From Deana's Desk, Mystery and Music at WICA

In the midst of the big winter freeze, I found myself hunkered down at an eerily quiet WICA looking across Healing Circle’s open lot to the water and dreaming, or questioning. Both really. Almost 30 years ago, Whidbey Island dreamed up and built a Center for the Arts that could and would hold artists and audiences—sharing humanities stories in multi-genres. Against all odds, in 2024, that dream continues and is building on itself. We keep examining and challenging how we create space, build teams, and keep our work embedded in community. There are more voices in the storytelling as we crack open in new ways. Yes we are almost 30 and...it feels like a beginning.  

In February, I'm very excited to be opening Sleuth, the Tony award-winning play...except we've knitted the inspired screenplay version by Harold Pinter with the heart-stopping final scene from the Anthony Shaffer play for a completely original take on this classic. Sleuth, the ultimate game of cat and mouse, is an elaborate revenge/power story full of style and cunning. If you like a good game, you’re going to love this play. Directed by David Churchill and starring local favorites David Mayer and Ethan Berkley.

Please check our website often for the most up-to-date information. Our programming is adjusted monthly as new events are added and changes are made. Don't hesitate to contact our Box Office staff at (360) 221-8268 or visit our event calendar at wicaonline.org. Or send me an email or swing by and have a cup of coffee!

It's a month of mystery and music at WICA and we're excited to share it with you!

Deana Duncan

Executive Artistic Director

Pictured above is the January 12 performance of National Guitar - A Paul Simon Tribute Band featuring Nathaniel Talbot

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February 8-24, Sleuth Theatre Series

February 14, Whidbey Island String Trio Valentine's Concert

February 21, Thriving Communities and the Organic Farm School Host "Regenerative Ag Inspires Regenerative Communities"

February 29, Jayme Stone's Folklife

SOCIAL MEDIA SNAPSHOT

Whidbey Island Film Festival co-curators Deana Duncan and James Hinkley introducing 'Victor, Victoria' (set in Paris) on January 20.

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JANUARY STAGE NOTES

Whidbey Island Film Festival Brings Screwball Comedies to Langley

Inaugural Bluegrass Festival Comes to Whidbey Island

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts Updated COVID-19 Policy

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.