Our 2026 Fourth Friday Concert Series kicks off next Friday, May 22nd! 🎸
We are thrilled to open the season with Three For Silver (@threeforsilver )! Led by Lucas Warford, this aggressively original ensemble brings a mesmerizing blend of "Mythic Americana" and "Doomfolk" to the TwispWorks Pavilion, featuring one-of-a-kind instruments you’ve truly never seen before.
As always, this concert is completely FREE, family-friendly, and open to everyone! Come early to grab food and drinks, and hang out with your friends and neighbors before the music starts.
This spectacular season opener is made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors, Wheatland Bank (@wheatlandbank ) and Solomon Woras Construction. Thank you for supporting local arts and keeping live music accessible for our community!
See you at the Pavilion next Friday! 👋✨
Fourth Fridays are back! 🎸✨ Get ready for a summer of incredible music, community vibes, and dancing under the stars at the TwispWorks Pavilion.
Save the dates:
📅 May 22: Three For Silver
📅 June 26: The Jack Maybe Project
📅 July 24: Sway Wild
📅 August 28: EntreMundos Quarteto
Every concert is FREE, family-friendly, 7-9pm and open to all!
None of this would be possible without our incredible community supporters. A huge thank you to our season sponsors: @oldschoolhousebrewery , @wheatlandbank , @methowcitizens , Solomon Woras Construction,
Methow Valley Lumber, and @cascadepipe .
Shout out to our promotional partners for helping us spread the word: @methowarts , Methow Valley Jazz Festival, @creativewestrao , and @ktrt_theroot .
Which show are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments! 👇
The TwispWorks splash pad is officially back on for the season! ☀️💦
Whether you’re visiting the shops, grabbing a bite to eat, or just need to beat the heat, the water is flowing and ready for action. It’s the perfect spot for the kiddos to play while you enjoy everything campus has to offer.
Come on down, get a little soaked, and enjoy the sun.
The countdown to summer is officially ON, and that means the return of Fourth Fridays at TwispWorks! ☀️🎸
We're stoked for the 2026 season and have been hard at work behind the scenes. We can promise you this: the lineup is absolutely incredible.
Want to know who’s taking the stage first? We dropped the full list of bands in the April TwispWorks newsletter! Head over to your inbox to see the schedule, or if you're not a subscriber yet, sign up at ispworks.org. Stay tuned right here for the full visual reveal coming your way soon!
A hearty thank you to our 2026 sponsors who are making these free events possible:
Old Schoolhouse Brewery (@oldschoolhousebrewery )
Methow Valley Citizens Council (@methowcitizens )
SCW Construction
Methow Valley Lumber
Cascade Pipe (@cascadepipe )
We also want to thank our incredible partners: Methow Arts (@methowarts ), Methow Valley Jazz Festival, and TourWest. It takes a village to bring this much music to the Pavilion!
The first performance will be May 22nd, and it can't get here fast enough! 🎶✨
We are thrilled to see the Methow Investment Network featured in the latest issue of WSU Magazine. The article highlights how our community is leading the way in rural economic resilience by proving that investing locally isn't just a "nice idea"; it’s a model that works.
By keeping our capital right here in the valley, we’re empowering local entrepreneurs and ensuring our economy stays strong and self-reliant.
A huge thank you to all the investors and business owners who make this network a success. Check out the full story to see why the "Invest Local" movement is so important: https://magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/invest-locally-it-works/
Celebrate the amazing work of Methow Valley organizations! 🎉
Join @communityfoundationncw at TwispWorks for a community gathering honoring this year’s Methow Valley Fund Legacy Grant recipients. All Methow Valley nonprofits and community members are invited.
RSVP by tomorrow, March 24 at: /forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScF5kARNx5c_XJ0P3tXu0dVya7m-otFu9pSosqCth8ExyARsg/viewform
Hello friends,
Join us from 5:30-7:30 pm on April 16 on the TwispWorks campus for Session 2 of Profit by Design: Grants and Artist Residencies for Women-Identifying and Gender Expansive Artists, Makers, and Creatives.
In this hands-on workshop, Perri Lynch Howard of @velocitymadegood will help unlock the secrets to finding funding and support for independent artists and creative professionals. Whether participants are eyeing a major grant, seeking project support, or dreaming about their first artist residency, Perri will help break down and build up the why, where, and how of winning applications.
* The Strategy: Identify the right opportunities for your specific goals
* The Narrative: Use your unique story to craft compelling proposals and impact statements
* The Roadmap: Step-by-step guidance on how to actually succeed in the selection process
Stick around afterward for Happy Hour to network with fellow creatives and keep the conversation flowing. This workshop will build upon lessons learned in Perri’s first workshop but is also a standalone workshop that will benefit first-time attendees.
Register here: /r/en_US/registration/grants-and-residencies-for-women-identifying-and-gender-expansive-artists-makers-and-creatives-twisp-april-1030811
Hello friends,
Just because you’re making sales doesn’t mean you’re making a profit. Join us from 5:30-7:30 pm March 25 on the TwispWorks campus for "Pricing for Food Businesses: Creating a Menu, Accounting for Costs, and Managing Cash Flow to Ensure Profitability" to learn more.
In this free workshop, business advisor and former food business owner Leonel Marcial will share tips and tools for how to operate a food business with an eye towards profitability. He will show how simple menus with common ingredients win out over elaborate menus with too many options. He will also explain how to account for all your costs and how to price items appropriately to cover those costs – and then some. Whether you are thinking of starting a business or currently in operation, Leonel will present important considerations for everything from a cottage food venture to retail marketing, to a full-on restaurant.
Join us to make sure your food business remains viable and thrive-able.
Call Economic Alliance (509.826.5107) or TwispWorks (509.997.3300) to sign up.
Coming up on Thursday!
In this third in a series of four grant-writing workshops, you will cover goals, objectives, activities, outputs, and outcomes of projects for which you seek grant funding. You will use AI to build a logic model for one project or initiative and learn how to translate it into a project narrative. This session also covers practical applications of AI: what it’s good for, what it’s not, ethical considerations, and how to use it without losing your authentic voice.
This is an online course from 10-11 am on Feb. 26. Click here to register:
/r/en_US/registration/grant-writing-workshop-session-3---the-heart-of-the-proposal-what-youre-going-to-do-1022904
Hello friends,
Are you constantly waking up wondering, “What should I post today?” Do you feel like you are throwing content at the wall to see what sticks, without seeing a real return on investment for your business?
In this free workshop, we will move past the overwhelm and into a streamlined system that supports your business goals.
6-7:30 pm Feb. 26 in the Community Room of the Winthrop Public Library. Register here:
/r/en_US/event/content-calendar-workshop-winthrop-february-1027786
Tomorrow! Grant Writing Workshop No. 2.
Learn more about the core of grant writing: how to document community need and make a compelling case for your project. We’ll cover how to ground your need statement in data and clearly articulate what you’re asking for. Participants will use AI to gather evidence, back up their assumptions with research, and draft a community insight statement. 10-11 am via Zoom.
Register here: /r/en_US/registration/grant-writing-workshop-session-2---funders-invest-in-solutions-describe-the-problem-youre-solving-1022900
