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Photo provided. Island Shakespeare Festival is traveling around Whidbey Island on a spring tour dubbed “Shakespeare in a Backpack.”

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The Bard in a Backpack: Shakespeare troupe tours Whidbey to promote summer season

Shakespeare is hitting the road again, this time with Hamlet and a Happy Hour.

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Photographer David Welton.

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The lens of Whidbey: From saving hearts to saving moments

Retired cardiologist David Welton documents Whidbey Island life in photos.

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Festival presents early chamber music on period instruments

“Folk, Baroque and Beyond: Airs from Three Centuries” takes place at 7:30 p.m., on Sunday evening, March 22.

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Swap seeds and plants at gardeners’ event

Event is hosted by Master Gardeners, Deer Lagoon Grange and South Whidbey Tilth.

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OutCast Productions presents ‘Alabaster,’ a southern drama

The production opens Friday, March 13 and runs through March 29 at the Black Box Theatre in Langley.

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St. Pat pancake breakfast to benefit Whidbey’s seniors

Island Senior Resources aims to raise awareness of its services with the event.

WICA Executive Artistic Director Deana Duncan poses in new seats, part of a renovation that closed the main stage theater for two months.

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’Take a seat in our future,’ WICA offers as its renovated center re-opens Saturday

The March 14 grand re-opening of the Michael Nutt Mainstage will feature Whidbey Island Orchestra

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T Kira Madden, who has lived through stalking and court proceedings, said learning to rely on herself in solitude was part of the experience at Hedgebrook.

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Island retreat for writers helped inspire ‘Whidbey’ novel

T Kira Madden’s work explores the stories of three women in the immediate aftermath of a murder.

Photo by Kate Poss. Dan Neumeyer, owner of Jade Craftsman Builders, asks clients to contribute to an affordable housing fund.

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Local Builder invites clients to give back to affordable housing fund

The owner of Jade Craftsman Builders offers the chance help promote affordable living for others.

Photo by David Welton

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Freeland, Callahan’s to float people’s boats at revived sea glass scavenger hunt

A South Whidbey seaside hide and seek tradition is being revived at a new location with a new…

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New Whidbey, Camano joint tourism board approved

A board that spends hundreds of thousands of dollars each year is being replaced.

Photo by Jennifer Landahl. The bald eagle poofs its feathers out and looks like a “drowned rat” after a good bath.

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Bathing Whidbey eagle images draw attention

Jennifer Landahl received 7,200 reactions on Facebook for her photos of a wet but content bald eagle

Photo provided. Smedley, second from right, helped the Columbia River Rapids win their fourth-straight state title in 2024.

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Former Coupeville volleyball coach focuses on girls’ mental health in sports

Training is geared towards young female athletes, who are more at risk of quitting sports earlier.