Accountant Don Cooper will attempt to demystify the mysteries surrounding estate taxes and also discuss what’s expected of executors and personal representatives as part of a free seminar Thursday, July 19, at the Mullis Community Senior Center.
“Old Goats” doesn’t just pick up where “Grumpy Old Men” left off, it carves out a whole new territory for those who refuse to go quietly into their golden years.
A celebration of the history of flight in the islands will be among the many activities, displays, demonstrations and events featured as part of the third annual Friday Harbor Airport Fly In and Open House House, July 21.
No graduate course at the Friday Labs that focuses on the “functional morphology” of fish would be complete without a day of field work at Jackson’s Beach. And the field work proved fruitful Wednesday, July 11, as a team of grad students netted a bounty of specimens for more in-depth back in the classroom.
Island Stage Left puts a ’60s spin on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Gretchen Gubelman and son Beau Borrero have sang together since the young lad was a baby, and the two say that forming a band seemed only natural. Wielding a pair of acoustic guitars, the duo pride themselves on a brand of music that’s “folk-funk-funny” and “heartfelt, hilarious and harmonious.”
The return to the stage of “The Life & Times of General E. Pickett”, which chronicles Pickett’s life from his boyhood in Richmond, Va., to his untimely death in the 1870s (including his efforts during San Juan Island’s Pig War), coincides with the commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial.
From Santa Barbara to Atlanta, to Salem, Ore., Jon Zerby traveled far and wide in more than four decades as a law enforcement official. He was stationed at Fort Lewis 24 years ago, assigned to the military police, when former sheriff Bill Cumming persuaded him to join the local force.
A annual three-day event, the 4H Bits ‘n Spurs Horse Show gets under way at 9 a.m., daily, at the fairgrounds in Friday Harbor, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Donations are tax deductible, and just 200 contributions of $25 each would cover the remaining costs of Friday Harbor’s 2012 fireworks show.
Dance Happy lived up to making you laugh, cry, giggle, aah, ooh la la, smile, wiggle, wow, clap, cheer and be totally inspired. There were more than 60 local island performers, children through adults, ages 2 on up, as they entertained us in their 28th annual celebration of dance and song at Dance Happy.
During his presentation at Griffin Bay Bookstore, Evison pointed to the community of San Juan Island, “where people live in isolation by choice,” as an example of the independent spirit that remains a source of commonality throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Today’s lineup of Chamber Music San Juans’ are keeping alive what the late Andor Toth started more than 25 years ago with his “Fiddlestix” productions. Saturday’s 25th anniversary performance included pieces by Brahms, Mozart, Prokofiev and more.
