On Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, Ray Wise returned to the North Bend Theatre for a second conversation with Real Twin Peaks 2025 event attendees. He followed “Cinema Unwrapped” which featured six Twin Peaks fans discussing the International or European version of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s pilot episode. Similar to the previous night’s activities. Mr. Wise…
On Saturday, February 22, fellow Twin Peaks location hunter Vinnie Guidera and I hosted a free panel at the Black Dog Arts Cafe during the Real Twin Peaks 2025 event. During this hour-long discussion, we shared tidbits, insights and fun facts about filming locations in Washington state and their Southern California counterparts.
The Real Twin Peaks event returned to Snoqualmie Valley, Washington from Feb. 21-24, 2025. This celebration of the towns where David Lynch and Mark Frost’s filmed Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was filled with wonderful and strange activities for fans from around the world. Here is a look at the first day of…
My visit to the Real Twin Peaks 2025 event was my eighth trip to Washington since Sept. 2019. Before the event started, I visited a few Twin Peaks film locations in the towns of North Bend and Snoqualmie to take photos. Typically, I like recreating screen accurate shots for the Twin Peaks Locations articles. This…
Following the conversation with Ray Wise at the North Bend Theatre on February 21, 2025, attendees to the Real Twin Peaks event headed over to the Loyal Order of the Moose, Sno-Valley Lodge 1666 for Leland’s Karaoke. Hosted by the talented KJ Dwaine Wheeler, the evening was full of song, laughter and a surprise visit.
As part of the Real Twin Peaks 2025 event, a special screening of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 film Robocop was held on Friday, February 21. The film was selected as it stars Ray Wise two years before he played Leland Palmer on David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. Following the screening, Wise left his handprints in…
Trivia and Twin Peaks go hand-in-hand ever since the first person asked, “Who killed Laura Palmer?” For 25 non-consecutive years, long-time fan and Bookhouse Boy Josh Eisenstadt has hosted the Ultimate Twin Peaks Trivia Game at the previous fan festivals and now, the Real Twin Peaks event in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington. This year’s game was held…
One of my favorite free panel discussions during the Real Twin Peaks 2025 event was “Always Music in the Air – The Sounds of Twin Peaks.” Scott Ryan, author and editor of “Blue Rose Magazine” and Josh Eisenstadt, Director, Screenwriter and long-time Twin Peaks fan, spoke to a packed house at Boxley’s in North Bend, Washington…
The Real Twin Peaks 2025 event in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington offered several complimentary panels about David Lynch and Twin Peaks. The first panel of the weekend featured an interesting discussion about Lynch’s 2001 film, Mulholland Drive.
The first activity of Real Twin Peaks 2025 honored the memory and legacy of David Lynch. On Feb. 21 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m., nearly 200 fans from around the world gathered at the “Twin Peaks Town Hall” located in the Snoqualmie Valley Eagle #3529 in downtown Snoqualmie to share what David meant to them,…