Djangofest Northwest 2008 featured top gypsy jazz groups such as Pearl Django, the Sebastien Giniaux Trio, Fishtank Ensemble, 3 Leg Torso, Hot Club Sandwich, Billet-Deux and others.
It’s a real jungle at Whidbey Children’s Theater this month.
Thirty-two Whidbey Island youngsters sing, dance and act their hearts out in WCT’s season-opening musical, “The Jungle Book,” based on the “Mowgli” stories of Rudyard Kipling.
“Your madrones look pretty good,” Jim said. Chainsaw idling, he stood beside a pile of firewood and brush, the remains…
Awakening, reverence, sustainability, justice, peace and joy.
Such are the words that describe the motivation behind why there is a place on this island where people can convene for extraordinary activities, such as learning where their spirit lies and delving into a deep inquiry on how to make the world a better place.
The Whidbey Institute at Chinook is such a place, and it’s celebrating its 15th anniversary this month.
No ghoulish masks, no rattling skeletons, no mysterious moans and groans, no tombstones, smashed pumpkins or witches on broomsticks. Nevertheless,…
After watching last week’s debate between two of the six candidates for commander in chief on my low-definition, no-intensity analog…
Gypsy jazz musicians are jamming all over Langley as Djangofest returns to the Village by the Sea.
Roust yourself onto the road today and tomorrow with the 77 artists participating in the Whidbey Open Studio Tour.
After many conversations about making food-buying decisions to benefit birds and the natural environment, my husband Bill and I decided we needed to get serious and put our money where our mouths were.
With all this election talk recently, have you noticed any difference in the behavior of your friends and family? Maybe…
Excuse me if it seems like I am shaking, but I am. I’m not nervous. Just excited. After waiting over…
Oak Harbor photographer Christopher Saxman likes to look up.
Perhaps it’s because he is an architect by trade and is enamored of the cornices of buildings.
But cornices are not the only things he likes to look at through a camera lens.
If you are American, the words “American experience” have a certain power to reverberate in the heart.
These words smack of the nation’s history and in the area of art, America experienced a cultural revolution with the birth of jazz and blues music.
