County Council Comes to Orcas, Along with “Mockingbird”

Monday, February 6

Artsmith Living Room Salon at Kangaroo House with writer Jason Skipper. 7 p.m. The event is free, an open forum, and attendees are encouraged to bring a beverage of choice and a snack. For more information about Artsmith visit orcasartsmith.org

Tuesday, February 7

San Juan County Council meeting at the Outlook Inn, 171 Main Street, Eastsound, beginning at 10 a.m. Agenda items include:

• Public Hearing on an Ordinance Adopting Voter Precincts;
• Action on Clapp Easement;
• Solid Waste Management Update including Orcas Requests for Proposals.

Orcas Island Public Library Board  at the Public Library from 9 to 11 a.m.  Call 376-4985 for more information.  Meets the second Tuesday of the month.

Toastmasters  Improve your public speaking. Free, open to all, 6 p.m. at the Senior Center. Guests are always welcome.

Camera Club Open to all at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center.

Wednesday, February 8

Salmonberry School and Learning Center Open House from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Salmonberry offers a dynamic learning experience for grades 1 through 6, featuring small class sizes, academic excellence, and an arts rich curriculum.  Location:  Salmonberry School 867 North Beach Road.  For more information, visit salmonberryschool.org or call 376-6310.

Coal Hard Truth forum on potential coal route from Bellingham to China, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall.

Thursday, February 9

Island author Maura O’Neill will speak and sign from her book Mending A Torn World- a conversation about  listening to conservative and progressive women’s voices in the world’s major religions and how they can serve world peace. 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Darvill’s Bookstore 376 -2135.

Orcas Island Park & Recreation District at the Eastsound Fire Station from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Port of Orcas Commissioners meeting  at the Airport conference room at 6 p.m.  Call 376-5285 for more information.

Friday, February 10

Orcas Angels Benefit Prime Rib Dinner.  5 to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall.

Deer Harbor Community Club Potluck, 6:30 p.m. Please bring a dish to share, a place setting and beverage, 376-5404

To Kill a Mockingbird Opening Night, 7:30 p.m. at Orcas Center Based on the American classic dealing with issues of rape and racial inequality with the iconic lawyer, Atticus Finch, showing moral courage. Local cast directed by Robert Hall. Tickets $15, $11 for students ($2 off for Orcas Center Members) Playing Feb. 10-11 and 17-18 at 7:30 p.m

Saturday, February 11

Charter Review Commission at the Orcas Hotel from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Annual Fidelis Flea Market 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at West Sound Community Hall. There will be a great variety of items for sale, hand crafted goods & baked goods. Christina Orchid will again offer a delicious lunch for hungry shoppers. Proceeds from the table rental and Christina’s lunch go toward the annual Graduation Recognition Awards the Fidelis group gives out to graduating seniors living in the West Sound area.

Writer’s Round Table: “Cutting Your Own Hair” with Jennifer Brennock, 1 to 3 p.m. at the Public Library.

Olga Potluck at the Olga Community Center at 5:30 to socialize, and then dinner is at 6:30..A special presentation will follow dinner.  Dale Coburn, our Olga Postmaster,
and his wife, Peggy, will give a slide and video show of their diving trip
to Fiji.  Their underwater photographs are spectacular, and not to be missed. Everyone is welcome!

To Kill a Mockingbird, 7:30 p.m. at Orcas Center. Based on the American classic dealing with issues of rape and racial inequality with the iconic lawyer, Atticus Finch, showing moral courage. Local cast directed by Robert Hall. Tickets $15, $11 for students ($2 off for Orcas Center Members) Also playing Feb. 17-18 at 7:30 p.m

Sunday February 12

Gotterdammerung The Met Live in HD Wagner’s star-crossed lovers 1 p.m. at the On Screen Center Stage, tickets $15, $11 students, ($2 off for Orcas Center Members)

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents “A Broken Consort,” a rare exploration of renaissance chamber music on period instruments with Jeffrey Cohan, renaissance tenor and bass transverse flutes, Shula Kleinerman on the off-the-shoulder renaissance violin and John Lenti, renaissance lute at 1:30 pm at Odd Fellows Hall at 112 Haven Road (376-5640). The suggested donation, a free will offering towards expenses, will be $15 or $20 for all concerts. Youth 18 and under are free. For further information the public is requested to call the numbers listed above for Lopez, Eastsound and Friday Harbor. Please see www.concertspirituel.org for further information.

Orcas Community Council Meeting at the Olga Community Club. A monthly dialogue of what’s on the hearts and minds of our community members. A program of “Thrive” on Orcas Island. 4:30-6 pm Community Circle, 6- 7:30pm Potluck and Roundtable Discussion. For carpooling from Eastsound… and additional info… please call 360-317-8220.