Kentwood High School was the site May 20 of Kent Fire Department's Gift of Life presentation, aimed at showing teens the consequences of drinking and driving.
Looking outside, it is hard to believe just a week ago, I was teaching at Quilt Canada, in Calgary, Alberta where it was snowing like crazy! Smart person that I am, I took along my wool coat which kept me toasty warm, but alas, no boots.
Jessica Nawar compares going to the Kent School District's VisFest Film and Game Festival to attending one of the high school's drama productions.
"It's like going to a play at a school to see acting, only you're going to see what students can do with technology," said Nawar, a Kentwood High School senior and a member of the VisFest student advisory board, during a May 14 interview. "They (festival attendees) would have a lot of fun seeing what everyone from elementary to high school students are making."
VisFest is short for "Visual Literacy Arts Festival." The district started the event in 2002 to give students an outlet to display their creative and artistic visual-literacy talents to fellow students, teachers and the community.
A free Hydro Fever party is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 29 as the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum celebrates its seventh anniversary at its Kent location, 5917 S. 196th St.
Singers, dancers, comedians and musicians will compete in the annual Kentlake Idol show at 7 p.m. May 21 at the Kentlake High School Performing Arts Center, 21401 S.E. Falcon Way in Kent.
The defense scored three touchdowns to help lead the Kent Predators to a 42-26 win over the Fairbanks Grizzlies in a professional Indoor Football League game May 14 at the ShoWare Center.
From the Kent Predators' May 14 Indoor Football League game.
Teams, volunteers and sponsors are wanted to participate in the ShoWare Shootout Aug. 7-8 at the ShoWare Center parking lot in Kent.
VisFest, the Kent School District's annual film festival, will run from 6-9 p.m. May 25 at Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 S.E. 256th St.
Claude French, Owen Taylor and Morris “Red” Badgro are not household names to most Kent residents.
But the names soon become familiar after a tour of the Kent football history exhibit at the Kent Historical Museum. The exhibit is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through June 18.
It's got a witch, a scarecrow, a lion and a tin man.
And then there's Dorothy, and her little dog, too.
The Kentwood Players' version of "The Wizard of Oz" has all the characters you would expect to see in a tribute to the classic American fairy tale.
But don't get too comfortable with this story - Kentwood's production of "Oz" has some one-of-a-kind twists you won't see anywhere else.
You're stuck in a bus terminal on a snowy night outside Topeka, Kans., and it's all you've got until morning.
So opens the setting for "Bus Stop," a classic American play and the spring production of choice for the Kent-Meridian Royal Players.
The Kent-based Seattle Mist of the women's Lingerie Football League postponed player tryouts that were scheduled for May 16 at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila.
Tri-Cities quarterback Houston Lillard threw four touchdown passes to help lead the Fever to a 71-24 win over the Kent Predators in a professional Indoor Football League game Saturday at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
Looking for some family-friendly entertainment? Then watch the Kent Covenant Church's production of "The Foreigner," a comedy written by Larry Shue.
Cast members from the church and the community will present the show at 7 p.m. May 14; and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. May 15 at the Carlson Center Theatre at Kent Covenant Church, 12010 S.E. 240th St. Kent Covenant has produced community theater for 15 years.
Organizers of The Battle of the Chefs competition scheduled for May 23 at the ShoWare Center in Kent have postponed the event to a date to be determined in October.
When bad things happen, and boy do they happen, I try to look at the positive.
There were a few doubts in Pam Cressey's mind about whether her Kentlake High School drama club students could make the characters in the musical "South Pacific" seem real.
But the students quickly erased those doubts after the opening weekend of shows.
From the Kent Predators' April 30 Indoor Football League game.
You can pick up your prize at the Kent Reporter office between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Deadline to claim this week’s prize is noon Friday, May 14.
Person in photo must be the one to come in and claim the prize, no substitutions.
Chris Dixon threw four touchdown passes and rushed for two scores to lead the Billings Outlaws to a 54-30 win over the Kent Predators in a professional Indoor Football League game April 30 at the ShoWare Center.
