< Sunday, December 13th 2009 >

Camano Island Coffee Roasters' 8th Annual Holiday Gift Shop features over 40 local artists and artisans. Tour the roasting facility during the month of Nov. Free lattes will be offered as well. Tour days are Mon. and Wed.

Admire the bold, vital, colorful acrylic paintings of Bush Point based artist Marshall Tripp. Mr. Tripp has sold paintings all over the U.S. and the world.

Holiday gift gallery at the Pacific NorthWest Art School

Colin Lambert's sculptures range from large public works to intimate pieces for more personal settings. It is these personal pieces that will be featured at the gallery. Colin's classical simplicity and touching humanity results in memorable and meaningful sculptures you are sure to enjoy viewing.

Maren Metcalf works in 14kt. gold, brass and Argentium silver. Metcalf decorated her original pieces with fine semi-precious stones and artist-made lamp-worked beads in juicy colors.

"Small things," a group show featuring small, affordable works of art by some of the Northwest's best artists, including Georgia Gerber, Jeff Day, Sharon Spencer, Pete Jordan, Anne Belov and Francy Blumhagen.

Surface design encompasses the coloring, patterning and structuring of fiber and fabric. Included in the show will be wall art, art quilts, sculpture and wearables.

Discover how Tony reveals the extraordinary nature of landscapes in his realistic acrylic works. Brining a painterly sophistication to common images of boats, barns and backroads, the artist hopes viewers find a different way of looking at the familiar.

Whidbey Island Dance Theatre's 17th Annual Nutcracker. Tickets go on sale Nov. 9th

Music, photos with Santa, train rides, live animals and more.

Free admission, accepting donations for North Whidbey Help House food bank

Three more weekends of Greenbank Farm's Holiday Market continue into December so you can complete your gift shopping in time for your festivities. New vendors each weekend join in with returning vendors to bring a wide variety of art, photography, handmade crafts and gourmet foods to fill the barn, loft and annex! You never know when we may get a visit from Santa! Hours are from 10am - 5pm. Local musicians provide music throughout the market dates. Meet with friends to catch the holiday spirit inside Greenbank's historic barn or and bring the kids to meet Santa!!

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

all seats $10
families of 4 or more $8

Watch as The Nutcracker comes to life, he and his band of soldiers rise to defend Clara, and the Mouse King leads his mice into battle. Clara and the Prince travel to a world where dancing Snowflakes greet them and fairies and queens dance, welcoming Clara and the Prince into their world or when they arrive at the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. There is something to capture the imagination of anyone who sees this delightful fairy tale ballet, choreographed by Diane Geragotelis and performed by many students from the Ballet Slipper and performers from the Whidbey Playhouse.

Tickets are on sale now. Please contact the Whidbey Playhouse.

An arts and crafts fair

Tour the holly farm, purchase a Christmas tree, wreath and fresh centerpiece. Enjoy free refreshments, listen to the Victorian Carolers and browse the nature-inspired gift shop. FREE

Langley's waterside village has been transformed into a winter wonderland. Lights twinkle, garlands trim our quaint shops and Candy Cane lane connects our community from the water to Langley Village.

The Bayview Farmers Market transformed the old fire hall on Second Street into a festive winter market complete with winter produce, baked goods, hot foods and sauces, holiday floral decorations and wreaths, lavender creations, eggs, jams and jellies, seasoned sugars and salts, soaps and lotions, handmade chocolates and a wide variety of quality handcrafted items ranging from blown glass to rakku pottery.

Presented by WICA and the Hedgebrook Literary Series. Author of four award-winning books of poetry, Ms. Forché's work as a "poet of witness" is revealed through her own writing, and her work as an editor, translator, teacher, and activist. The recipient of a Guggehnheim Foundation Fellowship, she has traveled to El Salvador and worked as a human rights advocate. Her articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Esquire, Mother Jones, and others. Ms. Forché has held three fellowships from the NEA, and a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship. She is presently Professor of English and Lannan Foundation Endowed Chair at Georgetown University. She is a member of Hedgebrook's Creative Advisory Council, a Hedgebrook Fellow and Master Class Instructor.

Tickets $5

All the charm, wisdom and joy of the E.B. White original adapted by Joseph Robinette and directed by Martha Murphy. Join us for this lovely tale of friendship, tolerance and loyalty.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Family show on 12/6 all seats are $7.