Orcas Center is presenting its final showcase of local talent for the season.
The evening will feature Orcas musician-singers-songwriters-instrumentalists sharing their work in the intimate space of the OffCenter on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 pm. Performers are Kels Boreen, a singer/songwriter from Friday Harbor; Kaitlyn Smith, a singer/songwriter from Orcas; Learner and Lucas Limbach, mbira players from Orcas; and The Turtleback Ceilidh Ensemble, performing traditional Irish music.
Featured writer Kakwasi Somadhi will start off the first Artsmith salon and writers’ open mic of the season on Monday, Oct. 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kangaroo House Bed and Breakfast.
Orcas Montessori School will be collecting fall flower bulb orders and selling home-baked goods in front of Island Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 24.
Acclaimed folksinger Tom May will perform Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Orcas Senior Center.
In his 36 years as a professional singer/songwriter May has performed concerts across the U.S. and overseas and hosted a weekly radio program “River City Folk,” heard on more than 200 stations and XM satellite radio.
People For Puget Sound invites the community to celebrate National Estuaries Day on Saturday, Sept. 24 by helping to restore habitat at Cayou Lagoon, Orcas Island’s largest estuary.
On Sept. 11 the San Juan Islands were featured in the New York Times – not for the region’s stunning beauty, or its self-reliant community – but the perplexing population of puzzles aboard its ferries.
The Orcas Center is presenting an innovative collection of new works from more than two dozen artists. The show opens on Oct. 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the lobby and Madrona Room.
The 1888 Crow Valley School has been operated as a local museum by its owners RichardSchneider and Albert “Bud” McBride for more than 20 years.
FoodMasters will offer a class on lacto-fermentation of foods from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Odd Fellows Hall kitchen.
In acknowledgment of Black History Month, Orcas Center will present the nationally acclaimed play “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee on Feb. 10 – 18. Robert Hall will direct.
Open auditions consisting of cold readings of the play will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2 to 4 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 12, 6 to 8 p.m.
Anyone who has a passion for singing and is interested in joining the Orcas Choral Society is invited to an open rehearsal on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center.
Contributed by Tom Welch, special to the Sounder.
Doug Bechtel and The Actors Theater of Orcas Island, continuing their strong tradition of producing plays by local authors, have produced an evening of theater art that is simply superb. Their new offering, “By Request,” contains a stunning array of individual works in two Acts that is sure to appeal to something in each of us. The nine unique pieces, written by local authors and read or acted by some of our finest community actors, range from monologues to character sketches. “By Request” is an evening of theater that is much, much more than the sum of its parts – and each part is exquisite.
Students ages 10 through high school can audition for a part in Thornton Wilder’s play, “Our Town,” on Monday, Sept. 12 and Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Orcas Center’s OffCenter Stage.
