In five days, actors from the Missoula Children’s Theater transformed the Village Arts Center auditorium into a frontier apple orchard and a group of area children into stage performers. The children, who ranged in age from kindergarten through 12th grade, gathered at the center July 19. ...
Rugby musician and composer David Halvorson brought the wild and windy sounds of North Dakota’s Badlands to the Minot City Band July 17. Written by Halvorson in 1988, “The Badlands” involves 29 musical parts. “It’s pretty challenging,” Halvorson said. “It has the flute, oboe, ...
With bright pink and blue panels from a recent play in the background, three eager groups of youngsters sat down on the stage at the Village Arts Center July 19 for their first day of play practice. Actor-Directors Garrett Gagnon and Jessica Hamilton were in town with the Missoula ...
Thank you, readers, for the fine response to the date pinwheel cookies in the last column. Several of you suggested that you would be like to see more recipes about dates. Simply put, dates are designed to please the palate. Because they can be used in a variety of ways in baking, they are ...
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Area residents gathered in the Prairie Village Museum’s Sandvik Building June 28 for a presentation by New York pop artist Michael Albert and a chance to put their own artistic talents to work. Albert, who authored “An Artist’s America” in 2008, stopped in Rugby on a multistate tour ...
About 500 people lined up at Rugby’s Home of Economy store June 23 for a taste of Cajun cuisine, courtesy of CEO Scott Pearson and Bruce Mitchell of the hit show “Swamp People.” While Scott supervised the plating of a smoked whole alligator filled with stuffing from his special recipe, ...
Many people have a favorite cookie. There are also numerous folks who have a treasured cookie recipe. For a number of years in our home, June is the month that we look forward to trying new cookie recipes. I am sure for many people December is conceivably the month to try treasured or new ...
A celebration of all things rhubarb attracted residents from Pierce County and points beyond to the Prairie Village Museum Sunday, June 20. The museum’s annual Rhubarb Fest featured goodies from rhubarb mini cheesecakes to rhubarb ice cream and rhubarb wine, all served in sample plates of ...
Although a global pandemic sidetracked plans by the Rugby Lions to mark the 25th anniversary of Music in the Park in 2020, conditions in Ellery Park were perfect for a celebration a year later. As a few puffy clouds floated overhead in the evening sky June 9, spectators set up lawn chairs or ...
