Happy New Year! Bored Yet? What To Do This Weekend!

Happy 2012 everyone! So have you put away the Christmas lights and packed the tree away, wore out your Christmas presents and spent all your loot from the gift cards you got? Well if you still have any energy left here is a rundown of what Tri-Cities has to offer this weekend!

Smithsonian Institution - Journey Stories ExhibitMid-Columbia Library, Kennewick

Thursday - Sunday

January 5 - 8

Thursday:

9 A.M. - 9 P.M.

Friday & Saturday:

9 A.M. - 5 P.M.

Sunday:

1 P.M. - 5 P.M.

Journey Stories is a compelling Smithsonian exhibition that shows how our evolving mobility changed a young nation and how transportation made us grow. The accounts of travelers, themselves, express the hopes and promises of fresh starts, the grim realities of forced migrations and difficult journeys, and the thrills of personal travel.

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Nurses at Your Service: A Century of CaringCREHST Museum, Richland

Thursday - Sunday

January 5 - 8

Thursday - Saturday

10 A.M. - 5 P.M.

Sunday:

12 P.M. - 5 P.M.

See panels with wonderful graphics and historical narratives on nursing throughout the last century from pioneer times to present day. In addition, mannequins portray nurses, a doctor, and patients. There is also a replica of a fall-out shelter that includes items received from the Smithsonian Institute.

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Live Music: Wayman Chapman Red Lion, Richland Thursday, January 5

6 P.M.

Enjoy a drink or gourmet meal at Ripples Lounge inside the Red Lion Hotel in Richland. Wayman Chapman will be performing live this Thursday night.

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Live Music: Gabe KnutzenJ. Bookwalter Winery, RichlandThursday, January 5

6 P.M. - 9 P.M.

Enjoy fine wine, live music, and distinctive culinary fare at J. Bookwalter Winery. Performing this Thursday night is Gabe Knutzen.

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Tri-City Health and Fitness ExpoThree Rivers Convention Center, KennewickFriday & Saturday,

January 6 & 7

Friday:

12 P.M. - 8 P.M.

Saturday:

10 A.M. - 6 P.M.

Vendors covering all aspects of health, fitness, nutrition and wellness will be present. Also participate in breakout sessions every 45 minutes on health care, nutrition, and fitness topics. Admission is free with the donation of a non-perishable food item.

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Open MicMezzo Thai Tapas, RichlandFriday, January 6

6:30 P.M. - 10:30 P.M.

Local musicians are welcome to take a turn playing every Friday night.

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Live Music: BluestoneThomas O'Neil Cellars, RichlandFriday, January 6

7 P.M. - 10 P.M.

Enjoy a glass of wine and delicious cuisine while taking in the music of "Bluestone." No cover charge.

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Tri-City Americans HockeyToyota Center, KennewickFriday, January 6

7:05 P.M.

The Tri-City Americans take on the Seattle Thunderbirds this Friday night..

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Live Music: "Baja Dunes"J. Bookwalter Winery, RichlandFriday, January 6

8 P.M. - 11 P.M.

Enjoy fine wine, live music, and distinctive culinary fare at J. Bookwalter Winery. Performing this Friday night is"Baja Dunes"

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Wine, Wit & WisdomCol Solare Winery, Benton CitySaturday and Sunday,

January 7 & 8

12 P.M. - 4 P.M.

Relax and enjoy wine and appetizers while a featured speaker reads from selected poems, passages, sonnets, and songs. All to inspire you to contribute your own creative brilliance to be considered for publication in Col Solare's Compendium of Cleverness Volume II, an exclusive book created by, and compiled for, the guests of Col Solare.

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Terra Blanca's Estate Tour & TastingTerra Blanca Winery and Estate Vineyard, Benton CitySaturday and Sunday,

January 7 & 8

1 P.M.

A trained wine educators will guide you around the facility and then escort you to a private area to taste through Terra Blanca's Signature Series wines. This tour includes a visit to Washington's first barrel caves. Reservations required.

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Live Music: Roger Quesnell and Lee FordThomas O'Neil Cellars, RichlandSaturday, January 7