The Orcas Island Artworks features visionary paintings in oil on canvas by Larkin Chollar through the month of July.
An ocean-view home on Orcas Island was featured for its unique architecture in the Seattle Times “Living” section on June 20.
Saturday dawned overcast and grey for Eastsound’s 2011 Summer Solstice Parade, so revelers brought their own radiance.
he June 24 show opening introduces new artists and their work. Local offerings include all manner of ceramics by well known local Robin Rodenberger, from bird feeders to garden sculpture. Maria Root has created new work in her “Garden Spa” series, as well as finials, totems and other decorative pieces.
The Orcas Island Garden Club’s seventh annual tour, “Orcas in Bloom,” allows participants to get up close and personal with lush private gardens.
A dance choreographed by Orcas High School senior Sabina Smith-Moreland has been selected for performance at Seattle’s Moore Theater on July 8 and 9.
“It’s very angular and oppressive,” she says of the contemporary dance titled “Headphones,” an exploration of George Orwell’s book, “1984.”
The dancers all wear plain-colored Dickey overalls, framed by “guards” at each stage corner. “At the start we’re all on chairs, and we get caught by big brother,” she explained.
Smith-Moreland has been chosen as Seattle Theater Group’s emerging choreographer, and her work will be presented as part of the group’s DANCE This! production featuring original choreography from nationally and internationally celebrated choreographers Mark Morris, Broadway’s Joey McKneely, Daniel Cruz, Dora Oliveira, Rex Kinney, and others.
Blake Baida of Orcas Island graduated from boot camp at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on May 19.
His mother, Marie Drape, and stepfather, Peter D. Drape, also live on Orcas.
Their other children, twins Brooke and Devin, were first in the family to join the service.
Martin Lund is turning up the heat for the ninth edition of his One World Music Festival. Every year the event highlights a different genre and this year it will feature the lush grooves of Latin jazz.
Whether it’s a blue heron dipping into the sea, children playing in the Village Green, or that perfect sunset, our…
The day will be a machine aficionado’s delight: tractors, a fire truck, police car, two excavators, a man-lift, a forklift, dump truck, tow truck, some classic cars, a semi, a pumper truck, an airplane and possibly a schoolbus and a helicopter or two.
“Orcas Family Health Center never turns anyone away for financial reasons, and because of that we often find ourselves brainstorming for ways to raise funds to help offset the costs of providing care to everyone,” said organizer Shelley Rankin, who works as a receptionist at the center. “We attended a similar event in Las Vegas when we lived there and my children couldn’t wait until the next year to go again.”
The first annual Orcas Island Truckapalooza invites kids of all ages to come to the Eastsound airport to climb, touch, honk, and learn about the varied vehicles of the island. The event will raise funds for Orcas Family Health Center.
The Orcas Crossroads lecture series announces an extra event on Saturday, June 18: “The Tea Party Paradox: Everyone’s Right, Everyone’s Wrong, and What That Says about American Politics.” The event is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the Emmanual Episcopal Parish Hall.
by Paris Wilson This Wednesday, June 8 the Fur and Feathers 4-H Club will be hosting a senior dinner at…
