Past Events

Stargazing night at Fort Casey Come enjoy an evening of Stargazing in the park Whidbey Island Astronomical Society will be on site with information and telescopes Friday, September 15th  ~  8 – 10 p.m. Free admission! Discover pass or day pass required for parking

Whidbey Island Sculpture Experience (WISE) is hosting this amazing summer program designed to introduce children ages 7-14 to stone sculpting. Classes will be held at 1162 East Crescent Harbor Rd, Oak Harbor. To register, contact: Therese Kingsbury islandhoppers@comcast.net 360-969-5622

Create a beautiful leaf-patterned bowl using the slab building method. We'll provide everything you need to successfully complete this project- but if you want to give it a more personal touch you can bring in your own leaves to press for textural effects! Ages 14+ September 16 from 5:00 - 6:30pm (clay work) September 30 from 5 - 6:00pm (glazing) Projects will be available to pick up after October 14. Unclaimed projects will be discarded November 1. Refunds or exchanges…

Since 1972, First Street in Downtown Langley has been home to some of the speediest and wackiest “soup box” racers one day in late August.  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,…

Woven Moments: Photo, Paper, Thread Christine Mauersberger, Instructor Date: Sunday, September 17th, 2023 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $225 Registration: $25 Materials: TBD Join visiting artist, Christine Mauersberger to learn how to weave without a loom using your own photos, handmade papers, and/or thread/yarn. Remember weaving colored papers in grade school? It was simple and fun. You do not need to know how to weave but you will soon understand the technique and be on your way to hours of fun with simple…

Studio Days with Christine Christine Mauersberger, Instructor Dates: Monday, September 18th – Thursday, September 21st, 2023 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $800 Registration: $25 Materials: TBD Spend 4 days with master teacher and multi-media artist, Christine Mauersberger. You will receive curated guidance regarding your practice, projects, and goals. She will join you where you are with the work you bring and help you engage deeper through the joy of play and experimentation. To support your experience in the studio, we will have a gelli…

Landscape Photography with Charlie Waite Charlie Waite, Instructor Date: Tuesday, September 19th – Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $1,400 Registration: $25 Materials: N/A Our workshop is primarily centred around two pivotal elements crucial to all photography; ‘perception and communion’ But when applied to our photography, what do these two words mean? We will be exploring both of them in depth. Our photography will be about attending, intending, identifying and ultimately joyfully embracing what we have emotionally and visually fully and…

Three-Dimensional Fiber Sculpture Cameron Mason, Instructor Dates: Tuesday, September 19th – Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $625 Registration: $25 Materials: $35 Take your fiber work into another dimension. In this workshop we will explore multiple ways to turn a two-dimensional flexible plane into fiber sculpture. You will use your own fabrics, either hand-dyed or commercial, easily accessible materials, and a sewing machine to create stable 3-dimensional objects. Starting with your images for design inspiration, we will turn drawings into patterns…

Contemporary Approaches to Mixed Media Art Joan Fullerton, Instructor Dates: Tuesday, September 19th – Friday, September 22nd, 2023 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $650 Registration: $25 Materials: TBD Join us for inspiring demonstrations, lectures, encouragement and practice. You’ll learn how to coax hints of reality from an abstract background, how to control values and colors for emotional emphasis, and how to suggest rather than delineate. You’ll explore working intuitively, responding to what shows up, working in a series, mixing and utilizing neutrals for softer,…

WATERCOLOR SEPTEMBER PRACTICE CLASS With Ellen Santoni Tuesdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26 9 am to 11 am Suggested donation: $40 for the four session class This class is for people who have had a basic introduction to watercolor painting or have a regular practice. In each class watercolor painter Ellen Santoni will offer one or two techniques with practice activities. This way you can grow your repertoire of skills and increase your joy in the magical process of painting…

DjangoFest NW has evolved into the premier showcase of gypsy jazz music in North America. Musicians and music lovers galore come to Langley for this 4-day festival of gypsy jazz music. The festival attracts thousands of devotees—known as “Djangofiles”—from around the world, who migrate to Langley for performances, workshops, and informal “djam” sessions that organically spring up around the seaside village.

Requested donation: $40 for the four session class Do you have some basic experience playing ukulele and want to learn more? Or perhaps you’ve put your uke down and want to get started again? This class is for people who have a basic knowledge of uke playing--how to hold and tune your instrument, play some basic chords, and know how to play along with some easy songs. It’s also for people of any experience who want to play along with…

Painting Landscapes, Understanding Color in Nature Mike Wise, Instructor Date: Friday, September 22nd – Sunday, September 24th, 2023 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $395 Registration: $25 Materials: N/A Join Mike Wise for three days of instruction in his beautiful home studio on Whidbey Island, minutes from the charming town of Coupeville. Mike is known for his gorgeous paintings of lily ponds, rural American farms, lush rivers, and aspen groves. In this workshop, students will learn the methods and techniques for creating stunning three-dimensional oil…

Join us on Friday evenings for the exhilarating and fun experience of wheel throwing with instructor Kristine McInvaille. Unleash your creativity and hone your pottery skills in this 6 week immersive course where you'll wedge clay, center, throw basic forms and glaze. This class is perfect if you're new to the pottery wheel, or need to practice the fundamentals. Ages 14+ September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 6, 13 5:00 - 7:30pm One bag of clay is included with tuition.…

Join us for the 25th annual Chum Run 5K, and walk or run to benefit the Healthy Island Youth Scholarship Fund (HIYI).** Enjoy fun & friendly competition while helping to raise funds for a good cause. Awards are given three deep in student and age group divisions. Medals given to first place three males/females overall, high school, and middle school divisions. Awards will be given by place finishing, divided by age division. Youth may run with their adults. Awards will…

Fun and games for all ages, plus hotdogs, ice cream, caramel corn and other famous goodies from POPSIES! Join the fun on September 23rd from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Fort Casey. Only $5 per person. Fundraiser for Keepers of Admiralty Head Lighthouse.

Whidbey Playhouse presents Play On! by Rick Abbot. This is a laugh-out-loud-until-you-cry comedy about a group of actors trying to put on a play. The Author keeps changing the script, the coffee is questionable, and the wall falls during their performance! Will they ever get their play finished? Act I is their rehearsal set in 1980; Act II is their Dress Rehearsal; and Act III is their Opening Night. Whidbey Playhouse is two blocks from Downtown Oak Harbor; and is…