Topic: Entertainment
Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer
Written on March 22, 2017 at 5:58 am, by Tim Dustrude
The Island’s Own at SJCT Tickets are moving fast for Pacific Northwest-based songwriter duo Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer in concert this Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 pm, at the San Juan Community Theatre. (Their first concert here in 2015 was a near sell-out). The duo is showcasing songs from their latest self-produced/recorded release Off-Grid Lo Fi, an intimate, authentic and Continue Reading
FHFF Winter Film Series
Written on March 21, 2017 at 5:54 am, by Tim Dustrude
The Friday Harbor Film Festival Winter Series presents an audience favorite: BLOOD LIONS. Blood Lions follows acclaimed environmental journalist and safari operator, Ian Michler, and Rick Swazey, an American hunter, on their journey to uncover the realities about the multi-million dollar predator breeding and canned lion hunting industries in South Africa. At the Grange, Tuesday, Continue Reading
Concerts to Benefit “Salish Sea Stands Against Kinder Morgan” Coming Soon
Written on March 18, 2017 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
Canadian First Nations, environmental organizations, and internationally recognized musician Luke Wallace, join the “Pull Together” music tour to resist the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. The proposed Kinder Morgan expansion would greatly increase vessel traffic and the risk of an oil spill in the Salish Sea. The concert tour, coming to the San Juan Continue Reading
Mod Carousel: Boylesque Sensations
Written on March 15, 2017 at 5:10 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Mod Carousel is bringing an evening of tantalizing tease with a mix of both classical and neo burlesque flavors to Friday Harbor! Mod Carousel is a multidisciplinary boylesque collective featuring the talents of Paris Original, Trojan Original, the Luminous Pariah, and Moscato Extatique. Paris Original and Trojan Original are no strangers to the islands, having Continue Reading
Young Filmmakers Project
Written on March 15, 2017 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Call for Submissions: Young Filmmakers Project Friday Harbor Film Festival is putting out the call for films to be submitted for their Young Filmmakers Project. This is open to all students ranging from grade 7 to their first year of University or College. Theme for 2017: Pacific Connections: Share a film with the FHFF that Continue Reading
Blues Music Award-Winner in Friday Harbor March 18
Written on March 15, 2017 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Blues guitarist Walter Trout’s Alive in Amsterdam tour (which stops at San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.) celebrates a successful comeback for the veteran musician. Following a bleak diagnosis of life-threatening liver failure and hepatitis C in 2013, his rebirth began with a successful transplant in May 2014. And in 2016, his Continue Reading
Music at SJCT This Weekend
Written on March 8, 2017 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
We have three nights of music coming up this weekend at San Juan Community Theatre… First, let’s start in the middle with Heart by Heart, on Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 pm, and a mega dose of classic rock featuring TWO original band members from the BILLBOARD chart-topping band, HEART. Led by Heart’s Rock and Roll Continue Reading
Spring Talent Show
Written on March 6, 2017 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the SJ Update mailbag this morning we have a letter from Frank Penwell about the upcoming Spring Talent Show… Friday Harbor Grange and Community Treasures are planning and sponsoring an open local talent contest for April 6th, 2017. We would like to ask for your help in promoting an opportunity and learning experience for Continue Reading
Why is Everyone Laughing?
Written on March 2, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Proud mom Cynthia Burke shares some happy news from her daughter Hanna… Hanna Burke wrote, produced, directed and starred in her show based on Madeline Kahn’s life. The one hour show is a mixture of stories & songs from Madeline’s life and career and Hanna has been performing the show in New York over the Continue Reading
Carnevale
Written on February 23, 2017 at 5:52 am, by Tim Dustrude
Just got this note from Sarah Hansen to share with you… Carnevale – A Masquerade Ball at the Fairgrounds this Saturday! Carnevale, a Venetian-themed masquerade ball kicks off its first annual bash this Saturday, February 25th at 7:30 pm at the Fairgrounds main building. The host is a fledgling non-profit, On Sacred Ground, hoping to build Carnevale to an Continue Reading
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Written on February 15, 2017 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
“Fantastical” Comedy Fun at SJCT Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone opens THIS Friday, February 17 at 7:30 pm in the Gubelman Theatre at San Juan Community Theatre. And audiences can expect the unexpected in this unique theatrical experience. The story centers on Jean, a woman who encounters a dead man and his cell Continue Reading
Intermediate Acting Class for Youth
Written on February 10, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
A new afterschool class is being offered for experienced island actors in sixth through eighth grades. San Juan Community Theatre’s Youth and Family Program Director Penelope Haskew is leading the “Intermediate Acting” classes in the Gubelman Theatre on Tuesdays, February 28 through March 28, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The five-session workshop will be Continue Reading
Roméo et Juliette
Written on February 9, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Shakespeare Love Story in HD February 12 The Met: Live in HD reunites the electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau in a new production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, screened at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, February 12 at 2:00 p.m. Hailed by The New York Times for singing “with white-hot sensuality Continue Reading
No Man’s Land
Written on February 2, 2017 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in London in National Theatre Live’s No Man’s Land, screened at San Juan Community Theatre THIS Friday, February 3 at 7:00 pm. Harold Pinter’s comic classic takes us to a summer evening when two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and Continue Reading
The Eagle Huntress
Written on January 30, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the SJ Update mailbag today we have this letter from Larry Soll… Next week, the Palace Theatre will be showing The Eagle Huntress, a beautiful film about a young Mongolian (Kazakh) girl who wishes to follow her family’s heritage and become an eagle hunter. While there are questions about some of the movie’s assumptions Continue Reading
Chicago Auditions at SJCT
Written on January 26, 2017 at 5:38 am, by Tim Dustrude
Spring Musical Auditions 29 & 30 Adults and teens 15 years and older are invited to audition for San Juan Community Theatre’s jazzy spring musical: CHICAGO. Director Margaret Hall will be holding auditions at the PARC Building (70 Saltspring Drive) on Sunday, January 29 at 1:30 p.m. and Monday, January 30 at 6:30 p.m. CHICAGO is Continue Reading
Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer
Written on March 22, 2017 at 5:58 am, by Tim Dustrude
The Island’s Own at SJCT Tickets are moving fast for Pacific Northwest-based songwriter duo Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer in concert this Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 pm, at the San Juan Community Theatre. (Their first concert here in 2015 was a near sell-out). The duo is showcasing songs from their latest self-produced/recorded release Off-Grid Lo Fi, an intimate, authentic and Continue Reading
FHFF Winter Film Series
Written on March 21, 2017 at 5:54 am, by Tim Dustrude
The Friday Harbor Film Festival Winter Series presents an audience favorite: BLOOD LIONS. Blood Lions follows acclaimed environmental journalist and safari operator, Ian Michler, and Rick Swazey, an American hunter, on their journey to uncover the realities about the multi-million dollar predator breeding and canned lion hunting industries in South Africa. At the Grange, Tuesday, Continue Reading
Concerts to Benefit “Salish Sea Stands Against Kinder Morgan” Coming Soon
Written on March 18, 2017 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
Canadian First Nations, environmental organizations, and internationally recognized musician Luke Wallace, join the “Pull Together” music tour to resist the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. The proposed Kinder Morgan expansion would greatly increase vessel traffic and the risk of an oil spill in the Salish Sea. The concert tour, coming to the San Juan Continue Reading
Mod Carousel: Boylesque Sensations
Written on March 15, 2017 at 5:10 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Mod Carousel is bringing an evening of tantalizing tease with a mix of both classical and neo burlesque flavors to Friday Harbor! Mod Carousel is a multidisciplinary boylesque collective featuring the talents of Paris Original, Trojan Original, the Luminous Pariah, and Moscato Extatique. Paris Original and Trojan Original are no strangers to the islands, having Continue Reading
Young Filmmakers Project
Written on March 15, 2017 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Call for Submissions: Young Filmmakers Project Friday Harbor Film Festival is putting out the call for films to be submitted for their Young Filmmakers Project. This is open to all students ranging from grade 7 to their first year of University or College. Theme for 2017: Pacific Connections: Share a film with the FHFF that Continue Reading
Blues Music Award-Winner in Friday Harbor March 18
Written on March 15, 2017 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Blues guitarist Walter Trout’s Alive in Amsterdam tour (which stops at San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.) celebrates a successful comeback for the veteran musician. Following a bleak diagnosis of life-threatening liver failure and hepatitis C in 2013, his rebirth began with a successful transplant in May 2014. And in 2016, his Continue Reading
Music at SJCT This Weekend
Written on March 8, 2017 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
We have three nights of music coming up this weekend at San Juan Community Theatre… First, let’s start in the middle with Heart by Heart, on Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 pm, and a mega dose of classic rock featuring TWO original band members from the BILLBOARD chart-topping band, HEART. Led by Heart’s Rock and Roll Continue Reading
Spring Talent Show
Written on March 6, 2017 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the SJ Update mailbag this morning we have a letter from Frank Penwell about the upcoming Spring Talent Show… Friday Harbor Grange and Community Treasures are planning and sponsoring an open local talent contest for April 6th, 2017. We would like to ask for your help in promoting an opportunity and learning experience for Continue Reading
Why is Everyone Laughing?
Written on March 2, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Proud mom Cynthia Burke shares some happy news from her daughter Hanna… Hanna Burke wrote, produced, directed and starred in her show based on Madeline Kahn’s life. The one hour show is a mixture of stories & songs from Madeline’s life and career and Hanna has been performing the show in New York over the Continue Reading
Carnevale
Written on February 23, 2017 at 5:52 am, by Tim Dustrude
Just got this note from Sarah Hansen to share with you… Carnevale – A Masquerade Ball at the Fairgrounds this Saturday! Carnevale, a Venetian-themed masquerade ball kicks off its first annual bash this Saturday, February 25th at 7:30 pm at the Fairgrounds main building. The host is a fledgling non-profit, On Sacred Ground, hoping to build Carnevale to an Continue Reading
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Written on February 15, 2017 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
“Fantastical” Comedy Fun at SJCT Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone opens THIS Friday, February 17 at 7:30 pm in the Gubelman Theatre at San Juan Community Theatre. And audiences can expect the unexpected in this unique theatrical experience. The story centers on Jean, a woman who encounters a dead man and his cell Continue Reading
Intermediate Acting Class for Youth
Written on February 10, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
A new afterschool class is being offered for experienced island actors in sixth through eighth grades. San Juan Community Theatre’s Youth and Family Program Director Penelope Haskew is leading the “Intermediate Acting” classes in the Gubelman Theatre on Tuesdays, February 28 through March 28, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The five-session workshop will be Continue Reading
Roméo et Juliette
Written on February 9, 2017 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Shakespeare Love Story in HD February 12 The Met: Live in HD reunites the electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau in a new production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, screened at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, February 12 at 2:00 p.m. Hailed by The New York Times for singing “with white-hot sensuality Continue Reading
No Man’s Land
Written on February 2, 2017 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in London in National Theatre Live’s No Man’s Land, screened at San Juan Community Theatre THIS Friday, February 3 at 7:00 pm. Harold Pinter’s comic classic takes us to a summer evening when two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and Continue Reading
The Eagle Huntress
Written on January 30, 2017 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the SJ Update mailbag today we have this letter from Larry Soll… Next week, the Palace Theatre will be showing The Eagle Huntress, a beautiful film about a young Mongolian (Kazakh) girl who wishes to follow her family’s heritage and become an eagle hunter. While there are questions about some of the movie’s assumptions Continue Reading
Chicago Auditions at SJCT
Written on January 26, 2017 at 5:38 am, by Tim Dustrude
Spring Musical Auditions 29 & 30 Adults and teens 15 years and older are invited to audition for San Juan Community Theatre’s jazzy spring musical: CHICAGO. Director Margaret Hall will be holding auditions at the PARC Building (70 Saltspring Drive) on Sunday, January 29 at 1:30 p.m. and Monday, January 30 at 6:30 p.m. CHICAGO is Continue Reading