Mid-Columbia events for April 15-24

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Comedy

Kermit Apio, 8 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $10.

Dance

Afternoon ballroom dancing, 1 p.m., Richland Community Center, 500 Amon Park Drive. Cost: $6. Call 509-946-5385.

Open Dance Fridays, swing/country/ballroom, 6 p.m., Pasco Eagles Club, 2829 W. Sylvester St. Cost: $6.

Dancing with the Tri-City Stars, 7 p.m., Chief Joseph Middle School, 504 Wilson St., Richland. Cost: $30. With help from the Utah Ballroom Dance Co., local community leaders vie for the mirror ball trophy. Info: dancebybethtrost.com or call 509-586-7609.

Nightlife

Plutons Trio, jazz/funk organ trio from Portland, 9 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Stompin Ground, 9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. No cover. Call 509-943-1173.

Gaming

Magic the Gathering Booster Draft, 4:30 p.m., Adventures Underground, 1391 George Washington Way, Richland. Cost: $15. Draft, build and battle from the latest set of Magic the Gathering.

Art

Paint Party with Lexie, 6 p.m., Kat Millicent Custom Art, 1377 George Washington Way, Richland. Cost: $40. Lexie will walk you through how to create painting on a 16-by-20-inch canvas. Bring beverage and snack. Call 509-942-4638.

The WOLFGANG Art Reception, 7-9 p.m., Confluent Space, 285 Williams Blvd., Richland. No cover. Dancing Fire will be on display through April 30. Call 509-619-4116 .

Film

Planetarium shows, Secret Lives of Stars, 7 p.m., and Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing Telescope, 8 p.m., Columbia Basin College’s Bechtel National Planetarium, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Cost: $6 adults, $5 seniors; $3 ages 6-12; free for 5 and under. Call 509-542-4515.

Music

Jazz Unlimited, concert bands competition, 7 a.m., Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Free. About 4,200 students from across the Northwest will compete. The festival also features clinics, special guests and concerts. Info: bit.ly/jazzunlimited_2016.

Randy Brecker, Jazz Unlimited guest artist concert, 7:30 p.m., Art Fuller Auditorium, 500 S. Dayton St., Kennewick. Cost: $10-$15. Brecker is a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and flugelhornist.

Theater

Mid-Columbia Musical Theatre presents ‘Company,’ 7:30 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 1300 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Cost: $10-$20.

‘Our Town’, 7:30 p.m., Hanford High School Auditorium, 450 Hanford St., Richland. Cost: $10 for adults; $8 for students and seniors.

Comedy

Kermit Apio, 8 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $10.

Nightlife

Michael Mandrel, new age guitar from Portland, 6 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Wine & Piano at Ms Rhoda’s Wine Garden with Rick Eaton, 6:30 p.m., Ms. Rhoda’s Wine Garden, 702 Jadwin Ave., Richland.

The Show Ponies, West Coast-based bluegrass, 7 p.m., Brewminatti, 713 Sixth St., Prosser. Cost: $15-$20. Call 509-786-2269.

T Sisters, 9 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Salsa Saturday, 9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $7.

Art

Pallet Art, 6 p.m., Kat Millicent Custom Art, 1377 George Washington Way, Richland. Cost: $40. Learn to paint silhouette-style on repurposed wood. All wood will be prepped, ready to paint pieces. Bring beverage and snack. Call 509-942-4638.

Theater

Mid-Columbia Musical Theatre presents ‘Company,’ 7:30 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 1300 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Cost: $10-$20.

‘Our Town’, 7:30 p.m., Hanford High School Auditorium, 450 Hanford St., Richland. Cost: $10; $8 for students and seniors.

Music

Jazz Unlimited, jazz band competition, 7 a.m., Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Free. About 4,200 students from across the Northwest will compete. The festival also features clinics, special guests and concerts. Info: bit.ly/jazzunlimited_2016.

Film

Planetarium shows, The Little Star that Could, 2 p.m., and The Life of Trees, 3 p.m., Columbia Basin College’s Bechtel National Planetarium, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Cost: $6 adults, $5 seniors; $3 ages 6-12; free for 5 and under. Call 509-542-4515.

Misc.

20th Annual Gem and Mineral Show, 10 a.m., Benton County Fairgrounds, 1500 South Oak Street, Kennewick. Cost: $5; kids 14 and under are free with a paid adult.

Route 66 Show and Shine, 9-3 p.m., Liberty Christian School, 2200 Williams Blvd., Richland. Cost: Register $20 per car for participants. Free for everyone else. Includes cars, music and activities. Call 509-946-0602.

Film

‘Years of Living Dangerously’, 2-3:30 p.m., Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive. Free. An Emmy-winning documentary that has nine one-hour episodes about the cause and effect of climate change.

Misc.

20th Annual Gem and Mineral Show, 10 a.m., Benton County Fairgrounds, 1500 South Oak Street, Kennewick. Cost: $5; kids 14 and under are free with a paid adult.

Childhood Cancer Awareness 1-mile/5k Run/Walk, 2 p.m., Howard Amon Park, 900 Amon Park Road, north Richland. Free. No registration required.

Nightlife

Otep, 6 p.m., Main Street Studios, 207 W. Main St., Walla Walla. Cost: $20. Info: www.mainstrstudios.

Jam night with Vaughn Jensen, 8 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Dance

Dance lessons for singles and couples, 6:30 p.m., Pasco Eagles Club, 2829 W. Sylvester St. Cost: $6.

Nightlife

The Amber & Amber Show, karaoke, 9 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Art

LitFest: Young Author Panel, 7 p.m., Mid-Columbia Libraries Kennewick , 1620 S. Union St. No cover. Featuring Jennifer Hotes, A.L. Sonnichsen and Terry Trueman. Call 509-542-5531.

Misc.

Blue Mountain Community College Arts & Culture Festival, 10 a.m., Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. Free. Call 541-278-5944.

Comedy

The Gateway Show, 8 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $10. Five comics do their best sets, then go get high at an undisclosed location. They then come back and do the set again. Call 509-943-1173.

Nightlife

Mary Lou and Stevie Show, 6 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Wednesday Night Musician’s Circle, 6 p.m., American Legion Post #34, 1029 W. Sylvester St., Pasco. No cover.

Karaoke, 9 p.m., The Roxy Bar, 101 W. Kennewick Ave. Call 509-438-3425.

Karaoke, 9 p.m., The Dugout, 7111 Burden Blvd., Pasco. No cover.

Misc.

Blue Mountain Community College Arts & Culture Festival, 10 a.m., Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. Free. Call 541-278-5944.

Comedy

Moses Storm, 8-9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $12. Call 509-943-1173.

Nightlife

Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. No cover. Call 509-946-9328.

The Knutzen Brothers, 8 p.m., The Dugout, 7111 Burden Blvd., Pasco. No cover.

Girls Night Out, 9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $3 for men after 11 p.m.

Wabi Sabi, jazz fusion, 10 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Art

Wine and Watercolors, 6-8:30 p.m., Market Vineyards, 1950 Keene Road, Richland. Cost: $45. Art supplies provided.

Music

FreeForm, vocal jazz ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. No cover.

Misc.

Blue Mountain Community College Arts & Culture Festival, 10 a.m., Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. Free. Call 541-278-5944.

Bandannas to Badges: Stories and Songs of Northwest Workers, 7-8 p.m., Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive. Free. Call 509-942-7678.

Comedy

Moses Storm, 8-9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $12. Call 509-943-1173.

Dance

Open Dance Fridays, swing/country/ballroom, 6 p.m., Pasco Eagles Club, 2829 W. Sylvester St. Cost: $6.

Nightlife

Kenny Day, R&B/soul, 5 p.m., , Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Gurf Morlix, 7-9 p.m., Brewminatti, 713 Sixth St., Prosser. Cost: $15 in advance or $20 day of show.

Mercy Brown, The Festering, Rasputin and Prevailing Existence, metal, 9 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Colorblind, 9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. No cover. Call 509-943-1173.

Gaming

Magic the Gathering Booster Draft, 4:30 p.m., Adventures Underground, 1391 George Washington Way, Richland. Cost: $15. Draft, build and battle from the latest set of Magic the Gathering.

Film

Planetarium shows, Supervolcanoes, 7 p.m., and Bad Astronomy: Myths and Misconceptions, 8 p.m., Columbia Basin College’s Bechtel National Planetarium, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Cost: $6 adults, $5 seniors; $3 ages 6-12; free for 5 and under. Call 509-542-4515.

Music

Jazz Unlimited, concert choir, 8:30 a.m., Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Free. Features more than 4,200 students from Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Honors Showcase Choir Concert, 7 p.m., Art Fuller Auditorium, 500 S. Dayton St., Kennewick. Free. Event will feature outstanding concert choirs from the day events selected by the judges as having demonstrated an exemplary choral technique.

Art

Free Verse Friday Open Poetry Night, 7 p.m., Adventures Underground, 1391 George Washington Way, Richland. No cover. Call 509-946-9893.

Misc.

2016 Spring Bazaar & Flea Market, noon, Kennewick Valley Grange #731, 2611 S. Washington. Free.

Theater

Mid-Columbia Musical Theatre presents ‘Company,’ 7:30 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 1300 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Cost: $10-$20.

‘Our Town’, 7:30 p.m., Hanford High School Auditorium, 450 Hanford St., Richland. Cost: $10 for adults; $8 for students and seniors.

Comedy

Moses Storm, 8-9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $12. Call 509-943-1173.

Nightlife

Three Rivers Saxtette, saxophone quartet, 5 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Sex Mission with VHS, spiritual psychedelic rock, 9 p.m., Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Call 509-946-9328.

Salsa Saturday, 9:30 p.m., Joker’s, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland. Cost: $7.

Music

Jazz Unlimited, jazz choirs, 8:30 a.m., Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Free. Features more than 4,200 students from Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Wade In the Water with Bells of the Desert, 7 p.m., Central United Protestant Church, 1124 Stevens Drive, Richland. Cost: $10. Includes music from Little Mermaid and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Trillium-239, 7:30 p.m., Community Unitarian Universalist Church, 2819 W. Sylvester St., Pasco. Cost: $14 for adults; $12 for students and seniors. Formerly known as Humphrey, Hartman and Cameron. Benefit concert for 2016 Tumbleweed Festival.

Camerata Musica presents Simphonie, 8-10 p.m., Battelle Auditorium, Battelle Blvd. & W Ave., Richland. No charge; donations accepted. Simphonie includes flutist Jeffrey Cohan and violinist Ingrid Matthews with German harpsichordist Hans-Jurgen Schnoor for an evening of Bach Trio Sonatas. Call 509-946-1175.

Film

Planetarium shows, Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity, 2 p.m., and Dynamic Earth, 3 p.m., Columbia Basin College’s Bechtel National Planetarium, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Cost: $6 adults, $5 seniors; $3 ages 6-12; free for 5 and under. Call 509-542-4515.

Misc.

Betsy Dickinson book signing, 2 p.m., Adventures Underground, 1391 George Washington Way, Richland. Free. Author of The Water Master.

Unwined featuring the Knutzen Brothers, 6 p.m., Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center, 2140 Wine Country Road, Prosser. Cost: $10. Enjoy all your favorite local wineries in one place.

Misc.

2016 Spring Bazaar & Flea Market, noon, Kennewick Valley Grange #731, 2611 S. Washington. Free.

Theater

Mid-Columbia Musical Theatre presents ‘Company,’ 7:30 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 1300 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Cost: $10-$20.

‘Our Town’, 7:30 p.m., Hanford High School Auditorium, 450 Hanford St., Richland. Cost: $10 for adults; $8 for students and seniors.

Dance

Ballroom, 1 p.m., Pasco Eagles Club, 2829 W. Sylvester St. $7 Dance or listen to your favorite tunes with live swing music. Call 509-943-9414.

Film

‘Years of Living Dangerously’, 2-3:30 p.m., Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive. Free. An Emmy-winning documentary that has nine one-hour episodes about the cause and effect of climate change.

Music

Columbia Chorale, 3 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2001 W. Kennewick Ave. Free.

African Children’s Choir, 7 p.m., Kennewick High School, 500 S. Dayton, No cover. The African Children’s Choir is composed children ages 7 through 11. Many have lost one or both parents through the devastation of war, famine and disease.

Theater

Mid-Columbia Musical Theatre presents ‘Company,’ 2 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 1300 Jadwin Ave., Richland. Cost: $10-$20.

Misc.

2-mile veteran benefit run, noon, Columbia Park, 5111 Columbia Park Trail, Kennewick. Cost: $35. Will benefit the Gary Sinise Foundation for Veterans. Call 509-308-9828.

This story was originally published April 12, 2016 at 6:29 PM with the headline "Mid-Columbia events for April 15-24."