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
Ag Guild distributes 2024 Farm Fund Grants
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SAN JUAN ISLANDS AGRICULTURAL GUILD ||| The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild FARM Fund (Food, Agriculture, Relationships, Markets) is excited to announce the distribution of $19,144.47 in grants to San
Montessori has limited spots available for summer program
||| FROM URSULA PAMATIAN for ORCAS MONTESSORI SCHOOL ||| Act fast! Limited spots remain for our dynamic summer program at Orcas Montessori School! From June 3rd to August 16th, 2024, every Monday through Thursday, 8:30
Spoken Word open mic coming up at The Barnacle
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for THE BARNACLE ||| Use your words at this month's spoken word open mic at The Barnacle. Experience never-before or rarely heard works and acts of vulnerability by Audra, Jocelyn, Gillian,
Give Orcas enters the home stretch
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for GIVE ORCAS ||| Give Orcas is in the home stretch with plenty of momentum to get us to the Finish Line, thanks to the amazing outpouring of community support. This
WaFd Art
||| FROM JANET ALEXANDER ||| Birds, a beast, botanicals and intricately detailed landscapes have emerged from five Sea Acres art studios and taken up residence in WaFd Bank in Eastsound. Please visit them in May
School Walk-Out Protest
||| FROM AN ORCAS RESIDENT ||| Across the country, student protests have been gaining momentum. Thousands of inspiring university students across the nation and world are putting their moral outrage into action by setting up
More Langford on Music May 15 at the Library
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| They came, they listened, they laughed and learned. Now, it’s your turn. Bruce Langford, Artistic Director of Orcas Choral Society, continues his music appreciation series in
Salish Sea Early Music Festival
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents Flute Concerti by Bach, Vivaldi and Aubert with chamber orchestra on Wednesday, May 22 at 5 PM
Choral Society sings ‘Songs of Shadow and Light’
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| Come, enjoy, and sing along, as Orcas Choral Society presents its spring concert, Songs of Shadow and Light, at Orcas Center, Saturday, May 18 at 7
Chair Yoga
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for Chair Yoga, a soothing practice tailored for seniors and those with disabilities, held every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 10:45 am. This
Dance
||| FROM PARKER PAVITT for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Square Dance. Contra Dance. Circle Dance. Three great ways to celebrate Orcas Island’s folk culture are coming up May 17 and 18. The Folk Fest celebration
First annual Chess Day coming to Library
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| It's your move...the Orcas Island Public Library is launching its first annual Chess Day this Sunday, May 19th. All ages and levels of experience are
Final Canoe Journey reminder
||| FROM DAVID & GERI TURNOY ||| Just wanting to remind you that the Native American Canoe Journey arrives at the Olga dock on Wednesday, May 22, at about 3:00. There will be a street
Washington state leaders plea for federal funding to restore ferry system
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| There is a new, urgent request for federal money to help the Washington State Ferries (WSF) system. 38 elected leaders from seven counties, eight cities, and two ports in western
Did you see this thing? This Friday night aurora?
||| FROM MIKE MONTGOMERY |||
Island Ways | Staffing woes, mechanical issues plague Nantucket Steamship Authority
"You can't just go down to Walmart and pick up a ferry captain, it's not that simple." – Sean Driscoll Steamship Authority ||| FROM THE NANTUCKET INQUIRER & MIRROR ||| A combination of ongoing staffing