HOOD RIVER — Every Wednesday evening in Hood River, on an otherwise typical weeknight, an entire dance social is grooving behind the scenes at Crush Cider Café.
Dance, dance, dance! Dancing provides social benefits and keeps you moving. In addition, learning new steps can challenge your brain, as I’ve found when trying to memorize the steps in different line dances!
HOOD RIVER — Experience the rare opportunity to see professional ballet up close and personal in Columbia Center for the Arts, when Oregon Ballet Theater 2 touring company visits on June 7, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
HOOD RIVER — “Art of Movement,” a program showcasing the many different forms of movement and dance in the Gorge, returns to Columbia Center for the Arts on April 19.
Desiree Cozad, local dental assistant and group fitness instructor, was named the 2025 Mirror Ball winner of the annual Dancing with the Gorge Stars dance competition and fundraiser.
THE GORGE — If Columbia Gorge Dance Academy (CGDA) can raise about $800, student dancers will sport new, refurbished “The Nutcracker” costumes instead of deteriorating, 25-year-old finery for their annual holiday show — which is also a fundraiser, benefiting FISH Foodbank.
In the spring of 1962 up at Ronnie’s Roller Rink, the Smiths took the risk of hiring a live band for the hop, a local combo with a smooth-talking singer named Clark Swayton. Clark and the Upbeats were an immediate hit.
