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Friday, June 19-Sunday, June 21
* Sunday marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
In honor of this official start to summer, The Tasting Room Yakima -- a winery cooperative that offers up wines from Harlequin Wine Cellars, Naches Heights Vineyard and Wilridge Winery -- is hosting a pig roast from 2-7 p.m. today. Of course, there'll also be wine and beer for sale and live music by KCJ Jazz. Cost is $12, which includes food and one glass of wine. Kids eat for free.
But tonight's party is just the kickoff for The Tasting Room Yakima's weekend-long Summer Solstice and Biodynamic Vineyard Festival.
Bio-what?
Adjacent to the tasting room, a charming farmhouse perched off Naches Heights Road, are nine acres of biodynamic wine grapes. Taking organic one step further, biodynamic agriculture is a method of farming that adopts a holistic approach: Everything from the soil to the phases of the moon comes into play.
At 3 p.m. Saturday, you can learn more about biodynamic viticulture from Paul Beveridge, winemaker and proprietor of Wilridge Winery; and Damon Lobato, a sommelier and manager of The Tasting Room.
Then at 3 p.m. Sunday, Johnathan Craig of Yakima will lead an introduction to vermiculture (composting with worms) class.
For more information or to RSVP for today's pig roast, call 509-966-0686 or visit www.winesofwashington.com.
The Tasting Room Yakima is at 250 Ehler Road.
Friday, June 19-Saturday, June 20
* The two-day Festival of Flowers returns this weekend. It features antiques, art, garden décor and plants, children's activities and a variety of food vendors.
The flower-powered event runs from noon to 4:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on the grounds at Holy Family Church, 5301 Tieton Drive. There's also a Garden Party Gala beginning at 6:30 tonight.
Admission is $5 (today is senior day and those 65 and older get in for $3). Children under 12 are free. Tickets for the gala cost $50.
Sponsored by Banner Bank, the Festival of Flowers benefits children's programs at Catholic Family & Child Service, including Carroll Children's Center, Child Care Resource & Referral, Valley Intervention Program and Parents as Teachers.
For more information or for tickets, call 509-965-7100 or visit www.festivalofflowersyakima.org.
Saturday, June 20
* In Ellensburg, it's wiener dogs that get the last wag, especially during Dachshunds on Parade, the annual celebration of those adorable low-riding pooches.
Now in its seventh year, the dachshund deluge begins bright and early at 8 a.m. Saturday at Fourth Avenue and Main Street in downtown E'burg. Events include breakfast, a costume contest, a "short" parade, races and stupid pet tricks. New this year is a live auction for Habitat for Humanity. Local artists and craftsmen have tried their hand at building doghouses that will be auctioned off throughout the day. The event is free, but a $5 donation is suggested.
For more information, visit www.dachshundsonparade.com or call 509-925-4750.
* Just in time for Father's Day -- it's Sunday, in case you forgot -- poet and devoted dad Mark Fuzie will read from and sign copies of his poetry chapbook, "Crow Lover Song," from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Inklings Bookshop, 5629 Summitview Ave. in the Chalet Place shopping center.
The collection features genuine and deeply honest "family poems," as Fuzie calls them, that deal with being a husband and father, and the small joys and secret insecurities that come with those titles.
Saturday, June 20-Sunday, June 21
* Celebrate Union Gap's 126th birthday this weekend during Old Town Days.
Events include breakfast at the Union Gap Fire Department from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, followed by a parade and festivities in Ahtanum Youth Park, including the Old Town Days Idol Contest, food and craft vendors, a three-on-three basketball tournament, live music and a car show.
For more festival information, visit www.ci.union-gap.wa.us.
Monday, June 22
* Do not call it a maze.
Mazes are designed to confuse and lose people in their twists and turns, dead ends and loops. Labyrinths, on the other hand, are an ancient form of meditation featuring one continuous winding path to the center of the thing.
Labyrinth walking is said to heighten spiritual energy. People walk them for a sense of peace, awareness, encouragement -- and fun, too.
Monday night, Allied Arts of Yakima Valley is hosting a reception in honor of the labyrinth at Gilbert Park. The reception commemorates the 10th anniversary of the planning and organization of the labyrinth at the park, which adjoins the Allied ArtsCenter.
"We're encouraging people to arrive early to walk the labyrinth," says Lindsey Merrell, marketing coordinator for Allied Arts.
At the event, people can learn more about the healing powers and history of labyrinths, which began showing up in architecture in ancient Greece.
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