Want to eat better? Add a bit of color.
That doesn’t, however, mean reaching for a bag of Skittles or adding a lime to your beer.
Brightly colored fruits and vegetables are a key component of a healthful diet, but too often our meals are monochromatic. Turns out Mom was right: Eat your fruits and veggies.
Tickets still remain for an encore of Danny Vernon's Illusion of Elvis show at 2:30 p.m. March 25 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
Do you want to be known as one of the most talented entertainers in Kent plus win some cash?
Then sign up for the first "So You Think Kent Has Talent" competition organized by the Allegro Performing Arts Academy of Kent. Proceeds from the show will benefit Kent Youth and Family Services.
Pianist Alpin Hong, known as the man who performs classical music for the iPod generation, plays at 7:30 p.m. March 18 at the Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center, 10020 S.E. 256th St.
E-Dawg has lined up numerous rappers for his singles-release party in Kent at 9 p.m. March 12 at Poppa's Pub, 510 Washington Ave. N. The performers include Money B, formerly of the band Digital Underground, Ras Kass, West Coast Stone, Maharaji and others. Disc jockeys Nasty Ness, B-Mello and Roc Phella will host the show.
Fantasia, a rhythm and blues singer who won the American Idol season three competition in 2004, will perform at 8 p.m. March 18 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Sit back with your children and enjoy Vaudeville comedy, circus acts and a plot rooted in American melodrama as The Handsome Little Devils bring their Squirm Burpee Circus to Kent.
Jeff Jarrett promises "off the chart" matches and "fan friendly" interaction when the superstars of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling roll into Kent Friday night.
Check out the creativity of more than 450 Kent School District children during the annual Kent Student Art Walk March 7-18 in downtown Kent.
The Kent Predators showed plenty of offense but no defense in the Indoor Football League season opener at the ShoWare Center.
Seattle comedian Duane Goad performs at 7 p.m. March 2 at Pat's Bar and Grill, 114 Railroad Ave. N., in downtown Kent.
Players from the Seattle Mist of the Lingerie Football League will help the Kent Predators kick off the 2011 Indoor Football League season.
The Predators have lined up Mist players as special guests to sign autographs and pose for pictures after Kent plays the Sioux Falls Storm in the season opener at 7:05 p.m. Feb. 25 at the ShoWare Center.
Bring your children, grandchildren or friend's children to the city of Kent's annual Kids' Arts Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 5 at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
Several Seattle rappers will perform at a hip-hop show from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Feb. 26 at Poppa's Pub in Kent to benefit the Seattle Animal Shelter.
Thursday was a big day of snow for folks in Kent, who got out and about, whether it was walking with their youngsters, sledding down hills, or taking their dogs out for an airing. See what people were up to in our slide show of scenes from around Kent.
And share your photos with us! We'll post what we get on our Web site for all to see.
Just e-mail your images to editor@kentreporter.com.
Forty vendors will fill nearly 200 tables with glass, jewelry and collectibles from the early to mid-20th Century at the 34th annual Green River Glass Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 26 at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
Kent guitarist Ryan Johnson and Federal Way drummer Dennon Cowen just kind of blankly looked at each other the first time they met for a jam session.
Their fathers, Robert Johnson and Doug Cowen, are Boeing co-workers and suggested last summer that their musical sons meet.
"They didn't say a word," Doug Cowen recalled.
Now, about eight months later, the pair, along with vocalist Jeremy Cooper and bass player Derek Karn, are part of Thrilliant, a Kent band that plays a mix of punk, rock and metal.
The Kevin Jones classic rock band will help launch the grand reopening Feb. 19 of Casey's Bar and Grill, 24228 104th Ave. S.E.
Tons of fun are in the works for children of all ages at the “You Me We Fest” from 6-9:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
"Ladies Night Out Vol. 2" slide show
