Saturday, October 4 at 5:30 p.m. at Red Rabbit Farm, West Sound
Tis’ the season of great food, wine and the celebration of the harvest!
The Orcas Island Historical Museum on North Beach Road, now open Wednesdays through Sundays
The Orcas Island Historical Museum will receive all proceeds from the “Heritage Harvest Feast” at Red Rabbit Farm on October 4. The farm-to-table family style dinner will be served by noted Orcas Island chef and restauranteur Christina Orchid.
The island’s history and heritage will be featured at the fundraiser, organized by Michele Wiley. Local foods from our orchards, farms and waters will make up the menu. Historical Society Board Members and local historians will speak ex tempore. There will also be raffles of three harvest items.
Michele Wiley says, “History is not that long ago, and we’re making history today! This is a great opportunity to sit down with island neighbors — long-standing and newcomers — and enjoy the heritage we all share.
“And it’s a happy, fun way to support the Historical Museums — both the Crow Valley School, and the ‘log cabins’ Museum in town, which will host the Chamber of Commerce’s next ‘Business at Sunset’ mixer in October.”
Tickets can be purchased at the Museum on North Beach Road in town, which is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weds-Sat, and from 12 to 3 p.m. on Sundays through September. Then winter hours are Weds-Sat from 12 to 3 p.m. The museum will be closed in January.
The Crow Valley School Museum is also open Wednesdays and Saturdays 12-4 p.m. until October 1.
The Historical Museums, in town and in Crow Valley
Both historic structures have benefited form past fundraisers to bring local presentations, renovations — new roof, added entry hall and administrative and storage space, tiles and outdoor landscaping — and national exhibits to the public in recent years.
(See:
- orcasissues.com/historical-museum-summer-exhibits
- orcasissues.com/historical-museum-salutes-samish-heritage
- orcasissues.com/what-makes-the-grade-into-local-history-exhibits
- orcasissues.com/historical-society-celebrates-rural-orcas-with-barn-tour-calendar
- orcasissues.com/history-matinee-goes-back-to-confederate-general-pickett
- orcasissues.com/washingtons-women-in-govt-new-museum-exhibit
- orcasissues.com/museum-sponsors-history-nights-with-orcas-old-timers
- orcasissues.com/a-new-roof-for-the-historical-museum
- orcasissues.com/journey-stories-come-alive-at-orcas-island-historical-museum-tomorrow
- orcasissues.com/bison-skull-x-rays-may-show-early-human-hunting-evidence
- orcasissues.com/the-art-of-the-journey-with-the-historical-museum
(and that’s just four years back in history!)
Museum Director Clark McAbee, and Wiley are excited to share the Heritage Harvest event with fellow islanders –“the energy, interest, stories and mystique” of island history.
“You feel rich after a day visiting the Historical Museums,” Wiley says. “and feel like you can’t lose that heritage.”
Tickets for the October 4 dinner are $100 per person and seats are limited to Red Rabbit Farm’s dining room, so …
Please contact Maggie at the office 360-376-4849 or email her at info@orcasmuseum.org
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