Women business owners chime in on McMinnville magic (and where they send visitors) If there were a phrase about McMinnville’s famous historic boulevard, it would be this: “Women hold up half of Third Street.” Read Article
Gallery Theater hosts regional one act competition Come March 17-18, Gallery Theater will host the Association for American Community Theater’s 2023 competition for Region IX. Five theaters from three states – Oregon, Washington and Idaho – will bring their best game to McMinnville. The winner goes to nationals. Read Article
The McMinnville Short Film Festival Returns The McMinnville Short Film Festival returns February 23-26. Get your tickets today at https://mcminnvillefilmfest.org/ Read Article
Tiny Travels: Plan your Winter Craftcation in McMinnville Who says you have to stay at home when it rains? With Oregon’s cozy season well underway, it’s a great time to curl up in a room of your own with a craft project or whatever mode of creativity you prefer–in rooms that don’t feel like the same-old-same-old. Read Article
McMinnville’s Film Scene The glitter and gravitational pull of Hollywood as a film industry player is such that it’s easy to overlook a simple fact: Filmmakers, and filmmaking, are everywhere … and McMinnville has a film scene. Read Article
A new holiday tradition is forged with the first annual Metal Arts Gift Show You probably didn’t know you needed a metal arts gift show in your life, but it just so happens that local artist and silversmith, Maggie Bowman, is bringing one to McMinnville. She has brought together the region’s blacksmiths, coppersmiths, jewelers, knife-makers and other metalworkers, and on Saturday, Dec. 10, the party is at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Read Article
Tiny Travels: The Best of Smalltown Holidays in McMinnville Small towns encapsulate the best of the holiday spirit – the sense of deep connection we feel to our fellow humans, the sweet allure of all that twinkles, and the simple pleasures that make the holidays about so much more. Read Article
Tiny Travels: Domaine Willamette makes a home for sparkling It used to be that your sparkling wine was best when it was better traveled than anyone at your holiday table. Now, if you live anywhere near the Willamette Valley, you can be the traveler and the wine a celebration of time well spent. Read Article
PNW Comedy Club Brings the Laughs to McMinnville Andrew Brunello has done stand-up for several years and had a lot of fun, but he performs only sparingly now, because he’s a comic with a mission: Bringing live stand-up comedy to McMinnville. So far, even coming off our pandemic years, the mission has been successful, with sold-out crowds at 3rd Street Pizza Company’s Moonlight Theater. Read Article
The Mystery & History of Third Street: A Ghost Tour McMinnville is not known by visitors as a spooky place, but locals know many ghost stories that stem from our town’s turbulent history and paranormal activity that haunt McMinnville today. Read Article