The Greater Marysville Artists Guild announced a special guest demonstration by Joe MacKechnie who works in graphite, ink, pastel, oil and watercolor at its monthly meeting starting at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 5, in the barn at Jennings Park in Marysville. MacKechnie grew up in Washington, graduated from the University of Washington, and since his retirement, has pursued a career in fine art. His goal in art is “to isolate, depict and capture the essence of a subject. I seek qualities that are elusive, difficult to discover and portray. Painting for me is about sharing my view as I witness and savor the visual moment.”
Arlington High School Choral Director Lyle Forde is seeking singers in the community to join a community choir to present Handel’s “Messiah,” this year, the first in the Byrnes Performing Arts Center.
MARYSVILLE — For the second year in a row, arts and crafts students at the Ken Baxter Senior Community Center will have a chance to show off their stuff during the Nov. 1 “Artistry in Nature” show.
Like many cultures around the world, Russians, too, have used baskets made of natural materials for all kinds of uses. Like Pacific Northwest Natives, Russians traditionally made baskets that could even hold water.
The second annual “Artistry in Nature” show at the Ken Baxter Senior/Community Center is set for 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1. The show features a variety of art made of natural material by participants who attend classes at the center in media such as gourds, driftwood, and wood carving as well as watercolor classes. The free event is open to all ages at 514 Delta Avenue. For information call 360-363-8450.
As I promised last week, here are some plants well suited for the “lazy gardener” who for whatever reasons beyond my understanding can’t abide with the thought of raking leaves or looking at sticks. The following plants will keep their foliage all winter as they go through their act of changing colors as the temperatures get colder and colder. You get the best of both worlds, fall color and evergreen foliage.
One of two coordinators of an art show at Sunnyside Nursery this weekend, Fran Clapper found a masterpiece early one morning in Friday Harbor.
Darrington Family Support and Resource Center has announced its 3rd annual Timber Fest, Friday, Oct. 24, a community networking event, with dinner served for $1, with a parade, games in the Darrington Elementary School cafeteria, raffle drawing, and the grand finale is the Homecoming game. Community leaders are baking apple pies for the apple pie contest. Sheriff Lovick and some politicians will be there. For information call Pat at 360-436-0308.
Trick or treaters are invited for another fun round of parading costumes and collecting treats from downtown Arlington businesses from noon to
In light of the summer resignation of Cindy Huleatt, management of the Byrnes Performing Arts Center is in temporary transition with a school district employee, Denise Dewey, booking the theater and three city employees marketing the theater, according to Allen Johnson, who announced the plan at the Oct. 6 City Council meeting.
A pot-holder too close to a lit burner or a pillow in front of a space heater is all it takes to start a home fire, and making kids aware of those little things is the mission of the Snohomish County Fire Prevention Association’s annual coloring contest.
As part of “Farming Yesterday and Today” the north county portion of the month-long Snohomish County Fall Farm Festival this year, the banquet facilities in the barn at Countryside Meadows will be filled with art and artists and an exhibit of quilts made for soldiers at Aunt Mary’s Quilt Shop.
