Yakima Arts, Events and Entertainment

There are three stage theaters in Yakima, including the Capitol Theatre, which hosts approximately 300 performances a year, most notably their Broadway series, the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, headliners and spectacular Christmas events; the Warehouse Theatre Company, a popular community-run theatre and musical company featuring Yakima’s finest thespian talent; and the Seasons Performing Hall featuring chamber music and jazz. With its glorious stained-glass dome and windows, perfect acoustics and architecture that might have been transplanted from the Italian Renaissance, it is a Yakima treasure that has been featured in the Wall Street Journal.

Affiliated with the Warehouse Theatre Company is the Allied Arts Council. Allied Arts of Yakima Valley (established in 1962) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the coordination and promotion of arts events in the Valley. Allied Arts focuses on developing artistic and academic skills, community enhancement and economic growth through the arts. To get involved, visit the Yakima Allied Arts Web site.

Larson Gallery, located on the Yakima Valley Community College campus, offers free general admittance during gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is home to juried shows and curator-selected shows. The largest juried show is the Central Washington Artists Exposition each fall. Artists from Central Washington are invited to submit various forms of artisan works, and 100 pieces are selected by a regional jury. Throughout the remainder of the year, director Cheryl H. Hahn selects a variety of shows from across the country and around the world. For more information, visit www.larsongallery.org.

There are multiple jazz festivals throughout the year, including art fairs, a weekly farmer’s market, a blues and jazz festival, a hop festival and many more. Every summer Yakima Valley residents and visitors gather together for a three-day Yakima Folklife Festival featuring performers, crafts and of course food at Franklin Park. For more information, visit the Yakima Valley Museum’s folk life Web site.

The Yakima community supports and encourages the arts in all their many forms—music, dance, theatre, symphony, visual arts and comedy—each one creating another layer of sustenance in a busy world. From Broadway shows to local productions, from touring extravaganzas to preschool recitals, the Yakima community loves to be entertained.

Yakima Valley – A way of living!

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Perhaps it’s the four seasons or the nearly 300 days of sun a year that draw nearly 250,000 residents and more than half a million visitors to the Yakima Valley annually. Perhaps it’s the sweet smell of a valley that’s lush with orchards, vineyards and gardens. 

Perhaps it’s the diversity and cultural opportunities that create a heritage rich with multi-generational families and new families sharing community-sponsored events and neighborhood-organized barbecues and holiday parties. Maybe it’s the central location—to Seattle, Spokane or Portland—to the mountains, the ocean, rain forests or the Columbia River. Perhaps it’s that feeling of belonging, even when you’ve just arrived, that inspires thousands of new families to call Yakima home every year.

Click here to read Seattle Business Monthly’s feature on Yakima.

So it was no surprise to us that when The Early Show’s Dave Price toured the country as part of The Great American Adventure Winnebago Tour, he and the CBS morning show team stopped in Yakima where he gushed to viewers nationwide about the agricultural bounty he discovered. At one point, Price even challenged The Early Show anchor Harry Smith to pick any letter of the alphabet and Price would name a fruit or vegetable grown in the Yakima Valley that started with that letter.

Most people think of apples when they speak of the Yakima Valley. The area is home to more than 50 varieties of apples. But few know that the United States produces 24 percent of the world’s hops, and about three-fourths of the U.S. crop comes from the Yakima Valley. And in the past 20 years, Yakima Valley wineries have continued to receive increasing acclaim. The magnificent vineyards of the sun-drenched valley lie in the same latitudes as the great wine-producing regions of France. As a result, Yakima’s hand-crafted award-winning wines have enjoyed an explosion in popularity.

Located at the confluence of the Naches and Yakima Rivers, Yakima serves as the gateway to the Cascade Mountains to the west and the bountiful Yakima Valley to the east. The city of Yakima is the business and commercial hub of Central Washington, serving a populace of about a quarter of a million people. The Yakima Valley boasts of excellent education, culture and, of course, recreation.

Yakima offers so many attractions that you’ll want to plan to stay a while or make multiple trips to see everything. Depending on when you arrive, the city also plays host to a substantial calendar of events throughout the year. For further information about Yakima, please click here.

About Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital

Welcome to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, a thriving hospital in a growing community.  We champion the hallmarks of superior health care in an environment that emphasizes our core values of compassion, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and safety. And we pride ourselves on creating a first-rate place to support your professional development as well as provide a welcoming home for you and your family.

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is a 225-bed regional referral center. The hospital has a full array of medical and surgical specialties and is licensed by the Washington Department of Health and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Memorial is a member of the American Hospital Association and the Washington State Hospital Association. Areas of excellence include cancer care, heart care, children’s services, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatric care, wound care, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and sleep disorder services.

Memorial staff is constantly involved with in-service programs to improve existing techniques and to learn new ones. Central Washington Family Medicine offers an exceptional family medicine residency in our community. Memorial provides clinical training for:

Nurses. Pharmacists. Dietitians. Psychologists. Paramedics. Physician’s assistants.

Emergency medical technicians. Radiation therapy techonologies. Medical technologists. Radiology technologists. Occupational therapists. Surgical technicians.

Memorial Specialty Clinics

[Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of Memorial Specialty Clinics in Ellensburg, WA. This partnership with KVCM is bringing much needed specialty services to our neighbors in Ellensburg. Currently in the clinic are Oncology and Sleep Medicine, soon there will be a vascular surgeon. There is also interest in having physiatry, plastic surgery,endocrinology and neurosurgery. Our specialists will either have special clinic hours or host informational seminars in Ellensburg. We are hosting an open house reception Janauary 22nd for local physicians.

Yakima Tourism: Yakima River Canyon

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Yakima River Canyon a delight in spring

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North Star Lodge: Best Medium Sized Cancer Care Facility

The facility name conjures a mental picture of a beautiful,  tranquil  lodge  in an  idyllic lush mountain setting. The 42,000 square foot  facility  does  not  disappoint.  It  is  a bi-level  structure  on approximately  five acres. You cross a rough plank bridge, over a  bubbling  stream  to  enter  the  foyer.  A large  portico  shelters  the  front  entrance protecting  patients  and  visitors  from occasional inclement weather.

Welcome to this month’s HOPE award winning  medium-size  practice  in  the “Facility”  category.  Read more…