Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Live in HD: Puccini’s La Bohème
Sunday, April 6, 1 pm, Orcas Center An exciting young cast stars in Franco Zeffirelli's breathtaking production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history. Italian star tenor Vittorio Grigolo makes his Live in
High School Strings Previews Contest Music
-- from Kristen Wilson -- High School Strings play at Emmanuel Episcopal Church The Orcas High School Strings played at the noon gathering of The Music Performance Group on Tuesday, March 25, at
Sullivan Resigns from School Board, Applications Open
-- from Cathy Ferran -- During their regular meeting last night, the School Board officially accepted Jim Sullivan's resignation from the Orcas Island School Board. Tony Ghazel expressed thanks on the board's behalf for Jim's
Private Donors Pay for Levy Campaign
-- from Art Lange -- I would like to clarify that all expenses for the campaign for a “YES” vote on the Orcas Fire and Rescue levy renewal that will be on the April ballot
Reminder: Salish Sea Early Music Festival
Sunday, March 30, 1 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohan -- Please join us on Sunday afternoon, March 30 at 1:00 PM: A Little Concert for Louis XIV with baroque bassoonist Anna
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
-- from Rachel Newcombe -- Ironically, the best-kept secret about America’s libraries is that they are wildly, deeply, and incontrovertibly popular. They are as actively used as ever, if not more. —Anna Clark, journalist. Pacific
“iGods” this Weekend at Community Church
March 28-30 at the Community Church -- by Pastor Dick Staub -- Kindlings WinterFest this weekend at Orcas Community Church “iGods: How to live a Fully Human Life in an electronically Mediated Age” is
Dana Lyons’ “The Great Salish Sea” CD Release Tour
Saturday, March 29, 2014. 7 p.m., West Sound Community Hall -- from Katie Fleming -- Dana Lyons will be touring the islands with FRIENDS of the San Juans this coming week. Dana is best known
Editorial: Here’s Your Chance to Influence the Fire Levy Vote
-- Brown Bag Meeting Tomorrow at Orcas Fire Station (see directions below) -- by Margie Doyle -- (Editor's Note: This editorial was first published on March 5. A number of community members have asked Orcas
Collaborative Multimedia Exhibition at Orcas Center in April
Opening Reception: April 4, 5:30-7 p.m. Exhibition: April 4-April 30 -- from Anne McDuffie-- Calving Ice Nature Unbalanced: A collaborative art exhibition will showcase Painting by Ann Vandervelde, Glass sculpture by Lin McJunkin,
Endangered Cousins of Our Local Deer
-- By Arianna Dean -- This is the first in a series of short ecology-related articles written by members of the Orcas High School Environmental Club in preparation for Earth Day 2014. This year’s Earth
Funhouse Commons Makes Science Fun
Saturday, March 29, 12-4 p.m., Funhouse Commons -- from Mariah Miller -- Science Fair 2012 The 14th Annual Funhouse Science Fair happens on Saturday, March 29, from 12 -4 p.m. at The Funhouse
Volunteers Get the Museum Ready
-- by Margie Doyle -- Michael Budnick, James Lobdell, John Willis and their supervisor worked Saturday to install new bricks in the museum walkway Volunteers buzzed inside and out the Orcas Island Historical
Guest Column: March and the Color Blue
-- by Lois Cornell -- Probably most of you did not know that March is Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness month or that blue is the color of that awareness campaign. This is actually the first
Everything is “A-OK”
-- from Orcas Island Education Foundation -- Arts for Orcas Kids, brings artists into the classrooms, as a committee within the Orcas Island Education Foundation. The Orcas Island Education Foundation is thrilled to
Peace Ambassadors Profiles Abreu
Sharon Abreu and Mike Hurwicz, and their non-profit Irthlingz organization, are profiled in The Catalyst e-zine -- from The Catalyst -- Sharon Abreu is a Peace Ambassador. She met her partner Mike Hurwicz
