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Duende Libre and Sabu open Jazz Festival with free concerts on the Green

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

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Orcas Sings B’way! Coming to the Grange

What’s the Broadway song you like to sing in the shower? Is it a showstopper from “Les Mis”?…

Salt Spring Island Archives photo. Back row, left to right: Victor Okano, Horace Stevens, Helen Ito, Gladys Wood, Evelyn Wood, Sachi Numajiri, Masao Ito, Luke Murakami and Alice Ford (teacher). Middle row, left to right: Suzuko Ito, Juanita (Babe) Smith, Frances Smith? Violet Hele?, unknown, Hideko Iwasaki, Mitzu Iwasaki, Tizzie Whims, Frances Smith, Muriel Stevens, Ruth Goodrich and Ruby Numajiri. Bottom row, left to right: Roy Selby, Jimmy Wood, Ichiro Numajiri, Jerry Ito (holding the slate), Fred Whims, Jimmy Okano, Ken Ito and Ken Goodrich.

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Going their own way | Salt Spring Island’s legacy of welcome inspires cross-border flotilla

By Darrell Kirk

Darrell Kirk photo. Buddy Wright showing kids a fire engine.

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Orcas Fire Department’s pancake feed brings community together

By Darrell Kirk

Contributed photo. Michael Lundgren.

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Launch party for local artist

Iolair will host a launch party for local artist Michael Lundgren’s new book “Glass Mountain” on Thursday, Aug.…

Contributed photo. A circus act at work.

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‘Up Up Up’ delivers a high-flying circus experience on the Green

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

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Call for artists at Orcas Center: ‘Friends and Collaborations’

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

Darrell Kirk photo. L-R: Pilot Geoffrey Machin, flight nurse Milo Lohman, flight nurse Katie Owens and vice president Will Hamilton.

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Island Air: Lifeline in the sky for San Juan Islands

By Darrell Kirk

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Busy days at the Orcas Senior Center

Submitted by the Orcas Island Senior Cemter.

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Open rehearsal for seniors for ‘Furioso!’

Submitted by the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.

Artwork by Angela Dora.

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Art show at Orcas Library

For the month of August, the Orcas Island Library’s “Art in the Library” series will feature a show…

Contributed photo. Davis Dougherty shows off a rarely discovered feat of nature.

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Lopez Island Youth Conservation Corps: Nature Nugget

Not many people in the islands know what a northern shrike is, and even fewer know how it…

Darrell Kirk photo. Lily Ostle.

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Local herbalist brings ancient plant medicine to modern life: Orcas Island educator shares traditional healing wisdom with new generation

By Darrell Kirk