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
Doe Bay Spotlights Camp Orkila at Open Mic
-- from Doe Bay Music -- Join island visitors and residents to share music, spoken word, and other performances on the night when we come together in that ancient ritual of community and communion. The
Funhouse Needs Afterschool Substitute Staff
-- from Emilie Gincig for Funhouse Commons -- Funhouse Commons is looking for high energy, dependable people who are excited to work a few hours a week with children as a substitute staff member at
Chamber Music Festival Welcomes Monique Mead
-- from Linda Slone for Chamber Music Festival -- Monique Mead Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival brings Carnegie Mellon University music professor Monique Mead to Orcas Island as Musician-in-Residence May 15 through 19.
Artsmith Poetry Reading With Shin Yu Pai at Darvill’s
Friday, May 12, 6 p.m., Darvill's Bookstore -- from Jill McCabe Johnson for Artsmith -- Writer Shin Yu Pai will read Friday, May 12, at Darvill’s Bookstore. A 2014 Stranger Genius Award nominee, Shin Yu
Public Welcome at Medical Foundation Meeting
Saturday, May 13, 1:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Orcas Medical Foundation -- The community is invited on Saturday, May 13 at 1:30 p.m. in the Orcas Center Madrona Room to attend the Orcas Medical
Orcas Senior Center: What Community Collaboration is All About!
-- by Margie Doyle -- Volunteers pack up leftovers from the Granny's Attic sale at the Senior Center to benefit Kaleidoscope The benefits of collaboration, rather than "going it alone" are obvious at
Park and Rec Plans Summer Fun
-- from Kim Ihlenfeldt for Orcas Park and Rec -- This summer Orcas Park and Rec is bringing a variety of sports camps your way. These half- and full-day camps run week to week and
Daciunas and Madsen Win OPALCO Election
-- from Suzanne Olson for Orcas Power and Light (OPALCO) -- OPALCO members boarded the ferry on Saturday, May 6th to participate in the 2017 Annual Meeting and learn the results of the Board of
See Strauss’ Romantic Masterpiece “Der Rosenkavalier”
Sunday, May 14, 1 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Susannah Weaver for Orcas Center -- Orcas Center presents the New York Metropolitan Opera’s revival of "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss streamed Live in HD on
If I Weren’t Me…
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- A favorite part of my job as a Life Coach is that I get to witness human beings take tiny filaments of beliefs and turn them into huge knots of
Orcas Island Film Festival Pre-Festival Screens “Miss Representation”
Thursday May 11, 7:30 p.m. at Seaview Theater -- from Jared Lovejoy for the Orcas Island Film Festival -- The Orcas Island Film Festival is proud to present "Miss Representation," the award winning documentary film
Native Plant Hike Coming Up
Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. - Noon, Diamond Hill Preserve -- from Tanja Williamson -- Join Casey Hons for a guided hike focusing on native flora. Experience the unique communities of mature forest, open grassland,
VISTA Project to Target Homelessness
-- from San Juan County Health & Community Services -- This summer the San Juan County Health & Community Services Department, in collaboration with the Family Resource Centers on Lopez, Orcas, and the San Juan
Planned Outage for Shaw and Orcas
Wednesday, May 10 at 11:59 p.m. to Thursday, May 11 4:00 a.m. -- from Suzanne Olson -- OPALCO members on all of Shaw Island and west of Youngren’s Pond / Loon Song Lane on Orcas
National Tourism Week Faces of Travel: Green San Juans
-- from Amy Nesler for SJ Visitors Bureau -- In the San Juan Islands, visitors spent just over 211 million dollars in 2016, and approximately 2,140 jobs are directly related to the tourism industry.* National
Editorial | You Make a Difference
-- by Margie Doyle -- One of the curiosities of local news publishing is how often "Government" is one of the categories that we check off before posting our stories live. School? that's government. Fire
