The Walla Walla Choral Society's 2018-2019 concert season begins with "Peace & Goodwill" at Gesa Power House Theatre on Sunday, November 25 at 3:00 p.m. and Monday, November 26 at 7:00 p.m.

Peace and Goodwill. What two words better describe the historical Christmas season? This quiet, white light-filled time, “gentle on the ear,” calls for reflection and introspection. It is also an occasion for great joy, “fire and powerful grace,” “songs of hope everlasting,” and care. Joining us will be guest cellist Sally Singer Tuttle, and the Sharpstein Elementary School Choir as we join together to tell of the season’s wonderful themes and deeds.

Popovich, a fifth generation circus performer who learned early on how to develop strong bonds with animals, has rescued a majority of his performers from shelters all over the country, and has transformed them into Las Vegas stars. He is a gold medal winner in Paris France and a special award winner in Monte Carlo. Gregory and his pets were finalists on "America's Got Talent," were guests on TV shows with Jay Leno, David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, have been featured on Animal Planet and many, many more. Do not miss this opportunity to see this unique family-friendly show featuring this legendary circus entertainer and his furry friends.

Ireland's foremost Celtic classical trio Affinití returns to Gesa Power House Theatre for their annual Christmas show that is well loved by the community and sells out every year. This year's concert will take place on Thursday, December 13, at 7 p.m. Howard Crosby, nephew of the legendary Bing Crosby, joins them on their annual Christmas Tour. This concert is SOLD OUT.

Gary Hemenway, Mark Brown, and friends come together for a fun evening of holiday music.

One of Canada's busiest comedians, Mike Delamont has appeared on Halifax Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs, The Debaters, and tours North American with several one-man comedy shows, including "God is a Scottish Drag Queen" which he performed in Walla Walla earlier this year - a show that has broken comedy festival ticket sales records, and earned Delamont 18 "Best of the Fest" Awards.

Gesa Power House Theatre presents We Three in concert on Saturday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. We Three (siblings Joshua, Bethany and Manny) warmed hearts with their unforgettable 2018 America’s Got Talent audition in which they poured all their emotions into an original song, which they dedicated to their late mother, who passed away two years ago after a battle with cancer. They went on to become semi-finalists.

Completing the 2019 Winter Fest experience is the Festival Series performance at the Gesa Power House Theatre. Schumann’s masterpiece of melody and invention, the Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47, anchors the program. Also on tap is music for two violins by Hungarian master and WWCMF 2019 Poster Composer, Béla Bartók.

Meet at Whitman College, in the Reid Campus Center foyer at 4 p.m. for a peace march. Following the march, there will be a short program at the Gesa Power House Theatre. Refreshments will be provided.

Comedian, author, lecturer, host, and actress Paula Poundstone returns to Walla Walla to perform at Gesa Power House Theatre on Saturday, February 9 at 7:00 p.m. Paula is known for her smart, observational humor and spontaneous wit. She is also a popular panelist on NPR's #1 show, the weekly comedy news quiz, "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!"

Bonjour ya’ll! We’re fixin' to make you want to dance, march, sing, and shout with the “Music of New Orleans”! This hotbed of American music has produced a plethora of musical styles and favored melodies. I’m sure you’ll be joining in with us on many of these songs.

Attend our Sunday Matinee at the regular $17 price. Or if that ain’t enough you can up your party game “boo-coo” on Monday Night at 5:30 that includes a pre-funk featuring New Orleans style appetizers and party favors for $25! F’true! Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Bonjour ya’ll! We’re fixin' to make you want to dance, march, sing, and shout with the “Music of New Orleans”! This hotbed of American music has produced a plethora of musical styles and favored melodies. I’m sure you’ll be joining in with us on many of these songs.

Attend our Sunday Matinee at the regular $17 price. Or if that ain’t enough you can up your party game “boo-coo” on Monday Night at 5:30 that includes a pre-funk featuring New Orleans style appetizers and party favors for $25! F’true! Laissez les bons temps rouler!

The Walla Walla, Touchet and Tucannon basins are home to iconic salmon and steelhead runs in the mid-Columbia River. These basins are currently undergoing large-scale river restoration efforts that impact our community and lifestyle. Please join us for a showing of the River Restoration Northwest 2018 short film series “Stories of Our Watersheds”. The evening provides entertaining, educational, and inspiring stories of river restoration efforts across the United States. River restoration efforts by local organizations will also be displayed in the lobby. Please come meet and discuss possibilities with our local experts. The event is sponsored by River Restoration Northwest, Kooskooskie Commons, and Snake River Salmon Recovery Board.

Emily Richman is a comedian, a theatre actor and director, a public speaker, and an ordained minister. She's still trying to decide what she wants to be when she grows up. She's 38, so she has plenty of time. Emily grew up in the nuclear hills of Eastern Washington State and somewhere around her mid 20's realized a dream she never knew she had when she went up her first time at a comedy open mic. She has been hooked ever since. Her comedy tackles her experience as a woman living in a fat body, being single, online dating, and some of life's more difficult experiences, like medical emergencies, or losing a loved one. Emily finds humor and hope in things that many would be scared to share with a friend, let alone into a microphone. She wants to share her experiences and let you know that you're not alone. Yes, we're all really this weird. Isn't it glorious?

The five members of Imar have been awarded many top prizes in Celtic music, including nine All-Ireland and eight All-Britain titles. Their sound is mainly traditional Irish music with some contemporary and original compositions. The band were BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners in 2018 and were nominated for "Band of the Year" at the 2018 Scots Trad Music Awards.

Seattle Rock Orchestra dives deep into Led Zeppelin’s discography, performing songs from the surprisingly folky Led Zeppelin III, as well songs from the mature heavy rock of Led Zeppelin IV. Featured songs include “Going To California,” “Immigrant Song,” and of course, the one and only: “Stairway to Heaven.”

Sometimes the best solutions to the biggest problems can be found in the most unlikely of places. Meet the beaver believers: five scientists and a sassy, spicy hairdresser, tackling climate change, one stick at a time. "The Beaver Believers" is a documentary film directed by Sarah Koenigsberg of Tensegrity Productions in Walla Walla. Join us for the Walla Walla Premiere screening on Wednesday, March 27.

Six Appeal is a world-class vocal ensemble that combines musical prowess and sharp comedic timing with the energy and vitality of a rock band. The award-winning vocal band will take you on a journey that covers multiple decades and genres of music – performing classic oldies, current chart toppers, and catchy original tunes – completely a cappella.

Fearless front-woman Derina Harvey leads this Celtic rock group, who are recent winners of the People’s Choice Award at the 2018 Edmonton Music Awards. The group offers a fresh take on traditional folk songs as well as an increasing amount of original material. The band has a rocky, rhythmic undertow; layered with guitars, fiddle, and topped by Derina’s powerful vocals. Derina’s vibrant personality takes center stage with humor and storytelling, and the band has built their reputation through high-energy live shows.

The Beaver Believers is the urgent yet whimsical story of an unlikely cadre of activists who share a common vision: restoring the North American Beaver, that most industrious, ingenious, bucktoothed engineer, to the watersheds of the arid West. The Beaver Believers encourage us to embrace a new paradigm for managing our western lands, one that seeks to partner with the natural world rather than overpower it. As a keystone species, beaver enrich their ecosystems, creating the complexity and resiliency our watersheds need to absorb the impacts of climate change. Beavers can show us the way and even do much of the work for us, if only we can find the humility to trust in the restorative power of nature and our own ability to play a positive role within it.

In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, A Doll's House, Nora Helmer closed the door on her husband and family in order to find herself. In A Doll's House, Part 2 modern playwright Lucas Hnath imagines that she comes back through that door fifteen years later. Where has she been? What does she want? In a round of provocative and often hilarious skirmishes with the members of her abandoned household, Nora struggles with the difficult balance between truth to oneself and responsibility to others. 

In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, A Doll's House, Nora Helmer closed the door on her husband and family in order to find herself. In A Doll's House, Part 2 modern playwright Lucas Hnath imagines that she comes back through that door fifteen years later. Where has she been? What does she want? In a round of provocative and often hilarious skirmishes with the members of her abandoned household, Nora struggles with the difficult balance between truth to oneself and responsibility to others. 

In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, A Doll's House, Nora Helmer closed the door on her husband and family in order to find herself. In A Doll's House, Part 2 modern playwright Lucas Hnath imagines that she comes back through that door fifteen years later. Where has she been? What does she want? In a round of provocative and often hilarious skirmishes with the members of her abandoned household, Nora struggles with the difficult balance between truth to oneself and responsibility to others.