Palouse RV Park for WSU and/or UI Football Fans

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If you’ve got friends and family who come for the WSU and/or UI football games, the Palouse RV Park is a nice, convenient place to stay. We’re only 15 miles from WSU and UI.

Rate is $25/night and includes full water, sewer, electric, and now WI-FI.

Call 509-878-1811, M

Skateboarding Lessons Palouse, Wash., September 29, 2012

Palouse Park, September 29^th, 10:00 am

Learn some skateboarding basics from one of our local enthusiasts, Aaron Flansburg.

Cost is $20 to support the building of a skateboard park in Palouse.

For more information, call Aaron at 509-595-1179

Gypsydawgs at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn September 29, 2012

On Saturday, September 29 at 7:30 pm, Gypsydawgs will perform jazz, Gypsyjazz and a few Irish tunes at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. Admission is $8 at the door; 419 N. Parkway, Uniontown, Wash.

Those who will enjoy this performance include jazz fans including those who enjoy the compositions of Django Reinhardt, the gypsyjazz sound, and acoustic music in general. Music lovers will love the vocalists and the many jazz standards they sing with the group. Prepare for a real treat.

The Gypsydawgs is comprised of four local musicians and two guest singers. Joe Taylor is featured on guitar, Ron “Bear” Seiler on mandolin, David Summers plays keyboards and accordion and Kasey Dennler plays bass. Terri Summers and Terri Grzebielski are the band’s guest vocalists. The band enjoys performing a wide variety of music from around the world, but mostly focuses on gypsyjazz as personified by Django Reinhardt as well as a variety of Jazz standards.

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn is a non-profit creativity center in the big white barn behind the famous iron wheel fence just off highway 195 in Uniontown. The three level facility is fully ADAcompliant and has no daily admission fee. It is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Information: www.artisanbarn.org or 509-229-3414.

"Old Fashioned Sunday" at Dahmen Barn September 16, 2012

“An Old Fashioned Sunday in Autumn” returns to the Dahmen Barn

On Sunday, September 16 from 11 am to 3 pm, “An Old Fashioned Sunday in Autumn” returns to Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown.  This 6th annual FREE fall event features a pie baking contest with sales of pie ala mode following the judging and a silent auction of desserts which are contained in beautifully decorated boxes made by our resident artists.

Live music occurs throughout the event. Loose on the Palouse will play accompanied by a tractor for percussion and our good friend Bodie Dominguez will perform some western music.  In addition, Miss V will perform with her unique perspective and personality, experiences, free spirit, clever lyricism and classic rhythms on the guitar and her homemade banjo, blended together to create her signature "Cowbilly" music.

We welcome the Antique Power Club back with their vintage farm equipment again this year. They will do a show and shine exhibition along with a demonstration in an adjacent field.  Two of their members build exquisite scale models of engines and will be there to demonstrate their operation.

Vintage movies of farming on the Palouse will run continuously, and the Rural Heritage Display loaned by the Whitman County Library features still Palouse photos from the past.

Watch local artisans demonstrate their time honored crafts in the yard behind the wheel fence including a variety of fiber arts, black smithing, hand carved spoons and ducks, cider pressing, broom making. 

Resident artist Donna Baker will be demonstrating her portrait skills at the event.  She can do a quick draw rendition or work from a person sitting or from a photograph.  Be sure to visit our other resident artists working in their studios inside the Barn.

The drawing for the cast iron outdoor fireplace fabricated by The McGregor Company and donated as a fund raiser for the Dahmen Barn will be held.  Drop in to the Barn in advance to see this lovely piece in person or go to the website's home page. Tickets are $5 each or two for $8.  You need not be present to win, so call 509-229-3414 if you would like to purchase some chances in advance.

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn is a non-profit creativity center in Uniontown off highway 195 in the big white barn behind the famous iron wheel fence.  The fully handicap accessible facility is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Information:  www.artisanbarn.org or 509-229-3414.

Registration Due September 8, 2012 for Wood Bowl Turning Workshop

Dahmen Barn sponsors introduction to bowl turning workshop on September 15

On Saturday, September 15 from 9 am to 3:30 pm, wood artist Len Zeoli will hold a workshop for beginners, sponsored by Artisans at the Dahmen Barn.  The cost is $95 and includes the use of a power lathe and all the materials.  Registrations must be received by September 9.  Maximum number of students is 5.  Register online using the calendar page at www.artisanbarn.org or call 509-229-3414.

This is a one-day session in Len's Uniontown studio where the beginning student will learn the basics of bowl turning and turn a green wood bowl. Several topics will be presented that include general wood shop and lathe safety, bowl design, choice of wood for turning, proper fastening of wood onto the lathe, and finishing. Len will demonstrate bowl turning and give you hands-on instruction in the use of bowl turning tools. No experience is necessary, yet you will learn skills you can take to the next level. All tools and materials will be provided.

Len Zeoli has been working with wood since he first made his own toys as a child. Wood has always been for him a readily available material that possesses lots of personality and possibility. His professional career in woodworking began in 1978 when he set up his first shop, where he taught himself cabinet and furniture making. Not satisfied with just buying lumber, Len immersed himself in the idea of wood as material, falling and milling trees that would one day find their way into his finished work. This is nowhere more true than in his bowl turning, where he has focused on turning green wood. Many years of learning by doing have given him a sense of how to begin at the beginning and to persist through process to a finished piece. Len has a special place in his life for those who want to learn how to work with wood, and is desirous of sharing his hard earned knowledge to help his students move in satisfying and productive directions.

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn is a non-profit creativity center in Uniontown in the big white barn behind the famous iron wheel fence.  The facility is fully ADA compliant and has no daily admission fee.  Information:  www.artisanbarn.org or 509-229-3414.