This summer is full of entertainment options in Kent, from festivals to concerts to lingerie football and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament.
The second annual Kent International Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 26 at the Town Square Plaza Park at the corner of Second Avenue and West Smith Street.
Now in its third year, an Evening of Jazz and Art in Kent will run from 4-8 p.m. June 24 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
From the Predators' May 29 Indoor Football League game.
You can pick up your prize at the Kent Reporter office, at 19426 68th Ave. S., between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Deadline to claim this week’s prize is noon Friday, June 11.
Person in photo must be the one to come in and claim the prize, no substitutions.
Three Kent School District high school students have been nominated for outstanding performance honors as part of the 2010 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards June 7 in Seattle.
The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent will display more than 500 color art renderings of unlimited hydroplanes by R.J. Tully during a special exhibit June 1 through Sept. 30.
Kent author Aletha Voges will sign copies of her book "My Will, God's Response: God's Will, My Response: A Memoir of Losing A Loved One," from 2-4 p.m. June 5 at Borders Books, 2437 Southcenter Mall, in Tukwila.
Kentwood High School was the site May 20 of Kent Fire Department's Gift of Life presentation, aimed at showing teens the consequences of drinking and driving.
Looking outside, it is hard to believe just a week ago, I was teaching at Quilt Canada, in Calgary, Alberta where it was snowing like crazy! Smart person that I am, I took along my wool coat which kept me toasty warm, but alas, no boots.
Jessica Nawar compares going to the Kent School District's VisFest Film and Game Festival to attending one of the high school's drama productions.
"It's like going to a play at a school to see acting, only you're going to see what students can do with technology," said Nawar, a Kentwood High School senior and a member of the VisFest student advisory board, during a May 14 interview. "They (festival attendees) would have a lot of fun seeing what everyone from elementary to high school students are making."
VisFest is short for "Visual Literacy Arts Festival." The district started the event in 2002 to give students an outlet to display their creative and artistic visual-literacy talents to fellow students, teachers and the community.
A free Hydro Fever party is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 29 as the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum celebrates its seventh anniversary at its Kent location, 5917 S. 196th St.
Singers, dancers, comedians and musicians will compete in the annual Kentlake Idol show at 7 p.m. May 21 at the Kentlake High School Performing Arts Center, 21401 S.E. Falcon Way in Kent.
The defense scored three touchdowns to help lead the Kent Predators to a 42-26 win over the Fairbanks Grizzlies in a professional Indoor Football League game May 14 at the ShoWare Center.
From the Kent Predators' May 14 Indoor Football League game.
Teams, volunteers and sponsors are wanted to participate in the ShoWare Shootout Aug. 7-8 at the ShoWare Center parking lot in Kent.
VisFest, the Kent School District's annual film festival, will run from 6-9 p.m. May 25 at Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 S.E. 256th St.
Claude French, Owen Taylor and Morris “Red” Badgro are not household names to most Kent residents.
But the names soon become familiar after a tour of the Kent football history exhibit at the Kent Historical Museum. The exhibit is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through June 18.
It's got a witch, a scarecrow, a lion and a tin man.
And then there's Dorothy, and her little dog, too.
The Kentwood Players' version of "The Wizard of Oz" has all the characters you would expect to see in a tribute to the classic American fairy tale.
But don't get too comfortable with this story - Kentwood's production of "Oz" has some one-of-a-kind twists you won't see anywhere else.
You're stuck in a bus terminal on a snowy night outside Topeka, Kans., and it's all you've got until morning.
So opens the setting for "Bus Stop," a classic American play and the spring production of choice for the Kent-Meridian Royal Players.
The Kent-based Seattle Mist of the women's Lingerie Football League postponed player tryouts that were scheduled for May 16 at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila.
