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Weekend events–Tour de Whidbey, Open Studio Art Tour, Kite Festival and more

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Wow, it’s a busy weekend on Whidbey!

Friday is early release day. Come to the Elementary School and learn about astronomy! This free program (open to those outside the district) will start at 1pm at the Multi-purpose Room and is given by the Island County Astronomical Society!

Friday night is an art opening at the Raven Rocks Gallery at Greenbank Farm, 5-7pm, for photographer Tom Trimbath. He’ll display works from “12 Months at Deception Pass.”

On Saturday, look for bike riders for the Tour de Whidbey. Road bikes will roam our beautiful island, participating in the fundraiser which benefits Whidbey General Hospital. The family ride starts at Coupeville Elementary and is a gentle, 10-miles. Other mileage options are available starting from Greenbank Farm, including one of the most challenging century rides in the state.

The Morris Men from Seattle & Vancouver will be downtown at 11am on Front Street performing their dances.

Also, it’s the Kite Festival at Fort Casey on Saturday and Sunday. Free! Free parking. Free family fun.

The Open Art Studio Tour will also be taking place Saturday and Sunday. Tour artists in their studios. I’m telling you–this is very cool. We have some very talented people on Whidbey!

You’ll also see folks on motorcycles driving on their way to the Oysterrun in Anacortes.

Keep a heads up as it sounds like lots of folks driving around this weekend. If you’re in Coupeville, walk to the Saturday Farmer’s Market from Krueger Commons and tour art studios within walking distance. They’ll have free apples from the Whidbey Apple Exchange Event. Folks can enter apple items at the October 3rd Farmer’s Market.

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Wine tasting, art walks, open air painting and get ready for the Tour de Whidbey!

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Chardonnay & Cabernet Tasting at Coupeville Bayleaf!
This Friday, September 4th, 5- 7 pm; Preregister $10 includes tasting and treats

Coupeville Art Walk this Saturday, the 5th, from 5-8pm. Enjoy the galleries along the historic waterfront.

Don’t forget First Fridays at the Greenbank Farm, wine tasting, art openings, music and treats. This Friday is the Tess Gallagher poetry reading at the Rob Schouten gallery. And newly added is First Fridays in Oak Harbor at the Garry Oak Gallery on Pioneer Way. Several nearby businesses will stay open until 8pm. That’s the only gallery in Oak Harbor though.

If you’re heading south, stop by the Bayview Cash Store for the beginning of the Woodpalooza 6th Annual Woodworking Show, Sept. 5-13th, from 11-6pm daily. See the great article and photo from the South Whidbey News Times here.

Next Tuesday, the 8th, begins the Plein Air Painters U.S. Open where painters from around the world gather around the Coupeville area for the entire week and create paintings in the “open” air. The event finishes with a celebration gala & silent auction on the 12th at the Crockett Barn.

Finally, why not dust off your bicycle and put a few miles in around town or on the trails in preparation for the September 26th Tour de Whidbey. Six different mileage options to choose from ranging from a 10-mile family fun ride starting in Coupeville all the way to a challenging 100 mile century ride. Check out the website, with cool elevation stats for the rides.

That’s a fun weekend to mark anyway, because it’s also the Annual Kite Festival at Fort Casey and the Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour. It might be fun another Krueger Commons social, but I’m still working on dates.

Don’t forget the Coupeville Farmer’s Market, Saturdays, 10-2. Why not stop by the Masonic Lodge on Main Street for their Pancake Breakfast beforehand, all-you-can-eat from 8-11. The Friends of the Library will be selling books at the market too. Construction of the new library is coming along.

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Upcoming Events, September 26-28th

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The weather is supposed to be nice. Here’s what’s happening this weekend around Coupeville:

Friday, 9/26, 1PM, Coupeville Elementary Multipurpose Room. Early Release Day Program. The Whidbey Island Beach Watchers will present stories, games, artifacts, and info. about the ecosystem of beach life on Whidbey. For children and families. Supported by the Friends of the Coupeville Library. Free.

Friday, at 7PM, Coupeville United Methodist Church. Opera Night. Free, but donations are welcome. Encore performance by La Bella Coro, a local children’s choir. Accompanied by Shirley Christensen. Special guests Victoria Chausee and Misha Myznikov will join Noel Curtis, all members of Seattle Opera Night Singers.

Saturday, 9/27–Tour de Whidbey, benefiting Whidbey General Hospital. 40, 50, and 100 mile rides from Greenbank Farm, check in 7-9:30am. Free pancake breakfast for registered riders at Greenbank Farm from 6:30-9am. End of ride chili feed at Greenbank Farm from 12- 4pm. New this year is a10 mile ride from Coupeville Elementary School. Riders check in between 10-noon at the Elementary School at Hwy20/Main Street. You can get the free pancakes too, but you’ll have to go to Greenbank Farm before your ride to enjoy. But they’ll have their own end of ride chili feed at the Elementary School from 12-4pm. Keep an eye out for bicyclists…you’re allowed to safely cross a double yellow line to give them room.

Saturday & Sunday–Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour. $20 for up to 2 adults, includes a 15-month calendar/tourbook to 77 different artists from all genres in their studios. Work will be available for sale. You can pick up a ticket every day until Sunday, 10am-5pm at either Crockett Barn, 1056 Crockett Farm Rd, Coupeville or in Langley at the Bayview Cash Store. This is a good reason to come to Whidbey for the weekend.

Sunday, 9/28–Keep your eyes open for lots of motorcycles heading to the annual Oyster Run in Anacortes. We’ve been to this. It’s fun to look at all the different bikes, mostly custom choppers. Have fun and be safe!

There’s also DjangoFest in Langley all week. Tickets are still available. If you like gypsy jazz, try to catch a performance.

Whew…that’s a lot of stuff, and that’s not all the island stuff. We’ll be open Friday and Sunday 1-4, and Saturday extended hours of 11-4. So, stop by before or after your bike ride, art tour, concert, environmental kid program, or whatever you enjoy… www.kruegercommons.com

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Tour de Whidbey Update

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

This fundraiser bike ride for Whidbey General Hospital is this Saturday, September 27th. Several ride options are available, 40 miles, 50 and a century ride, all beginning at Greenbank Farm. New this year is a 10-mile option starting and ending at Coupeville Elementary School.

The Tour takes you on some of the most scenic riding you will experience. So, visit the Tour de Whidbey website to learn more and register. The century ride is considered one of the most demanding centuries in Western Washington. A regular training ride that encompasses most of the route covers 78 miles and has an ascent of 7163 feet! You will be challenged and wowed by the views, plus see why Whidbey Island has great road riding.

Feel free to stop by Krueger Commons at 1st and Wilkes after your ride. On Main Street heading North, turn left onto 1st Street, across from the hospital. We’re at the end of the road, past Coupevile Health & Fitness gym.

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Biking Around Whidbey

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

You know, I meant to write earlier about our business partner’s wife who recently competed in the Coeur D’Alene Ironman Triathalon. She completed the grueling day in 13:39 minutes–terrific time for her first Ironman. I can’t even imagine! Congratulations!

One of the great things about Central Whidbey is you’re able to ride a road bike all over, on country roads, with varying terrain, and no traffic. She would routinely train on 8-hour rides. Try that in a metro area and you’d probably die of exhaust, or get run over.

Whidbey General Hospital hosts the Tour de Whidbey which is a great way to introduce yourself to the superb road biking on Whidbey. Options are for 25, 50 and 100 mile loops. The ride is in the fall.

We’d be happy to highlight great rides of all mileages if you’d stop by. Mountain biking…well, that’s a different post, a different map and yep, a hop, skip and jump from the condos.

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