The arts community on Whidbey Island is opening its studios to the public this March, with more artists on the tour than ever.
From Greenbank to Oak Harbor, there will be 39 artists at 27 working studio locations.
Whidbey is home to a wide range of artists and artisans from potters, painters, glass blowers, weavers, jewelry makers and sculptors.
Many artists will be demonstrating during the tour and can answer questions.
Tuesday evening my husband and I ate dinner together as we watched President Obama present his first economic address to a joint session of Congress and the nation. As he spoke I thought back on a recent conversation I had over a meal with a friend. As we talked that day, she revealed that her 401K had shrunk in value by $30,000 in one reporting period. We wondered out loud if it’s irresponsible to temporarily file financial statements without noting the bottom line. It seems less stressful.
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Oak Harbor’s newest talk show can best be described as “eclectic.”
Daniel Miller, a former Friday Harbor resident, moved to Whidbey from California to host his own radio talk show on KWDB 1110 AM.
But “Politics Today,” every Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., is about far more than politics.
Half a dozen youngsters fidgeted with excitement as Oak Harbor Mayor Jim Slowik helped the pint-sized park-goers cut a yellow ribbon in celebration of the Born Learning Trail at Fort Nugent Park Friday.
“If you want to wiggle and jump and hopscotch, feel free to do that,” Cathy Niiro, executive director of United Way of Island County, said.
When my children were little we played a game called, “I Spy!” I’d say to them, usually in the car to promote interesting conversation and create a teachable moment, “I spy with my little eyes God….” I hoped to plant seeds of recognition as they processed the experiences of the day and heighten their awareness that God works all around them.
“It’s a ‘we don’t say no’ kind of a place,” Scot Ratzlaff said to describe Oak Harbor’s new, and only, theater workshop for young people.
Operating out of a kid-friendly building on Pioneer Way, executive directors Ratzlaff and Rebekka Handschke have opened Whidbey Island Theater for Youth to all theatrical endeavors.
With limited ferry service at Keystone Harbor, commuters crossing Admiralty Inlet have had to find a variety of solutions to deal with ever-changing conditions.
For a number of personnel at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, military and civilian alike, they have to rely on vanpools, finding temporary places to stay, or making a much longer drive to and from work each day.
Columnist Paul Krugman recently said that the whole world is in recession, but the United States is the only wealthy country in which the economic catastrophe will also be a health care catastrophe.
“Along with losing their jobs, people will lose their health care,” Trudy Sundberg, a vice-chair of the Whidbey Island Democratic Club, said.
The Langely-based Saratoga Chamber Orchestra is interested in expanding their fan-base on Whidbey, and has already drawn in some northern talents.
Last Wednesday, winners from the Jan. 24 “Young artist solo competition,” including those from Oak Harbor and Greenbank, met at music store ClickMusic.biz.
The 2009 Whidbey Island Writers Conference will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28.
The usual three-day conference has been shortened to two days this year and conference organizers have planned an excellent program that emphasizes building the writer’s craft. Several major authors from varying genres will offer a wide choice of classes.
The Whidbey Playhouse production of “GLORIOUS!” the hilarious true story of New York socialite and opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins,…
Heather Sanchez of Oak Harbor stood outside Whidbey Avenue Dental Care at 7:30 Friday morning with the hopes of getting a tooth filled.
