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
Making the most of social media for makers
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAKERS GUILD ||| Join Val Curtis of Treehouse Creative Digital Media on Tuesday, March 14th for a 2-hour online workshop for island makers. As a small business owner or maker organization
Meeting the Challenge: OICF releases report on our response to COVID
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) has released Meeting the Challenge, a report that explores the community response to the COVID pandemic in the Spring of
Writers coming to Library to discuss reproductive rights, gender inequity, women’s safety
||| FROM SAMUEL GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Please join us on Monday March 13th from 5-6 and welcome Lucy Ferriss & Jill McCabe Johnson as they discuss their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that
Garden Club workshop: Identifying and preventing the spread of plant diseases
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| On Wednesday, March 15th at 10:00 am the Orcas Island Garden Club will host a Hybrid meeting featuring Lindsey du Toit. Lindsey du Toit You may
Mark O’Connor coming to Orcas Center in “Crossing Bridges” concert
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Mark O’Connor Orcas Center and the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival are thrilled to welcome three-time Grammy Award winner Mark O’Connor back to Orcas Island
Hellerwork® now available from Julie McNeill
||| FROM JULIE MCNEILL for HOLISTIC ALIGNMENT ||| Julie McNeill Holistic Alignment is a new bodywork practice in Eastsound. A type of structural integration known as Hellerwork® is now available from island resident
Yacht Club to host open house at West Sound Community Center
||| FROM MARIE MICHNICH for ORCAS ISLAND YACHT CLUB ||| On March 11, 2023, the Orcas Island Yacht Club will host an Open House from 1-3pm at the West Sound Community Center. Immediately following the
Senior Center has a plethora of activities coming up — even tax assistance
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Breakthrough Speech-Language Pathology Healthcare @ Orcas Senior Center – Tuesday, March 21 Speech-Language Pathologist, Libby Lewis, will offer free cognition and swallow screenings at Orcas Senior
March is Music In Our Schools Month®
||| FROM SHARON HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| For the month of March, the Music Advocacy Group is collaborating with the school district, the Orcas Library and Darvill’s bookstore to mark Music In Our
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Eric Peter
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| San Juan County Sheriff Eric Peter We are all familiar with the name Eric Peter, as well as his face on signs in windows
GiveOrcas gets rolling!
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| OICF’s grant making has evolved over the years into a true community process. Twice a year, OICF invites the community to submit proposals for funding
Sheriff’s Report | February 22 – 28, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 23-001215 Boating Problem 07:07:10 02/22/23 A Lopez Deputy responded to a report of a submerged tugboat near the Lopez ferry terminal. The Coast Guard
OIFF is on USA TODAY list of top 20 U.S. film festivals; vote daily to make final top 10
We may be small, but we are mighty ||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| Exciting news for Orcas Island and the hardworking team at the Orcas Island Film Festival. The USA
March on-screen performances at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| This March, Orcas Center is pleased to present two on-screen events from the National Theatre Live in London. Filmed live in HD, these events get you the
Memorial service scheduled for Bruce Orchid at school gym
||| FROM LORENA STANKEVICH for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Bruce Orchid I have just heard the final details regarding a memorial celebration for Mr. Bruce. The date will be this Saturday, March
Poetry Garden contest winners announced
||| FROM DENICE KULSETH for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Town of Friday Harbor and Friday Harbor Arts Commission (FHAC) have announced the winners of their second Poetry Garden Contest. A blind judging process
