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Coupeville streets to be filled with arts, music and fun By MEGAN HANSEN
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The Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival will flood the streets this weekend with artist vendors, music and food. The festival runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Coupeville. A wine reception and juried art gallery will kick off the weekend 7 p.m. Friday at the Coupeville Rec Hall. The price of tickets is $20 for advance sale and $25 at the door. With more than 180 vendors scheduled to attend, event organizers have created a new way for visitors to find their very favorite vendors. Go to www.coupevillefestival.com and find an interactive event map which shows where each vendor will be located. Click on a specific vendor and learn more about them, including what wares they have to offer. Festival President Mike Dessert said vendors are carefully vetted prior to acceptance. “We really stress quality,
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The Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival will takeover downtown Coupeville this weekend, bringing more than 180 artisan vendors, food and live entertainment. hand-made items,” Dessert said. “Items have to be hand-crafted by the person selling them.” “It’s a heavily juried process.” Historically, the arts and crafts festival is held the
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second week in August, but was moved up a week due to a conflict with the Anacortes Arts and Crafts Festival. Dessert said he isn’t sure how much moving the date will effect the festival.
Coupeville and Anacortes share 65 vendors that normally attend both festivals. However, Dessert said there are vendors who attend other events that may or may not conflict with the change.
“Well see different vendors this year,” he said. “It’s kind of a wash.” There’s a full lineup of entertainment planned over both days. Bayview Sound Quartet, Whidbey Island’s premier
Bluegrass/roots band will get things started 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday followed by Brian Butler Blues, a blues guitarist performing 1-2:20 p.m., and Mike Faast and the Fabulous Archtops Rhythm and Jazz will end Saturday, performing from 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday’s ending act will also kick things off Sunday, performing 11-12:30 p.m. followed by The Roy Kay Trio from 1-2:30 p.m. and Scott Lindenmuth Group closing the weekend down from 3-4:30 p.m. All entertainment will be located in the municipal parking lot off Alexander Street, behind the library. Also located near the entertainment stage will be the food court, which will run 9:30 a.m. each day to close of the festival. Food vendors will include Whidbey Island locals Coupe’s Last Stand, Front Street Grill, Julie’s Lumpia Hut and much more. Also, the Coupeville Chamber of Commerce will be running the beer and wine garden, located next to the Island County Historical Museum.
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Wednesday July 29
Create Your Unique Story, 2-4 p.m., July 29, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. For teens. There is a unique story inside you. Is it a tragic romance? Are there dragons? Historical figures that are actually interplanetary scouts bent on dominating Earth? Learn writing prompts to quickly write your story. 360-675-5115 Stayin’ Alive Dragon Boat Practice, 5:45 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, at the Oak Harbor Marina. Try out the paddling sport of dragon boating with the Stayin’ Alive team. The team’s mission is to promote the physical, social and emotional benefits of dragon boating. It has proven to be especially beneficial for cancer survivors.
Baby and Me Storytime, 9:30-10:15 a.m., Wednesday, July 29, at Coupeville Library. Silly stories, happy songs, rhymes and activities that inspire a love of reading. For newborns through 24 months. Caregiver required. 360-678-4911 Hero Training Camp, 1-2 p.m. and 3-4 p.m., July 29, at the Coupeville Library. Free. Find the hero inside you. Read stories, play games and sing songs about heroes. Wear a hero costume and take a selfie to share. For children ages 6-11 and their caregivers. Contact Leslie Bakker at lbakker@sno-isle. org or 360-678-4911 for more information. West Beach Trash
Bash, 9 a.m. to noon, July 29, at Libbey Beach Park, north of Coupeville. Join Land Trust volunteers and clean up the Libbey Beach and Morgan tideland areas. Bring work gloves. Tools, snacks and drinks will be provided. Contact the Whidbey Camano Land Trust at projects@ wclt.org for more information.
Thursday July 30
Explore Summer: Family Storytime, 9:3010:15 a.m., Thursday, July 30, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Free. Funny stories and action songs make you laugh and prepare your kids for reading. Playtime or crafts may follow. Ages 18 months and older with a caregiver. Mystery Lovers Book
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RACE THE RESERVE: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 1, at Coupeville Elementary School and Ebey’s Landing. Cost is $25-$50. Race Ebey’s historic reserve in a half-marathon, 10k or 5k run to support the graduating Coupeville High School class of 2016. Contact Wendy McCormick at mccormickwendy@ aol.com or 360-678-5694 for more information. Sign up using Active.com
Group: G. M. Malliet, 3-4 p.m., Thursday, July 30, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Free. Share your love of mysteries. Choose any book by G.M. Malliet and join the discussion. 360-675-5115 The Whidbey AllIsland Community Band summer concert, 7 p.m., Thursday, July 30, at Windjammer City Beach Park. Free. Features a variety of music styles, including traditional military marches, classic pieces, popular tunes, and some songs for dancing.
Friday July 31
Oak Harbor Book Group: “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,” 11 a.m to noon, Friday, July 31, at the Oak Harbor Library Center for Lifelong
Learning. Check out a copy of “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” by Karen Jay Fowler and join the discussion. All are welcome. 360-675-5115
Saturday Aug. 1
All-you-can-eat Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Aug. 1, at the Coupeville Masonic Hall. Breakfast includes bacon, sausage, eggs and pancakes and orange juice, coffee or tea. $7 for adults; $3 for children under 12.
Aug. 1, at 14096 SR 525, Bayview. Annual veterans stand-down at American Legion Post 141. Food, entertainment, booths, veterans information, relaxation. aprilp.wvrc@ gmail.com Saturday Matinee at the Library, 2-4:30 p.m., Aug. 1, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Mia, a gifted musician. A tragic, hopeful and riveting story about music, life and love. Popcorn provided.
Sunday Aug. 2
The Sierra Country Club neighborhood will host a community yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Aug. 1, at the Sierra Country Club neighborhood in Coupeville. 2015 Veterans StandDown, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Auditions for “The Lion in Winter,” 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Aug. 2 and 3, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star Studio. “The Lion in Winter”, a dramatic comedy, will be directed by Stan Thomas. Thomas will be casting
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Tween Film Fest: Explore Summer, 2 p.m., Aug. 3, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. A rescued shelter dog
Tuesday 2015 National Night Out, 3:30-7:30 p.m., Aug. 4, at Fort Nugent Park. No political groups, campaigns or commercial sales (other than food) are allowed. All vendors must
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Wednesday Aug. 5
Bubbleology, 1-1:45 p.m. and 3-3:45 p.m., at the Coupeville Library. Free. Become a master of bubbleology with Christine Longdon of
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Wednesday Night with the Stars, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Coupeville Library. Free. This romantic, riveting and uplifting 2014 film about music, life and love
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