The Week Ahead: A Variety of Events to Engage Islanders

Monday, Oct. 11

Darvill’s Book Club, The Hunger Games 5:30 P.M. at Darvill’s

Tuesday, Oct. 12

Friends of the Orcas Island Library meets 3 to 5 in the Library Conference Room,  376-4985.

Eastsound Sewer and Water District meeting. East side of Airport, at end of Cessna Lane off North Beach Road.  4:30 p.m.

Marine Science Lecture Series Presents lecture and book signing with Jennifer Hahn “When the tide is out, the table is set” goes the old Coast Salish saying. Jennifer Hahn, writer, illustrator, wilderness guide, and naturalist will teach you how to spot the “food at your feet” as well as the culture and cuisine of shoreline edibles. 7 p.m. at YMCA Camp Orkila.

Orcas Fire District Commissioners meeting at the Eastsound Fire Hall. 7:30 p.m.Call 376-2331 for more information.

Wednesday, October 13

Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee 3:45 – 5:30 pm at the Deer Harbor Community Center. Call 376-3199 for more information. Public is welcome.

Leadership San Juan Islands Open House on Orcas from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Heartwood House on Langell Lane. The public is welcome.

Thursday, October 14

Orcas Island Park & Recreation District 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Station.

Cancer Support Group meets at 5 p.m. at the Community Church Fireside Room. Topic is “Emotional Well-Being” with guest speaker, Dr. Rosie Kuhn. Monthly, free, confidential group for anyone touched by cancer. 376-4189.

Port of Orcas Commissioners meeting at the Airport conference room.  Call 376-5285 for more information. (For the remainder of 2010, the Port will meet on the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m., and the fourth Thursday of the month at 12 noon.)

Ancestral Blueprints: Revealing Invisible Truths in America’s Soul, Reading by Linda Iverson, author and psychotherapist at 7 p.m. at Darvill’s. “This book contains my reflections on psychotherapy, truth, ancestry, tribe, and democracy,” explains Iversen. “Many who seek therapy to heal their own pain also hope to heal wounded family networks. This hope contains the invisible, often unacknowledged truth that our lives are deeply affected by events that took place in earlier generations.  This book offers a compassionate framework for observing and interacting with life, inspired by our ancestral blueprints.” 376-2135.

Brilliant Traces performances at the Grange Oct. 14 -16 before going to Seatle for two weekends 7:30 p.m. In  Brilliant Traces, the critically acclaimed play by Cindy Lou Johnson, starring Melinda Milligan and Norm Stamper and directed by Doug Bechtel, Stamper plays Henry Harry, a lonely, embittered hermit who lives in a converted barn deep in the remote woods of Alaska. Henry is awakened in the middle of the night by a stranger, Melinda Milligan’s Rosannah DeLuce, who has fled an impending marriage and is, herself, emotionally wounded and distraught. The three performances on Orcas begin at 7:30pm at the Grange. Tickets are $10 and are available at Darvill’s Book Store, at the door and on-line at www.orcasactors.com.. Call 317-5601.

Friday, Oct. 15

The Funhouse Winemaker’s Dinner at the Doe Bay Cafe, featuring Stephenson Cellars of Walla Walla!  A four-course meal featuring delicacies like Jerusalem artichockes, Alaskan weathervane scallops, Doe Bay garden vegetables, Alaskan king salmon, chanterelle mushrooms, squash agnolotti, creme fraiche and truffle oil.  Two dessert options, including Honey panna cotta with grilled figs.  Prepared by chef Abigael Birrell.  Only $75 per person; wine flight: $20 per person. Reservations at 376-8059.

Brilliant Traces performances Oct. 14 -16 before going to Seattle for two weekends. (See Thursday, Oct. 14) 7:30 p.m at the Grange.

Saturday, Oct. 16

“The Daughter Dialogues”  one-day Women’s Retreat designed to incorporate times of quiet reflection, personal growth, systemic family constellations, laughter, and the camaraderie of other extraordinary women. 10 AM until 6 PM, with lunch included for $95. Space is limited and registration is available online at www.familyconstellationswest.com .  For more information, call Gretchen at 360-317-8220

Caroline Buchanan watercolor class, “Reflections of Autumn” 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center. $45.  Each class is self-contained.  Some understanding of watercolor is necessary.” For further questions call  376-5509

League of Women Voters Candidates Forum with a conversational debate about the issues afterwards. 10 a.m. to noon at the Orcas Senior Center. Potluck debate follows from noon to 1 p.m.

OPAL Community Land Trust Gala Soiree. Annual dinner event. Proceeds go to support permanently affordable housing on Orcas Island, including OPAL’s newest neighborhood, Wild Rose Meadow. For reservations for the dinner, call OPAL at 376-3191 or visit OPAL’s website at www.opalclt.org.  Tickets are $90 per person.

Brilliant Traces performances Oct. 14-16 before going to Seattle for two weekends. (See  Thursday, Oct. 14)  7:30 p.m. at the Grange.

World Food Day with presentation by Tom Wagner at the Odd Fellows Hall from 5 to 10 p.m. Potluck at 5:30, and the program at 7 p.m. The evening is sponsored by the Orcas Island Public Library. For more information, contact Phil Heikkinen at 376-4985 or pheikkinen@orcaslibrary.org.

Sunday, Oct. 17

Alice Evans CD release show at Orcas Center main stage. 7:30 p.m. with Grace McCune opening with violinist Joel Gamble. The ticket price of $15 includes CD.