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.
The Orcas Orcas Dance Club will host a “Low-Down Unreal Turkey Trot” at the Odd Fellows Hall on Friday evening, Nov. 12.
Orcas Montessori has begun its 16th annual holiday wreath fundraiser sale. Hand-made of noble fir and decorated with blue-berried juniper,…
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.
Tickets are now on sale for the very first Farm to Cafeteria community fundraiser, called “A Simple Sunday Supper.” The evening will feature JP and the OK Rhythm Boys, performing, in their words, “fiddle tunes, swing, rags, waltzes, hoe down, pretty much whatever catches your fancy!”
Orcas Center hosts the return of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program for a fully-staged production of Donizetti’s Viva La Mamma on Friday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
“These young students have just completed their fire prevention and safety program,” said Orcas Fire representative Maxx Jones. “Every fall Kaleidoscope presents the “Play Safe Be Safe” program, which teaches preschoolers what to do if there is a fire, how to crawl low under smoke and what to do if their clothing catches fire. Upon graduation, they pay a visit to the fire station to see firsthand that firefighters are friends! Congratulations Kaleidoscope for over 10 years of teaching our kids how to be safe!”
The Healing Arts Center building looks pretty darn good for 100 years old.
Yet the farmhouse is not without need of a few repairs, and most urgently, the building needs a new roof.
Mr. And Mrs. John Fleischer are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Jessica to Ivan Rascon, son of…
Mr. And Mrs. John Fleischer are pleased to announce the marriage of their son, Blake Fleischer to Candace Thompson, daughter…
On July 21, 2010, five generations of the Barfoot-Willis family gathered while Jane’s great-granddaughter, Jessica Shaffer of Indiana, said her…