Featured Artist for February at THE GARRY OAK GALLERY in downtown Oak Harbor is Pacific Northwest Wildlife Photographer CJ Hockett….
Staying on pitch is easy for trained theater singer Gaye Litka, but when her role in the musical comedy “Glorious!” called for her to sing off tune, she had some trouble.
“I have to slow some songs down, otherwise I’ll slip back into key,” Litka said.
The actress plays wealthy socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944), known as the “first lady of the sliding scale.” In real-life, Jenkins “awed” audiences with bad singing, including packed hotels and concert halls.
“Mom? It’s me. My instructor told me it was okay to leave school early ‘cuz I look like I’ve been punched in the face. My head is pounding, I sneezed 21 times in a row, and I can hardly keep my eyes open. If I come home, will you make me a bed on the couch and bring me tea?”
It’s been a rough 2 weeks at the Klope house. My robust, independent children have taken over the family room, piling the couch with pillows and blankets. The coffee table is cluttered with a tissue box, a collection of cough drops, snack plates, and coffee mugs. The chihuahuas couldn’t be happier as they are the original blanket surfers.
In 1940’s New York, the singer everyone wanted to see was Florence Foster Jenkins, a soprano whose pitch was far from perfect.
This weekend audiences at Whidbey Playhouse will watch as directors Julia Locke and Sue Riney give homage to this eccentric socialite with the musical comedy, “Glorious!”
Live music performed by students, plus nearly 150 pieces of art highlighted a show Thursday night at North Whidbey Middle School.
Students from both North Whidbey and Oak Harbor middle schools gathered artwork they recently produced to display for their parents, fellow students and residents during “Night of the Arts” held Jan. 29.
Middle school art teacher Kit Christopherson said the art show was a way people can see the student work.
I am a member of Soroptimist International, a volunteer organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls. In recent months our organization has worked tirelessly to educate its members and the public at large about the worldwide trafficking of human beings.
Most people resolve to loose weight in January, but the North Whidbey Help House is packing on the pounds.
Members of the Interfaith Coalition of Whidbey Island braved 30-degree temperatures Saturday while collecting food donations.
The team ultimately added 5,600 pounds of pantry staples, in addition to $660, to the Help House warehouse by day’s end, Jean Wieman, Help House executive director, said.
Whidbey Island Theater for Youth offers its production workshop for ANNE OF GREEN GABLES beginning Monday, Jan. 26 at 350…
My husband and I comment fairly frequently about the amount of time spent watching TV, playing video games, listening to music on iPods, and surfing the Internet. “It’s that great sucking sound,” my husband often comments, “of valuable time being sucked away.”
The floor shook. Hands clapped. Eyes looked to the sky. In harmony, voices belted “Oh Happy Day” during Sunday’s celebration of national unity and the vision of one very great man.
Leaders of the Unity Fellowship in Oak Harbor, described Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dreams of equality and peace as a prelude to the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Blessed Are The Peace Makers St. Augustine’s in Freeland will host its fourth annual commemoration of the life and nonviolent…
Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. —Sister Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) “You…
Coupeville Library welcomes the Whidbey Island Writers Association and its 2008 SPIRIT OF WRITING contest winner Jan. 15 at 7…
