Topic: Entertainment
SJCT Holiday Festival
Written on November 29, 2017 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Tickets are still available for San Juan Community Theatre’s Holiday Festival 2017 THIS Saturday, December 2 at 5 pm. SJCT’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the Festival transforms the Theatre into a winter wonderland as guests enjoy gourmet food, silent and live auctions, a surprise raffle only that night, and island entertainment. More than 80 Continue Reading
Final Week for Annapurna
Written on November 27, 2017 at 5:59 am, by Tim Dustrude
Reviews have been fantastic. Houses have been very full (in the aisles), so be sure to come and see this remarkable production! “Powerful”, “riveting”, “superb” are some of the adjectives coming our way from patrons! Showing Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and on the final day, Sunday at 4:00 pm in the Marie Boe Continue Reading
The Chord of Longing
Written on November 15, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Meet & Greet Author Event at Griffin Bay Bookstore The Chord of Longing by Mother Felicitas Curti Islanders will have the good fortune to meet Shaw Island’s ebullient Mother Felicitas Curti by visiting Griffin Bay Bookstore on Saturday, November 18, 2:00—4:00 pm when she presents her memoir, The Chord of Longing: My Life as Atheist, Continue Reading
Dance For Charity
Written on November 14, 2017 at 5:58 am, by Tim Dustrude
Local Dance Performance to Benefit African Famine Aid Please join Dance Workshop 2 for their culminating performance of the new “Dance For Charity” program. This new 8 week program offers free ballet training to anyone willing to try! The “Dance For Charity” students will perform alongside more advanced ballet dancers Lydia Downs and Stephen Moore. Continue Reading
Shakespeare Rocks
Written on November 14, 2017 at 5:57 am, by Tim Dustrude
Playing with the Bard at SJCT More than 80 islanders are having fun with music and Shakespeare, ready to share that excitement at San Juan Community Theatre, Thursday through Sunday, November 16-19. The SJCT Family Theatre musical production of Steve Titford’s Shakespeare Rocks features a cast of 50 K-6 graders and 10 adults/parents as well Continue Reading
ISL Presents Annapurna
Written on November 8, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Stage Left is thrilled to announce the opening of “Annapurna” by Sharr White. A cowboy poet down on his luck in a run-down trailer in Colorado and Emma, his East Coast, one-time wife, who appears out of the blue after twenty years, strive to find answers to burning questions from the past. At once Continue Reading
Winter Comedy Auditions November 6-7
Written on November 3, 2017 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Auditions are being held for San Juan Community Theatre’s winter play, giving actors chance to help warm up audiences with laughter and satire during the winter season. Director Tony Vivenzio will be casting for Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June on Monday and Tuesday, November 6-7 at 6:00 p.m. The story centers around a Continue Reading
Special Preview Tonight
Written on November 2, 2017 at 11:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
The Friday Harbor Film Festival officially starts tomorrow, Friday November 3rd, but they are having a FREE preview tonight at 5:30 pm at San Juan Community Theatre. Check out the Angst: Breaking the Stigma Around Anxiety screening and virtual reality experience for high school and middle school students, parents and teachers. Angst takes an in-depth Continue Reading
Denny Kaill, Dodging Iguanas
Written on October 25, 2017 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
Know Your Islanders Talks In a reading co-sponsored by Griffin Bay Bookstore and the San Juan Island Trails Committee, Denny Kaill will talk about Dodging Iguanas: Some Motorcycle Tales, Some Not-All True. In this book of adventures committed in several countries, on mountains, in jungles and deserts, oceans and seas, on motorbikes, ships and boats, Continue Reading
Owen Goes on a Damcation
Written on October 22, 2017 at 11:33 am, by Tim Dustrude
Owen loved a film seen at the FHFF- He is now a Dam Enthusiast…at 5 years old. Beloved Friday Harbor Film Festival just got better. A story of success! by Theresa Simendinger John Hamilton, manager is too busy with two full restaurants during the FHFF to go to see the 2 films that Cask N Continue Reading
‘The Howl’
Written on October 19, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Announcing October Fundraiser for the Animals The Animal Protection Society – Friday Harbor is thrilled to invite you to join us for the first ‘Howl’, a fundraiser for the shelter animals happening on Saturday, October 28, 2017. The Swinomish Casino and Lodge in Anacortes will be the site of our fundraiser expected to attract Halloween Continue Reading
The Sciences to a Peaceful Mind
Written on October 14, 2017 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
Rob Simpson invites you to the next Conscientious Projector series… Isn’t it about time we focused on some good news? This coming Monday, Oct. 16, 7:00 PM, Library Side Door, at our October Conscientious Festival, we will begin exploring pathways to a quiet mind from the view point of the latest scientific research. Sages through Continue Reading
Annapurna
Written on October 13, 2017 at 5:55 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Stage Left Announces Fall Production Island Stage Left is proud to announce its production of “Annapurna” by Sharr White. The four week run opens at the San Juan County Fairgrounds’ Marie Boe Building on Thursday, Nov 9. Director Helen Machin-Smith describes the play as, “compelling, laugh-out-loud funny, moving, devastating, and hopeful. It is a Continue Reading
Escape to the Original NEVERLAND
Written on October 9, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Community Theatre’s fall play takes us to the origins of a far-off place known as “Neverland” –and the characters we fell in love with in the classic Peter Pan. The Tony Award-winning, magical, and hilarious musical adventure by Rick Elice (based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson) is presented in the Continue Reading
Concientious Projector
Written on October 7, 2017 at 10:41 am, by Tim Dustrude
Rob Simpson is back with a new installment of the Conscientious Projector Series. Here he is with the scoop… Extraterrestrial Contact > The Evidence This Monday, 7:00 PM (Oct. 9th) in the library Conference Room, Conscientious Projector invites you to discuss a forbidden topic. Have we had contact with extraterrestrial civilizations? Mainstream media makes the Continue Reading
FHFF Tickets On Sale Now
Written on October 7, 2017 at 10:21 am, by Tim Dustrude
Online ticket sales are available at http://www.fhff.org/purchase-tickets/ Pre-sale of festival tickets are available at the FHFF Office, payment may be made by cash, check or credit card. Tickets are also on sale through the San Juan Community Theatre Box Office at https://tickets.sjctheatre.org/. FHFF ticket prices are among the lowest cost admission of any regional film festival. Tickets Continue Reading
SJCT Holiday Festival
Written on November 29, 2017 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Tickets are still available for San Juan Community Theatre’s Holiday Festival 2017 THIS Saturday, December 2 at 5 pm. SJCT’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the Festival transforms the Theatre into a winter wonderland as guests enjoy gourmet food, silent and live auctions, a surprise raffle only that night, and island entertainment. More than 80 Continue Reading
Final Week for Annapurna
Written on November 27, 2017 at 5:59 am, by Tim Dustrude
Reviews have been fantastic. Houses have been very full (in the aisles), so be sure to come and see this remarkable production! “Powerful”, “riveting”, “superb” are some of the adjectives coming our way from patrons! Showing Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and on the final day, Sunday at 4:00 pm in the Marie Boe Continue Reading
The Chord of Longing
Written on November 15, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Meet & Greet Author Event at Griffin Bay Bookstore The Chord of Longing by Mother Felicitas Curti Islanders will have the good fortune to meet Shaw Island’s ebullient Mother Felicitas Curti by visiting Griffin Bay Bookstore on Saturday, November 18, 2:00—4:00 pm when she presents her memoir, The Chord of Longing: My Life as Atheist, Continue Reading
Dance For Charity
Written on November 14, 2017 at 5:58 am, by Tim Dustrude
Local Dance Performance to Benefit African Famine Aid Please join Dance Workshop 2 for their culminating performance of the new “Dance For Charity” program. This new 8 week program offers free ballet training to anyone willing to try! The “Dance For Charity” students will perform alongside more advanced ballet dancers Lydia Downs and Stephen Moore. Continue Reading
Shakespeare Rocks
Written on November 14, 2017 at 5:57 am, by Tim Dustrude
Playing with the Bard at SJCT More than 80 islanders are having fun with music and Shakespeare, ready to share that excitement at San Juan Community Theatre, Thursday through Sunday, November 16-19. The SJCT Family Theatre musical production of Steve Titford’s Shakespeare Rocks features a cast of 50 K-6 graders and 10 adults/parents as well Continue Reading
ISL Presents Annapurna
Written on November 8, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Stage Left is thrilled to announce the opening of “Annapurna” by Sharr White. A cowboy poet down on his luck in a run-down trailer in Colorado and Emma, his East Coast, one-time wife, who appears out of the blue after twenty years, strive to find answers to burning questions from the past. At once Continue Reading
Winter Comedy Auditions November 6-7
Written on November 3, 2017 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Auditions are being held for San Juan Community Theatre’s winter play, giving actors chance to help warm up audiences with laughter and satire during the winter season. Director Tony Vivenzio will be casting for Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June on Monday and Tuesday, November 6-7 at 6:00 p.m. The story centers around a Continue Reading
Special Preview Tonight
Written on November 2, 2017 at 11:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
The Friday Harbor Film Festival officially starts tomorrow, Friday November 3rd, but they are having a FREE preview tonight at 5:30 pm at San Juan Community Theatre. Check out the Angst: Breaking the Stigma Around Anxiety screening and virtual reality experience for high school and middle school students, parents and teachers. Angst takes an in-depth Continue Reading
Denny Kaill, Dodging Iguanas
Written on October 25, 2017 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
Know Your Islanders Talks In a reading co-sponsored by Griffin Bay Bookstore and the San Juan Island Trails Committee, Denny Kaill will talk about Dodging Iguanas: Some Motorcycle Tales, Some Not-All True. In this book of adventures committed in several countries, on mountains, in jungles and deserts, oceans and seas, on motorbikes, ships and boats, Continue Reading
Owen Goes on a Damcation
Written on October 22, 2017 at 11:33 am, by Tim Dustrude
Owen loved a film seen at the FHFF- He is now a Dam Enthusiast…at 5 years old. Beloved Friday Harbor Film Festival just got better. A story of success! by Theresa Simendinger John Hamilton, manager is too busy with two full restaurants during the FHFF to go to see the 2 films that Cask N Continue Reading
‘The Howl’
Written on October 19, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Announcing October Fundraiser for the Animals The Animal Protection Society – Friday Harbor is thrilled to invite you to join us for the first ‘Howl’, a fundraiser for the shelter animals happening on Saturday, October 28, 2017. The Swinomish Casino and Lodge in Anacortes will be the site of our fundraiser expected to attract Halloween Continue Reading
The Sciences to a Peaceful Mind
Written on October 14, 2017 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
Rob Simpson invites you to the next Conscientious Projector series… Isn’t it about time we focused on some good news? This coming Monday, Oct. 16, 7:00 PM, Library Side Door, at our October Conscientious Festival, we will begin exploring pathways to a quiet mind from the view point of the latest scientific research. Sages through Continue Reading
Annapurna
Written on October 13, 2017 at 5:55 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Stage Left Announces Fall Production Island Stage Left is proud to announce its production of “Annapurna” by Sharr White. The four week run opens at the San Juan County Fairgrounds’ Marie Boe Building on Thursday, Nov 9. Director Helen Machin-Smith describes the play as, “compelling, laugh-out-loud funny, moving, devastating, and hopeful. It is a Continue Reading
Escape to the Original NEVERLAND
Written on October 9, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Community Theatre’s fall play takes us to the origins of a far-off place known as “Neverland” –and the characters we fell in love with in the classic Peter Pan. The Tony Award-winning, magical, and hilarious musical adventure by Rick Elice (based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson) is presented in the Continue Reading
Concientious Projector
Written on October 7, 2017 at 10:41 am, by Tim Dustrude
Rob Simpson is back with a new installment of the Conscientious Projector Series. Here he is with the scoop… Extraterrestrial Contact > The Evidence This Monday, 7:00 PM (Oct. 9th) in the library Conference Room, Conscientious Projector invites you to discuss a forbidden topic. Have we had contact with extraterrestrial civilizations? Mainstream media makes the Continue Reading
FHFF Tickets On Sale Now
Written on October 7, 2017 at 10:21 am, by Tim Dustrude
Online ticket sales are available at http://www.fhff.org/purchase-tickets/ Pre-sale of festival tickets are available at the FHFF Office, payment may be made by cash, check or credit card. Tickets are also on sale through the San Juan Community Theatre Box Office at https://tickets.sjctheatre.org/. FHFF ticket prices are among the lowest cost admission of any regional film festival. Tickets Continue Reading