Bicycle Eclectic
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Bicycle Eclectic: Adventure Cycling Association's National Bicycle Touring Portrait
Collection will open this weekend at the museum. The Missoula based Adventure Cycling
Association was established in 1973 to cater to the growing number of American
touring cyclists. The nonprofit
organization produces long-distance touring maps, and a magazine, and runs
group tours for its 40,000-plus members worldwide. Many of the members make a point of including the Missoula
office of Adventure Cycling in their tour itinerary. Adventure Cycling art director Greg Siple became fascinated
with this wonderful parade of visitors and, in the summer of 1982, began making
black and white portraits of them and their bikes. And now, nearly 3,000 portraits later, Greg has put some of
these riders and bikes back on the road for a grand tour. Old and young, men and women, straight-laced
and bizarre, tragic and triumphant, there is something here for everyone. Bicycle
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Yakima Folklife Festival
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July 9-11, 2010
The Yakima Folklife Festival has grown in the last 28
years. Performers come from many
Western States, and opportunities are also provided for local talent. As
always, there two days of great music in Franklin Park and the Yakima Valley
Museum. You can also stroll
Yakima's downtown streets on Friday and Saturday nights and hear great live
music at Bob's Keg & Cork, The Depot Restaurant, Yakima Sports Center,
North Town Coffeehouse, Santiago's Restaurant, and Kana Winery Tasting Room. A Contra Dance will be held at
the Broadway Grange at 7:30 on Saturday night.
Keeping a free festival alive for 28 years requires a lot of
work and is possible only with plenty of volunteer help and community
support. Please call the museum and
ask for Mike Siebol if you would like to help out this year. There are always plenty of things to do!
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