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Salish Sea Early Music Festival celebrates rare instruments in 'A Broken Consort'

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents “A Broken Consort,” the second of five 2012 Salish Sea Early Music Festival performances on the San Juans. “A Broken Consort” can be heard 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12 at St. David’s Church.

12-minute celebrations at the 2012 Islands Playwrights Festival

Six plays were selected out of 13 entries for the upcoming 2012 Islands Playwrights Festival running at various times from Feb. 3 - 18 at the Gubleman Theatre.

Mozart at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church

Stephen Rumph with chamber ensemble and piano will perform the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Idomeneo,” Saturday, Feb. 4, 5 p.m. at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church, 425 Spring Street.

Playing Hendrix — note for note

The group A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix will appear on the Whittier stage Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m. opens their 2012 tour and features the late legendary guitarist’s hits from The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsies with songs like “Purple Haze,” “Hey Joe” and “All Along the Watchtower.”

Island Rec’s Father-Daughter Dance

Island Rec’s 7th Annual Father-Daughter Dance is Friday, Feb. 3, 7-9 p.m. at the Mullis Center.

'Poser' author speaks at Griffin Bay Bookstore

Griffin Bay Bookstore and the San Juan Island Library present bestselling author, Claire Dederer, Saturday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. at Griffin Bay Bookstore. Her memoir’"Poser" full of wisdom and wit, has received national praise.

35-foot artwork at IMA reception

View Adonna Khare’s life-size, surreal animal world, Jan. 21 - April 29

‘The Sun King’s Music’

In the mid-1600s Pignon Descoteaux and Philibert Rebille, made the three-piece baroque form of the horizontally held or “transverse” flute fashionable in the court of the French “Sun King” Louis XIV. Around 1667, they were joined by a viola player and baroque guitarist. The foursome was called “Musique de la Chambre.”

How a dream and a boat equals bliss

The book “Stone Boat Odyssey,” chronicles the Nansens’ 14-year journey of not only having, but fulfilling a dream to take to the seas in a sailboat. Meet the Nansens and listen to their adventures on Saturday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m. at the library.

ISLAND Q&A | Michele Francis

Michele Francis is a physical therapist, Pilates instructor, and certified strength training specialist. She has been teaching and performing aerial arts nationally for over 8 years. You can see her performing in the Winter Carnivale, Jan. 20 at the San Juan Community Theatre. She may only be on stage for a few minutes, but her aerial performance will keep audiences wanting more. The Journal asked Francis about her life as an artist in the air.