Cascadia Dreams
A Fundraiser for Whatcom Land Trust
Saturday, August 23rd, 5:00pm
Hotel Leo Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham
Doors Open/Reception: 5:00 PM
Film: 6:00 PM
Optional Dinner: 7:00 PM (make dinner reservations here)
Tickets: $18
($15 ticket + $3 handling fee, each, covering payment processing, event coordination, and administrative costs)
Celebrate the sublime landscapes of the Pacific Northwest at Cascadia Dreams, a multimedia presentation featuring stunning images and mesmerizing video of our local mountains, rivers, beaches, and the Salish Sea, accompanied by a soul-stirring soundtrack composed and performed by World Flute Master Gary Stroutsos.
This special presentation highlights the passionate photography of John D’Onofrio and Lance Ekhart (with additional time-lapse video by Brett Baunton) in an elegiac tapestry of sight and sound that includes images and video as well as Stroutsos’ score performed by some of the Pacific Northwest’s most innovative musicians.
“Stroutsos’ flute provides an evocative accompaniment to the luminous landscapes of the North Cascades, wilderness coast, islands, and Salish Sea”
– Cascadia Weekly
About the Artists:
Gary Stroutsos is a world-class musician and recording artist who has performed around the globe (including a performance at the Clinton White House), playing traditional indigenous music, jazz and his own flute meditations. Mentored by jazz icon Paul Horn, his evocative flute can be heard on many recordings and is featured on the Ken Burns documentary, Lewis and Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery and on the PBS Documentary, Desert Dreams.
John D’Onofrio is a photographer and writer and the publisher/ editor of Adventures Northwest
Magazine. His photography has been published in numerous books, magazines and calendars, been featured on the ABC and NBC television networks, utilized by the National Park Service and the National Parks Foundation, and exhibited in galleries and museums around the United States. He is the author of Hiking Mt. Baker & the North Cascades (Hancock House) and – with Todd Warger – Mt. Baker: Images of
America (Arcadia Publishing).
Lance Ekhart‘s photography of the Salish Sea has been widely exhibited and published. His current multimedia project, Dancing Waters is an intimate look at the San Juan Islands. Lance is the captain of Elenoa, a sailboat that is also his home, and spends much of his time exploring the Salish Sea and points beyond.
Brett Baunton‘s images have appeared in National Geographic, Audubon, Alaska, Backpacker, and Sierra magazines. His photographs have been used by Mt. Baker National Forest, Denali, Grand Canyon, and North Cascades National Parks.