Saturday: Go exploring….

The new Tooth Ferry office is open!

Dear hearts, today is a great day to get out & see new things here on the island. I know you wake up, looking for new ways to see the world each day…here are a few ideas for this weekend:

• Drop by Michelle & Scott Reynolds’ new building at 305 Blair Street (that’s next to the school district, on the way to the post office) today from 2-5pm for their open house & grand opening. It’s where Michelle’s Tooth Ferry office is, now.

• It’s the Pinhole Photography Show at Palmer Studios at 835-A Argyle Avenue (across from the Fairgrounds front gate, like) – here’s the scoop:
We are proud to invite you to please come by and view our work from Danielle Dean Palmer’s Pinhole Photography Workshop. The works of Kaia Harper, Anna Spears, Susan Stehn, Cloud Oakes and Fiona Small will be presented. All photographic images were created using hand made pinhole cameras and developed in the darkroom. This process dates back to the earliest form of photography starting with the camera obscura. A public open house will be from 1-6 p.m. followed by a private reception for the artists with light refreshments from 6-9.

• The Farmers’ Market is at the Brickworks place this morning from 10am-1pm…check it out in its new home!

• You don’t have to get up so early to see tomorrow’s sunrise – we’re getting closer to equinox, and it starts getting light after 6 now. You’ll be glad you didn’t miss the show….

Bruce

• Every time a musician plays a song live, it’s a new song, alive in the world…tonight’s a chance to see Bruce Vogt play – here’s more from Jan & the good folks at the Community Theatre:

Piano soloist, recording artist and chamber musician Bruce Vogt headlines the Chamber Music San Juans concert in the Whittier Theatre THIS Saturday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Vogt shares his recital, Portrait of Liszt, Concert II: Spiritual Visions–part of Vogt’s series in honor of what would be Franz Liszt’s 200th birthday in 2011.  Appearing regularly in concert within Canada, Vogt has also inspired audiences in England, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, China, and Japan.

His Liszt series celebrates the Hungarian’s wide-ranging, powerful, and ultimately very moving achievement as a 19th century composer.  Vogt recorded two volumes of Liszt’s music, which have established for him an enviable reputation as a Liszt interpreter.  A critic from The Times of London said of Vogt’s work:  “I have never heard [Liszt’s] Norma Fantasy played with such consummate largesse…I was mesmerized by Vogt’s sheer control.”

Chamber Music San Juans (directed by Patricia Kostek) was founded in 1990 by the late violinist Andor Toth, whose dream was to bring world-class musicians to the San Juan Islands.

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