Eleven talented kids showed themselves braver than most adults in the audience by sharing their joie de vivre onstage at Orcas Has Talent Junior on Saturday afternoon.
The Orcas Center Board invites community members to a reception honoring outgoing Executive/Artistic Director Barbara Courtney on Friday, Jan 28 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Madrona Room just prior to the Mariachi Huenachi performance, which is at 7:30 p.m. Desserts, cheeses and beverages will be served.
Four major lectures are scheduled, with a variety of speakers about timely issues, both local and global. All lectures are followed by a question and answer period and a public reception with the speaker. All lectures are at Orcas Center.
Orcas Has Talent, a fresh new incarnation of the wildly popular annual Orcas Idol show, will be running its audition show on Jan. 22.
This year the show is open to talent of all kinds, not just musicians; organizers are throwing wide the doors to welcome jugglers, gymnasts, dancers – and whoever else might rumba on in for auditions.
Mariachi Huenachi, an award-winning high school ensemble from Wenatchee, will open the Orcas Center 2011 season on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Portion of proceeds to benefit animal rescue.
The community is invited to the Orcas Senior Center for kick off of the Orcas “Draw the Line” campaign on…
From now until Jan. 22, tickets – and first choice of seating – will be granted to islanders choosing to become patrons of Orcas Has Talent, the new version of the popular and always sold out Orcas Idol show.
Local artists who work in non-traditional media or subject matter are invited to exhibit their work at Orcas Center through February.
The Orcas Island Camera Club will present a showing of member’s images at the Orcas Senior Center’s Lundeen Room during the month of January.
SHARK REEF, a locally produced online literary magazine, has published its last issue under the aegis of the Lopez Writers Guild with submissions only from San Juan County residents.
Orcas Center is ready to take audiences for a whirl around the world in 2011, filling the center stage with culture and music from Mexico, Canada, Africa, Cuba, Scotland and Hawaii. There will be some good dashes of Orcas Island talent, too.
For 18 years, the Gryphon Trio has gone beyond the preconceived parameters of chamber music.
