An artist would be hard pressed to find a creative place that is closer to nature than Danny Stough’s: At the end of an island road named for an edible mushroom, in a place with an ancient feel, amid standing cedars and cedars that have fallen and become nurse logs, a place where the soil yields surprises (like the spring that was revealed when a neighbor dug a foundation for a house).
It has been a tough financial year for many people. Your neighbors want to ease your mind a bit this holiday season. The community Thanksgiving dinners are a chance to relax, eat well, enjoy local company and not worry about the cost. They also provide a way to give back to the community through volunteerism.
Professional opera singers bring a comic farce featuring Donizetti’s highly melodious music to San Juan Community Theatre on Nov. 13. The Seattle Opera’s Young Artist Program presents “Viva la Mamma!” at 7:30 p.m. on the Whittier stage.
Penelope Haskew has lost her months. The group of children assigned to play the roles of January through December are not yet on stage. Instead, they are outside, eating snacks on a park bench. Their energy is high and excited as Haskew shoos them inside, Pop Tarts and all. “I did children’s theater as a child, and I remember it being the best of everything … I loved the way that anything you could think of, you could do … everything seemed so possible,” Haskew said. This sense of narrative possibility infuses Haskew’s new piece, “Stars Lore: A Mythological Musical,” Nov. 19-21 at San Juan Community Theatre.
Children and parents are rehearsing for the family theater production at the San Juan Community Theatre, “Stars Lore: A Mythological Musical,” Nov. 19-21. “Stars Lore,” written and directed by local Penelope Haskew, features 53 island children in grades K-6, with music from Teddy Deane, Richard Hieronymus and Ian Byington.
Joe Wheeler and Kimmie Wilson are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Lena Jean Wheeler. Lena was born at Skagit Valley Hospital on Oct. 13, 2010, at 7:35 a.m. She weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and was 22 inches long.
June 9, 1970 was the centenary of the writer Charles Dickens’ death. For most, the date would mean no more than a celebration of the famous author. For six-year-old Gerald Dickens, however, it meant something more personal. Dickens is the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, and the centenary marked a realization of this important relationship.
Chamber Music San Juans host some special guests Nov. 7 (today): the accomplished string quartet Odeonquartet. They will play a selection of Russian pieces at the San Juan Community Theatre, beginning at 2 p.m. Fresh from a Moscow tour earlier this year, the musicians will play an array of Russian chamber music — from Pavel Karmanov’s 1997 minimalist, baroque-informed string quartet; to Glazunov’s 1892 richly-orchestrated cello quintet.
There were many wet eyes during the curtain call in the American Legion Hall, downstairs, Saturday night. Miguel Andreas Herbert’s comedy-drama “Only a Ridgeline Away,” about two Vietnam War veteran buddies who live together at the California State Veterans Home in Napa Valley, was staged at the Legion, its first test as an off-theater, on-the-road production.
Stephanie Ann Sandwith and Dallas Paul Osburn were married on Sept. 18, 2010 at the home of Joe and Janice Chaves on “Rancho San Lorenzo” in Los Alamos, Calif., at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
Islanders celebrated Halloween over three days, with a parade, a harvest festival, a very spooky haunted house, and, of course,…
The S-Club of Friday Harbor High School raised $245 for the Friday Harbor Animal Shelter at an Oct. 28 bake sale at Friday Harbor MarketPlace. The money will be used for food for the animals and any other needs.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Carrie A. McLeish (Friday Harbor High School Class of 1989) graduated from the U.S. Army’s School of Information Technology at Fort Gordon, Ga. on Oct. 29. Completion of the 950-hour Warrant Officer Advanced Course earned McLeish several certifications, including GIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator, Intrusion Analyst, Incident Handler, Systems and Network Auditor, Forensic Analyst, Penetration Testor and Firewall and Ethical Hacker. GIAC stands for Global Information Assurance Certification. Fewer than 100 individuals worldwide hold all these certifications.