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Making your dollars work

How are you stretching your budget? Let us know!We're launching a new online segment called "Budget-Busting," with tips from readers about how they're making their… Continue reading

  • Nov 12, 2008
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Making your dollars work harder - it's a skill we all could learn.
A lineup of martinis at Zephyr Bar & Grill of Kent. Based at Kent Station

Nightlife: Looking for a place to go? Come on in

Baker Street Books: 7 p.m. various Fridays and Saturdays, live jazz. Baker Street Books, 32709 Railroad Ave., Black Diamond. 360-886-2131.Cutters Point Coffee: Live music various… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2008
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A lineup of martinis at Zephyr Bar & Grill of Kent. Based at Kent Station
'Annie Get Your Gun' Left to right: Gabbi DeWalt (Annie Oakley)

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Nov. 12

Holiday Open House in Historic Downtown Kent: 4-8 p.m. Nov. 14; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 15; noon-5 p.m. Nov. 16. A weekend full of product… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2008
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'Annie Get Your Gun' Left to right: Gabbi DeWalt (Annie Oakley)
Jeff Stevens’s “Fruit Cocktail

Kent trio pours it on in martini contest

Three Kent-based contest winners are shaking (not stirring) things up on the new martini menu for Zephyr restaurants after their recipes were selected as finalists… Continue reading

Jeff Stevens’s “Fruit Cocktail

Veterans Day events coming up in Kent

• A flag ceremony to honor Civil War veterans buried in Saar Pioneer Cemetery is slated for 3 p.m. Nov. 9. Five Civil War veterans… Continue reading

  • Nov 7, 2008
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Gypsy-jazz band Hot Club Sandwich will perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Auburn Avenue Theater

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Nov. 8

22nd annual Juried Holiday Craft Market: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 8. Features more than 70 vendor booths offering handcrafted gifts, as well as a fundraiser figgy pudding bake sale, lunch, and door prizes. Admission: Free. Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St., Kent. 253-856-5162.

  • Nov 6, 2008
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Gypsy-jazz band Hot Club Sandwich will perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Auburn Avenue Theater
TRIBAL TALES: Harvest Moon

OUT & ABOUT for the week of Nov. 5

Calendar SubmissionsThe entertainment calendar is published Wednesdays and Saturdays on a space-available basis. Submit entertainment items at least a week before publication dates to calendar@reporternewspapers.com.EventsSococulture:… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2008
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TRIBAL TALES: Harvest Moon
Phyllis Johnston of Kent

Kent holiday market not your average crafty event

It may take place at a senior center, but Kent’s Holiday Craft Market is not your grandmother’s craft fair. Now in its 22nd year, the market runs Nov. 7 and 8 at the Kent Senior Activity Center.

  • Nov 4, 2008
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Phyllis Johnston of Kent

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Nov. 1

EventsSococulture: For information about cultural events throughout South King County, visit www.sococulture.org.Biz-art Fine Art and Craft Weekend: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 1; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2008
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'The Drowsy Chaperone' The first national tour of one of Broadway's biggest recent hits

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Oct. 28

EventsSococulture: For information about cultural events throughout South King County, visit www.sococulture.org.Super Secret Experimental Bead Show: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 29-30. Features Czech pressed glass,… Continue reading

  • Oct 28, 2008
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'The Drowsy Chaperone' The first national tour of one of Broadway's biggest recent hits
Enjoy the nightlife in Kent and South County - just make sure you get a safe ride home.

Nightlife: Looking for a place to go? Come on in

NightlifeAd-Lib Bar & Grille: 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nov. 8, One Way Out. Cost: $7. 23803 104th Ave. S.E., Kent. 253-854-3058.Baker Street Books: 7 p.m. various… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2008
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Enjoy the nightlife in Kent and South County - just make sure you get a safe ride home.
Sydney Lanier stars as Lucy and Phil Edwards as the blood-sucking count in the Auburn Regional Theatre Company's production of 'Dracula.” The show

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Oct. 25

EventsSococulture: For information about cultural events throughout South King County, visit www.sococulture.org.10th annual Harvest Costume Ball: 6 p.m. Oct. 25. Fundraiser ball includes dinner, dancing… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2008
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Sydney Lanier stars as Lucy and Phil Edwards as the blood-sucking count in the Auburn Regional Theatre Company's production of 'Dracula.” The show
Winnipeg-based vocal group Chic Gamine will perform as part of the Kent Spotlight Series 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Oct. 22

There's lots to see and do in South County

  • Oct 23, 2008
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Winnipeg-based vocal group Chic Gamine will perform as part of the Kent Spotlight Series 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center
Check out our Nightlife listings. There's a lot to do in South County.

Looking for some nightlife in South King County? Look no further

Nightlife • Ad-Lib Bar & Grille: 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nov. 8, One Way Out. Cost: $7. 23803 104th Ave. S.E., Kent. 253-854-3058. • Baker Street Books: 7 p.m. various Fridays and Saturdays, live jazz. Performers: Oct. 24, Milo Petersen and Jazz Disciples; Oct. 31, Rachael Contorer. Baker Street Books, 32709 Railroad Ave., Black Diamond. 360-886-2131.

  • Oct 20, 2008
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Check out our Nightlife listings. There's a lot to do in South County.
Winnipeg-based vocal group Chic Gamine will perform as part of the Kent Spotlight Series 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Oct. 18

Out and About for South CountyEventsSococulture: For information about cultural events throughout South King County, visit www.sococulture.org.10th annual Harvest Costume Ball: 6 p.m. Oct. 25.… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2008
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Winnipeg-based vocal group Chic Gamine will perform as part of the Kent Spotlight Series 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center
Steel Lake Christian Pre-school went last year to Carpinito Brothers pumpkin patch in Kent to pick out some pumpkins.  With the pumpkins they have chosen are (left to right) Isamu Une

BOO! Local pumpkin patches and Halloween events abound

Find your perfect pumpkin, and have fun trick-or-treating, with these South County activities.

  • Oct 17, 2008
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Steel Lake Christian Pre-school went last year to Carpinito Brothers pumpkin patch in Kent to pick out some pumpkins.  With the pumpkins they have chosen are (left to right) Isamu Une
'Elektra' Janice Baird

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Oct. 11

What's happening in south King County this week.

  • Oct 10, 2008
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'Elektra' Janice Baird
Gaelic Storm will perform as part of the Kent Spotlight Series 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Oct. 8

What's happening in South County this week.

  • Oct 10, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Gaelic Storm will perform as part of the Kent Spotlight Series 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center
The King comes to Auburn Danny Vernon (pictured above) will perform as Elvis Presley

OUT & ABOUT For the week of Oct. 4

Your guide to the entertainment in King County this week.

  • Oct 10, 2008
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The King comes to Auburn Danny Vernon (pictured above) will perform as Elvis Presley
'Night of the Living Dead' Troy Fischnaller (left) and Galen Joseph Osier will play zombies in Seattle Children Theatre's production of 'Night of the Living Dead

OUT & ABOUT For Sept. 27

See what to do and watch in South King County this coming week.

  • Oct 10, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
'Night of the Living Dead' Troy Fischnaller (left) and Galen Joseph Osier will play zombies in Seattle Children Theatre's production of 'Night of the Living Dead