You know that summer has begun when school is out, and local musical guru Martin Lund gears up for his “One World Music Festival,” which happens Friday and Saturday night, June 20 and 21, at the Orcas Center.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church will open its Labyrinth Walk to all beginning Wednesday, June 11.
June is registration month for the Orcas Island Writers Festival, which will take place September 4 – 7, 2008. The workshops have limited space for participants (12 people per workshop for a total of 48 spaces), so potential participants are encouraged to sign up before the workshops fill up. Those who register for the $325 Festival Package by June 28 will receive a discount voucher to be used to purchase a visiting author’s book.
June is registration month for the Orcas Island Writers Festival, which will take place September 4 – 7, 2008. The workshops have limited space for participants (12 people per workshop for a total of 48 spaces), so potential participants are encouraged to sign up before the workshops fill up. Those who register for the $325 Festival Package by June 28 will receive a discount voucher to be used to purchase a visiting author’s book.
The 10th annual Summer Solstice Celebration begins Saturday, June 21, with the whimsical and colorful Solstice foot parade from the Odd Fellows Hall to Eastsound’s Village Green. The parade begins at noon.
Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland” will be performed Wednesday June 11, at the Orcas Center.
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The second decade of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (OICMF) will begin June 18 with an always-early morning general public ticket “rush.”
Orcas Center offers Theatre Camp for children from five years old through teenage. Theatre Camp will meet daily from Monday, June 23 through Saturday, July 5. The 2008 Theatre Camp theme is “Cirque d’Orcas” and will feature teaching artists from the thrilling Dream Science Circus. Exciting circus skills will be taught, as well as perseverance, team work, and self-confidence. “Instructors have a wild imagination and a passion for movement, theater and self expression,” said Orcas Rec Director Didier Gincig. All participants will be eligible to join a procession in the Historical Day Parade as well as a Center Stage performance on July 5. Cirque d’Orcas is offered to teens and children through a partnership between Orcas Center and Orcas Island Recreation Program. Tuition is $150, and registration is through Orcas Center (376-ACT1) or Orcas Island Recreation Program (376-5339).
Sunday Night Live, open-Mic Music and Spoken Word at Enzo’s in Eastsound is now occurring on the second and fourth Sunday of each month.
A fun and informative workshop on the fundamentals and nuances of drawing portraits with Seattle artist and Gage Academy instructor Geoff Flack will be held on June 23-24 at the Senior Center. Participants will be drawing from live models and using soft pencils and charcoals.
Orcas artists Kari Van Gelder and holographer Jeffrey Murray will display paintings and holograms during the month of June in the lobby of Islanders Bank in Eastsound.
Recently, Orcas Island Elementary School’s fifth-grade class worked with the San Juan Nature Institute, represented by Fiona Norris, in collaboration with the Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea (KWIAHT) in a study of the Cascade Creek Watershed as it enters Buck Bay.
