Jenny Kolin initially started to teach Irish dancing in the 1990s at a class at Kent Commons before she formed the Rowan Fae Irish dance group in 1999.
Fourteen dancers from Rowan Fae are part of the 16-group entertainment lineup at the Kent International Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 26 at Town Square Plaza Park, Second Avenue and West Smith Street, in downtown Kent. Rowan Fae performs from 2:45-3:15 p.m. at the main stage.
Maria Lopez, of Kent, learned to make nylon purses by hand from her mother as a child in El Salvador.
Now Lopez, 43, sells the purses as one of the many vendors at the Kent Farmers Market downtown along Second Avenue between Smith and Gowe streets. The market opened June 5 and runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday through Sept. 25.
The winning films and video games from the Kent School District's 2010 VisFest Film and Game Festival can be viewed online.
Paintings, photographs, prints and collages are part of the Kent Summer Art Exhibit June 4 through Aug. 27 at the Centennial Center Gallery, 400 W. Gowe St.
Confessions of a quiltaholic: My Thursday quilting group of friends
Holy smokes, am I stoked! I got to see the cover of my new book for the first time today. My latest quilting book, “Quick Little Landscape Quilts,” makes its debut this fall. In fact, I’m so happy, I feel like doing cartwheels across my lawn. I said I feel like doing cartwheels, not that I will do cartwheels. Hell would freeze over and pigs would fly if I attempted a cartwheel at my age.
It’s time to get international in Kent.
On June 19, the city will have its own International Taste of Kent, a fundraising dinner for the Kent International Festival (which happens the following week, on June 26.)
Kentwood High seniors walked across the stage at the ShowWare Center during the commencement ceremony Saturday evening.
Principal Doug Hostetter welcomed the parents and 435 graduates.
Kentlake High seniors participated in commencement Saturday, June 12, at the ShoWare Center.
The event began at about 9 a.m. as Diana Pratt, Kentlake High principal, opened the ceremony by telling the graduating class to, "believe in yourself as we believe in you."
The Kentridge High School Class of 2010 graduated to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" June 12 at the Kent ShoWare Center. A total of 481 KR seniors earned the right to claim a diploma for their own.
The Kent-Meridian Class of 2010 capped a busy four years on the academic grindstone by graduating June 12 from the Kent ShoWare Center.
A total of 304 seniors had achieved their goal - and a diploma - this year.
The Kent Mountain View Academy graduated its seniors June 11 at the Kent-Meridian High School East Wing Auditorium.
The Kent Phoenix Academy graduated its senior class June 10, from the school gymnasium.
Teacher Mark Grey was the student-selected speaker. He spoke of the challenges students faced in their studies, and how they didn't give up.
Holy smokes, am I stoked! I got to see the cover of my new book for the first time today. My latest quilting book, "Quick Little Landscape Quilts," makes its debut this fall. In fact, I’m so happy, I feel like doing cartwheels across my lawn. I said I feel like doing cartwheels, not that I will do cartwheels. Hell would freeze over and pigs would fly if I attempted a cartwheel at my age.
The positive impact on Miles Pekema of Kent, from playing a role in the Friendship Theatre's production of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," just keeps growing.
Pekema, 20, is one of 49 young adults and teens with developmental disabilities taking part in the production June 17-20 at the Knutzen Family Theatre in Federal Way. He plays a statue in one scene and a villager in other scenes
Tickets are now on sale for the two Seattle Mist Lingerie Football League games this season at the ShoWare Center in Kent, and team tryouts are June 13.
Food, crafts, entertainment, a parade, a fun run and a radio controlled float plane demonstration are part of the fun at the SeaTac International Festival June 25-27 at Angle Lake Park, 19408 International Blvd.
Laugh a Saturday afternoon away by catching the 1949 film "Africa Screams," featuring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is part of Vintage Movie day 3 p.m. June 19 at the Kent Historical Museum, 855 E. Smith St.
From the Kent Predators' June 4 Indoor Football League game.
You can pick up your prize at the Kent Reporter office between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Deadline to claim this week’s prize is noon Friday, June 18.
Person in photo must be the one to come in and claim the prize, no substitutions.
An essay in pictures of Memorial Day 2010 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Kent, Wash. Accompanying the photos is Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, which still holds relevance to our soldiers' sacrifices today.
The Tri-Cities Fever scored on a touchdown pass with 15 seconds left to beat the Kent Predators 57-50 in a professional Indoor Football League game June 4 at the ShoWare Center.
