Farmers markets up and running - 
For the past couple of weeks, local muralist Rick Fuller has been painting the North Third Street windows of the former Liquidation World building. His latest public work features a brick facade and the different Yakima Farmers Market posters from over th...

YVCC student and faculty exhibit opens Monday - 
Artworks created between the 2007 spring quarter and the 2008 winter quarter at Yakima Valley Community College will go on display next week in the annual YVCC Department of Visual Arts Student & Faculty Exhibit, a fixture at the Larson Gallery for mo...

YVCC Salsa Band's 'Clavecide!' CD highlights Latin music fest - 
At the beginning of the school year in September, Yakima Valley Community College jazz instructor David Blink promised his Latin jazz students the opportunity to record a CD if they came up with an entire set of original tunes. They did, and this week "Cl...

Downtown shop goes eclectic - 
Though tables of flowers greet you as you round the corner and ceramic pots flank the entrance, it's the clothing that catches your eye when you walk through the door of Garden Dance. "Home, garden, and fashion fro...

Spring fashion goes electric - 
This season's "color" is not pink. It's not black, brown or blue, either. It is electric. Electric, saturated hues. ...

It's all about emotion for acclaimed guitarist Feriante - 
There's something about the guitar, says classical guitarist Andre Feriante. It has a sound that just pulls at your heart. That's especially true with Feriante, who spent part of his childhood in Yakima. His romantic...

Guilty Pleasures -- Brews at the beach - 
Back in the day, beer was beer was beer. That was until several years ago, when Guilty Pleasures became intimately involved with the beer business. Well, more accurately, intimately involved with someone in the beer biz. During that time, Guilty Pleasure...