Weekend Events on Orcas Island

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.

Memorial Services for Kraemer Frenger 2 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center.

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.

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.

Brilliant Traces last performance at the Grange 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.

Grace McCune, Joel Gamble and Alice Evans play at the Madrona Bar and Grill, 9 p.m. to midnight.

Sunday, Oct. 17

Community Discussion with Council Candidate Patty Miller, 4 to 6 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall.

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.