Rain? Who Cares? There's Still a Great Week Ahead on Beautiful Orcas Island

Tuesday, October 16

Open Mic at The Lower Tavern, 8:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Wednesday, October 17

Lighting in Your Orcas Garden, 10 am in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center. Orcas Island Garden Club will feature Landscape Architect, Chad Wichers. Mr. Wichers will give us some ideas concerning landscape lighting, including path lighting, up & down lighting, and lighting for safety. He has experience designing neighborhood and regional parks, community gardens, green-built projects as well as many residential gardens. Chad Wichers is a founding partner of Studio 342 Landscape Architecture and has been a lecturer in the Landscape Architecture Dept. of the University of Washington since 2005. For more information go to www.orcasislandgardenclub.org

Thursday, October 18

Crosscurrents Lecture: The Higgs Boson Discovery, 5 p.m. at Episcopal Parish Hall. Orcas Crossroads is establishing a new series of seminars, called CrossCurrents, which will address more specialized interests in more intimate settings. The first CrossCurrents lecture will feature Michael Riordan who will lead a discussion on “The Higgs Boson Discovery.” Riordan is a physicist and science writer living on Orcas, whose article on the recent Higgs Boson discovery is featured in the October issue of Scientific American. Following the seminar, the discussion will continue over dinner at the New Leaf Café. Although admission is free, donations will be encouraged. Participants are asked to register online at orcascrossroads.org (but will not be turned away if they don’t). Those who join the speaker and host for dinner will be asked to pay directly for their own meal costs.

Film Presentation: Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time, 6 p.m. in the Library Community Meeting Room.

Enchanted Forest Cabaret … Fly Me To The Moon, a theatrical adventure runs Thursday through Saturday, October 18-20 at 7:30 pm on the OffCenter stage at Orcas Center. Tickets for Enchanted Forest are $15 for adults, $11 for students ($2 off for Orcas Center Members) and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon–4 pm.

Flamenco Performance, 8 pm – Odd Fellows Hall). An amazing musical & dance performance … straight from Andalusia! Real Flamenco! With Guitarist Bobby deSofia; Voice by Jesus Montayo; and Dance by Savannah Fuentes & Ricardo Chavez. Tickets available @ Brown Paper Tickets

Friday, October 19

Karaoke at The Lower Tavern, 8:30 p.m. All are welome.

Saturday, October 20

Camp Orkila’s Fall Festival and Haunted Hay Ride. Fall Festival will be from 1:00-5:30pm. They’ll have hot dogs, face painting, archery, climbing at the Climbing Tower, and much, much more! If you would like to ride the 1000-foot Zipline during Fall Festival, give the camp a call at 360.376.2678 to sign up for a time assignment.

Big Bash Dinner Dance at the Senior Center from 5 to 9 p.m. Dinner at 6, music with Bruce Pavitt starts at 7. $20 per person includes appetizers, dinner and dancing! Tickets at Darvill’s and at the Senior Center in Eastsound.