Kate & The Crocodiles is a Portland-based trio that presents compelling indie rock originals and covers mixed with early jazz, classical art songs, and reinventions of classic rock. If the spectrum sounds broad, it is all held together by a signature sound informed by classical sensibilities and a respectful blending of the genres. It’s like a warm conversation with a good friend.

The band is made up of Kate Morrison, a refreshing and innovative classically-trained vocalist and player of generally small instruments (ukulele, toy drums, etc.), performing as a guest vocalist with Pink Martini, the Oregon East Symphony and Utah Symphony; Craig Bidondo, a colorful, energetic and soulful keyboardist; Gavin Bondy, the intuitive trumpeter of Pink Martini.

An evening with Kate & The Crocodiles has been called “A perfect combination of musical talent and intimate, unforgettable entertainment.”

With some variation, the instrumentation goes like this:

• Craig Bidondo — keyboards

• Gavin Bondy — brass

• Kate Morrison — vocals, strings, maybe a toy drum set?

Derina Harvey leads the award-winning ​Celtic Rock sensation the Derina Harvey Band. Derina’s vibrant personality takes center stage with humor, storytelling, and her world-class vocals, with a show that offers fresh takes on traditional folk songs and original material. This group has been ​likened to a “rockier” version of Canada’s Great Big Sea​​ if fronted by Adele​and has earned a reputation as a ​high-energy live show​ that leaves many an audience out of breath and hollering from their seats!

The band enjoys a huge wave of online followers from across the globe—a following which exploded when their recording of Tom Lewis’s “The Last Shanty” was used in thousands of videos on TikTok. As a result, their streaming numbers skyrocketed to over 70 million total streams-—and continue to enjoy about 2 million more every month!

Put your putting skills to the test at the fourth annual Walla Walla downtown golf tournament of miniature proportions. This 21+ event lets you play through 12 holes while making pit stops at our beloved local restaurants and wineries. Throughout the event, you'll have the chance to win various giveaways and prizes, playing on courses made by our community members!

Our community event wouldn't be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, participating businesses, and dedicated volunteers. So come and join us for a day filled with putts, prizes, and, of course, fabulous pours!

By participating, you're also supporting the United Way of the Blue Mountains, which is working tirelessly to create a thriving community for all. We harness resources from donors, workplaces, and grant funders to bolster effective programs that promote Education, Health, and Financial Mobility. Your fun-filled day on the miniature green contributes to this noble cause.

Lost on the dreary Oregon coast, Fran wastes her daylight hours in the solitude of a cubicle, listening to the constant hum of officemates, occasionally daydreaming to pass the time. She is ghosting through life, unable to pop her bubble of isolation. Then, Robert started up at the company. He is new to town and the dynamics of the office. He is a naturally friendly person who keeps trying to chat with Fran. Though it goes against every fiber of her being, she may have to give this guy a chance.

Director Rachel Lambert and her team craft beautiful cinema for this delicately told story of love for the socially awkward and emotionally challenged. The film is made all the more human by its lovely cast (which features Walla Walla’s own Rich Hinz), but this is most prominent in the penetrating eyes of lead actor-producer Daisy Ridley and the caring smile of lead actor Dave Merheje. Sometimes, I Think About Dying is an unexpected fable on the virtues of living.

Alexander’s music leaves listeners exhilarated and breathless. He weaves timeless operatic arias amid soaring rock melodies with a powerhouse rock rhythm section with strings, woodwinds, brass, and backing vocals,

Classically trained in opera, Alexander has studied with vocal masters such as Arrigo Pola (the late Luciano Pavarotti’s voice teacher), Gianni Raimondi (La Scala, Italy), Dan Marek, John Wustman, and Nico Castel (Metropolitan Opera).

Alexander is a full scholarship graduate of the Mannes School of Music in New York City (B.M.) and Northwestern University (M.M.). As a lyric tenor, Alexander has performed internationally, with appearances at Avery Fisher Hall and The Berlin Philharmonic, and has performed alongside Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Ashley in the Columbia Artists/Broadway tour of “Master Class” by Terrence McNally.

Austin Kuhlman, Operations Manager of the Mill Creek Project USACE, can help you gain an understanding of watershed operations and the goals of sustainable stewardship. He will also present the challenges of balancing the needs of the community and the ecosystem.

Comedian and podcast host Steve Hofstetter, who has a whopping 185 million views on YouTube, also hosts Finding Babe Ruth on FS1.

His book, Ginger Kid, is a top 5 pick on Amazon and debuted at number one in its category. Hofstetter was the host and executive producer of season one of Laughs (Fox Television stations), and he has been on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and E! True Hollywood Story, Comics Unleashed, Comedy All-Stars, Quite Frankly, White Boyz in the Hood, Countdown, and more.

He has been in four movies and had two top 20 comedy albums (including one that hit number 1 on the iTunes comedy charts). He is a former Sports Illustrated and NHL columnist and has also written for Maxim and the New York Times, among others.

The show will also feature comedians Jarret Berenstein and Jon Bander.

Up next on First Thursday: Join us for a free concert with baritone Elijah Chung presenting a program entitled “An Eclectic Journey In Song,” featuring works by Vaughn Williams, Mozart, and Lerner & Loewe.

Bring a bag lunch and enjoy!

Featured on many of the world’s top shows, including America’s Got Talent, Britain’s Got Talent, The World’s Best, Penn & Teller Fool Us, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and more, Matt Johnson’s show is one not to miss!

International magician and escape artist Matt Johnson is originally from the United Kingdom and now resides in Vancouver, Canada. Matt has been performing magic and escapes for more than 30 years. In that time, he has traveled the globe! Matt has performed in exotic locations such as Japan, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Panama, Italy, and Australia.

In 2019, Matt was voted the Number 2 Most Viewed Act on Britain’s Got Talent and the Number One Most Dangerous Act. Matt is well known for his death-defying escapes.

Matt began his career as a magician and escapologist in his hometown of Sheffield, England. His knowledge of magic and escapes grew on his travels around the world. He picked up techniques and skills from the countries he visited and the people he met. This unique perspective has allowed Matt to make his performances completely unique and utterly captivating.

Not your typical magician, Matt has crafted a style known as Urban Deception, a refreshingly cool mix of magic and escapes combined with the comedic timing and slick stage presence of a seasoned corporate performer.

His performances incorporate magic, escapes, sleight of hand, mind reading, the power of suggestion, razor-sharp comedic timing, and audience participation into a performance that Simon Cowell called “simply brilliant!”

We hit the road for many reasons: to seek, to escape, to grieve, to revive. Jews find deeper meaning in the phrase Lech-Lecha —Hebrew for “go forth” or “go to yourself”— the notion that, consciously or not, guides the characters in this program of shorts: from the addict who drags her friend on a quest to Tzfat, to the animated grandmother drag-racing to escape the law; from the man who drives a young woman to the border to a mother and daughter turn a trip to a big-box store into a referendum on familial hierarchies and desires.

Roman Vishniac from his early years in tsarist Russia to his emergence as a modernist photographer in Weimar Berlin, his journeys across Eastern Europe before the war, and his family’s dramatic escape to America in 1940. After the war, Vishniac’s documentation continued with photographs of Berlin in ruins and children in displaced persons camps. Then, in a stunning shift, he turned almost exclusively to scientific photography, where he made considerable contributions in the field of microscopy. His “Living Biology” series, funded by the National Science Foundation, features some of the first films depicting life through a microscope. They became a staple in the 1960s and 1970s in classrooms across the United States. The brilliant artist, however, is best known for his iconic images of Jewish life in Eastern Europe from 1935 and 1938, the last visual records of these communities before they were wiped out.

The film is narrated by Vishniac’s daughter, Mara Kohn Vishniac, who was born in Berlin in 1926. Her clear-eyed view of her father adds to the complexity of a man who was a sometimes unreliable narrator of his own life story. She was his helper in the darkroom and his “alibi” for photographing Nazi propaganda with her posed innocently in front of it. Growing up in her father’s shadow, Mara sought to break free of his grip, only to come around and embrace his legacy. Ultimately, she took responsibility for preserving his diverse and stunning body of work, a haunting eulogy to a world on the brink of destruction.

The annual Love and Wellness Fair showcases a collection of trainers, holistic practitioners, and intuitive and conscious retailers who will share their time-honored wisdom and healing practices.

Enjoy delicious cocktails and mocktails crafted by thirteen of Walla Walla Valley’s best bartenders.

Vote for your favorite drink and help us decide on this year’s Signature Cocktail and Signature Mocktail. We will serve winning drinks will be served at The American Cancer Society Soiree.

During the contest, enjoy live music by local artist Lau Paula Rose.

In this workshop, Kate Frey, an artist and internationally renowned garden designer, will help you learn the basic principles of drip irrigation needed to design, install, and operate your home-built system.

While the titans of The Rat Pack are sadly no longer with us, the Walla Walla Choral Society will offer up the next best thing! Join us as we bring back timeless classics that will have you tapping your toes in no time — and hopefully on beats 2 and 4!

For this concert, we will feature the entire choir, a jazz combo, solo, and small group performances. “Fly Me to the Moon,” “This Can’t Be Love,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” are a few gems you will hear. You won’t want to miss this show!

While the titans of The Rat Pack are sadly no longer with us, the Walla Walla Choral Society will offer up the next best thing! Join us as we bring back timeless classics that will have you tapping your toes in no time — and hopefully on beats 2 and 4!

For this concert, we will feature the entire choir, a jazz combo, solo, and small group performances. “Fly Me to the Moon,” “This Can’t Be Love,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” are a few gems you will hear. You won’t want to miss this show!

Austin Miller is a Contemporary Country and Americana artist from Richland, WA. His acoustic-based music covers the soulful tones of the Southern Delta and South Texas. His musical style has been influenced by his travels around the United States while serving in the military.

Known for “genuinely jaw-dropping collective virtuosity,” as The Scotsman puts it, BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners, Glasgow-based five-piece Ímar stand out from the crowd – by taking things back to basics.

With a line-up featuring members of Mànran, Mec Lir, RURA, and Talisk and a heavyweight collective haul of top prizes – including the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Musician Of The Year, 2016 BBC Radio Scotland Young Musician of the Year, BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award, Young Folk Award, nine All-Ireland and eight All-Britain titles – the group’s formation embodies a personal reconnection with its members’ formative years, dating back long before their recent camaraderie around Glasgow’s justly celebrated session scene.

Adam Brown (bodhrán), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Mohsen Amini (concertina), Ryan Murphy (uilleann pipes), and Tomás Callister (fiddle) share a strong background in Irish music – although only Murphy hails from Ireland; Rhodes and Callister are from the Isle of Man, whilst Amini is a Glasgow native, and Brown originally from Suffolk. These foundations underpin many of Ímar’s distinctive qualities in both instrumentation and material.

The band’s unmistakable synergy centers on the overlapping cultural heritage between Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. All three places once shared the same Gaelic language, and a similar kinship endures between their musical traditions.

With his versatile vocal range and ability to connect with an audience, Trey Rose has quickly become a sought-after live performer across the United States and a “must-have” on playlists across the globe. When it comes to vocalists and artistry, there is a difference between a performer and an artist who connects with his audience. Rose is the latter.

Join us for a concert with organist James French, presenting a program entitled “Music of the Spanish Baroque.” Donations will benefit the Walla Walla Valley Disability Network, supporting its mission to improve the quality of life for families and individuals with disabilities.

Bring a bag lunch and enjoy!

Bubble rainbows with people inside. Audience members are making volcano bubbles! Gigantic bubbles that blow their own bubbles?

See the newest, funniest, zany spectacular from world-famous Guinness Book of World Records-holding master bubble wrangler Jeff Boyer as he takes bubbles to the max with big bubble flair. Mixing comedy, music, and interactive bubble magic, Jeff engages and delights audiences of all ages. It’s a sensory-friendly bubble extravaganza for the whole family!

Henry “Box” Brown was an African American born into slavery in 1816 in Louisa County, Virginia. Although he was not subjected to physical violence, Henry’s story (the basis for One Noble Journey) demonstrates the cruelty of slavery was every bit as devastating to the heart as it could be to the body. After his family was torn apart and parceled out to various beneficiaries of the estate, Henry devised an ingenious escape plan – sealing himself in a wooden box for shipment to friends and freedom in Philadelphia.

One Noble Journey also recounts the daring and miraculous quest for freedom of Elizabeth Craft and her husband William, who was born into slavery in Georgia. Ellen Craft, who was very light-skinned, disguised herself as a sickly white gentleman traveling to Philadelphia for medical treatment. Ellen and William, who acted as her slave throughout the journey, bravely traveled on public trains and steamers as they made their way up the eastern seaboard to Philadelphia. Eventually, they were forced to sail for England after the Fugitive Slave Law enabled slave hunters to pursue them even in free states.

About Mike Wiley: Acclaimed actor and playwright Mike Wiley has spent the last decade fulfilling his mission to bring educational theatre to young audiences and communities across the country. In the early days of his career, Wiley found few theatrical resources to shine a light on key events and figures in African-American history. To bring these stories to life, he started his own production company. Through his performances, Wiley has introduced countless students and communities to the legacies of Emmett Till, Henry “Box” Brown, and more.

This locally sourced spaghetti dinner is made possible by donations from local farms and businesses, including Browne Family Vineyards, Frog Hollow Farm, Hayshaker Farm, Nocking Point Wines, Passatempo, Thiessen Ranch, and more.

All proceeds go to Walla Walla Farm to School and help continue their work connecting students to the Walla Walla Food System through hands-on garden classes, food-focused events, and local food in their cafeterias.

• $19 Adult

• $12 Child

• $9 Wine

• $3 Soda/Milk

Celebrate February Restaurant Month with a night of culinary celebration. Local farmers and purveyors will join us to share our region’s bountiful goods and enjoy films showcasing the culinary arts.

Join us at 5 p.m. for mingling and feasting on locally sourced culinary delights. After enjoying some hearty appetizers, sip local wines and nibble on delicious snacks while enjoying a 7 p.m. short film festival (food-themed, of course) curated by our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge.

“The last time I was this entertained by an art documentary was Exit Through the Giftshop featuring none other than Banksy.” — Josiah Teal, FilmThreat.

In this visceral three-year race against time, a talented yet unknown L.A. artist bluffs his way into winning a commission to create the largest stained-glass window of its kind. The problem is he doesn’t know how to make it.

The documentary “Holy Frit,” directed by Justin S. Monroe, takes place in the chaos at Judson Studios, among the artisans who have devoted their lives to stained glass. This includes principal designer Tim Carey, who began as an oil painter. After netting a bid in 2014 to build a stained-glass window as big as a basketball court, Carey invites legendary glass maestro Narcissus Quagliata to the studio for two weeks for a crash course in techniques. One radical method is sprinkling “frit” (finely ground colored glass) across the completed panels. The “frit” fuses with the existing panels, creating painterly impressionistic effects. Everyone is outside their comfort zone.

As soon as anyone hears Caesar’s smooth baritone vocals and debonair delivery, listeners instantly recall Cole. As the Screen Actors Guild said, “Caesars’ smooth velvet voice has often been compared to Nat King Cole’s, but he has his interpretation and style that compares to no one but is essentially and superbly… Caesar.”

Caesar’s vocals are powerfully delivered with poise, elegance, and grace, whether accompanied by a big band, orchestra, or sparse acoustic guitar or piano instrumentation. A Chicago native, Caesar has toured the world accompanying Julio Iglesias, who has sold over 300 million records, becoming the first and only male vocalist ever to tour with the global superstar.

In August 2021, Caesar was diagnosed with cancer. His doctors told him that he could lose his voice and hearing during his five cycles of chemotherapy and 36 radiation treatments to his head and neck. Caesar remained optimistic and told his doctors to help him prepare for his next show. On February 24, 2022, Caesar headlined at the Kennedy Center with the Symphony Orchestra, 28 days after his last radiation treatment on January 4, 2022. He is cancer-free today, continues singing jazz standards and love ballads in five languages.

Caesar recorded selections from Cole’s songbook at Capitol Studios, in Studio A, singing into the same microphone and utilizing the same Steinway piano that Cole used in the 1950s. “Jazz Standards for Today’s Audience,” later retitled “Caesar Sings Nat King Cole,” was engineered by 23-time GRAMMY-winning legend Al Schmitt.

Born and raised in Cork, Ireland, Eoghan Murphy is a singer-songwriter who has composed music and performed regularly for over a decade. Influenced and inspired by legendary blues musicians, jazz composers, and iconic folk singers, as well as music from his native Ireland, Eoghan enjoys writing and arranging songs that tell new stories while also paying homage to the past.

At this inspiring streamed event, learn leadership skills to develop personally and professionally. Gather key insights to bring back to your team(s) at work and home. Keynote speaker John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold over 30 million books in fifty languages.

He has been identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association and as the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc. magazine. Three world-class speakers and best-selling authors join John: Kendra Scott, Marcus Buckingham, and Ryan Leak. During this event, these speakers and influential leaders examine how to grow organizations using surprising and positive techniques to help your organizational efforts build excellence, engagement, and fun.

This hands-on workshop mini-series with Farmer Jennifer Kleffner teaches food preservation methods. Fermentation, pickling, making jams, jellies & chutneys, and freezing and drying foods will be presented.

It's an original tale of six sweet sisters spinning their way to stardom.

Nancy Wells wrote the story with choreography by Nancy Wells, Jennifer Clark, Justine Clark, Grace Podolski, and guests.

Presented by The Walla Walla Dance Co.