Actor Gerald Dickens riveted a roomful of diners with a flawless performance of “Mr. Dickens is Coming!”, his one-man show portraying Charles Dickens’ life and work through quirky appearances by various personalities from Dickens’ life and works.
Colton Harris-Moore has pleaded not guilty to five criminal charges levied by a federal grand jury. “When someone is initially…
The SeaDoc society thinks it’s time for orcas to move over and share the spotlight.
SeaDoc has hired marine science PhD student Erin Ashe to analyze thousands of dolphin photographs from Washington and British Columbia, identify the dolphins and determine the size and nature of the population.
Come one, come all: the Orcas Island Odd Fellows will once again welcome folk from all walks of life into…
Camano Island teen Colton Harris-Moore was indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle on Wednesday, Nov. 10 on five criminal counts. Only one of the charges relates to crimes committed in San Juan County. Harris-Moore is scheduled to face the charges before the U.S. District Court on Nov. 18.
While the turkeys they’re handing out aren’t quite twice the size of Tiny Tim, Orcas Island Food Bank volunteers are loading up cardboard boxes of cheer and plenty with cranberry sauce, potatoes, stuffing mix and more to keep local families from a meager, Bob Cratchitt-esque holiday meal.
Jaqueline Figueroa was five when she was suddenly thrust into a strange new world where everyone spoke a foreign tongue: English. Her family had moved from Mexico to Orcas Island, and Figueroa, fluent in Spanish, had to adapt.
The Orcas Island Association of Realtors gave a check for $500 to the Food Bank for their building fund drive…
The infamous red, fanged mystery Wabit of recent Orcas lore slipped into the annals of history today, buried beneath a thick layer of cream-colored paint.
Orcas Center’s Executive/Artistic Director Barbara Courtney set the stage for her exit last week with a formal resignation, and Orcas Center board members are working hard to find capable new hands to direct the organization.
Orcas Fire Chief Mike Harris wants a sure thing.
When life-saving medical treatment is needed within minutes, not hours, and the Eastsound airport is a whirling whiteout of snow or fog, there aren’t many options.
He’s dapper and charmingly British in a tall black top hat, twirling a silver-tipped antique cane. You might remember him as the mastermind behind “Oliver Twist,” “David Copperfield” or “A Christmas Carol.”
Next week Mr. Dickens will step right out of 19th century London and into the intimate setting of Orcas Center’s Madrona Room – Gerald Dickens, that is, great-great-grandson of the famed author Charles.
“It’s fun! It’s entertaining. Dickens doesn’t have to be dry,” Gerald told the Sounder. “He loved theatricals, he loved entertaining.
Tricks and treats abounded as trick-or-treaters bounded through Orcas Island streets last night, clad in strange and esoteric costumes.
