathered to support dancer

MOSES LAKE - More than 100 people in red streamed into Moses Lake High School Wednesday evening to share support for a common cause.

Music students perform band concert for seniors

MOSES LAKE — Members of the Moses Lake High School band and Chief Moses Middle School bands played a concert – and even threw in some dance moves – for the residents of Pioneer Village Saturday morning.

Moses Lake Jr. Miss titled

MOSES LAKE — Courtney Earl was titled the 2007 Moses Lake Jr. Miss Saturday night at Moses Lake High School.

Good food, good music, good times at Royal City SummerFest

ROYAL CITY — Food, fun and activities for all ages were abundant throughout Lions Park over the weekend for the annual Royal City SummerFest.