Orcas Center’s 2016 January – August Season

— from Artha Kass —

Orcas Center’s 2016 January – August Season holds a wide variety of local performances, touring artists and streaming masterpieces from New York, London and Moscow. A few highlights include: the fourth Enchanted Forest Cabaret with escapades on The Transylvania Express’O; Island Aerial Acrobatics; TEDx Orcas; the Hawaiian group HAPA; Grammy winners Tingstad and Rumbel; Madam Butterfly (The Met: Live in HD); Les Liaisons Dangereuse (NT Live). This is just a little taste of this season. Glance below and watch for details on the Orcas Center web site( www.orcascenter.org), and specific regular articles in Orcas Issues each week.

Barry Kapono and Ruben Carillo of HAPA.

2016 Season at a Glance

Thursday, January 14 Youth Orchestra*

Sunday, January 17 Les Pecheurs de Perles (The Met: Live in HD)

Thursday–Saturday, Jan 21–23 & 28-30 Enchanted Forest Cabaret

Sunday, January 31 Turnadot (The Met: Live in HD)

Thursday, February 4 Les Liaisons Dangereuse (NT Live)

Saturday, February 6 Taming of the Shrew (The Bolshoi Ballet)

Thursday, February 25 HAPA

Saturday, February 27 Open Mic

Thursday, March 3 As You Like It (NT Live)

Saturday, March 5 TEDx Orcas*

Sunday, March 13 Manon (The Met: Live in HD)

Thursday–Saturday, March 17–19 & 24–26 True West

Friday – Saturday, April 1-2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (OIHS Theater Arts)

Sunday, April 3 Madama Butterfly (The Met: Live in HD)

Saturday, April 9 Tingstad and Rumbel

Saturday, April 16 Don Quixote (The Bolshoi Ballet)

Sunday, April 17 Roberto Devereux (The Met: Live in HD)

Saturday-Sunday, April 23 – 24 Orcas Choral Society*

Friday – Saturday, April 29 – 30 Island Aerial Acrobatics

Sunday, May 1 Elektra (The Met: Live in HD)

Thursday, May 5 Youth Orchestra*

Friday – Sunday, May 13-15 On This Island – Orcas Center Benefit Concert

Saturday, June 4 Orcas Island Community Band*

Sunday, June 5 Island Sinfonia*

Friday–Saturday, June 17–18 One World Music Festival*

Saturday, July 9 WWU Dance Ensemble

Friday – Saturday, August 5-20 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival*

Orcas Center Fundraisers and Special Events

Sunday, March 6 Annual Members Meeting and Volunteer Thank You Dinner

Sunday, May 29 Center Yourself – Open House Celebrating 30 Years

June 20-24 Orcas Center Theater Arts Camp

Saturday, July 23 FLOTA – Orcas Center Annual Gala & Auction

 Performances indicated with * are produced by community groups at Orcas Center