One day last August, after snorkeling off our Holmes Harbor beach, my son stood dripping on the lawn. “What happened…
It’s a bit of Americana at its best.
While some kids start the early summer days testing the waters with their toes before that first swim in the surf, other island kids are busy wrapping the blistered toes of their well-trained feet.
Whatever her dreams, every dancer knows those dreams will never come to fruition without hours and hours of deep practice. And a pair of ravaged feet become symbols of her certain dedication.
There is, on Whidbey, a contingent of fleet-footed girls who keep that dream alive and dance every day during the concert season at the Whidbey Island Dance Theatre.
Now that the weather is nicer, many of us are trying to get more things done.
Fun, family, fireworks and food; that’s what it’s all about on the Fourth of July, our uniquely American annual holiday.
In its native Sanskrit, the word “Dharma” is literally translated as that which holds up or supports.
In the world of eastern philosophy, Dharma as a central concept is meant to guide a person to do the right thing; to accept a higher truth that is revealed in the laws of the universe.
The “Dharmic Engineers” were a group of Northwest artists who met to find not only the spiritual truth in their painting, but combined it with the practical supportive side of collaboration that helped to “hold each other up” in the true sense of what engineers are meant to do.
The “Auditioning and Prepared Reading” workshop for adults still has slots available.
The workshop is from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts.
Students will work with professional actress and casting director Kate Godman as they learn how to make the best possible impression in a wide variety of audition situations.
The local singing group Slaphappy will sing at their annual benefit for Whidbey Children’s Theater on Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28.
While backing my sometime-later-to-be-paid-for truck up a hill today, I realized once again how much I enjoy backing up.
Not just remembering, mind you, or mind me, but the sheer joy of doing a good job backing up your vehicle, be it your car, your truck, your rig, your boat, your trailer or your riding mower.
After the Father’s Day column about digging geoducks with my Dad, I had several e-mails asking for more information about both digging and cooking ’ducks, as well as a few conversations with acquaintances also curious about ’duck digging.
They strive to be utterly ridiculous.
That’s what the four young gentlemen of South Whidbey who make up the a cappella group “Slaphappy” say about their stage show.
Matt Bell, Gabe Harshman, Mark Arand and Cameron Gray will sing quartet-style in a benefit for Whidbey Children’s Theater at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28 on the Martha Murphy Mainstage.
In 40 years any number of things can happen to distract or change the course of a group.
Yet, that is how long the Greenbank Artists have been getting together faithfully to paint.
Art lovers will be able to browse and buy the work of the legendary group at the Greenbank Artists Art Show and Sale, June 27 through June 29 at Greenbank Farm.
