RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER:
Gesa Power House Theatre will screen the new documentary film "Ferrari 312B" on Wednesday, January 3 at 7:00 p.m.

"Ferarri 312B" is the sensational story of one of the most ground-breaking, beautiful Ferraris ever made, in celebration of the company's 70th anniversary. Featuring contributions from some of the most legendary drivers in the sport's history, including Niki Lauda, Jacky Ickx, Jackie Stewart, Gerhard Berger & Damon Hill, as they pay tribute to a unique car that changed the landscape of F1 forever; the iconic 312B.

A journey to experience the indomitable spirit of F1. The Golden Age years through the stories told by racing drivers and production designers capable of unforgettable feats. A tribute to a piece of Formula 1 history, to a car that is a work of art and a revolutionary futuristic prototype, that gave and still gives the whole world something to dream about Legendary F1 returns, with the car that helped it make history. Even 46 years after its last appearance on track, the Ferrari 312B, the car that left its mark on the history of the biggest racing team ever, as well as in the hearts of many, finds new life through the passion of an ex F1 driver who entrusted its comeback to the man who first designed it, Mauro Forghieri, with the aim of racing it once more on the Montecarlo circuit.

Reserved seating tickets ($15 Adults, $10 Students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.

The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival's Winter Festival Series concert will be performed at Gesa Power House Theatre on Sunday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m.

The January Festival Series explores movement and color through sound with the electronic instrument, the theremin. Invented in 1920 in Russia and patented in the United States in 1928 by the Soviet inventor, Léon Theremin, the instrument that bears his name captures the imagination of all who hear it. Unlike any other musician, the thereminist does not physically touch the instrument to produce sound but rather moves in relation to the instrument creating a seemingly infinite range of pitches and colors. Thus, the act of producing sound becomes visually expressive.

To introduce the world of theremin music, WWCMF is honored to welcome one of the world’s foremost theremin virtuosi, Carolina Eyck. A gifted composer, Carolina is also a synesthete  — someone who feels a strong link between sound and color. In her compositions, as in her visual art, Carolina engages in a conversation between sight and sound. Her Fantasias provide the perfect entrée to a futuristic soundscape.

Concluding the program is the great Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15 by Gabriel Fauré. Fauré’s music and even French music, in general, is often described in terms of color and movement. Why is that? The four movements of this great work show how light can suffuse sound and how the chamber ensemble can exhibit a sonic range from pointillism to romantic grandeur. What better to brighten a cold January evening!

Artists: Brittany Boulding Breeden, violin; Timothy Christie, viola; Carolina Eyck, theremin; Henry Kramer, piano; Maria Sampen, violin; and Sally Singer Tuttle, cello.

General Admission seating. Tickets ($20 Adult, $45 Family Pass, $8 Youth) are available at www.wwcmf.org.

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.

e•lec•tric//e'lektrik

...can refer to something that is exceptionally fabulous or glamorous; having or producing a sudden sense of thrilling excitement.

Join us amidst the chic & industrial elegance of *The Electric Lounge* at the exquisite Gesa Power House Theatre for our first dance event of the New Year! Let's electrify these cold nights and heat up the dance floor with the soul-moving sounds of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue and...Raggaeton brought to you by DJ H Boss :: the one who makes you want to get up and dance!

New to Salsa? Come early and enjoy the FREE lesson: Rhythm in Basics + Turns! 

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$10 Entry ( Lesson included)

8pm Doors Open: grab a glass + a table
8:15-9 Beginner Salsa Lesson: Sonja + Hugo
9-midnight Music + Dancing: DJ H Boss

Dress to dazzle YOU...because you're fabulous!
No partner necessary.

Beer, Wine+Snacks available for purchase

21 and over, thank you. Please bring ID.

See you on the dance floor!
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Gesa Power House Theatre presents "God is a Scottish Drag Queen" - a comedy show created by Mike Delamont - with one performance on Saturday, January 20 at 7:00 p.m.

"God is a Scottish Drag Queen" is a highly-acclaimed night of comedy with everyone's favorite deity. God, dressed in a floral power suit, comes to skewer everything from Justin Bieber to the pope. Based on the character created by Mike Delamont and Jacob Richmond, this show has become the most popular show on the Canadian Fringe circuit.

A three time Canadian Comedy Award Nominee and 18 Time Best of the Fest Winner, this production of "God Is A Scottish Drag Queen" combines parts 1 & 2 of the acclaimed 4 part series into an evening of theater that you won't soon forget!

Reserved seating tickets ($35-$25) will be available to Members on Wednesday, December 13, to email subscribers on Monday, December 18, and to the public on Tuesday, December 26 - online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.

Gesa Power House Theatre will screen the documentary film "Big Sonia" on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Representatives from Congregation Beth Israel of Walla Walla (Pat Henry, Richard Middleton-Kaplan, James Winchell) will introduce the film and host a short Q&A discussion following the screening.

Standing tall at 4’8″, Sonia is one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Kansas City and one of the only survivors there who speaks publicly about her wartime experience. Sonia’s enormous personality and fragile frame mask the horrors she endured. At 15 she watched her mother disappear behind gas chamber doors. Sonia’s teenage years were a blur of concentration camps and death marches. On liberation day, she was accidentally shot through the chest, yet again miraculously survived. Sonia is the ultimate survivor, a bridge between cultures and generations. Her story must never be forgotten.

For years, Sonia Warshawski (91) has been an inspirational public speaker at schools and prisons, where her stories of surviving the Holocaust as a teenager have inspired countless people who once felt their own traumas would leave them broken forever. But when Sonia is served an eviction notice for her iconic tailor shop (in a dead mall), she's confronted with an agonizing decision: either open up a new shop, or retire. Ironically, Sonia’s shop is the last open business in an otherwise desolate Kansas City mall, but it contains enough color and liveliness to make up for the entire empty complex. For a woman who admits she stays busy “to keep the dark parts away”, facing retirement dredges up fears she’d long forgot she had, and her horrific past resurfaces.

"Big Sonia" explores what it means to be a survivor and how inter-generational trauma affects families and generations. Will you let your trauma define you? Or will your past make you stronger?

Reserved seating tickets ($15 Adults, $10 Students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.