Visit Leavenworthspringbirdfest.com for a complete list of events.

Here are some highlights

• 5/17 - Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest Art Show, Nature Artists at Icicle Studios, Artists Reception 5-7PM, free.
• 5/12-13 & 5/17-5/20 – Bird Fest Art Show, Nature Artists at Icicle Studios, 12-5PM, free.
• 5/19 – Dancing with Birds, 1:30, downtown Leavenworth Gazebo, free.
• 5/19 - Edelweiss Dance Acadamie, Spring Recital Selections, Instructor Briar Hoper, 3-4PM, downtown Leavenworth Gazebo, free.
• 5/20 – Song Bird Concert, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts Canyon, Wren Recital Hall, 2PM, A Bird Fest finale featuring musical selections celebrating and benefiting Spring Bird Fest. Singer/songwriter Michael Carlos and the Marlin Handbell Ringers will be joined by select young artists from Dr. Sally Singer Tuttle’s private cello studio. $10 suggested donation (proceeds help fund Bird Fest activities). Pre-registration is suggested, but may walk up for any remaining seats. Call Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce for tickets: (509) 548-5807.

Musical Comedy

Hello artists and winery owners!

David Edge, Anna Miller at Icicle Arts, and some other local folks are working to coordinate a weekly art & wine walk downtown Leavenworth! Yes, weekly!

We are holding an initial meet and greet potluck on Thursday, May 17 at 7pm at “the barn” at Barn Beach Reserve (same campus as Icicle Arts Gallery) – 347 Division Street. Please bring a dish or bottle of wine to share and come prepared to share ideas and learn more about how to participate in the art and wine walk!

RSVP below or by calling 548-2278 so we know how many people to expect! Thanks and see you there!

Write On The River is North Central Washington’s only writing conference.  Two days of content-packed workshops with professional editors, successful agents, bestselling authors and nationally-acclaimed speakers, Write On The River is the best way to hone your craft, build your dream and move your writing forward.  Whether your goal is to be a published author, write articles for a local magazine, develop your poetry, or simply write for your own enjoyment, Write On The River has something for you.  Held every May on the beautiful Wenatchee Valley College in Wenatchee, Washington, Write On The River is a writing conference not to be missed!

We begin the Icicle Prize in Recycled Art with Student works. Manager Director Anna Miller, Gallery Curatorial and Exhibitions Coordinator Bryan Miller will host a reception for students, family, teachers, and friends, and public. Light refreshments will be served. Come and see the work of aspiring young artists.

Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. What are feathers? How did they evolve? What do they mean to us?

In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson integrates the research of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and even art historians into a sweeping natural history, showing how feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn across centuries and across the globe.

Engineers call feathers the most efficient insulating material ever discovered. Feathers are at the root of biology’s most enduring debate. They silence the flight of owls and keep penguins dry below the ice. They have decorated queens, jesters, and priests. And they have inked documents from the Constitution to the novels of Jane Austen.

Feathers is a captivating and beautiful exploration of this most enchanting object.

Musical Comedy

This course teaches a systematic approach to photography, emphasizing composition, light and camera operation skills. Students develop essential expertise to obtain consistent results. The class provides an excellent foundation in photography as a visual language. SLR required.

Tuition: $175. Scholarships are available. Call Confluence Gallery at 997-2787 to register.

Martha Flores has a teaching style that truly inspires and helps students of all ages find the ‘inner artist’ and overcome any preconceived notions that they cannot create art. Her students typically are surprised by their own ability to make human or animal figures they are proud of by the end of one of Martha’s art workshops.

Martha Flores is a Master Artist who has created many fine sculptures and paintings. She has been featured in many articles in the Wenatchee World. A number of her sculptures have been displayed in the “Arts on the Avenue” program in Wenatchee.

The class will be held at the Museum on May 19th from 10am to 1pm.

The cost is $50.00 and includes all materials.

For reservations call: Martha at (509) 884 – 4783 or (509) 741-0156

Juel Iwassa – World Premiere Composition
Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915
  Featuring Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano
Schubert – Symphony No. 8, in B Minor
Mendelssohn – Overture – A Midsummer Night’s   Dream