Upcoming Friday Harbor Events

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Stepsisters

stepsisters san juan March 28th-31st at the San Juan Community Theatre (100 2nd St.)
Thursday*-Saturday, March 28-30 7:30 pm, Sunday, March 31 2:00 pm
Tickets:
*Thursday is “Pay What You Can”
Fri.-Sun.: Adults: $18 Students $10 Student RUSH (at door only) $5
Everybody knows the Brothers Grimm’s most famous fairy tale. But what if they told it from the wrong point of view? Stepsisters tells the totally-true-and-not-at-all-made-up version of the little cinder girl. When Drew and Beth are thrown into the dungeon for conspiring against the throne, these stepsisters, who are not wicked, evil and certainly not ugly, are forced to tell their fellow prisoners the real story of what happened with Cinderella. Part flashback, part story theatre and all high-octane musical comedy, the story unfolds in ways the Grimm tale never did.


Kitchen Boot Camp: Seafood Basics

April 7th, 2019 from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

coho restaurant

Join Chefs Ryan, Tim, and Jessica for Kitchen Boot Camp! Ok…relax!!! No planks, push-ups or powerlifting required! Have fun while learning the basics of cooking. Our Chefs will offer 3 classes on Sunday afternoons – take one or all three – perfect for vacation or anytime. These are small intimate hands-on interactive sessions that will demystify the how-to’s and answers the all-important whys. You’ll leave with new skills, food in your belly, recipes to share, plus a $10 gift certificate to dinner!

Grab your girlfriends, partner, and co-workers and get ready for a fun-filled afternoon. Bring your family and make cooking an enjoyable activity for young and old alike.

Chef Ryan will lead you through an afternoon of everything seafood. Learn about buying, storing, cleaning, fileting and cooking fin and shellfish and which fish to substitute in a recipe. You’ll pan sear fish, make fish cakes and learn about debearding and cooking mussels and other crustaceans. You’ll go home with a fish-buying pocket guide detailing the current “best choices” for sustainable fish purchasing.

Classes are 3 – 6 p.m. – $75/session – 3 sessions for $200. Sign up for all 3 classes and receive a $25 dinner voucher at Coho Restaurant. Maximum 4 participants. You will be standing, cooking for most of the class. Please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes.


Kontos Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner

April 12th at Coho Restaurant (120 Nichols St.)
Reservations available at 6:00pm

Let our friends at Kontos Cellars take you on a journey through some of Walla Walla’s finest wine. We are pleased to welcome Cameron Kontos, Kontos’ winemaker as our host. The evening will feature five of their wines paired with dishes reflecting the seasonal harvest from local producers. Cameron makes single varietal Bordeaux wines along with several blends. He believes that blending the same variety between vineyards along with an extensive oak program creates a wonderful complexity in the wine. Cameron hails from a wine-making family and learned alot about wine, wine making and life from his father, Cliff. The dragon fly that graces their label represents change and life’s journey.

“A  great winemaker will always remember a particular year by what was given to him, and what he did with it….In wine, and in life.”


Friday Harbor Film Fest Presents Best of the Fest

friday harbor film festival First & Third Tuesday Jan. 15 – June 4, 2019 at 7:00 pm
at the San Juan Community Theatre (100 2nd St.)
ADMISSION INFORMATION: https://www.fhff.org/ Admission is by donation.  Film Society Members are free.

The Friday Harbor Film Festival presents The Best of the Fest, shown twice a month on the first and third Tuesday. There will be selected the top-rated films of the 2018 Film Festival.Schedule:

January 15  Given

February 5  Big Sonia

February 19  Rumble

March 5  A Rivers Last Chance

March 19  The Kingdom & Intelligent Trees

April 2  Chasing the Thunder

April 16  The Most Dangerous Year

May 7  On Her Shoulders

May 21  The Bleeding Edge

June 4  Adrift

 


 Easter Pop Up Dinner from Coho Restaurant

Easter Sunday, April 21st at the Harrison House Cafe

Chef tim| Coho RestaurantCoho Restaurant is offering a Sunday night pop-up dinner in the Garden Cafe at the Harrison House Suites for Easter. This is sure to be a remarkable Friday Harbor dining experience that you’ll talk about for years. We combine a beautiful ambiance with exceptional service with fresh, local food that combines simple flavors beautifully to create a perfectly satisfying chef-driven dinner.

Place yourself in the capable hands of Chef RyanCoho Restaurant’s Executive Ch
ef and enjoy a four course farm to fork dinner drawn from dishes on the Coho Restaurant Dinner Menu for $55 (plus tax and gratuity). We’ll offer an optional wine pairing. By reservation only. Minimum 6 Guests. 6 p.m. Seating. Chef Ryan offers these special dinners in the spring and fall. Chef is happy to do a custom pop-up dinner on other days with a minimum of 6 guests.

 


Doubleback Winery Winemaker’s Dinner

doubleback wine dinner April 26th, 2019 at Coho Restaurant

Josh McDaniels was born and raised in Walla Walla and at an early age fell in love with the wine industry. It was at Leonetti Cellars that he first witnessed the hard work and beauty that goes into creating a premium wine. Josh cultivated his interest in the industry by volunteering at local wineries and making his own wine as a young teen. He furthered his passion with formal education while continuing to work with his mentor, Chris Figgins of Leonetti. He then traveled to Argentina to intern at Paul Hobbs’ Vina Cobos Winery.

Doubleback has four estate vineyards each with a different soil, elevation and micro-climate. These differences allow Josh to naturally blend Doubleback’s wine to a higher level of quality and create a true experience of Walla Walla terroir. Join us for this remarkable evening of food and wine.

These evenings are always memorable and sell out quickly. Dinner is $55/person for 5 courses and $50 for the optional wine pairing.


Kitchen Boot Camp: Where’s the Beef? Meatless Cooking for Meat Lovers

May 5th, 2019 from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Join Chefs Ryan, Tim, and Jessica for Kitchen Boot Camp! Ok…relax!!! No planks, push-ups or powerlifting required! Have fun while learning the basics of cooking. Our Chefs will offer 3 classes on Sunday afternoons – take one or all three – perfect for vacation or anytime. These are small intimate hands-on interactive sessions that will demystify the how-to’s and answers the all-important whys. You’ll leave with new skills, food in your belly, recipes to share, plus a $10 gift certificate to dinner!

Grab your girlfriends, partner, and co-workers and get ready for a fun-filled afternoon. Bring your family and make cooking an enjoyable activity for young and old alike.

Chef Jessica will share tips to prepare satiating, filling and healthy dishes using all natural plant-based ingredients. Make meatballs and chili, even the staunchest omnivore would enjoy to creamy delicate desserts without eggs or cream. Learn how to layer ingredients and flavors to maximize texture and taste. You will leave with a starter kit of recipes to start you on your way to a new healthier lifestyle.

Classes are 3 – 6 p.m. – $75/session – 3 sessions for $200. Sign up for all 3 classes and receive a $25 dinner voucher at Coho Restaurant. Maximum 4 participants. You will be standing, cooking for most of the class. Please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes.


The Drowsy Chaperone

Performed at the San Juan Community Theatre
Friday & Saturday, May 10 & 11 7:30 pm
Thursdays* through Saturdays, May 16-18 & May 23-25 7:30 pm
Sundays, May 12, 19 & 26 2:00 pm
Tickets:
Adults: $23 Student Reserved: $12
$5 Student RUSH at door only
*Thursdays are “Pay What You Can” at the door

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.


San Juan County Fair

san juan county fair August 14 – 17, 2019

https://www.sjcfair.org

The SJC Fairground is a multi-use event center with indoor rental facilities, group camping, RV sites and year-round activities. The annual Fair in August draws thousands of visitors and is a sweet, small-town county fair with an arts festival feel and major fun for the whole family!  The 14-acre fairground rental facilities include a 10,000-square-foot exhibit hall for large events; 1,800-square-foot building for receptions, parties, meetings, concerts, etc.; seven RV sites with full hookup and group camping areas.


For more events, visit: https://www.visitsanjuans.com/what-to-do 

 

ONGOING EVENTS:

 

San Juan Island Farmers Market:

Every Saturday at Brickworks (150 Nichols St. Friday Harbor, WA 98250)
*Every other Saturday in the Winter
9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Trivia at the Brewery

Wednesdays at San Juan Brewing Co. (410 A St. Friday Harbor, WA 98250)
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Free to participate

Yoga Classes

Sundays & Thursdays May 13 – Dec. 30 at Alchemy Arts Center (1255 Wold Rd. Friday Harbor, WA 98250)
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. (on Sundays)  & 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. (on Thursdays)
Suggested Donation $8-$12
More details: Call 360-622-8581

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