TGIF: We’ve Got a Heck of a Weekend Ahead!

Friday, November 16

Seed-savers Workshop 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Odd Fellows Hall with Learner Limbach and Wild’s Edge crew, Doe Bay Garden Staff & Cathleen McCluskey of Organic Seed Alliance. Fpr tje  potluck lunch, please bring a dish to share as well as a plate and utensil. The workshop will cover seed-saving fundamentals and terminology via interactive activities, techniques for saving annuals, biennials and perennials, hands-on processing of wet and dry seed, challenges and problem-solving for the maritime NW seed grower, and information on seed policy & advocacy and educational materials.Bring your questions as well as any seeds you’ve saved and would like to share. Cost- $25 Limited scholarships and/or work-trade available upon inquiry with questions or to register, Please contact Audrey at: garden@doebay.com or call Learner at 376-4048.

“How to Make Relationships Work” with Drs. Julie and John Gottman, two internationally known psychologists and Orcas Island residents, from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Center Stage at Orcas Center. The event, presented by the Orcas Medical Foundation, is free to all who attend.

Tracers at the Grange with Actors Theater will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All performances are 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at Darvills Bookstore, on-line at brownpapertickets.com, and at the door. This play contains strong language and may not be suitable for pre-teens and those easily offended.

Saturday, November 17

PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Tours, San Juan Island’s new critical access hospital which will open for business on Monday, Nov. 26, will be open to the community for tours. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 11:17 a.m. in the main lobby.Between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. visitors are invited to tour the Medical Center at 1117 Spring St. in Friday Harbor.

“Wild Horses in Winds of Change” award-winning documentary  at the Orcas Public Library at 4:30 p.m., a beautifully crafted film that tells the story of the current crises facing America’s wild horses and burros. It inspires alternatives as it artfully portrays a broken spirit in the eyes of the wild horses, while calling upon humanity to be guardians of the natural world. Meet the filmmaker Mara LeGrand visiting from Durango, Colorado. Free admission, donations accepted.

Farmer’s Market

Tracers at the Grange with Actors Theater will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All performances are 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at Darvills Bookstore, on-line at brownpapertickets.com, and at the door. This play contains strong language and may not be suitable for pre-teens and those easily offended.

Sunday, November 18

The Tempest, The Met: Live in HD’s acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s magical fable, comes to Orcas Center’s big screen at 1:00 pm. Tickets are $18 for adults, $13 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. For more information about Orcas Center 2012 season events,a please visit www.orcascenter.org.

History Matinee:  Skye Burn  An ongoing monthly series sponsored by the Orcas Island Historical Society, visiting guest Skye Burn will tell stories and answer questions about her well-known grandparents June and Ferrar Burn, who homesteaded Sentinel Island, raised their two sons on Waldron, taught Eskimo children in Alaska, crossed the United States in a covered wagon, and lived as a traveling family of minstrels.  Admission by donation at the door, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center.

Tracers at the Grange with Actors Theater will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All performances are 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at Darvills Bookstore, on-line at brownpapertickets.com, and at the door. This play contains strong language and may not be suitable for pre-teens and those easily offended.