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
Orcas Film Festival: In Search of Sponsors
- by Margie Doyle -- The Gang that brought off the 1st Orcas Island Film Festival 2014! After the stunning success of the first Orcas Island Film Festival (OIFF), organizer Jared Lovejoy said
Buy Your Tickets Now for Heritage Feast
Saturday, August 29 at Red Rabbit Farm, West Sound -- from the Orcas Island Historical Society -- Be a part of the 2nd annual Heritage Harvest Dinner on August 29 Join the Orcas
Growing of Local Flowers Making a Comeback
-- from Suzanne Morrissey, Peace & Plenty Flower Farm -- [metaslider id=38495] In 1892 Capt. George Gibbs amazed the Dutch with his success in growing commercial flower bulbs on Orcas Island. The mild, maritime climate
Creation and Connection Stand Out at Imagine Music and Arts Festival
Friday-Sunday, September 11-13, 2015 at Doe Bay Resort & Retreat -- by Margie Doyle, with additional information from Darin Leong - Producer and Jake Perrine - Co-Producer-- Imagine Music and Arts Festival, Sept. 11-13
Participate in Fair Feud from Home
-- from Ashley King -- Did you know the Fair is creating its own version of Family Feud? Survey says…..FAIR FEUD!! Friday Night, August 14th, at 6:00pm Please be a part of our first annual
Help Make Our Pizzas Happen
Farm to Cafeteria Pizza Thursdays at Doe Bay -- by Madie Murray -- Tomas Holmes helps make cob oven pizzas at "school's out" garden party Those who have come to a pizza party
American Cancer Society Visits the Cancer Support Group
Regular meeting Thursday, August 13th at 5 p.m. -- by Carol Kulminski --- The Cancer Support Group welcomes back Dawn Alger from Friday Harbor’s Peace Health Hospital and Geoff Weatherbie from the American Cancer Society
Stormy Hildreth in Concert at Random Howse to Benefit Salmonberry School
-- from Chantelle Hildreth -- Stormy Hildreth along with Grace McCune and special guest Martin Lund will be performing a concert to benefit Salmonberry School in their campaign to raise the funds required to purchase
Your Garden or Orchard Can Help Feed the Hungry
-- from Pegi Groundwater -- August is peak harvest time and this year our orchards and gardens are groaning with vines and trees laden with fruit and produce. Many of us are faced with more food
Learn and Share about Books and Beyond
The Orcas Island Public Library Expansion Project -- by the Library Board of Trustees -- Orcas Islanders love their beautiful public Library as a center of equal access to information for all learners and a
3-Island Wildlife 100 Bike Tour this Sunday
Sunday, August 9 starting at 6 a.m. from Wildlife Cycles, Eastsound -- from Wildlife Cycles -- On Sunday, August 9th, Wildlife Cycles hosts our 24th annual Wildlife 100 tour of the San Juan Islands. Your
Council to Tour Patos and Stuart Islands
-- from Ingrid Gabriel, San Juan County Council Clerk -- The SJC Council will be participating in a National Monument tour of Patos Island and Stuart Island on Tuesday, Augist 11, 2015 from 9 a.m.
Eastsound Planners Meet Prior to County Discussion
Sub-area Plan Zoning, Lighting in Eastsound, and Public Works Dominate Summer EPRC Meetings -- by Margie Doyle -- Members of the public, elected officials, county staff and the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) have been
Put Your Child’s Health at Top of Back-to-school List
Wednesday, August 19, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center -- from Lori Polevoi -- To ensure students get a healthy start to their school year, PeaceHealth and the San Juan County Health Department are
Edith Macefield House Coming “UP” to Orcas
-- from Paul Thomas -- Edith Macefield’s famous “UP House” will float away after all — by sea, not by air. After a number of potential buyers discovered that the house could not be used
Orcas Chosen for Miró Transcendence Pre-Release Event
Monday, August 17, 7:30 pm, Orcas Center -- from Joyce Stone, OICMF -- This summer the Miró Quartet is back, and in addition to their concert performances during the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, there’s an
