KWPA
Community Events
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Join us in the Fun for our first annual Shamrock 5k run/walk
Times:
Saturday March 17th St. Patrick’s Day
8:30am Kids Dash (8 & Under)
9:00 am 5k Run/Walk
10:30am Awards Ceremony
Starting Place:
Coupeville Track (behind Elementary School)
The Homeschool Parent Qualifying Course has been scheduled at the SVC Oak Harbor campus on January 27-28 (Friday evening and all day Saturday). It is an excellent opportunity to learn more about this educational option as well as providing legal qualification for parents who wish to homeschool their children. For registration, contact Skagit Valley College at 360-416-7638. If you have questions about the class, contact the instructor at 206-365-5313.
Whidbey poets will read from the newly released “Cascade #2” anthology of the Washington Poets Association (WPA) on Thursday, July 14, 6-8 p.m. at Anchor Books and Coffee in Clinton. Local poets Marci Ameluxen and Suzannah Dalzell are contributors to the anthology, guest poets Lorraine Healy, Nasus Nunn, Angela Ramseyer, Susan Rogers Berg and T.J. Wiley will read new work, and there will be an open mike. “Cascade #2” will be available for purchase. Anchor will have its full selection of espresso, blended drinks and baked goods available for the event.
The sounds of 1946 will come gloriously back to life on May 21 in Langley and May 28 in Oak Harbor, as KWPA – Whidbey Public Radio presents the second annual installment of its popular fundraising event, “Old Time Radio – Live On Stage!”
Tickets are now available on line and go on sale this week at South Whidbey Commons and Coffeehouse and Moonraker Books in Langley, Book Bay in Freeland, Local Grown and bayleaf in Coupeville, and Wind and Tide Books and bayleaf in Oak Harbor, and Lavender Wind Farm on West Beach.
The show, directed by Elizabeth Herbert, will have two performances only: at 7 p.m. May 21 at South Whidbey High School and at 7 p.m. May 28 at Oak Harbor High School.
“This year’s show will give people a wonderful feeling for what it was like to gather around the family radio on a typical day in 1946,” said Harry Anderson, president of KWPA’s board of directors.
“A Day on the Radio in 1946” will feature actors and musicians from all over Whidbey Island recreating original scripts of classic radio programs of the 1940s.
The show is the principal fundraiser for KWPA so we can continue broadcasting around the Penn Cove area at 96.9 FM as well as streaming and podcasting worldwide.
This year’s edition will include:
Online Tickets – click here
Get your Tickets for the Old Time Radio Show coming to a town near you!!
Performances will be in Langley on May 21 at 7:00 pm and in Oak Harbor on May 28 at 7:00 pm.
Click on the performance location/date that you prefer
Langley, May 21
Oak Harbor, May 28
The Seattle Men’s Chorus will be performing on June 4, 7:00 pm, at the South Whidbey High School.
The concert entitled “Heart Throb” will benefit CADA (Citizens Against Domestic & Sexual Abuse).
Tickets are available for $25 now by contacting the CADA office at 360 675-7057.
This is going to be a sell-out so make sure you have your tickets.