People will travel through the neighborhoods and back roads of 92 artists next week, for a close up glimpse of their private studios.
The 13th Annual Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour is Whidbey-wide event, and it runs Sept. 26 to 27.
The fourth annual Whidbey Farm Tour will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
With school in progress and leaves changing colors, islanders are starting to prepare for a plethora of upcoming autumn events.
The first event in Coupeville is Scarecrow Corridor 2009, which will line the streets with scarecrow displays for several weeks in October.
I’ve spent the greater part of this week in Canada, accompanying my husband to a conference that has drawn people from all over the world. The group has focused on ways to keep our airways safer and pilots more readily aware of nearby birds with the potential to bring down an aircraft, just as we witnessed on the Hudson River some months ago.
This year’s Plein Air Painters’ U.S. Open is coming to an end and the public’s only chance to see the artworks is at the gala and auction tonight at the historic Crockett Barn.
For the past week, both professional and amateur artists have scattered across Whidbey Island to paint “en plein air;” a French term meaning “out of doors.”
Oak Harbor students exchanged their bathing suits for backpacks as they headed in for their first day of school Thursday.
An estimated 5,400 students started classes, and the kids at Oak Harbor High School had their first look at some of the latest construction projects on campus.
Last week, renowned impressionist painter Jove Wang helped the Pacific NorthWest Art School set a new record.
Wang’s demonstration painting, A Coupeville Fisherman, sold for more than any other gallery or demonstration piece in the history of the art school. Wang then surprised the PNW Art School by donating a portion of the proceeds back to the not-for-profit school.
Whidbey Plein Air artists will paint the town beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8.
For four days, professional and amateur artists will scatter across Whidbey Island, striving to capture various landscapes while fleeting light is their time keeper.
A flying saucer has been seen hovering over the Whidbey Playhouse as of late. Word has it that it is inhabited by an alien buxom aviatrix named Zombina, played by Amanda McCartney.
As a dancer and business man, Dan Branscum is usually looking ahead to the next step.
Having established his own company, Dan’s Classic Ballroom, he wasn’t satisfied with his weekly lessons at different fraternal organizations.
The Island County Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen will host their annual Russell Maugans Memorial Raffle Ride and Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, Sept. 12 at Edgewood Farm, 2936 Keller Rd., near Langley.
All riders and walkers are invited to participate in the two to three hour trail ride and treasure hunt through beautiful Putney (formerly Goss Lake) Woods and the chili cook-off and raffle afterwards.
Internationally renowned writer Tess Gallagher will meet the public in Greenbank on Saturday, Sept. 5.
She is the author of eight volumes of poetry, including “Dear Ghosts,” “Moon Crossing Bridge” and “My Black Horse.”