Skagit Community Band Presents “You Can’t Be Serious!,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at Maple Hall, La Conner; and 3 p.m. Feb. 8 at Brodniak Hall, Anacortes. The Skagit Community Band performs music from the satirical to the sublime. Featured works include Rodger and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma,” “The Mikado Highlights” arranged by Robert Russell Bennett and “Second Prelude” by George Gershwin. On the lighter side, they will perform the music of Peter Schickele’s P.D.Q. Bach. The SCB featured soloist will be flautist Valerie Smith performing “Rhapsody for Flute.” Band members come from all over Whidbey and surrounding areas. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors/students, $30 for families and free for children under 12 when accompanied by adult. www.skagitcommunityband.org
WHIDBEY PLAYHOUSE’S “Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” is on stage Feb. 6 through March 1. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays. The musical is lovingly ripped off of “Monty Phython and the Holy Grail.” Show features sumptuous sets and costumes, a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, a killer rabbit, and more madcap mirth than a headless knight. For tickets and more information, visit www.whidbeyplayhouse.com
Rob Schouten Gallery presents “Adornment, the Jewelry Show, Feb. 6 to March 2. A Sunday afternoon reception is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the gallery. During this month of valentines and romance, find something special for yourself or for your sweetheart at Rob Schouten Gallery’s February show “Adornment,” featuring the work of four jewelry artists, Morgan Bell, Barb Mundell, Mary Ellen O’Connor and Tammi Sloan. Adornment with jewels is a 7,000 year-old practice that has developed through all the greatest civilizations. From the great queens of Egypt and the Roman Empire to today’s contemporary European houses of fashion, jewelry has played its part in a woman’s ability to express herself in a visual way. Whidbey Island artists are creating beautiful pieces of jewelry that continue to burst with new ideas of form, color and design in this diverse and decorative art form. www.robschoutengallery.com.
The Eighth Annual “ARISTS IN LOVE, WITH LIFE AND EACH OTHER,” is Feb. 4 through March 4 at Raven Rocks Gallery, Greenbank Farm. There will be an opening reception for the show 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the gallery. Raven Rocks Gallery owners Mary Jo Oxrieder and Windwalker Taibi consider February to be their month, “The Love Month.” It’s a time focused on the joy, passion and fulfillment that love brings to our lives. In celebration, they are filling the gallery with hearts of all kinds. Oxrieder will offer her latest painted fabric wall art hearts, hand made heart cards and more. Taibi will be debuting the latest paintings in his beloved “Raven’s in Love” series, new tapestry wall hangings, plus a few surprises. Additionally, they will be showcasing the newest works by resident gallery artists. www.ravenrocksgallery.com or 360-222-0102.
Coupeville artist and Northwest Coast printmaker ROGER PURDUE (1938-2014) will be featured and introduced to a wider audience at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle. “An Introduction, A Retrospection: Roger Purdue” will run Feb. 5-28 with a public opening reception 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Stonington Gallery. Purdue’s family will attend the reception. Purdue, of Tsimshian heritage, produced his art to share with his community and to tell the story of the Northwest Coast native culture. Purdue’s work has been donated and sold locally, including to the Penn Cove Water Festival, the Whidbey Island Beach Watchers and more, but never before to the larder world. The Stonington Gallery said, “Purdue passed away January 2014 from Parkinson’s disease and left behind a portfolio of meticulously pulled prints in dazzling colors.” For more information, contact the Purdue family at 360-678-0203, 360-320-2042 or 360-678-0253.
Meet the following artists 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at GARRY OAK GALLERY in Oak Harbor: woodworker Mike Morgan Friday, Feb. 6; watercolor artist Penny Allison Rees Monday, Feb. 9; watercolor artist JEANNE VALDEZ Thursday, Feb. 12. www.garryoakgallery.com
Contemporary rugs by BARBARA KUZNETZ and photographs by JULEE RUDOLF are on display at the Oak Harbor Library in February. The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Drive. 360-675-5115.
The art displayed in Oak Harbor’s CITY HALL for February is the work of advanced placement students under the guidance of teacher Kit Christopherson at Oak Harbor High School. Artists and their artwork are: Irene Gribble, “Irene’s Sister”; Joey Tirrado, “Growth”; Angelique Guina, “Blue”; Yuki Betcher, “Peacock Prince”; Aaron Kelley, “Owl in White”; and Alana Acosta, “Girl with the Smile!”
AKEMI WALKER is Penn Cove Gallery’s featured artist for the month of February. Walker, a jewelry designer, will be at the gallery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, to demonstrate her work and methods. Walker’s special love is art clay silver, a mixture of fine silver and organic material, which, when fired, becomes fine silver sculpture pieces. She uses freshwater pearls, semiprecious stones and Baltic amber with sterling silver to finish her designs. Living on Whidbey Island, her sculptured fine silver pieces are inspired by the nature that surrounds her. www.penncovegallery.com
Coupeville artist DIANE TOMPKINSON’s piece “Two Crows” was accepted for The Crow Show exhibition scheduled for February in San Diego. This is her first venture into national exhibitions. Tompkinson is one of 90 artists to be featured in the show.
Artists PHYLLIS and JUDY SKINNER will be showing their work at Christopher’s Restaurant in February. Phyllis enjoys painting the landscapes of the area in watercolors, while Judy captures the lights and darks in her landscapes with pastels. You can also see their work at Penn Cove Gallery. 360-678-1176. www.penncovegallery.com
WHIDBEY PLAYHOUSE 2014-2015 season tickets are on sale. Shows include:
Monty Python’s “Spamalot,” Feb. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29 and March 1, 2015
“I Hate Hamlet,” April 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 and 19
“Pirates of Penzanze,” May 29, 30, 31, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.whidbeyplayhouse.com or call 360-679-2237.
