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
Ukulele Kanikipila
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Experience the joy of making music at Ukulele Kanikipila, Hawaiian for "play music," every Monday from 1 to 3 pm at Orcas Senior Center. This gathering
Join us in funding a vibrant fiesta of diversity, unity at Orcas Food Bank
||| FROM AMANDA SPARKS, STAFF, & BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| At the Orcas Island Food Bank, we believe in the power of food and music to unite diverse cultures. That's why
Weekly Meditation
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Julia Summers leads a weekly meditation group at Orcas Senior Center every Tuesday at 1 pm. Regardless of prior experience, Julia extends a warm invitation to
Mother’s Day | Fish have mothers, too
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Start your Mother’s Day weekend this year at Indian Island by joining Kwiaht’s community beach seine May 10 starts at 11:30 am at Indian Island. Rocky reefs and
Into the Woods closes this weekend at Orcas Center
Last chance to see this Sondheim hit on Orcas ||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Watch your friends and neighbors bring classics from The Brothers Grimm to life on Orcas Center’s Main Stage
Spring cleaning? Protect yourself against Hantavirus
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health & Community Services wants to remind you of a few tips to make spring as enjoyable and healthy as possible. Before you start cleaning your
Master Gardener spring plant sale is coming up
||| FROM DIANA STEPITA for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| One of the most anticipated signs of spring, the WSU San Juan County Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale on Orcas Island will take place on Sunday,
Community wide fundraising event, SPRING GIVEORCAS, starts May 8
||| FROM TARA ANDAYA for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) Spring GiveOrcas kicks off on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 and runs through Friday, May 17th. This year’s Spring GiveOrcas
Thanks to students, teachers participating in cemeteries cleanup
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN for CEMETERY DISTRICT ||| The SJC Cemetery District #3 Commissioners would like to thank all the students and teachers that participated last Saturday in a "clean up" at the Mt. Baker and Woodlawn Cemeteries.
Actors Theater casting production of Making God Laugh
||| FROM THOMAS MCDONOUGH for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| ATOI CASTING NOTICE MAKING GOD LAUGH By Sean Grennan Directed by Dorrie Braun Company meeting/Read Through first week in June Rehearsals June and July
Orcas Island Garden Club presents edible plants in beautiful gardens
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Please join Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, May 15th when we welcome Allison O’Sullivan to speak about including edible plants in landscapes. Allison O’Sullivan From
Master Gardeners will be answering your questions again this season
||| FROM DIANNE MACCONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| Gardeners and pollinators are busy now, but if you have gardening questions be sure and come by the Orcas Island Library on Wednesday May 8 from
Orcatrazz Dance Party Extravaganza coming up at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Come join us for a lively dance party featuring Orcatrazz at Orcas Senior Center on Saturday, May 11, 4-6 pm. Bring along your family and friends
State instant rebate program to help more consumers choose electric vehicles
Ready, set, drive electric Combined with federal and dealer incentives, $45 million in state rebates aim to make EVs accessible to lower income drivers ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, WA –
Ali Walker, May artist of the month at Orcas Library
||| FROM INGRID MATTSON for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Library’s ‘Art in the Library’ program will feature the quilts of Ali Walker during the month of May. Ali started quilting in
Salish Sea Early Music Festival | Renaissance Psalms • Baroque Celtic • Romantic Virtuoso Folk •
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL|| ✷ ✣ ✷ ✣ ✷ ✣ ✷ — Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM: • Renaissance Psalms, Irish Baroque & Folk • — Oleg
