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Greetings from the Wine Cellar: I want to let everyone know that the Old Town Wine Cellar’s website is now officially up!  The site (www.yumawine.com) has actually been in existence for a long time, but it’s been “under construction” for more years than I care to mention – you know how it is, just too…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Sure it’s hot around these parts – it’s the middle of August! But for an interesting way to cool down and still enjoy the great outdoors in the summer, how about a Full Moon Floatdown on the Colorado River? The Ohizona Society (a friendly group of outdoor enthusiasts here in…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: The Yuma Art Center 2011 Summer Six-Pac concludes another great summer run of community theater this weekend and the next, August 5th-7th and August 12th-14th at the Historic Yuma Theatre here in Old Town (254 S. Main) with the play Doubt, a Parable. Show times are 7:00 PM Fridays and…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: The Yuma Art Center’s 2011 Summer Six-Pac continues this Friday and Saturday, July 29th & 30th at the Historic Yuma Theatre here in Old Town (254 S. Main St.) with the play Thoroughly Modern Millie. Summer theater students of the Infinite Imagination Youth Theater perform this high-spirited musical romp about…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: The summer doldrums are well and truly upon us, what with our searing mid-July weather here in Yuma. And it’s not going to get much better anytime soon – but relief from the heat can be found. At the Wine Cellar, for instance. It’s a cool 70º in here all…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: The Yuma Art Center’s 2011 Summer Six-Pac continues this weekend and the next, July 15th-17th and 22nd-24th at the Historic Yuma Theatre here in Old Town (254 S. Main St.) with the play Same Time, Another Year presented by Yuma Community Theater. This is the sequel to Same Time, Next…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Thursday, July 7th from 4:00PM to 8:00PM, NexGen Yuma is staging a “take-over” of Lutes’ Casino (right down the street at 226 S. Main here in Old Town). 25% of the night’s sales will be donated to the Yuma Regional Medical Center Drive for School Supplies. NexGen Yuma is…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: The July 4th weekend is nearly upon us, and the Caballeros de Yuma have seized the opportunity to re-launch the traditional “River-Float-Down” on the Colorado River. This Saturday, July 2nd, a summer holiday tradition in Yuma is re-born with the Territorial River Regatta. With Yuma’s riverfront having been truly transformed…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Wow – it’s hot around here! Looks like the perfect time for this year’s Discover SCUBA event, set for Saturday morning, June 25th from 8:00AM to 12:00 noon at the Kennedy Pool (24th Street & Kennedy Lane). Discover SCUBA is an annual United Way of Yuma County fundraiser by my…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: In just another week the calendar will confirm what we already know in Yuma – summer is here! As we inevitably shift from pleasantly warm to downright toasty, entertaining summer diversions abound here in the Historic Downtown area. Great community theater continues Friday & Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, June…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 10th-12th, the Yuma Summer Six Pac kicks off with the play “Sin, Sex, and the C.I.A.” presented by the City of Yuma Employee Association at the Historic Yuma Theatre (254 S. Main Street). The curtain rises at 7:00 PM Friday & Saturday and 2:00…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: We’ve made it past Memorial Day, so the Yuma summer season is officially here – at least as far as I’m concerned. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty of fun and entertaining diversions available to keep you going through our notoriously toasty summer months, and your trusty Wine…