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Pelican Bay Books April poetry readings
April is National Poetry Month and Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes has a full line up of poets coming every Saturday, along with music and some local student poets. Start time is 7 p.m. and lasts through about 8:30 p.m. The line up: April 8th: Alice...
Craft fair April 1
No fooling: The first La Conner Kiwanis Club Craft Fair of the year is Saturday, April 1 at a new location, the La Conner Braves Clubhouse, 305 6th Street on the school campus. It runs 10 a.m.-4...
Irish Storyteller tells his tale in La Conner
Irish storyteller Will Hornyak celebrated both St. Patrick's Day and Women's History Month, spinning women-centered sagas of old time Ireland. His long, true story of Grace O'Malley, the pirate queen...
By 'Addams Family' reunion fills the Lincoln
As every husband and father knows, there are “Two Things,” no “Three Things” he must not do: “say no to his wife and no to his daughter, or tell the truth.” As life becomes more complex for Gomez Addams, he considers “Four Things...
Anacortes poetry reading March 25
Bill Porter (Red Pine) and Finn Wilcox will read their own work and from “Old Growth: Selected & New Poems” by the late Mike O’Connor, renowned poet and translator. This Anacortes Poetry Series reading is 7 p.m. March 25. at Pelican Bay Books...
Beezie + Co. grows blooms that color the Magic Skagit
The La Conner Civic Garden Club invited the public to hear Colleen O’Brien-Miller of Beezie + Co. Flower Farm discuss her flower business last Thursday, March 9. O’Brien-Miller’s flowers were the talk of the town among interested attendees in...
Will you figure out 'The Case of the Slain Slough Swindler?'
The La Conner Chamber of Commerce's first annual community murder mystery, "The Case of the Slain Slough Swindler," may blanket the business district with amateur detectives throughout the day,...
Storyteller Will Hornyak performs March 14
Join Will Hornyak on a storytelling journey 7 p.m. March 14 at the Tim Bruce Performing Arts Center on the La Conner School District campus. Hornyak will share the Celtic story of "Erin's Daughters:...
Jazz Walk in Anacortes
WALKING INTO JAZZ NIGHT IN ANACORTES – Steven Dolmatz, on the steel guitar, jammed with his Deep River Blues Band at the Brown Lantern during the First Friday Jazz Walk in Anacortes March...
Craft fair vendors wanted
Calling all artists and crafters. La Conner Kiwanis will be hosting a craft fair, Saturday, April 1 in the Braves Clubhouse, behind the school district administration building, 305 North 6th Street, La Conner. It will run 10 a.m.-4 p.m. This event...
Why you love the music you love
Turn it up, would you? Man, that song. It reminds you of falling in love, first dates, riding around in a car, best friends. You can imagine the performance of it, the bassist’s passion, the audience cheers. You know every word of that song, so...
Beezie + Co. Flower Farm talk
Colleen O’Brien-Miller of Beezie + Co. Flower Farm will present “Collaborative homestead revival and flower farming learnings” at La Conner Civic Garden Club Thursday, March 9, 6:30 p.m., 622 2nd Street, La Conner. They are the fifth...
'Permanent Immigrant' must see MoNA exhibit
An exciting and thoughtful selection of sculpture, prints and paintings bring intriguing and emotional viewing to guests at the Museum of Northwest Art. The exhibit, "Permanent Immigrant: Italo...
Donate art to MoNA's auction
MoNA has extended its deadline for submitting art auction donations to March 17. Art donations help the Museum of Northwest Art raise essential funds to continue collecting, preserving, interpreting and exhibiting art and supporting artists in the...
New MoNA exhibit open
The new exhibit opening at MoNA Saturday brought a crowd of distinguished guests, including Lilah Scanga, Bill Scanga, Dale and Leslie Chihuly, Katherine Scanga and MoNA Executive Director Stefano...
Fantasy Day at Anacortes Library
LIBRARIES, IMAGINATIONS AND COSTUMES, OH MY! – Fantasy Day Saturday saw over 1,200 people descend on the Anacortes Public Library for games, prizes, snacks, crafts and fantastical fun for all ages....
Madrona poetry series poets read Feb. 25
Last Saturday over 75 folks gathering for another poetry reading at Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes, part of the Madrona Last Saturday Series of readings that continues through May. This night, ten poets read their poems included in “Art In A...
Jazz Walk Saturday
The Manieri Jazz Endowment of the Anacortes Public Library presents six stages of live jazz March 3, 6-10 p.m. in tandem with the First Friday Art Walk. Seattle jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson and her quartet at the Rockfish Grill, 7-9 p.m. Seattle...
Love is more than just a kissing fancy
UPDATE: The show will go on. Get tickets and go see "Prelude" this last week of its run, March 3-5. That old story line: "Boy meets girl." Then: Girl falls for boy. Boy falls for girl. They marry.... Full story
Attend local winter choir concerts
The Shelter Bay Chorus presents their winter concert, “Peace on Earth” this weekend, Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner. The suggested donation is $10 and masks...
'Steamboat Town' book launch
Visit the Skagit County Historical Museum Thursday, Dec. 8 at 5 p.m. to celebrate the publication of Dr. Thomas Robinson’s book on the early history of La Conner. Additionally, buy any Skagit County Historical Society publication and get one of...
Hunt and Peck program perfectly typecast for museum showing
There were many keys to the Skagit County Historical Museum drawing a standing-room-only crowd to Sunday afternoon's program in La Conner. One was the role played by actor Kevin Tighe, star in the pop...
Art auction supports wildlife sanctuary
By April Grossruck Come on down to Skagit Cellars Winery tasting room this week to view and bid on over 50 original artworks to benefit Predators of the Heart. Bid now and come to the auction on Dec....
Art's Alive 2022 a great success
Some 1,900 people viewed fine art in Maple Hall Nov. 11-14 during La Conner’s 37th annual Art’s Alive! Forty-seven art pieces sold, generating $50,000, including donations. Maggie Wilder sold eight paintings and Janie Olsen and Ria Harboe each...
Paul Newman's life, as he told it
By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm The eyes must've been two feet tall. And they were looking right at you. For a minute, you imagined that they were following you as you sat eating buttery...
