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Peter Bergman is the 'Radio Free Oz' host the Wizard

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Radio Free Oz is back with a podcast from Whidbey Island

Who knew one could move forward into the past.

The young artists who won the chance to play with the Saratoga Chamber Orchestra are French horn player Seth Sobottka

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Talent + dedication = super hot: Fourth Annual Young Artists Solo Concert

Under the direction of Legh W. Burns, conductor of the Saratoga Chamber Orchestra, four young musicians have won…

Sisters Araya and Kayla Johnson enjoy the spoils of the hunt after joining a crowd of more than  230 Whidbey kids who filled their baskets with treats at last year’s annual egg hunt. The Easter egg hunt is the next big event at Bayview Community Hall

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Helpers hope to save Bayview Community Hall and its rich history

It’s a charming place, full of fond memories of egg hunts, dances, picnics, proms, movies, musical and theater…

Allie Firth plays the witch and Will Mellish is the baker in the  Whidbey Children's Theater production of 'Into the Woods' opening March 26 in Langley.

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Twice upon a time with the dark, dissonant and exquisite Sondheim

Polyphony, angular harmonies and intricate melodies.

Ethan Berkley and Tom Churchill wear the ravages of the coal mines endured by the characters they play in the upcoming production of 'The Kentucky Cycle' at WICA starting April 9.

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Playing the Cumberland blues

Blame it on the Kentucky Project.

Heidi Klein on the soprano saxophone performed with her fellow band members of the Langley Middle School Jazz Band for Focus on the Arts Day.

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Focus on art: getting more into area schools

There is a problem on Whidbey Island that mirrors those all over Washington.

Ca’ buni chef Jess Dowdell works on the presentation of some baked items recently at her café kitchen at Mukilteo Coffee Roasters in the woods of Langley.

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Keeping it real (and real tasty) in the woods

LANGLEY — She’s a bit like a sprightly Gretel of organic culinary delights.

Native American flute player Joe Arnold takes a musical break at the Bayview Cash Store recently to serenade local shoppers.

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Whidbey flutist Joe Arnold heads to North Carolina

He calls music a gateway to deeper healing. One gate has opened and is pointing him toward the…

Katyrose Jordan and Gretchen Schlomann play with the Whidbey Island Youth Orchestra.

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Whidbey Island orchestras have found the ensemble groove

A bevy of talented musicians will roll out the barrel for everybody’s enjoyment Friday.

Sarah Walston rehearses a monologue entitled 'Hair' recently in preparation for the annual Langley performance of 'The Vagina Monologues' by Eve Ensler. It plays at 2 p.m. Sunday

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‘Vagina Monologues’ returns to Langley March 7

It’s been 14 years since Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues” first hit the stage and created a…

Pushkara Sally Ashford peeks out the door of her brand new handcrafted gypsy vardo wagon. Ashford is getting ready to wheel out from Whidbey on a pilgrimage for peace.

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Giving peace a chance

A wagon of peace is rolling home, and its owner would like to invite the community to welcome…

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Students plumb the depths of “The Miracle Worker”

Their story would change the course of history for every blind and deaf person in the world.

Max Cole Takanikos works at his easel in preparation for the opening of 'A Visual Art and Performance Weekend' at Whidbey Children's Theater Feb. 26 to 28.

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The swan song of his youth

It looks like another young country mouse is going off into the wide world to find out what…