Wear black, wear white, wear black and white. You don’t have to wear a tuxedo. But the dinner and event is classy enough to be formal. And the proceeds support a good cause. The Whale Museum’s Black & White Night is Thursday, 5:30 p.m., beginning at Friday Harbor House. Proceeds benefit the museum’s education and research programs.
There’s nothing quite like a teddy bear at Christmas. And Santa Claus will have an assortment of cute and cuddly ones to deliver to every girl and boy, young and old, on Saturday when the Grange Hall in Friday Harbor is magically transformed into “Christmas Island.”
The Dec. 16 edition of The Journal consists of two sections and 32 pages: local news, Opinion, Sports, Obituaries, Island Scene, What’s Happening!, Business, Classifieds, At Your Service Professional Directory, Legal Notices, and Project Home magazine. This week’s edition is available at newsstands later today.
Although only in its second Christmas run, Island Stage Left’s “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” was so well received last year and so anticipated this year, that it now seems part of the San Juan Christmas scene.
Local singer/songwriter Devorah has landed a gig on “Wake Up with Al Roker,” on The Weather Channel. She will sing live on Dec. 11 at 6:50 a.m. EST. Devorah had initially thought she would tape on Dec. 11 for broadcast Dec. 14, but learned early yesterday that she would perform live. She expects to sing a song from her new CD, “5770.”
This year’s Festival of Trees was a luminous event of festive decoration, fine wines and fund raising.
Islanders will gather in Friday Harbor Dec. 13 to participate in a worldwide event. The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting takes place around the world at 7 p.m. local time. The event unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are lighted at 7 p.m. local time, creating a virtual wave of light, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor children in a way that transcends all cultural, ethnic, political and religious boundaries.
In San Juan County Superior Court, where John Linde presided over such controversial matters as civil complaints, felonies, and land use disputes, Nov. 20 was undoubtedly a joyful day for the career lawyer and judge. On that day, Linde finalized an adoption, uniting a child with his new parents. It was the first county participation in National Adoption Day, a collective national effort to raise awareness of children in foster care waiting to find permanent families.
The first party of the holiday season on San Juan Island was big, colorful, musical, and tasty. And it was free and open to the public. The San Juan Historical Museum’s heritage farmhouse and resource center were crowded Dec. 2 for the museum’s Old-Fashioned Holiday Celebration. The event has traditionally been the first holiday event in December on the island.
Tifni Twitchell Lynch is a storyteller. Never mind her first incarnation as an actor in her native Los Angeles. When Lynch tells a story, the listener is absorbed into her narrative landscape. On Nov. 20-21, that landscape was one of endangered animals, golden apples and the elusive firebird.
Tifni Twitchell Lynch is a storyteller. Never mind her first incarnation as an actor in her native Los Angeles. When Lynch tells a story, the listener is absorbed into her narrative landscape. On Nov. 20-21, that landscape was one of endangered animals, golden apples and the elusive firebird.
The first party of the holiday season on San Juan Island is big, colorful, musical, and tasty. And it’s free and open to the public. The San Juan Historical Museum’s Old Fashioned Holiday Celebration is tonight, 5 p.m., at the museum, 405 Price St., Friday Harbor. It’s traditionally been the first holiday event in December on the island.
Lawrence Theodore “Larry” Brewster was born on Nov. 29, 1925 in Mount Vernon, Wash., to George Theodore and Vera Goldie (Guinn) Brewster.
He passed on Nov. 27, 2009 after a vigorous battle with cancer. He was two days shy of his 84th birthday.
