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'Prairie View' by artist Jan Holmes will be on display during the Spring Art Studio Tour this weekend.

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Spring Art Studio Tour opens this weekend

When the cold is left behind and the ground begins to bloom, something starts to happen.

Freeland resident Maria Kelly holds two of the more than 250 cartoon and comic strip books she’s collected.

Life

Cartoons, strips, books and the lady who loves them

Maria Kelly of Freeland collects books; lots of books. But her favorites among them, she said, are her…

World music flutist Gary Stroutsos plays music inspired by generations of indigenous peoples.

Life

World music flutist to play Thomas Berry Hall

He’s an American musician of Greek-Italian descent who plays a Native American flute.

John Graham

Life

An extraordinary adventure toward the life he was meant to live

He is the James Bond of his own treacherous life.

Casey's Crafts owner Laurie Davenport gets a demonstration of a new Bernina sewing machine that can be programmed to apply designs and text onto a pillow or stuffed animal. Casey's has recently started selling sewing machines and currently has three models of the Bernina brand in stock.

Business

Casey’s Crafts enjoys anomalous growth amid recession

With most businesses on the island feeling the pinch of the economy, one business may be pinching itself…

Skip Smith's 'Shelter

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Friends celebrate 130 years of life and art

One hundred and thirty years of art is worth celebrating.

Some members of the local “The Vagina Monologues” production take a smile break during rehearsal. Front row: Joy Williams

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The Vagina Monologues: Women and their stories to change the world

When you think of the last frontier, you may not think of the vagina. Writer Eve Ensler does.

Heather Palbicki sits in a place she finds herself often

Life

A ‘plumb’ job done with a smile

She works with a smile and leaves with a hug. It’s not exactly what you’d expect from a…

Andrea Binder

Life

Find your inner sunshine

By the end of the yoga class, the Tibetan singing bowls are sweetly ringing as the roomful of…

Novelist Karen Fisher plays with her dog

Life

Eat, drink, write…conference goes back to basics

The message from President Obama is to cut back and simplify. The folks at the Whidbey Island Writers…

One example of the wide variety of giclée prints produced by Fine Balance Imaging Studios is  Michael Foley’s “Study #547.”

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Fine Balance Imaging shows gratitude to artists

Heaps of gratitude is a good thing.

Life

IN REVIEW | Production reveals moments of wit and charm

In Tom Stoppard’s 1967 play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” two slightly bumbling courtiers, former childhood friends of…

Author Ann Medlock used Katrina Sesum’s painting “The Mermaid” as the cover art for her first novel — “The Mermaid’s Tale: A Novel of Love

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Merwomen and other divers

Let’s face it. It’s the risk takers who lead the exciting lives.