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Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   The first Block Party of the season here in Historic Downtown will happen this Friday evening, August 22nd.  Appropriately enough, this one is being called Celebrate the Heat on Yuma’s Main Street!  Yuma Heritage Festivals has put together what sounds like a very fun downtown event to pay tribute…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This coming Saturday, August 16th, the Old Town Wine Cellar will celebrate our collective achievement of the half-way mark of August by having another of our Saturday Afternoon Beer-tastings.  We’ll pour another great selection of brews from our extensive collection of imports and American craft beers and ales.  The…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Friday and Saturday evening, August 1st & 2nd, Yuma’s Infinite Imagination Youth Theater presents HAIRSPRAY JR.  The press-kit describes it as “a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs, adapted from the Original Broadway Version which won 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. You…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   The Lutes’ 2014 Summer Jazz Series, a great addition to our summer entertainment scene here in Old Town, continues with a performance this Friday evening, July 25th by the Yuma Jazz Company Quintet, sans guest artists.  This time it will be just the Quintet, performing original tunes from their…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   In case you missed its debut last week, the Yuma Art Center is presenting a live stage version of Neil Simon’s classic comedy The Odd Couple again this week at the Historic Yuma Theatre (254 S. Main Street) here in Old Town.  The show, performed by the Yuma Community…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   The 2014 Summer Jazz Series continues this week as renowned local piano stylist Jimmy Caves performs with the Yuma Jazz Company Quintet just down the road at Lutes Casino (221 S. Main) right here in Historic Downtown Yuma.  The show goes on this Friday, July 11th at 7 PM…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Just a quick announcement to factor into your plans for this holiday week:  since I just got back from a great vacation and can’t really afford to go anywhere now, the Old Town Wine Cellar will be OPEN for our normal days and hours all week, including Friday the…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   You know it really is summer in Yuma when Territorial River Regatta weekend rolls around.  Los Caballeros de Yuma are holding the annual community float-down on the Colorado River this Saturday, June 28th.  The regatta begins at 8AM a few miles upstream at the confluence of the Gila &…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Friday and Saturday, June 20th & 21st and also next weekend, June 27th & 28th, the Yuma Art Center (254 S. Main Street) kicks off their 2014 Summer Extravaganza with Dinner Theater in the Art Center Galleries.  According to the playbill, “The Metropolitan Museum of Art has come…

    Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This coming Sunday, June 15th is Father’s Day, and fortunately you still have some time to pick up a nice gift for Dad.  You know he’s hard to buy for, so this year get him something that’s simple but that you know he’ll really appreciate and enjoy…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Just in case you haven’t heard, the renowned Yuma Jazz Company Quintet is jazzing up our summer here in Old Town with the the 2nd Lutes’ Summer Jazz Series.  The 2014 Series features the regular Quintet in performance with special guest artists.  There will be seven shows, presented every…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This coming Saturday, May 31st, the Old Town Wine Cellar will present another Saturday Afternoon Beer Tasting.  As always, we’ve brought in some great new imported ales and American craft beers since our last Saturday beerfest.  The tasting fee is just $5, and all of the beers will be…