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Arts & Heritage, Coupeville
Island County Museum is very proud to display 10 very unique button blankets, beautifully decorated by graduating senior classes at Shelton High School for the past 25 years. Each blanket tells it's own story using a mix of traditional and contemporary Northwest Native designs.
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Art Galleries, Coupeville
The work of relief printmaking artist, Linnane Armstrong, will be featured in Penn Cove Gallery for the month of August. Linnane creates woodcut and linocut prints inspired by the dramatic landscapes and natural elements of her Whidbey Island home. Her colorful and monochrome images use value and pattern in ways that draw the viewer deep into the scene. Penn Cove Gallery, 9 NW Front Street, Coupeville, WA. 360-678-1176. www.penncovegallery.com
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Our featured artist is Moe Jerome, known for his rich dramatic oil paintings. You will want to see his stunning large piece featuring a koi pond. One of our guest artists is Wendy Manula. Her style and creativity are as unique as her preferred canvases, which are her reverse paintings applied to vintage wood windows. While traveling in Seoul, Korea, she learned the use of Korean ink and melts her own for use in her creations. We also welcome back…
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Art Galleries, Langley
One of the most remarkable plein air painters in the Northwest is Kathleen Frugé Brown. Choosing her subject matter carefully she stays away from the tried and expected and focuses instead on the surprising and unexpected. Finding beauty in the chaos of everyday woods and brambles Kathleen makes every brushstroke an exuberant and reverent response to nature. The river and forest surroundings of her Maple Valley studio are a constant source of imagery. Leaving her easel in place after a…
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*Islandwide, Clinton, Outdoor Events
Are you READY TO REBOOT your health and fitness? Join Dr. Holly Peng on an all-inclusive boutique fitness camp with daily breathtaking hikes, yoga classes every morning, functional fitness & strength classes, therapeutic detoxifying massages, organic delicious healthy cuisine, kayaking, outings to nearby attractions, and daily health lectures and workshops all on beautiful Whidbey Island. This weeklong retreat is also led by local experts Certified Personal Trainers Adam Fawcett & Alex Pearl, Reiki Master Marcie Costello, and Chef Lis David.…
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$50
*Islandwide, Arts & Heritage, Outdoor Events
Plein Air Artists! We want YOU this summer for our brand new plein air event open event August 21-25th, 2019 on stunning Whidbey Island. Come paint for three days the beaches, forests, townscapes and vistas that Whidbey affords with an emphasis on Coupeville. We will then celebrate you and the art you have created by holding a Gala, Gallery Exhibition and Sale including awards on August 23rd,2019. Artist Registration is $50. The event is open to all, novice to professional.…
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*Islandwide, Art Studios, Clinton, Coupeville, Freeland, Greenbank, Langley, Oak Harbor
Our mission is to share the arts and artists of Whidbey Island with the broader NW community. Whidbey Island is home to a large, vibrant, diverse community of artists. As an organization we believe that opening our studios offers visitors the opportunity to share in the process of how art is created and a glimpse of how artists inhabit their creative space. This shared experience between artists and visitors provides a stimulating creative conversation that enhances the arts while also…
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$585
Art Classes, Coupeville
Are you ready to move off the flat panel and explore some sculptural or relief forms with encaustic? This workshop will focus on experimenting with loads of materials to create wall sculptures and 3-d forms. We’ll start by looking at other artists to get the creative juices flowing and to illustrate some of the various options. Techniques and demos will include multiple ways of constructing and building underlying structures with materials such as foam, plaster, wood, cardboard, paper clay, wire,…
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Farm Happenings, Langley, Outdoor Events
There's nothing quite like Saturdays at Bayview during the market season. If you're heading from the ferry, the first thing you'll likely see are gigantic white letters announcing "FARMERS MARKET" on the hillside at the corner of Highway 525 and Bayview Road. Turn right at the intersection and soon you'll see brightly colored flags...and a sea of white tents. There you'll be treated to the sights, sounds (and sometimes wonderful smells) of Island County's busiest market—a real farmers market with the…
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Coupeville, Farm Happenings, Outdoor Events
A vendor member non profit local market based upon the principle of providing the community with the best in local produced foods, crafts, and produce. The market celebrates the Coupeville community each Saturday. The gaelic word “comhar” means the value of the community and all it’s participants coming together. We practice comhar each week, and so can you.
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Art Galleries, Coupeville
Plein Air Artists! We want YOU this summer for our brand new plein air event open event August 21-25th, 2019 on stunning Whidbey Island. Come paint for three days the beaches, forests, townscapes and vistas that Whidbey affords with an emphasis on Coupeville. We will then celebrate you and the art you have created by holding a Gala, Gallery Exhibition and Sale including awards on August 23rd,2019. Artist Registration is $50. The event is open to all, novice to professional.…
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Join us for a Push Back Ceremony, Dedication and Tours of the new South Whidbey Fire/EMS Bayview Fire Station 36. A Push Back Ceremony is a fire service tradition where members "push back" the fire engine into the bay of the new station. We encourage you to share in this special community event. Please stop by any time you can from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Bring the whole family!
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Art Galleries, Langley
Enjoy recent photographic works by River BARRETT, Daniel GREGORY, Lorraine HEALY, Kiersten MILLER, Zoë OSENBACH, Beck PAFFRATH, Sharon SHOEMAKER, Skip SMITH, Colin SULGROVE and Kim TINUVIEL. Opening Reception: Friday August 2, 5:30-7pm Gallery Hours: Thurs-Sun 11am-5pm
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Festivals, Langley, Outdoor Events, Performing Arts
The Island Shakespeare Festival is a summer outdoor theatre celebration of the works of William Shakespeare, other writers, and the acting craft. Performances run Thursday through Sunday in July and Wednesday though Sunday in August 2019 is the tenth year for the festival. Throughout the summer, Whidbey Island’s first repertory theatre presents works by Shakespeare and from other playwrights as well. One evening you may go to see a play by Shakespeare, the next, a play by another great writer.…
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Oak Harbor, Outdoor Events
Hydros for Heroes is an American Power Boats Association (APBA) registered national and regional professional charity racing event promoted and hosted by The Craig McKenzie Team Foundation and supported by the Rotary Club of Oak Harbor. This event is meant to highlight the Heroes in our local community, such as the members of the military, law enforcement, firefighters, teachers and health care professionals. These Heroes help our community every day through their service and sacrifice. The race is operated and run by The Craig…
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Langley, Outdoor Events
Since 1972, First Street in Downtown Langley has been home to some of the speediest and wackiest “soup box” racers one day every fall. Anyone can build a racer that can make it down a hill. But the Soup Box Derby is all about ingenuity, creativity, and a little bit of that Langley weirdness. Come check out the wacky designs and costumes that participants will wear in the wildest race on the island. And if you’re up for it, enter…
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Langley, Outdoor Events
This Whidbey Island Farmers Market is a family friendly place on a lush meadow with picnic tables, live music, educational features and children’s activities. The produce vendors can accept SNAP coupons (formerly food stamps) as well as Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program coupons. The market management encourage organic and certified organic growing methods and GMO-free.
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Festivals, Langley, Outdoor Events, Performing Arts
The Island Shakespeare Festival is a summer outdoor theatre celebration of the works of William Shakespeare, other writers, and the acting craft. Performances run Thursday through Sunday in July and Wednesday though Sunday in August 2019 is the tenth year for the festival. Throughout the summer, Whidbey Island’s first repertory theatre presents works by Shakespeare and from other playwrights as well. One evening you may go to see a play by Shakespeare, the next, a play by another great writer.…
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Festivals, Langley, Outdoor Events, Performing Arts
The Island Shakespeare Festival is a summer outdoor theatre celebration of the works of William Shakespeare, other writers, and the acting craft. Performances run Thursday through Sunday in July and Wednesday though Sunday in August 2019 is the tenth year for the festival. Throughout the summer, Whidbey Island’s first repertory theatre presents works by Shakespeare and from other playwrights as well. One evening you may go to see a play by Shakespeare, the next, a play by another great writer.…
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$20
Music Events, Oak Harbor
Whidbey Island Music Festival & Island Consort present our respective directors... Tekla Cunningham, violin, & Sheila Weidendorf, piano, together in concert. Playing works of Clara & Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, & Louise Ferranc. Sunday, August 25th at Noorlag Salon, Oak Harbor & Sunday, September 8th at Crawford House Langley. Both concerts are at 4pm. There is a suggested $20 donation at the door. Addresses while be given with RSVP. Please RSVP sweidendorf@whidbey.com or 360-320-2362. UPDATE: The Concert on next…
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