Merrymakers gathered once again to share live indie music, make crafts and enjoy food together at the 12th annual Woodsong Arts and Music Festival.
Waiting at the Anacortes ferry terminal for five hours, the Coats found something constructive to do: they fine tuned a spot-on vocal imitation of bagpipes, composing a new song they called, “Get There Earlier Next Time”.
The brief tune inspired raucous mirth at Orcas Center on Sunday night, and the crowd drove home with faces aching from laughing so hard.
Opening with a reception on Friday, Aug. 6, Orcas Center lobby will see the culmination of more than 50 years of Frank Loudin’s imagination and artistic talents.
“From a sexy redhead to rusty pick-ups and weathered barns to miniature waterfalls with hidden fairy castles to aerobatic biplanes, Frank’s work leads you through a world of insatiable observation and cultivated imagination,” say organizers.
Susan Slapin will show art at Islanders Bank through the month of August. “SPECTRUM” features a sampling of paintings, photography and printmaking, originals and prints. For studio information, call 376-8855 or see www.susanslapin.com.
The noon Brown Bag Concert at Emmanuel Church on Wednesday, August 4, will feature the music of the Five Bells Brass Quintet.
Players include Tom Jeffries and Ginni Keith on trumpet and flugelhorn; Bruce Kelly on horn; Molly Johnson on trombone; and Dimitri Stankevich on tuba.
A two-part film series with commentary entitled “Jung and the Cinema” will be offered at the Orcas Senior Center during the first week in August.
Each evening will include a film screening, followed by class discussion “focusing on the various archetypal images which may be symbolically portrayed” in each film, organizers say.
Carl Allen will present his Musical Journey Stories program Friday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Center.
Carl has delighted Orcas audiences in the past as half of the folk duo The Wanderers, and once solo as his Woody Guthrie persona. This time he will present a program of traveling songs that he has put together for the various Journey Stories museum locations.
Orcas Center has announced the launch of a new website made possible with generous support from the Paul G. Allen…
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Everyone has had a journey that has shaped his or her life, or a life that has shaped the journey one has traveled.
“Journeys that Shape our Lives” is being presented in association with “Journey Stories,” the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit currently at the Orcas Historical Museum.
A group of Orcas Island youth traveled to Haiti as members of Helping Hands Noramise to participate in a journey of fellowship and exchange on June 20.
They will give a slideshow presentation and tell stories about their trip on Tuesday, July 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Parish Hall.
Enchilada casserole! Beans and rice! Soup, salad, and dessert! These are all things you can find at the Senior Center on Wednesday, July 21.
From 5:30 to 7 p.m., Orcas Island’s 4-H Fur and Feathers club will be hosting dinner for islanders both young and old.
Crow Valley Pottery’s “Made in America” art show opens this Friday, July 23, with an artist’s reception at Crow Valley’s Eastsound gallery, from 4 to 7 p.m.
