Community Concerts seasons begin this month all over the Mid-Columbia from the Tri-Cities to the Lower Valley, to Wenatchee and Moses Lake.

SUNNYSIDE -- The second biggest city in Yakima County is gearing up for its second biggest community festival of the year.

The sisters who front Heart proved they could rock with the best of them 30 years ago with hits like Crazy on You, Magic Man and Barracuda.

Ask renowned classical pianist Rudolf Budginas the correct way to pronounce his last name and he'll keep it simple.

Art in briefs for Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

Arts in brief for Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

The Battelle Film Festival launches its 2009 Fall Film Festival on Sept. 11 with the French film The Class.

Celebrate the end of summer and fall's arrival at the West Richland Harvest Festival.

The Pendleton Round-Up is called one of the toughest sports on dirt for good reason, even though some say it's more of a show than a sport.

Load up the kids in the car and help Benton City celebrate 26 years of community fun at its annual Benton City Daze festival Sept. 11-13.

Robert Cray, a five-time Grammy-winning blues musician, might be pushing age 60, but he still plays a mean guitar and flaunts a killer smile.

Zesty foods, entertainers, craft vendors, dancing, kids games, local vintages, fresh-picked produce, salsa contests and colorful flowers and peppers will all be found in downtown Pasco at the 25th annual Fiery Foods Festival on Sept. 12-13.

Hermiston's Desert Arts Council kicks off a new concert season Sept. 10 with soothing jazz from internationally known pianist Tom Grant.

Arts in brief for Friday, September 4.

The 13th annual Tumbleweed Festival, which is Sept. 5-6 at Howard Amon Park in Richland, will be bittersweet for Kennewick folk musician Micki Perry.

Two friends fronting two alternative rock bands are putting on a collaborative concert before going their separate ways this fall.

WALLA WALLA -- and Rory Feek are much more than one of the newest duets to come out of Nashville.

Hal Holbrook portraying Mark Twain in a one-man show -- titled Mark Twain Tonight -- is one of five productions the Toyota Center is bringing to the Tri-Cities for its 2009-10 Broadway Series.

Arts in brief for Friday, Aug. 28, 2009.

With 55 free concerts in six days, 42 food booths and three adult beverage gardens, there's plenty to enjoy at Spokane's Pig Out in the Park Festival.

You still have a chance to catch top name entertainment and scrumptious food at the Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo, at the Kennewick fairgrounds on 10th Avenue.

Heavy metal music isn't just deafening, the musicians who play it have been known to be a bit eccentric too.

Dig out your cowboy boots and hat, the Horse Heaven Round-Up is rolling into town.

Watching the change in the local music scene from punk to hard-core, the guys from the Petey Puckett Band recognize the need for promoters for all types of music, including their grunge-blues type of sound.

Bucky Covington is no ordinary country crooner. He never wears a cowboy hat or a belt buckle, and with his signature long blond locks, he looks more like a rock musician.

There are few radio isteners unfamiliar with Night Ranger's ballad Sister Christian.

Arts in brief for Friday, August 21.

Bucky Covington is no ordinary country crooner. He never wears a cowboy hat or a belt buckle, and with his signature long blond locks, he looks more like a rock musician.

Heavy metal music isn't just deafening, the musicians who play it have been known to be a bit eccentric too.

Arts in brief for Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.