Textile art ranging from traditional to contemporary will fill the Orcas Center main gallery and Madrona Room throughout February. The public is invited to a reception for the participating local artists on Friday, Feb. 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Stop in the name of chocolate.
It started with a book and a vision, and led to a collaboration that has brought a new dining venue and a new type of cuisine to Orcas.
The second of the three community dinners at Orcas Christian School will be on Tuesday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Summer Moon Scriver, the photographer of the book “Hands at Work,” a display of black-and-white photographs and oral history profiles, will be at the Orcas Island Historical Museum on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. to open the exhibit of the same name.
The Orcas Island Writers Festival is planning to bring the Big Read program to the San Juan Island community in connection with their September festival.
Duplicate Bridge Every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Longhouse in Eastsound duplicate bridge. For details call 376-2797 or 376-8278.
In just a few days, the contestants of Orcas Idol will grace the stage of Orcas Center, performing to a full house of eagerly awaiting friends, family, and fans.
Six photographers from the San Juan Islands won a personal portfolio review with Jeanne Falk Adams, CEO of The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park and daughter-in-law of the late environmentalist and photographer.
The Orcas Island Garden Club will hold its next meeting on Jan. 21 in the Madrona Room at the Orcas Center at 10 a.m.
Sculptor Justin W. Taylor will be exhibiting his art work at Key Bank during January. An artist’s reception will be held on Jan. 23 from noon to 5 p.m. with Taylor giving a torch demonstration of patina on bronze in front of the bank.
Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee is presenting the Textile Art show in February in the lobby gallery and the Madrona Room.
A new music series, Spotlight in the OffCenter, will feature visiting artists in Orcas Center’s intimate black box theatre.
