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Decades before "The Addams Family Musical" played Broadway, another weird family made theater audiences gasp and laugh. And generations before Freddy Kreuger slashed his way around the silver screen, Boris Karloff frightened movie goers as Frankenstein. Theater aficionados know that the Brewster family in the 1941 smash hit "Arsenic and Old Lace" was oddly dysfunctional and frightening in different ways, with a sinister psychopath brother who has had plastic surgery to look like Boris Karloff....
The poets are coming, the poets are coming! Lori Buher is ready. She is one of 20 La Conner-area residents who will be hosting a poet during this weekend’s 12th Biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival. Her guest, Lorraine Healy, is an Argentinian poet-photographer who lives on Whidbey Island and teaches in the Skagit River Poetry Foundation’s Poets in the Schools program. Healy is one of 35 poets, some internationally famous, gathering for workshop sessions, discussions and readings in intimate La Conner venues. The Festival opens at Maple Hal...
The La Conner Swinomish Library announces extended library hours. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Sundays. 39th annual Lynden Lions Club Model Train and Toy Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6, Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, 1775 Front St., Lynden. Show features 50,000 square feet of model train layouts, exhibits and vendors. Tickets: adults $8, seniors $6, children 6-12 $5, children under age 6 free. Skagit Fisheries Presents: The Wild & Scenic Film...
"No one who cooks, cooks alone," the novelist and food writer Laurie Colwin once wrote. "A cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past ... [and] the wisdom of cookbook writers." A cloud of wise "cooks past" certainly surrounds the talented new cooks and farmers showcased in the new cookbook "Genuine Skagit Cooking." Published in April, "Genuine Skagit Cooking" was written and compiled by Blake Van Roekel of Genuine Skagit Valley and writer Stefanie LeJeunesse, with photos by...
Fall is definitely in the air! The kids are back in school, the weather is getting cooler and the leaves are starting to change color; all signs that the season is turning and it’s time to curl up with a good book from the library. Fall is also a season of change for the library, with Katryna retiring. We will miss her a great deal, as she has truly been the heart of our library and has touched the lives of so many in our community. We wish her the best and hope she comes back to visit often. We say hello to our newest employee, Jinda, who s...
Theater Arts Guild offers "Arsenic and Old Lace" for three weekends starting Sept. 27. A 1944 film, famously directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant, the play opened on Broadway in 1941. The show is cast as "a spooky (and hilarious) tale" for the Halloween season. What is drama critic Mortimer Brewster to make of the corpse in his elderly aunts' window seat? Then he learns – spoiler alert – they killed him! There is the brother who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt and the brother using pla...
These jays are often liked for their bright blue color, which is created by iridescent feathers. They also can be disliked for their noisiness in backyards. Sometimes there might be a reason for their loud screeches, because they warn others if there is a predator around, for instance, a hawk trying to get a small bird or mammal. They themselves are omnivores. While liking nuts and berries, they also eat nestlings and eggs. When feeding on bird feeders in yards, Steller's jays use their...
The monthly Madrona Poetry readings at Pelican Bay Books resumes 7 p.m. Saturday at 520 Commercial Avenue, Anacortes. Reading are Bill Ransom and Jory Mickelson. Ransom is the author of the short stories, poetry collections and science fiction novels and wrote "The Pandora Sequence" with Frank Herbert. Mickelson has published three collections of poetry and received an Academy of American Poets Prize. Source: Madrona Poetry Series...
Mark your calendars for these upcoming arts and entertainment activities. Get out your bibs, it’s the Skagit Tidewater Boil! Celebrate the food, farming and fishing communities of Skagit Valley with fine food, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the La Conner Marina. Tickets on sale at genuineskagitvalley.com. Joseph Gregory Rossano Artist Talk: “Portraits of the Divine” at MoNA, a 30-minute guided walkthrough of the exhibition followed by 15 minutes of Q&A with the artist. 12-12:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 121 S. First St. La Conner. Skagi...
Mark your calendars for these upcoming arts and entertainment activities. Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival is Saturday, Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. It ends with pumpkin and squash entry weigh-offs for prices. It starts with fun for kids of all ages and food, drinks, a hay maze and plants, of course.Christianson’s Nursery & Greenhouse, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Get out your bibs, it’s the Skagit Tidewater Boil! Celebrate the food, farming and fishing communities of Skagit Valley with fine food, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the La...
La Conner artist Meg Holgate speaks at 3 p.m. today, Sept. 21 on her newest exhibit, "emanation," showing at the i.e. gallery in Edison through Sept. 29. For a summary: https://www.ieedison.com/....
Over 50 willing poets of various accomplishments and ages – and an overwhelmingly female audience – overflowed the Museum of Northwest Art's second floor meeting space Saturday afternoon for a free one-hour poetry class with Seattle poet Susan Rich. She spoke to them for maybe 20 minutes before setting them free to roam and examine the museum's art, charging them with putting themselves into the paintings and to pull something original out of the art by their written words. This is ekp...
As the golden hues of fall arrive in the Skagit Valley, so does the opportunity to attend the Skagit River Poetry Festival: three days of poetic voices from around the nation and the world heard in La Conner. Poets and attendees will gather Oct. 3-5 here, on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples. One of the largest celebrations of poetry on the West Coast, the festival is presented by the Skagit River Poetry Foundation. The festival takes place in venues throughout La Conner. "Where...
PFLAG Skagit proudly presents the film “Close to You,” screening at the Lincoln Theatre at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16. Admission is free; please consider a donation at the door. “Close to You” stars Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (“Juno,” “The Umbrella Academy,” “Inception”) as a trans man who returns to his hometown for the first time in years. On his journey, Page’s character confronts his relationship with his family, reunites with a first love, and discovers a newfound confidence in himself. “It soars on waves of raw feeling thanks to t...
Cantabile Chamber Choir presents the contemporary orchestral work “The Drop That Contained the Sea” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon. Cantabile will be joined by the Kulshan Chorus of Bellingham and Sno-King Chorale of Edmonds to present this concert. Come and hear this vibrant, storytelling work by Christopher Tin with a handpicked full-sized orchestra conducted by Dustin Willetts. Tickets are $25 to $35, available online at purchase.mcintyrehall.org/Events....
Mark your calendars for these upcoming arts and entertainment activities. Teen Art Club at Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., is a free program for youth in grades 6-12, where you can bring your friends and your creativity to make art together and inspire your art. Pizza, snacks, and art supplies will be provided. 3-5 p.m. Fridays. MoNA Book Club: “Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler. The story is speculative fiction, addressing the effects of climate change and social inequity in post-apocalyptic 2025 America. Wednesday, Sept. 1...
BrewFest this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2-7 p.m., is hosted by the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce and located at South First Street and West Broadway. Come for cold beer, cider and wine, delicious food and music by The Chris Eger Band, Eden and Friends for the Ghost. Pair that with leisure games, a view of the Skagit River and you are guaranteed to have a blast. Your $37 ticket includes six samples. Tickets: mountvernonchamber.com/. It is still a fundraiser for the Lincoln Theatre Foundation....
Mark your calendars for these upcoming arts and entertainment activities. Join local poet Susan Rich for an introduction to writing poetry about visual art, 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Museum of Northwest Art. You’ll have the opportunity to have your work published on MoNA’s website and to read it at Poetry Open Mic on Sept. 28. RSVP: monamuseum.org/events/poetry-writing. La Conner Live 2024 Free Summer Concert Series continues in Gilkey Square wraps up with a final show at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at First and Morris streets. Come...
La Conner businesses shared a common thread of creativity last weekend with the first annual Junior Art Walk Friday. Area tweens and teens' – our next generation of artists – artwork was displayed in merchants' windows throughout Morris and First streets. The La Conner Swinomish Library hosted weekly art-making sessions on Wednesday mornings leading up to the event. Art supplies were purchased from Mystic Art Supply based on adult mentor artists' subjects. Instruction varied from sel...
Summer is coming to an end and pretty soon the Rufous hummingbirds will follow their instinct and migrate south to Mexico and further. Right now they're constantly feeding and fighting with the Anna's hummingbirds in order to put on extra weight for their long way south. They make this trip individually, not in the security of a flock, but may be stopping in some places along the way. Most of the males have already left, but at our house we still see a lot of smaller females who may have been...
Mark your calendars for these upcoming arts and entertainment activities. BrewFest on the Skagit. Annual fundraiser for the Lincoln Theatre Foundation, now sponsored by the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2-7 p.m. Music by The Chris Eger Band, Eden and Friends for the Ghost. Cold beer, cider, wine and delicious food. South First Street and West Broadway, Mount Vernon. $37 ticket includes six samples. Tickets at mountvernonchamber.com/. Join local poet Susan Rich for an introduction to writing poetry about visual art, 4-5...
The lush, towering presence of western red cedars (Thuja plicata) in Washington state has been a hallmark of the region's natural beauty and ecological health. However, these majestic trees are facing an unprecedented threat. Urban areas like Mount Vernon, Burlington and Anacortes are witnessing a troubling phenomenon: the dieback of western red cedars. Drought mitigation planning is essential in preserving this valuable resource. Unveiling the crisis Western red cedar dieback, primarily driven...
Skagit Symphony holds its premier community fundraiser, Art in the Garden Bash, on August 25th at Briarwood Estate from 2-5pm. Art, music, exquisite gardens, a complementary Skagit Valley strawberry shortcake with berries from Schuh Farms, a raffle of an original Roger Small sculpture and wine for purchase are winning combination for a perfect afternoon. Wander through an enchanting 10-acre garden retreat while you enjoy the sounds of Skagit Symphony and set your sights on fabulous works from...
Join the Skagit Community Band Saturday Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. for its annual Summer Concert at Gilkey Square in La Conner. As always, the concert is free. Bring lawn chairs, hats and sun screen. Source: Skagit Community Band...
YOU NEED TO SEE THEM IN PERSON – Caravan Gallery owner Linda Banaszak travels worldwide searching for local artisans' crafts to stock her store. Photographer Terry Divyak has traveled with her in search of great pictures. The zebras crossing and many others are now on display at the South First Street store....
