Here’s a thought…
“If you don’t vote you don’t exist. It is the only place where we’re all equal, the voting booth.”
GLORIA STEINEM
Orcas Family Health Fundraiser
Saturday, December 3 at 7:00pm at Orcas Center. Giving exemplifies the holiday season above all else. Get in the spirit by purchasing a Dinner Dance ticket to the Orcas Family Health Center's fourth annual fundraising event. Your $25.00 per person ticket gives you a full meal with beverage
Community Foundation Announces New Focus Area Investment Initiative
From the Orcas Island Community Foundation What are the unmet needs in our island community and where are holes in the safety-net? Are there environmental or cultural or educational needs not being fully addressed? If we could answer such questions, collectively focusing our attention and energy, could we make a
Galaxy of Burlesque Revue Comes to Orcas Center
Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Orcas Center From the Orcas Center Orcas Center, Brothers Lovejoy, The Outlook Inn and The Kitchen have teamed up to bring a very special show to the Orcas Center on Friday December 2nd. The Galaxy Of Burlesque Revue features the
A Thanksgiving Poem
Home. Autumn. The Signatures. Let the day begin with its light. For once, let the mothers and fathers sleep late. Let the chickens in the mud scratch their own inscrutable chicken poetry. Let the clothes hang from the line in the rain. Allow the crickets under the woodpile one more
Islands A Cappella Sings “O How Beautiful” in Yuletide Performance
Sunday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. at the Orcas Center Lift your spirits with beautiful choral music at "O How Beautiful," the Islands’ A Cappella Christmas concert. The choir, composed of singers from Orcas, Lopez, Shaw and San Juan Islands, is directed by Angel Michaels. It has grown since its founding by Dennis
Senior Center Festival Begins Santa Season
Updated Nov. 23 at 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Senior Center in Eastsound After Thanksgiving, and after Black Friday, the Senior Center Advisory Committee starts the fun, food and festivities of the Holiday Season with its traditional "Holiday Festival of
Council Tries New Format for Public Conversation on CAO November 28
From Ingrid Gabriel, San Juan County Council Clerk On November 28, the San Juan County Council will conduct a moderated “Conversation” with groups and individuals interested in the update of the County’s Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO). The special meeting with the full Council will run from 9 a.m. until 2
WSF Sets Meeting
Thursday Dec. 1 from 5:30-7:00 PM at the County Council Chambers Washington State Ferries will be holding a public meeting on Thursday Dec. 1 from 5:30-7:00 PM at the County Council Chambers, 55 2nd Street in Friday Harbor. This meeting, meant for both the San Juans and Anacortes, will be
Shop Local on Black Friday
from Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce When you've eaten the last bite of turkey, and watched the final kickoff, you can start your weekend by visiting Orcas Island's amazing businesses. It's time to start your Holiday Shopping ... and there's no better place than the businesses on Orcas
Yacht Club Hosts Commodore’s Ball Dec. 3
The Orcas Island Yacht Club will host it 2011 Commodore's Ball, a dinner/dance on Saturday, Dec. 3. Titled "A Winter Fantasy," the annual ball will welcome the 2012 incoming Commodore John McLeod. The event will be held at the Rosario Mansion Dining Room at 5 p.m., beginning with cocktails at
Wild Geese: A Poem by Mary Oliver
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For one hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal Of your body love what it loves Tell me about despair, yours, and I
Plan to Exhibit Holiday Textiles at Orcas Center
Take-in Wednesday, Nov. 30 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Orcas Center Handmade Christmas holiday textiles will be presented at Orcas Center during December. The gallery take-in for stockings, wall quilts, table runners, tree skirts, needle pictures, and other others is Wednesday, November 30th from 10 a.m.
Revisiting Seattle’s WTO in Light of “Occupy Wall Street” Movement
Norm Stamper, Orcas resident and retired Seattle Police Chief, has reviewed the "Battle in Seattle" that occurred during the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its significance to the current "Occupy Wall Street" movements in various cities, in an article that appeared in The Nation: They came
The Week Ahead: Turkey Feasts Dominate
Tuesday, November 22 Eastsound Sewer and Water District Board meeting, 4:30 p.m. at the offices off Cessna Lane and North Beach Road. Orcas Fire District Commissioners Work Meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall. Open to the public Wednesday, November 23 Thursday, November 24 Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner beginning
A Not Very Dickensian Christmas Carol Coming to the Grange in December
The Actors Theater of Orcas Island brings The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin, Jr., to The Grange in December. The cast of four women (Annette Mazzarella, Lesley Liddle, Luann Pamatian, and Suzanne Gropper) and
Places to Gobble, Gobble on Thanksgiving
A welcome change from cooking (and cleaning up) at home, might be to share Thanksgiving Dinner at one of the local Orcas eateries. Consider these generous options: COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER (Thursday, November 24; 4:30 pm @ Odd Fellows Hall) Everyone is welcome! Odd Fellows will supply the turkeys and tableware.
