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
Music and Poetry Lovers Come Together August 9
A “Music and Poetry Lovers’ Seminar” will serve as a prelude for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival on Tuesday, August 9th from 6 – 8 pm at St. Francis Catholic Church. Poetry plays a big part in this year’s Festival. Major works inspired by four poets will
Pt. Lawrence Bridge Bridge Construction Well Underway
By Stan Matthews County Website and Communications Director Work is well underway on the new bridge over Cascade Creek on Orcas Island. The new bridge will replace 30-inch and 18-inch culverts which have not been able to convey high flows in the creek and are an obstacle to
Letter to the Editor: Arson on Orcas
The phone rings in the middle of the night – every mother’s worst nightmare. The caller id says it’s your son. Your mind fills with bad thoughts. You hear your son mumbling, his girlfriend crying and unfamiliar noises in the background. You feel fear, shock and confusion. Then you
Business as Usual at Airport (So Far)
by Lin McNulty Although the Federal Aviation Administration issued additional “stop work orders” over the last twenty-four hours to construction and technology contractors for critical modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass an FAA bill, the Orcas Airport is—so far—unaffected. The FAA halted dozens of major projects
Guest Opinion: Pave Paradise?
By Peg Manning, Orcas resident The County Department of Public Works has applied for funding (a total of $600,000) for something entitled “Roadside Hazard Mitigation Program,” whose stated purpose is to “identify and systematically mitigate . . . roadside hazards”-- trees, ditches, water and steep embankments. In other
Pastel Paintings by Patricia Slabaugh at Artworks
The Orcas Island Artworks features pastel paintings by Patricia Slabaugh through the month of August. When Patricia describes pastels, they sound like gourmet candy: “I bought a box of Nupastel hard pastels and Rembrandt soft pastels, but that was not enough. My beautiful collection now includes earthy pastel
Actors Theatre Presents “Trying” Next Two Weekends
By Doug Bechtel The Actors Theatre is pleased to present Fred Whitridge and Cara Russell in a fully staged reading of the play “Trying” by Johanna McClelland Glass at the Grange. This touching, sweet and ultimately uplifting play takes place when a young Canadian woman (played by Cara
Children Have Their Own Place at the Library Fair
The children of Orcas Island are cordially invited to become part of the island’s annual Library Fair this August 13, 2011. There is a special area set up for them to have their own booth and sell items they make. In the past, the Children’s Crafts
Meetings Today: State Transportation Commission Issues Five-Point Ferry Tariff Proposal
From the San Juan Ferry Advisory Committee The Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) today released its proposal for changes to current ferry fares. There are five components to this proposal: 1. Fare increases of 2.5% proposed for Oct 1, and an additional 3% for next May 1; 2. A change
The Week Ahead: Hi-Def Opera, Movie Premiere, & Actors Theater Play
Monday, July 25 Kids 3-Day Sculpture & Pottery Workshop Ellen Wherrette & Mary Jane Elgin will be creating new worlds of wonder using all the basic elements of our own world! Students will create usable pottery, creatures, plants and sculptures inspired by our imaginations. The class will meet for three
Eth-Noh-Tech Hosts Orcas StoryFest Aug. 2-5
Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang, founders of Eth-Noh-Tec, have again prepared a storytelling festival to delight Orcas Islanders and their summer visitors. This year Orcas StoryFest will take place at several venues from Aug. 2 through 5. The pair considers the festival their gift to the Orcas community;
“Local Folk” Play Music in the Park, Sunday July 31
Join Carl Burger and Marc Cohen (“Local Folk”) for an evening of song, including old-fashioned community-singing, campfire-style! Traditional folk music, popular tunes, and musical parodies covering a variety of subjects will highlight the informal neighborhood get-together. From 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 31.
Popular Outdoor Painting Event Returns to the Islands
The Plein Air Painters of Washington (PAWA), in celebration with The San Juan Preservation Trust, will again be hard at work painting live subject matter on Orcas Island this coming Saturday, July 30. A live art show and auction, picnic with local food and music, and a plein
“Tosca” On Screen at Orcas Center
Orcas Center presents the 5th opera of the Summer HD Encores, a series of 6 screenings from the award-winning Metropolitan Opera series Live in HD; Puccini’s Tosca on Friday July 29 at 7:30 pm. Luc Bondy’s controversial and avant-garde production of Puccini’s operatic thriller, which Le Monde called
OPALCO Provides Opportunities for Local Youth
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) has four youth working in the Eastsound office as interns this summer and sent three youth to the Cooperative Youth Rally leadership camp at the College of Idaho in July. Youth internships have been a long tradition at OPALCO and the Nourdine Jensen Cooperative
Want to Volunteer for the Biggest Event on Orcas?
For two weeks during the summer, the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival brings world-famous musicians to our idyllic island for a world-class event. This year the Festival takes place August 12th through 27th. It takes many volunteers to make the Festival the best it can be. A wonderful
