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Friday, May 16
* Classical guitarist Andre Feriante plays The Seasons tonight.
Feriante split his childhood between Yakima and Italy and was influenced by the flamenco tradition of Gypsies from Spain and Italy. He saw his first flamenco group at age 13 while a student at the American Overseas School of Rome, and "that music spoke to me in a big way" he says.
Feriante's concert, which will focus on his Spanish-style original compositions, features a special tribute to Andrés Segovia, considered the father of the modern classical guitar movement. It's at 7:30 at The Seasons, 101 N. Naches Ave.
Tickets cost $15 and are available through The Seasons box office, 453-1888, www.seasonsmusicfestival.com.
Saturday, May 17
* Each a small piece of art and advertising, fruit labels, especially those from right here in the Yakima Valley, are a distinct part of Americana.
And from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., there will be a full crop of labels at the 23rd annual Fruit Label Swap Meet at the Yakima Valley Museum, 2105 Tieton Drive.
Admission is free. For more information, call Del Bice, volunteer curator of labels for the museum, at 966-2844.
* Two of the funniest guys to come out of the Navajo Nation are making their way to Toppenish. Using props, music and costumes, Native American comedy duo James and Ernie are all about getting laughs from their observations about life on the rez -- as well as promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Ernie and James will perform at the Toppenish Community Center, 101 Meyers Road. The doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $12. For more information, call Roy Dick at 314-9241 or Odena Howard at 865-5121, ext. 4450.
* It will be one of the best programs in its 10-year history, promises the "New Memories" Folk Music Fest organizer.
The free event runs 7-9 p.m. at the Buena Grange, 170 Highland Drive in Toppenish.
A variety of folk music and old-time fiddling will highlight the evening, says Jim Thomas, president of the Toppenish Historical Society, which is sponsoring the fest.
Humphrey, Hartman and Cameron, a Richland trio of women who play guitar, banjo and cello, will be featured. Other local folk artists will perform, as will a yodeler. Coffee, punch and cookies will be served.
The fest is being dedicated this year to longtime Toppenish history buff Edith Foster, who died in September.
"It's a good-will thing," Thomas explained, saying the society puts on the musical evening as a way of thanking the community.
For more information, call 865-2398.
Sunday, May 18
* An expected 400 people will attend the Connecting Communities Fiesta, the signature annual fundraising event for Yakima Interfaith Coalition La Casa Hogar.
"So that's thrilling," said Carole Folsom-Hill, executive director of La Casa Hogar.
The benefit fiesta is from 3:30-7 p.m. at the Mighty Tieton Warehouse, 608 Wisconsin Ave. in Tieton, and includes Mexican food, entertainment, raffles and a silent auction with many art pieces by local artists as well as items from Mexico and El Salvador.
The cost is $50 per person. All proceeds benefit La Casa Hogar, a nonprofit organization that offers classes, programs and financial assistance for immigrant women and children as they make the transition to life in the Yakima Valley.
For ticket availability -- cross your fingers that there are any seats left -- or more information, call La Casa Hogar at 457-5058.
* Central Washington University's 2007-08 Performing Arts and Presidential Speaker Series wraps up with the last complete symphony Beethoven composed, his masterful Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral.
Under the direction of Nikolas Caoile, director of orchestral studies at Central, the CWU Symphony Orchestra and Choirs will perform this epic piece.
The concert program also includes Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Serenade to Music," with text drawn from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice."
The music begins at 4 p.m. in the concert hall of CWU's Music Education Building, off Alder Street in Ellensburg. Tickets cost $7 for the general public and are free for Central students. Tickets are available through www.cwu.edu/president/series or the Student Union and Recreation Center ticket office. Call 963-1301.
* Aspiring hip-hop artist SadistiK, aka 2004 Eisenhower High School graduate Cody Foster, is hosting a record release party.
The lyrically creative, complex and introspective rapper will perform his new album, "The Balancing Act," in its entirety beginning at 8 p.m. at Lilly's Cantina, 404 N. Pine St. in Ellensburg.
Cover is $3 for those 18 and older and no cover for 21 and over.
Friday, May 23
* Next week, perennial performers Nancy Stewart and MaryLee Sunseri bring the songs and stories of the Old West to life at the Yakima Valley Museum.
These longtime best friends and music partners will present a storytelling and song program about railroading.
The free performance is at 7 p.m. at the museum, 2105 Tieton Drive. Call 248-0747.
