The Olga Symphony is returning to Whidbey Island Saturday, April 17, with their popular eclectic mix of Broadway and fiddle tunes. In other words, anything but symphonic music.
This month, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Kentucky Cycle” will premiere at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley.
Island County chairperson Judy Prochaska announced the winners of the first part of the Island County contest in the Candy, Baking, and Canning categories.
I don’t recall paying one bit of attention to Easter Lilies when I was a kid. That’s because I lived in a sun-drenched community and flowers were a regular part of the landscape. Our own yard was filled with perennial bushes because they were easy to maintain. When my family occasionally yearned for additional color we’d purchase pony packs of Marigolds and Johnny Jump-ups and plant them around the edges of our flower beds.
“The Waters We Live On,” an art exhibition and sale hosted by the Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville, will open on Friday, April 9 and run through the end of May.
These maritime-inspired photographs, paintings and 3D pieces were created by member artists and all work will be for sale.
Oak Harbor Lutheran Church will host the Cathedral Voluntary Choir from Rochester, England, Wednesday, April 7. Evensong worship will begin at 6 p.m. followed by a concert at 7 p.m.
As one of the top regional arts schools in the country for fiber arts, painting and photography, the Pacific Northwest Art School regularly contracts A-list professional artists as instructors. This year is no exception.
The early, mild spring weather brought early blooms to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival which officially begins April 1.
Many fields, including the main venues of RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town, opened early for the season as daffodils and tulips began to pop up.
Mark and Tina Mouw of Coupeville announce the engagement of their son, Nathaniel John Mouw, to Amanda Rose Kitchener, the daughter of Ron and Renee Kitchener of Sedro-Woolley.
Although I have never successfully learned a language beyond English, it is always language that first catches my ear, and therefore my interest, when I travel. My recent trip to Kauai included self-guided travel and the unique Hawaiian language surrounded us at every turn. Known for its beauty, gentleness and melodious nature, hearing it reminds you of the trade winds and swaying palm trees when spoken by those born on the island.
Oak Harbor high schoolers had the chance to have many of their life questions answered last week. At least questions related to college and professional life.
This year, the high school is offering a monthly panel of career professionals to provide youths with a snapshot of their lives and possibly, empower and inspire them.
Emergency crews descended on Oak Harbor High School with lights and sirens flashing. A thick fog had settled over the campus and they could make out the silhouettes of frightened students racing from the building. With guns drawn, police cautiously approached the campus to search for bad guys.
Again as St. Patrick’s Day arrives we must remind ourselves that it really was indeed forward-thinking Irish businessmen and their families who established the town of Oak Harbor. Not the Dutch and not the Navy.
Although the town was founded in 1851 by the three donation land claims of Sumner, Taftson and Freund, it wasn’t until the Irish-English Captain Edward Barrington bought the Taftson and Sumner claims that the first store was opened. Barrington built the first store/saloon and small pier on the waterfront, circa 1855.
Next the Irish business- man L.P. Byrne came to town, buying a piece of land from Barrington. He built a fancy store/saloon/hotel as well as a far reaching dock on the east side of town about the year 1880.
Soon the Irish Maylor brothers, who had settled here in 1851, built a large dock and store. Their store still stands on the corner of Dock St. and Pioneer Way.
