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In keeping with tradition, the 2010 Anacortes Arts Festival featured a youth “discovery area” teeming with opportunities. This girl accepted the invitation to pick up a brush and tap her creative juices on a whiteboard. Festival partners in this area included Anacortes Community and Youth Arts; Children’s Museum of Skagit County; Museum of NW Art; […]

Former Anacortes Museum Director Gary Cline (left) volunteers in the community. Last weekend he represented the City Library in a booth at the Anacortes Waterfront Festival.

>Last July I had the opportunity to tour the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. My friend and “tour guide” Jim rolled us through at a pretty good clip, but I did get this shot of the “Blackbird.” Today I received an email about the amazing aircraft, featuring excerpts from a book by Major Brian […]

> International news on November 9 recalled the anniversary of the “fall” of the Berlin Wall. The names Gorbachev and Reagan come to mind, as does the fact that the wall was “pushed” into that pages of history. “General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern […]

Winthrop is one of the favorite stops for folks traveling the Cascade Loop. According to one reader board in town, the “restored” look was the dream of the late Otto Wagner, who pondered “a way to repay the people of this town for helping him … in the success of the Wagner Lumber Mill.” As […]

Pencil in Friday, July 31 for the opening of an Art at the Port Fine Art Exhibition including a Biennial Invitational “The Arts: A Celebration.” The event is curated by Susan Parke, Director Emeritus, Museum of Northwest Art; featuring work from prominent northwest artists Keiko Hara, Susan Bennerstrom, Renee Rhodes, Sam McMillen, Anne Schreivogl, Joel […]

I’m not usually interested in having my photo taken, but when I spotted this section of the former Berlin Wall at Evergreen Aviation Museum I handed my camera to my friend. I recall the fateful day when President Ronald Reagan stood on the west side of a separated Berlin and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down […]

A reunion of old friends brought me to McMinnville, Oregon, where I was delighted to tour the Evergreen Aviation Museum, which houses an amazing aircraft collection including Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” (actually Hughes Flying Boat H-4). The visit was too brief. See www.sprucegoose.org.

Local writer Bret Lunsford explores the extensive photographic archives of the Anacortes Museum as well as the collections of many longtime Fidalgo Island residents to compile an entertaining visual history with more than 200 vintage images accompanied by informative captions. See ArcadiaPublishing.com for details about this 128-page book, plus postcard package.

Rhododendrons are in bloom at historic Causland Memorial Park near downtown Anacortes. Causland was recent added to the Anacortes Historic Preservation Register. Also added to the list were the City Museum (once a Carnegie Library), a one-time Great Northern Railorad Depot (now called the Depot Arts Center), and the W.T. Preston, a sternwheeler once operated […]

> (Note: The Anacortes Waterfront Festival, an event with a dramatic history, is scheduled May 16 & 17 at Cap Sante Boat Haven in downtown Anacortes)By Steve BerentsonSmall town histories suffer from a tendency toward exaggeration – but when it comes to the Anacortes Marineers’ Pageant there is abundant documentation for its billing as one […]

Saturday, May 2 offers a special opportunity: local artist Bill Mitchell will be “unmasked” at the 2:30 p.m. grand opening of an Anacortes Museum display dedicated to his mural work. “Come celebrate with us the 25th Anniversary of the Anacortes Mural Project,” reads a museum flyer. “Murals Unmasked looks at the people and the process, […]