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This is a digital publication celebrating all the best of Waitsburg, Washington. We’re here to help you find fun things to do, explore the neighborhood, and put you in touch with the amazing creatives, makers, and businesses that call this great (and tiny) city home.

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The Siren is an observer of arts and culture celebrating all the best of Waitsburg, Washington. We’re here to help you find fun things to do, explore the neighborhood, and put you in touch with the amazing creatives, makers, and businesses that call this great (and tiny) city home.
WALLA WALLA DANCE COMPANY
At Cordiner Hall
7pm Saturday, May 17th
Join the Walla Walla Dance Company at Cordiner Hall on May 17th as our dancers perform new choreography and share the season’s work with Co - Artistic Directors Jennifer Clark & Justine Clark, Company Founder Nancy Wells, Grace Podolski, Anniston Jimenez, Cynthia Saldana, & Maddy Van Cleve. Directed and Produced by Justine Clark. Special Thanks to Chloe Pease, student teacher Evie Leonhard and Walla Walla Summer Theater.
The Spring Finale is a celebration of dance and the joy it brings. We will present our little ones through graduates and hope that everyone enjoys the special occasion of live performance on stage at Whitman College’s Cordiner Hall,
Please kindly purchase your tickets in advance! Limited general seating will be available at the door.
$35 Reserved (all ages)
$25 General
$10 Children 10 & under (seated)
ArtWalla & The Palouse Valley Community Center invites local artists to participate in this ArtWalla Art Pop-Up series celebrating Waitsburg Artists.
Dates:
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
Saturday, June 7th, 2025
Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
Saturday, September 5th, 2025
Time: Reception & Showcase 1–4 PM (Setup starts at 10 AM)
Location: Palouse Valley Community Center, Waitsburg, WA
Adult Artists can participate in one or multiple events! Sign up now to secure your spot.
Youth Art Showcase: We are thrilled to provide a platform for young artists! If you’re under 18 and passionate about art, this is your chance to share your talent with the community. 5 youth artists will be featured each month. Register early!
For more info and to register, email laura@artwalla.com or visit
From organic farming in Saudi Arabia for a prince, to gold medal wildflower and organic vineyard gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, gardens can be adventures. Meet the makers, see the gardens, hear the stories and learn to make gardens that captivate and feed us.
Author of The Bee Friendly Garden, three time Chelsea Flower Show veteran, international small farm and ecological landscape consultant, Kate Frey will join us for this very special garden talk.
Plant starts will be available including some used at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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9 AM - 4 PM
APRIL 11 + 12, 2025
TOWN HALL
121 MAIN STREET
Gaudy Gals presents a spring market event featuring vintage, garden, books, crafts, furniture, and yes, even ‘Man Junque’.
ART TALK
SATURDAY APRIL 5, 6PM
ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
"Tracks", by Joseph Goldberg is the subject of this month’s Art Talk with Joseph Roberts. Join the conversation!
Royal Block hosts monthly art talks: round-table discussions facilitated by Joseph Roberts that consider differing perceptions of a single artwork. No art experience necessary.
Arrive early to enjoy minimalist, foot-crushed, unfined & unfiltered wines poured by Keith Johnson from Devium.
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3-6PM, SATURDAY APRIL 5
THE ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
Keith Johnson from Devium will be pouring his minimalist, foot-crushed, unfined & unfiltered wines. Expect the unexpected!
Stay for the monthly ART TALK with Joseph Roberts that starts at 6pm.
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ARTIST’S RECEPTION
4-6PM, FRIDAY APRIL 4
This may feel like déjà vu for those who have been following, but Combine Art Collective once again welcomes ten Waitsburg artists for a very special Art Show ‘Straight Outta Waitsburg’. Artists include Bill Rodgers, Carrie Hendrix, David Gignac, Greg Tate, Karen Gregutt, Kimi Bruzas, Lane Gwinn, Suze Wood, Tom Bennett, and Twila Johnson Tate. Same artists, new work! Come say hello.
The gallery is open Thursday - Sunday 11am - 5pm and will be hosting the show through April 27. Pictured is Greg Tate’s Fly Away 2.
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
6:30 PM
THE ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
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This Friday marks the return of The Movie Crush with our favorite cinematic curator, Warren Etheredge introducing us to ‘PROCESS’— part two of a four-part movie series: ART IN SHORT.
“How audiences and critics will receive an artist’s efforts is unpredictable, thus creators are wise to enjoy the process of making the work. Paint on canvas. Digital pen on tablet. Clay or camera in hand. Paper reimagined with twists or blades. The dedicated artists who invest in their particular, and sometimes peculiar, visions are enriched by the feel, the focus, the sweat, the hours. In this 75-minute* royal block of shorts, you’ll meet painters and the painted, doodlers and rappers, scientists and saviors, all of whom will show you… how it’s done.”
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2025
6:30 PM
AMERICAN 35
128 MAIN STREET
Saturday night, Friends of the Devil (Andy Steele - drums and percussion, Paul Gregutt - vocals, guitar; Nick Velluzzi - vocals, guitar; Nick Bader - bass) will be serving up songs by the Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and a smattering of Cosmic Cowboy tunes on the American 35 stage beginning at 6:30PM.
SAT 3/15 4-8pm: SPANISH TAPAS + FLAMENCO MUSIC
ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
6-8pm: Guitarra Flamenca - classic flamenco repertoire and original works by Gustavo Alonso López and a special guest Jay Roulston.
4-6pm: Spanish tapas paired with Spanish wine varietals from Walla Walla Valley.
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Combine Art Collective is pleased to announce our next show starting March 6 — Straight Outta Waitsburg! Participating artists will be: Bill Rodgers, Carrie Hendrix, David Gignac, Greg Tate, Karen Gregutt, Kimi Bruzas, Lane Gwinn, Suze Wood, Tom Bennett and Twila Johnson Tate.
Join us for the Artist’s reception the evening of March 7, 2025!
SAT 3/1 6-7pm: ART TALK
ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
‘Wise Virgin Eating Rock‘ by Amanda Manitach is the subject of this month’s Art Talk with Joseph Roberts. The artist herself will join us to unveil and discuss the artwork. Manitach is also the editor of PublicDisplay.art, which features an interview with Joseph Roberts in this month's edition.
Join the conversation! Royal Block hosts monthly art talks: round-table discussions facilitated by Joseph Roberts that consider differing perceptions of a single artwork. No art experience necessary.
Come early to sample some new and library wines by our friends over at El Corazon!
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