Here’s a thought…
“Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one’s own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.”
SHERI S. TEPPER
Ten Minute Play Festival begins weekend run
Orcas Island's local playwrights' festival sponsored by Actors Theater of Orcas Island begins at the Grange this Thursday night, April 30. The festival was created to encourage local island talent to show off their skills, or to challenge islanders to develop new skills in writing, acting and directing. As with
Holcomb and Horvitz share the bill with Twirl at the Center May 9
Orcas Center presents Orcas' own brother-sister duo Twirl on a shared bill with influential Seattle-based musicians Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz for one performance only, on Saturday May 9 at 7:30 pm. Twirl is Grace McCune (Beauty in Beauty and the Beast) and her older brother Clint McCune.
Living Room hosts mystic scholar May 9
Writer and mystic scholar Andrew Harvey will be in the San Juans over Mother's Day weekend. The Living Room is hosting a workshop from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday May 9 from 1 to 6 p.m. Harvey is a writer, translator and editor of many books, including: A Journey in
Writers Festival ready for early bird registration
The second annual Orcas Island Writers Festival will be held September 17-20, 2009, in the town of Eastsound on Orcas Island. Early Bird registration began Saturday, April 25. The Orcas Island Writers Festival is a unique event, a place to grow as a writer, meet other writers and readers, and
Poem for the Day: The Waking
I wake to sleep and take my waking slow, I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear I wake to sleep and
Friday brings school art show opening and school choir performance
Contributed by Barb Skotte Friday, May 1st, is a busy day for lovers of school arts programs. The month-long all-island student art show begins at Orcas Center, with an open house from 3:30-6:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to come see the works of our many talented student artists! Also that
Orcas Library Postpones Possible Expansion
At a Library Board meeting on April 13th, the Trustees decided unanimously to defer looking into a library expansion possibility because of the current economic downturn. John Ashenhurst, Board President, told the Trustees that specific donations, once thought available to fund the construction phase of the expansion, had been withdrawn
Maple Rock hosts "Open Farm" for new and seasoned gardeners
John Steward and farming interns of Maple Rock Farm were kept busy all day Saturday, April 25, as visitors came in changeable weather to the farm on Pneeo Road. Visitors were able to purchase plant starts and get advice on planintg condand growing conditions from Maple Rock Farm
Poem for the Day: A Brief for the Defense
Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils. But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants. Otherwise the mornings before summer dawn would not be made so fine. The Bengal tiger would not be fashioned so
Elect OPALCO directors and come to the annual meeeting on the ferry May 16
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) is a member-owned cooperative and on May 16th, the member-owners will exercise their right to elect their Board of Directors. Who is a member of OPALCO? Anyone who receives an OPALCO power bill in their name is a member. In this year's election, there
Orcas Power & Light CooperativeOrcas Power & Light Cooperative 2009 Board of Director Candidates
Winnie Adams Winnie Adams graduated from Stanford School of Education with a Masters degree. After several years of classroom teaching, and two summers working as a white water raft guide, she joined the environmental education staff of the Yosemite Institute. In 1977, she moved to Waldron where she
San Juan Preservation Trust Acquires Beach Property for public, Moran Park
From the San Juan Preservation Trust Working with Washington State Parks and a generous Orcas Island family, the San Juan Preservation Trust has purchased a 26-acre low-bank waterfront parcel adjacent to Moran State Park. This acquisition, which will be held by the Preservation Trust until State Parks finds
Benefit dinner to feature "Pink the Men" auction
The Island Girls and Guys, fundraisers for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, will host a Prime Rib Dinner this Saturday, May 2. The evening's festivities will begin at 6 p.m. at the Senior Center and the Island Girls and Guys are hoping to sell out the 90
Poem for the Day: Bridal Shower
Contributed by JoEllen Moldoff Bridal Shower Perhaps, in a distant café, four or five people are talking with the four or five people who are chatting on their cell phones this morning in my favorite café. And perhaps someone there, someone like me, is watching them as they frown, or
No bones about it: Dog Park's great!
Contributed by Jeff Hanson Spring is here and along with it are lots of dogs eager to come out and play in the sunshine. What better place than the local dog park? The Eastsound Off-Leash Area has been open since last August at its new location at the
Fair to celebrate islanders' strides toward sustainable living
"Celebrating is a big part of tackling the issue," says Sharon Abreu, founder of the non-profit Irthlingz and one of the organizers behind Orcas Island's first Sustainable Living Fair, to be held at the Library Park on Saturday, May 2. "There are a lot of great things going on with
